tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post2362160175217022357..comments2024-02-05T05:15:04.759-08:00Comments on Wandering Scientist: Weekend Reading: Mixed Media EditionCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-38900601231805722312011-05-27T15:08:30.222-07:002011-05-27T15:08:30.222-07:00We did that once with Whitney Houston's, "...We did that once with Whitney Houston's, "I will always love you" at a Pizza Hut in high school... but we didn't stick around for the aftermath.<br /><br />Sometimes I wonder if some of my more male linguistic (etc) characteristics are because I spent a portion of my childhood with a pixie cut and folks assuming I was a boy. But, my other female relatives are pretty similar linguistically. Of course, I've seen pictures of my mom and aunts with pixie cuts in their youth...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-40721805343784491862011-05-27T14:03:22.878-07:002011-05-27T14:03:22.878-07:00I'm sorry about Petunia's struggle with co...I'm sorry about Petunia's struggle with constant colds still! I wouldn't like taking the surgery option on a maybe either. For the first time ever, I'm suffering from allergy symptoms. Poor Tate has such dark rings under his eyes he looks like a raccoon. It's not a good year in respiratory health. <br /><br />Gender issues - Tate is determined to grow up and be a mommy. I'm pretty sure that comes from having very little idea of what it would be like to grow up and be a daddy. Perhaps I should have raised him to just call me "Parent"....mom2boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00784436196685595115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-33012142180602213052011-05-27T11:51:44.315-07:002011-05-27T11:51:44.315-07:00Oh, the Storm controversy. We just can't get e...Oh, the Storm controversy. We just can't get enough of reality parenting and making fun of the hippies can we? ;) I'm intrigued by the whole thing - it reminds me of the lyrics to that old tune by Rush - "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."<br /><br />Here's what I said over at A Little Pregnant:<br /><br />My issue with the Witterickses' talking with the media about their social experiment is that they chose to make all 3 of their young kids the unwitting, international poster children for their "cause" ... whatever it is exactly. Now the whole world knows these children's full names, ages, and their stories. All of it will be internet-searchable, probably forever. So much for letting these kids actually consent to the formation of their own identities.<br /><br />Also, their choice to hide the sex of Storm seems extremely Reactive to Jazz's gender concerns, instead of Proactive. They just assume Storm will share the same problems Jazz has experienced, instead of treating each child as having unique, differing needs. Seems like they're having a hard time separating their parenting choices from their own needs to construct these publicly-managed, mainstream-critical identities.hushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532820460835325762noreply@blogger.com