Riot.Jane This is the first time I’ve seen a non-hysterical critique of the phenomenon of child beauty pageants. Most of the time it seems like it’s moon-bat crazy people throwing tantrums either for or against the concept. In this blog…
Riot.Jane This is the first time I’ve seen a non-hysterical critique of the phenomenon of child beauty pageants. Most of the time it seems like it’s moon-bat crazy people throwing tantrums either for or against the concept. In this blog…
Riot.Jane A blog post by Mary Jo Rapini, LPC, caught my attention. How you feel about losing your virginity depends…are you a guy or girl? begins with a discussion about the gender differences in the after-effects of the first sexual encounter as…
Riot.Jane Lady T contacted me and asked me to write about workplace dress for her audience. This is a thorny topic with a wide variety of perspectives. I thought about the issues again and realized that I hadn’t changed my…
Admin.Jane If you haven’t heard, a new doll (i.e. toy for girls) will be introduced to the US market this spring. Called “The Breast Milk Baby,” it was introduced in Europe in 2009 by Spanish toy company Berjuan Toys under…
Some Michiganders and Ohioans are on the front lines of living lessons we shouldn’t be teaching our children, namely that physical violence is the proper response to not getting your own way. Within the last month, a mother-daughter team attacked…
A fourteen-year-old Michigan girl died by suicide November 8 after schoolmates bullied her due to a rape allegation involving her and an 18-year-old schoolmate. The only things that are truly clear at this point are: Samantha Kelly, 14, had sex with Joseph…
In a recent post, we discussed the cultural components involved in the developing Indian trend of financially middle- and upper-class elderly women giving birth through IVF. I ended that post with the statement “I honestly can’t imagine living in such a culture.…
On August 17, two women cleaning a storage area in a once-grand 1920s-era Los Angeles apartment building made a surprising discovery: two leather satchels that each contained the mumified remains of a human baby. The remains were wrapped in 1933…
The Washington Post brings us news of a growing trend in India: Elderly women birthing IVF children. One woman, Rajo Devi Lohan, recently gave birth through IVF in her 70s. In the past 18 months, the doctors at this [single rural] clinic have helped…
“The Story of Tink & Pink” is the story of a dachsund who adopts a piglet. The story itself is true, although not mine. The woman who was lucky enough to have Tink & Pink shared the story and photos online while it unfolded. Later she published…
Cultural Dissidence 