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Comment on A Single Man without Children writes about Birth Control by freewheel

freewheel — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:15:25 +0000

Thoughtful post! A single man *should* be concerned about birth control. Ideally, parenthood is a choice, not an accident.

Comment on A Single Man without Children writes about Birth Control by Jarvis Slacks

Jarvis Slacks — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:33:56 +0000

I think the issue with a prescription is the class barrier, the idea that many, many poor women and girls don’t have the money to see a doctor. If we had more free clinics and free doctors, this would be a none issue. But, the poor are already more likely to get pregnant, mainly due to education and because they lack the ability to get birth control. Take the South for example. Planned Parenthood isn’t nearly as well funded in North Carolina as it is in DC. I agree with you, but I think that the positives (Poor people not getting pregnant when they don’t want to) out-weighs the negatives. But I do agree that young women and girls should go to the doctor. Currently, there is no real push to make that possible.

Comment on A Single Man without Children writes about Birth Control by Pauline Autry

Pauline Autry — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:26:41 +0000

good stuff, my only comment would be that just handing out any form of birth control without a prescription is a bad idea, not because i dont think it is a great idea to prevent all unwanted pregnancies but because birth control, and plan B, are hormones that do affect womens health in very different ways. You need a RX for birth control because there can be serious side effects that everyone should be aware of, especially a young girl and birth control is not something that all women can or should take. I also think it is really important for a dr to sit down and tell you 1) How they work 2) what to do in case you take them incorrectly and 3) how they might interact with other RX you might already be taking

Comment on Yes. This is Racist. by erinseaboltbond

erinseaboltbond — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 02:17:52 +0000

Amen.

Comment on Yes. This is Racist. by Jarvis Slacks

Jarvis Slacks — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:32:58 +0000

I would like this to be a post-color world. But I think, in order for that to be possible, we have to acknowledge when it isn’t a post color world.

Comment on Yes. This is Racist. by Erin Seabolt Bond

Erin Seabolt Bond — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:54:36 +0000

We were just talking about white privilege in my comp class today. When I saw your post, I thought that cover was a joke at first. 2013, people! 2013! My students often say we’re living in a post-color society. Bullshit. (Pardon my French. I could come up with no other word that accurately captured the sentiment and meaning I’m trying to communicate.)

Comment on Downton Abbey by Jarvis Slacks

Jarvis Slacks — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:02:20 +0000

It’s sort of technical. Send me an email at Jayslacks(at)gmail(dot)com and I’ll give you the 411, G.

Comment on Downton Abbey by DBourne

DBourne — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 06:25:46 +0000

Hi, Jarvis. I’ve admired the structure of your site for sometime. Just recently I tried to adapt Autofocus, but I can’t get it to do many of the things you here–like browsing arrows and spread the word at the bottom of the page, let alone the sidebar widgets you have down the right in your about page. How did you do all that?

Comment on Guns by Eric Wargin

Eric Wargin — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:27:00 +0000

If we would teach kids to shoot, then they could be armed and stop the criminals in their tracks!! Seriously, this is/was terrible and I agree with you, yet I don’t see anyone in power doing anything productive to change this. I do hope that politicians will cast aside their NRA ratings and make some serious changes.

Comment on The End of Babies by Adam

Adam — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:27:47 +0000

Here’s my reply, written over a year ago. I guess it was just waiting for your blog post: http://adamsinsite.blogspot.com/2011/09/zero-population-is-answer.html