I was reading a book about bullying to The Twitches last night, thinking about how much bullying has affected the lives of my own children. Bullies, the book says, can be boys or girls, children or adults. They bully because they don’t like themselves, because they want to feel powerful. Heh. “Do you feel like a man when you push her around?” the song says… Emo Boy was taunted as “gay” for wearing a leather jacket to school. Enigma is battling the bullies now...
I am home. I have recuperated from the trip (I think) and I’m back to business. So far, I’ve gotten all the kiddos to school, got my yoga on, showered and consumed a green smoothie. Oh, and I may have gotten “the eye” from a mom at the preschool. We were wearing matching purple bandanas and kept catching each other looking at, uh, each other. Tee hee. So, this marks the beginning of April, a month that is supposed to be full of fun and celebration for me. I can only think...
If you live in Virginia, read the news, have your radar tuned to the feminist bat signal, whatever, you probably know all about the Delegate from Prince William County and his “oopsie!” about abortion and disabled children. Here’s what he originally said, via The Washington Post: “The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion who have handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the firstborn of any, nature takes its vengeance on...
30 senators voted against this amendment. 30 senators, including John McCain, seem to think that rape is ok, or “none of their business” – probably because their business is Halliburton, or some other contractor, or some alien void that only morons with their heads up their asses seem to reside in. Rape is real. It is catastrophic and it affects men and women. While I hold out hope for the Republican party, I am beginning to have my doubts. Those of you who are sane Republicans,...
