Abso-fucking-lutely.

There are so many things wrong with the pressure to get married and have kids - first, society is mandating one way to live a happy, successful life; secondly, we don't need more people on the planet; thirdly, a kid is a huge investment of time and energy that no everyone wants to make and forcing them to make it is just going to screw up their children.

For years I said I didn't want kids and I am so grateful that no one ever told me 'Oh, you'll change your mind.' Sure, I did, but it wasn't written in stone that I would. And no one should think about what they do or don't want and be told that they'll change their mind or see the light or that they're being selfish for not picking one specific option.

It's not selfish to not create a child that isn't wanted. (Double negative, I know.)

And having a kid just so someone will take care of you when you're old is a terrible reason to have children and a rationalization that comes up a lot.

 SKIP=280, you guys. That's how far back I had to go to catch-up with my flist. (Not that I'm caught up, mind. But at least now I had lots of tabs to go threw and comment on.) gacked from yukitheawesome : Go to your calendar/archive and find the first entry for each month of 2009 (not including memes of course). Post the first line/sentence of it in your journal, and that's your "Year in review". January: Spent the afternoon hanging out with lightprincess89 . February: fairest1 , I got your package! Thank you so much! March: Random thoughts: If the 4th isn't trained to fight, which is seems like they aren't, it's no wonder that they're mocked and derogated. Tsunade would spit on that medic structure. April: I voted for John McCain in the last election. May: Happy Beltane, everyone! June: George Tiller, who provided late-term abortions, was murdered on Sunday. In church. Probably a dozen yards total from his wife. July: molten_ghost  has a challenge for us. There is a fuller explanation here but the short of it is that "we as fans tend to be soft against authors that we respect, even admire. Yet almost all examples of modern media contain themes that don't exactly mesh with most self-described feminists' concept of the modern woman." August: I had a whole bunch of friends come over for my belated birthday party, which was a blast. September: Probably because I'm entering my final year or schooling, I feel like the start of Fall deserves special fanfare this year. October: I am so annoyed with my roommate. November: Last night my friends and I watched Repo! The Genetic Opera (my second time seeing it) and then went to a party (we stayed until 3:30 am). December: Okay, so my current credit card company send me a letter that, while not affecting me immediately, is a sign that I'm going to want a new, different card.

gacked from cynchick :

If I came with a warning label, what would it say?

You know, I am just really not in the mood to listen to any Christmas music at all. And compared to over years, I have heard so very little of it thus far.

I just posted over at hp_revisited . It is technically my PoA post, but quickly goes off on a tangent about male werewolves, gender binaries and dualities, and the traditional urban fantasy vampire-werewolf-Girl love triangle.

I would adore it if my wonderfully gender savvy and articulate flist would poke their noses over here and add their two cents.

Yahoo needs to stop withholding my comment notifications. It's annoying. And the fact that I've been keeping up with comments okay simply by checking my recent posts is just going to make cleaning out my email account when they all show up more challenging.

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