Babble

  Let me begin by saying that I am a terrible snob when it comes to children's shows.  Dan Zanes is the only children's performer my daughter has seen live and that's only because I have a crush on both Dan and the girls in his band.  But normally my intense phobia of audience participation coupled with the nearly ...

As an old writing teacher of mine used to say, just because something really happened doesn't mean it's a good story.  This pretty much sums up my feelings about reality TV, and is at least half the reason that the "Same-Sex Parenting" installment of Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days show sat on my DVR for nearly a week before ...

Heinz pulled a TV advertisment running on British television after the advertizing regulator recieved 200 complaints that the ad was inappropriate for children.   Ironically, the ad is already prohibited from being shown during children's programming because it shows a high-fat food. And what can possibly be more damaging than the sight ...

People love to talk about how and where women should give birth.  Birth without drugs is barbaric!  Epidurals are evil!  Do it in the tub!  No, no, do it on the bed!  Do it at home!  Don't even think about doing it at home! But no one ever seems to talk about giving birth in shackles.     According ...

From the looks of things it's been one fabulous party after another in California since marriage became a civil right for all nearly two weeks ago.  I've watched videos,read first-person accounts, poured over photos, and generally enjoyed watching the Golden State gays act like they invented the idea of same-sex marriage.  ...

As the mother of two children with edited birth certificates, I am all about altering this official document when one of the parental categories just doesn't apply.  But in the case of Thomas Beatie and his wife they both apply, just not to the right person.    So what's a pregnant man to do?     According to ...

Madeline and her faithful readers have come up with a bevy of rude, ruder, and rudest questions to ask a pregant women.  I can't help but add my two cents with a short but rude list of questions I got during my two pregnancies.    But before I do, let me just say that I am wholeheartedly committed to deepening people's ...

Of course Governor Paterson was expecting suppportive phone calls and cheering from his LGBT constitutents when he ordered state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages last week.  What he wasn't expecting were hugs.  From straight people.     According to this New York Times article, Paterson was eating dinner in ...

  I love a good coming out story, especially one that involves an elected official.  Of course, the ones we usually hear are about the children of politicians who aren't exactly friends of the LGBT community.  And while a bit of schedenfreud every now and again feeds the hungry soul, it's nothing compared to the genuine ...

It's a story as old as time.   Two women fall in love, get civilly unioned, and decide to start a family.  So they find a sperm donor and start popping the folic acid and charting the basal body temp.  And with a little luck and a lot of cash, they make themselves a baby. Or four.    That's right.  Four. ...