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		<title>Let&#8217;s boycott marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salamishah Tillet has an interesting piece up on The Nation, and adds nicely to my own thoughts about the tradition and institution of marriage.

Somehow contriving the perfect, dream wedding since watching Cinderella is every girl's time-consuming hobby. I don't remember ever spending an exorbitant amount of time playing pretend wedding with Barbie dolls, but I know I've thought about what my wedding might be. That was in high school.

Fast forward a couple years and not so much. It's not a priority, and it's a thought that doesn't get mental play time, unless someone brings it up. My parents don't even badger us about it, which is awesome.

But like Tillet, my partner ("boyfriend" loses its meaning after a certain number of years, it has a very juvenile, short time frame meaning to it) and I have been bombarded with questions about getting married. We've been together for eight years, which may not be as long as Tillet's 14-year-non-married relationship, but long enough to raise some eyebrows at us.]]></description>
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		<title>STEM, pretty and pink</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I consider myself to be the type of person who doesn't subscribe to socially constructed expectations of gendered behaviors, and this is not some recent development after getting some liberal college education.

I have dabbled with makeup here and there but overall, I don't use the stuff. I don't have a compulsion to buy things because some magazine said it was the 'now' trend. I don't read women's magazines because they're full of shit. Sometimes I have fat days, but I won't starve myself for fear of appearing fat because that's just stupid. And I don't clean house because I'm the only girl living with two guys and it's expected of me, or cook for my partner because I'm a girl.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and Same-Sex Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Vice President Joe Biden announced his support for same-sex marriage, it was only a matter time before the President made a similar announcement. But I admit, I was nervous. What if Obama didn't make a statement—supportive or otherwise?

It was a delight to hear Obama say that same-sex couples should be able to marry, citing his own personal observations of his daughters' friends' parents, and of the relationships of the people who work for him. It's a big step from 2008 when he said he supported civil unions but not same-sex marriage, and despite polls showing increased support for the legalization of same-sex marriage, his announcement was a well-deserved risk to his re-election campaign.]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher Appreciation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[for fun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's comical, and sad, the need for days like "Administrative Professionals Day" and "Teacher Appreciation Week" and "Librarian Appreciation Day" and every other day or week that reminds us to appreciate those individuals who work in fields easily forgotten.

What does this say about us as a society? Culturally?

Granted it's important for teachers, secretaries, and librarians to be recognized for the work they do, designating one day or week out of the year is a sad cop out to give those who...]]></description>
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		<title>Abstinence Until Marriage, and Sex Ed.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about abstinence-only education in the past (but can't find my first post. Womp womp), and I return with a different note.

On Wednesday, I read a <i>Mother Jones</i> article about the inclusion of the Heritage Keepers Abstinence Education as one of 31 "evidence-based programs" for preventing teen pregnancy by Health and Human Service for teen pregnancy.

I grasp the general reasoning for abstinence-only education but I'm not going to talk about which sex ed. program is better for our youths. There's enough jibber jabber about that in the media. Personally though, I do believe in a responsible sex ed. program that incorporates everything--consequences of unprotected sex, knowledge of STIs, preventative care, post-diagnosis care, cultures about sex, pregnancy, contraception and abstinence.]]></description>
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