Comments on: Wait a minute… http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:12:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: SunlessNick http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-114280 SunlessNick Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:05:31 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-114280 <blockquote>Am I wrong in thinking it’s a good thing for a pregnant teenager to be focused on “her own needs”? I mean, isn’t that kind of the crucial part? If she’s aware of and taking into account her own needs (not ‘wants’) <strong>- Suzanne</strong></blockquote>But she's not supposed to have needs of her own! She's just a means of fulfilling the sweet tiny tiny baby's needs! (Why yes, I am engaging in bitter sarcasm). But they are probably looking to call her shortsighted and selfish without having to actually say the words and so look like shits.

Am I wrong in thinking it’s a good thing for a pregnant teenager to be focused on “her own needs”? I mean, isn’t that kind of the crucial part? If she’s aware of and taking into account her own needs (not ‘wants’) - Suzanne

But she’s not supposed to have needs of her own! She’s just a means of fulfilling the sweet tiny tiny baby’s needs!

(Why yes, I am engaging in bitter sarcasm).

But they are probably looking to call her shortsighted and selfish without having to actually say the words and so look like shits.

]]> By: apelynn http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-114236 apelynn Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:18:50 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-114236 Reminds me of a great bumper sticker I saw a while ago: "If you can't trust me with a decision, how can you trust me with a baby?" Reminds me of a great bumper sticker I saw a while ago: “If you can’t trust me with a decision, how can you trust me with a baby?”

]]> By: Suzanne M http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113886 Suzanne M Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:09:43 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113886 Am I wrong in thinking it's a <em>good</em> thing for a pregnant teenager to be focused on "her own needs"? I mean, isn't that kind of the crucial part? If she's aware of and taking into account her own <b>needs</b> (not 'wants'), she's a hell of a lot more mature than a lot of people (adults included). I just... don't have words for that decision. Am I wrong in thinking it’s a good thing for a pregnant teenager to be focused on “her own needs”? I mean, isn’t that kind of the crucial part? If she’s aware of and taking into account her own needs (not ‘wants’), she’s a hell of a lot more mature than a lot of people (adults included).

I just… don’t have words for that decision.

]]> By: mustelid http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113861 mustelid Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:26:48 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113861 Sorry, I'm still stuck at the beginning. A teenager who's "immature" and "doesn't communicate" w/ mom should have to HAVE the baby?! Oh, that'll work out real well. Wanna bet they go after the girl again once the baby's born? 'Cause it was her duty to get proper prenatal care and nutrition for the baby she didn't want to have, never mind her lack of resources and support. Aargh.... Sorry, I’m still stuck at the beginning. A teenager who’s “immature” and “doesn’t communicate” w/ mom should have to HAVE the baby?! Oh, that’ll work out real well. Wanna bet they go after the girl again once the baby’s born? ‘Cause it was her duty to get proper prenatal care and nutrition for the baby she didn’t want to have, never mind her lack of resources and support. Aargh….

]]> By: Linnaeus http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113823 Linnaeus Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:37:03 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113823 Thing is, left-liberals got a little too complacent in going to the courts for alleviating the social ills created by racism. Which is not to say that the courts have no role at all, but looking back, one can see that the courts were really a stopgap kind of measure. Lasting change requires a political majority that is willing to seriously attend to racism, and the left wing in this country hasn't been able to form that. The fact of the matter is that the racial <em>status quo</em> will continue until white Americans no longer are in the majority and will then have to share political and economic power with others. Of course, we get into a kind of chicken-and-egg situation: how can we redistribute power when the institutions available to us are unsympathetic to that? I'm not sure how, but we're going to need a new approach. Thing is, left-liberals got a little too complacent in going to the courts for alleviating the social ills created by racism. Which is not to say that the courts have no role at all, but looking back, one can see that the courts were really a stopgap kind of measure. Lasting change requires a political majority that is willing to seriously attend to racism, and the left wing in this country hasn’t been able to form that.

The fact of the matter is that the racial status quo will continue until white Americans no longer are in the majority and will then have to share political and economic power with others. Of course, we get into a kind of chicken-and-egg situation: how can we redistribute power when the institutions available to us are unsympathetic to that? I’m not sure how, but we’re going to need a new approach.

]]> By: Sarah in Chicago http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113818 Sarah in Chicago Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:07:32 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113818 What the HELL? I am having serious posting issues ... can someone delete those two previous partial posts? Okay, trying again ... Btw, as to the SCOTUS decision on Seattle ... That is one of the most dumbarse, insane, and bigotted decisions I have seen in a long, long time. I literally had to turn NPR off and go for a walk outside my office for a while to cool down I was so angry. I felt gutted, like someone had carved out a hole in my stomach. Look, you CANNOT treat races the same if the wider social system is structured unequally. Anyone that argues otherwise either wilffully has their head in the sand, is pig ignorant, or is a right evil bastard. The very act of being ‘colour-blind’ perpetuates the social inequalities. It leaves whites with power and ‘others’ with less. The field is fucking tilted. But, of course, they know this. Colossal acts of conscious denial like that of Alito’s can only occur when someone of intelligence really works to construct and maintain that denial. Damn, but yesterday was a horrible day. What the HELL? I am having serious posting issues … can someone delete those two previous partial posts?

Okay, trying again …

Btw, as to the SCOTUS decision on Seattle …

That is one of the most dumbarse, insane, and bigotted decisions I have seen in a long, long time. I literally had to turn NPR off and go for a walk outside my office for a while to cool down I was so angry. I felt gutted, like someone had carved out a hole in my stomach.

Look, you CANNOT treat races the same if the wider social system is structured unequally. Anyone that argues otherwise either wilffully has their head in the sand, is pig ignorant, or is a right evil bastard. The very act of being ‘colour-blind’ perpetuates the social inequalities. It leaves whites with power and ‘others’ with less.

The field is fucking tilted. But, of course, they know this. Colossal acts of conscious denial like that of Alito’s can only occur when someone of intelligence really works to construct and maintain that denial. Damn, but yesterday was a horrible day.

]]> By: Sarah in Chicago http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113816 Sarah in Chicago Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:04:04 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113816 Btw, as to the SCOTUS decision on Btw, as to the SCOTUS decision on

]]> By: Sarah in Chicago http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113815 Sarah in Chicago Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:03:25 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113815 Btw, as to the SCOTUS decision on Btw, as to the SCOTUS decision on

]]> By: Lurker http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113813 Lurker Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:56:24 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113813 The Supreme Court has ruled that you can't decide school admissions based on race. The fact that it is even controversial in 2007 is appalling. The Supreme Court has ruled that you can’t decide school admissions based on race. The fact that it is even controversial in 2007 is appalling.

]]> By: Sarah in Chicago http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113812 Sarah in Chicago Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:53:33 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/29/wait-a-minute/#comment-113812 So, someone "not mature" enough to chose an abortion, is somehow magically then "mature" enough to be a mother? Yeah ... do these people even listen to themselves? Oh, and what Kyra said above about the risks of pregnancy. So, someone “not mature” enough to chose an abortion, is somehow magically then “mature” enough to be a mother?

Yeah … do these people even listen to themselves?

Oh, and what Kyra said above about the risks of pregnancy.

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