Posts by Megan Wegan
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to Isabel Hitchings,
you should be learning about sex long before you do it, that way, when you do need to talk to a real, live potential sexual partner about it, you've had plenty of time to mentally rehearse the conversation.
Freakin' A.
I had a conversation a year or so ago with a girl I know in her early 20s. She was saying she doesn't use condoms - even with random hookups. Coming as I am from the generation for which AIDS was a massive deal, I was horrified. And when I asked, she basically admitted at least part of hte reason is that she hates asking a guy to wear a condom.
WTF? Seriously, who are you sleeping with that he won't use a condom, and if he says no, why aren't you kicking him out of your bed? And isn't that exactly what we should (and I suspect are) teaching young people.
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to Emma Hart,
See, I find him horribly, horribly creepy.
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
That would be the ASA, and it would likely come under the "ethics" code.
I think, though my knowledge of Advertising standards is pretty slim these days.
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I blame Megan myself.
I thought we agreed we'd blame Russell
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Up Front: One, in reply to Russell Brown,
Yep, Emma et al rekindled how I feel about the place too.
When I talked to my Dad about going in, I tried to convey that you really had to see it to believe it. I sobbed driving down barbadoes st, at the catholic cathedral. I cried walking up tuam st, into the back of the high st buildings. And when I interviewed a bunch of people from CTV,
I got in my car, drove round the corner and broke down.And I think Emma's right. If you care, you have to see it. You have to drive on the bumpy roads, that used to be flat, you have to see the rubble, look at the holes. And at the very least, you should hug your friends. They probably need it.
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Up Front: One, in reply to Greg Wood,
I was slightly disturbed at how much I thought about the Dux. But, on reflection, that bar _was_ Christchurch to me. It, and le cafe, hold many of my favorite memories.
Plus, it's one of the few places Emma and I have never been kicked out of.
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I have not much to add, though I have some thoughts I will articulate at some point.
I would however like to point out that it is testament to how much you and your friends have changed my life that not only do I understand the title of this post, I snorted when I read it.
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to Russell Brown,
Frankly, I think the only point on which we agree is that “mainsplaining” is a crappy neologism. I would be quite happy if people just didn’t use it.
I've said here before, I don't particularly like it as a term, and I very rarely use it. (Though I did enjoy a discussion recently where someone mansplained mansplaining. Good times.) But sometimes, the shoe fits. It's when it is more than patronising, or, when the patronising is particularly gendered, maybe.
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to Sacha,
Probably. It certainly doesn't sound pleasant.
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For Ross, even though you are on holiday.
I accused you of Mansplaining. Not manslashing, though the fact you clearly didn’t read what I wrote rather illustrates the point.
As Craig says, sometimes it is better to shut up and listen.
(I was going to write a massive rant, but I am tired. Call it my random act of kindness)
I don’t have particularly strong feelings around childbirth and/or breastfeeding, not being a parent. What I do have really strong feelings about is womens’ bodily autonomy. And not making women feel bad/stupid/inadequate for not living up to some ridiculous Ideal of what womanhood or motherhood. And not perpetuating teh idea that having a bump automatically makes someone less fit to make decisions or know what is best for themselves or their offspring.