Feminism Doesn't End at Choice....

Meaning, in so many words, our pro choice goals as feminists, should not stop once a woman has made the choice to continue her pregnancy to term.

We are seeing a current epidemic of women who are losing their own reproductive freedom's during pregnancy and at the time of birth. There is a large epidemic of court ordered cesarean sections, which can and has already been compared to rape.
We have seen this currently in the case of Joy Szabo who was told if she showed up at her local hospital to give birth (VBAC) she would be court ordered to have a cesarean section against her will. Which in turn completely violates the laws regarding informed consent.
Then we move on to the case of Amber Marlowe who was told after a routine late term ultrasound her baby was 13+ pounds and she needed a cesarean, after giving birth vaginally to her previous 6 children with no issue. Hospital staff went to the court, and they were granted a court order to perform a "medically necessary" cesarean and petitioned to become the "guardian" of the unborn child. Talk about out of a movie huh? She went to a different hospital and delivered, vaginally, a healthy 11 pound baby with no complications.
Now had the first hospital got their hands on this woman, she would have been subject to serious unnecessary major surgery.
Hear Laura Pemberton speak about her experience....

Laura Pemberton from NAPW on Vimeo.

Then the case of Laura Pemberton in Florida. Refused a c-section and signed herself out of the hospital AMA, and went home to continue to labor on her own. While in labor, she was met with a knock on her door, and handcuffed, and returned to the hospital for a court ordered c-section after the hospital told a judge that the risk to the baby from uterine rupture was significant. I am sorry, but a less than 1% chance, is not significant when the risk of the child actually DYING is three times greater with an elective c-section.
The cases go on and on. But why is there such a problem?
Well, for one we are not living in the Orwell Novel 1984. Our government should not be making medical decision for us, nor should Doctors solely be making these choices. We are constantly hearing the Pro Choice crowd picketing and arguing about the rights of the pregnant women when it comes to abortion, but what about those SAME pro choice women that make a decision to keep their baby, or plan to get pregnant. Of Course they should still get the same kind of treatment regarding the medical decisions they make during their pregnancy and birth.

It is a truly scary day in America when women lose their rights simply because they are pregnant.

Overrated in America

What are some things that you think are overrated?
Here are a couple of my picks..

• Smartcar's - Go head to head with a soccer mom behind the wheel of a hummer and see how fuel efficient that car will be when you are dead.
• American Idol - It was good the first 3-4 seasons, now you are producing no talent loud mouths like Jordan Sparks and Sanjaya. Bring back William Hung!
• TV's inside Cars - Ok, I have children and still refuse to put TV's inside my car. Lazy American children watch too much TV as it is.
  
• Jewelry - Good luck when you have children because all those nice rings and bling is going to sit in your jewelry box.
• Designer Birth - Birth is not meant to be fashionable or predictable. Give up your scheduled c-sections and posh expectations, and deal with birth the way it is meant to be, natural.
• Big fake tits - You look like a moron, not a model.
• IPODs - You do not need to have an ipod attached to you every where you do. Music is not that life altering or important. The gym is one thing, WORKING is another.
• Bugaboo Strollers - Spending $900 for a baby stroller is not cool or cutting edge. It is a flat out waste of money.
• Facebook - Who even knows how to work that knock off myspace sight anyways? Not to mention, who really wants to be in contact with people they went to school with? Aren't those the ones we are all normally scrambling to avoid?
  
• Nanny's - Just because you can pay Maria from Mexico $4 a week to raise your child does not mean that you should. If you want to have children, raise them yourself. And we wonder why kids today have so many issues? Ever think it is lack of parenting?
• Low fat foods - How about you just eat less and watch what you eat instead of shoveling the most low fat, aspartame filled foods into your mouth? Maybe a little exercise!
• Pets - I know all kids should have pets, but they are just like having more kids. I didn't sign up to raise a couple more because little Jimmy wanted a puppy.
• Cell phones - Great in cases of emergencies, but seriously, can people not function without a phone connected to their ear or fingers texting non stop all day? How about you just wait till you get home, you aren't that important.
• Video Games - Waiting in line, for 3 days, in the snow, is not worth a Nintendo Wii...
  
• Angelina Jolie - I just don't get it I guess. She is not all that pretty, her lips may be real but they look like flotation devices, and adopting a child from every country is not neat, you are just screwing those children up American style instead of whatever country they come from.
  
• Showers for two - When was the last time your normal American couple really felt the need to shower together? Hell, shower time is my time away from my husband, and children, I dont feel the need to turn it into a community event.
  

Feel free to add your own on here... that was just the beginning of mine

Buy an Outfit or Buy a Home?

Just another reason that no working middle class family can relate to the McCains.
Last night at the Republican National Convention, Cindy McCain, Rich Princess...
clothed herself in...

Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600

Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100

That is why the run of the mill American will not be able to look eye to eye with her.
The amount of her outfit is the amount we paid for our 5 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1 car garage, on a half acre of land home in a upper middle class suburb.
For what she spent on clothes and accessories, she could out right buy MULTIPLE homes for hurricane Katrina victims that are still out of a home almost 3 years after the fact.