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• 6 Month Old Columnist: Things that Make You Go WTF?

  The Stranger, Seattle's alt-weekly, is edgy, fun, and a pretty good read.  And even though its demographic started as 20-something singleton swingers in the early 90's, it's clear as the readers age and procreate they're going after another group. I'm assuming this is what explains the new column they premiered recently called "I Miss Pussy" written by a 6-month old named Kyle Mills whose debut is about how much (you guessed it) he misses pussy.  The har har here is obvious, but I also find it disturbing.  It's totally ironic to ask the question "Is nothing sacred?" in the context of Babble, often accused of opening everything personal and parenting up to pitching and perusing, but it's the meanness that gets to me. Clearly, babies aren't all fun and games and woogie woo, but do we have to use them in this way?  Can't we just leave the babies alone? Posted Mar 29 2007, 01:02 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with no comments Filed under: babies, the stranger, pussy, baby columnist, baby blogger

• Parents with Alternative Lifestyles Can Have Hard Time Keeping Kids

  The Stranger, one of Seattle's alternative newspapers, has an interesting piece on the Seattle Sex-Positive Community Center, which is better known around these parts by its self-selected nickname: The Wet Spot. What does a meeting place for swingers and BDSM fans have to do with raising kids, you say? I'm glad you ask! The Stranger's write-up investigates the child custody cases of parents who have had to fight to keep their kids because of their participation in club events. For example, a woman known only as Khaos W. saw her sons adopted out because her vindictive ex-husband brought her "deviant lifestyle" up in court. (He wasn't the kids' father, and didn't want custody; he just wanted to hurt his ex.) The Stranger's Jason Simms goes on to examine how, in any case involving sex, the parent's lifestyle is assumed to be harmful to their kids; it's up to the parent on the defensive to "prove" that no harm's been done. Bah. This is just another example of how we expect parents to abandon any semblance of an adult life once they have sprogs. So long as parents firewall their adult activities off from their children, what business should it be of the courts - or their vindictive ex-spouses - what they do with their free time? Posted Feb 22 2007, 10:27 AM by thezeroboss with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Sex, Seattle, wet spot, sex-positive, the stranger, bdsm