Spring Break
Feminists everywhere were claiming "Victory!" this past week. What was the reason for all the fuss? On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the over-the-counter sale of the emergency contraception Plan B for those age 18 or older. Plan B, commonly called the morning after pill, is effective in preventing pregnancy if taken up to 120 hours after sexual intercourse. (1) comment
I wasn't like most teenage mothers. I did not want to give my daughter formula. I wanted to make sure I provided Jaelah with the best nutrition possible, which just so happened to come from my body. For me, it was a luxury to not have to get up in the middle of the night to make a bottle; however, I did not breastfeed because of my benefits. (2) comments
Oh, how I miss Europe - Roman gypsies yelling at tourists to buy a scarf, one euro "toiletten" fees and three-hour traffic jams on top of a Swiss mountain during June snowfalls. What I learned on my European vacation this summer is that these far-off lands aren't the glistening photos you saw in a book. (0) comments
Apparently a little paperwork to help prevent Orwellian supervision is too much for the Bush administration, so they just don't bother with it. Instead, they conduct surveillance on people of interest inside the United States with little oversight. The Bush administration's secret wiretapping program was uncovered in December. (1) comment