Happy New Year from Kanor's Fridge

The Business of Being Born: A Must See

Ricki Lake has outdone herself this time. The movie is way better than I thought it would be. It contrasts home births to hospital births in what I think is a most accurate comparison. I began cringing at the sight of hospital beds, and became overwhelmed with emotion during the 4-5 home births depicted. If you have any question in your mind that homebirths aren't better, I highly recommend watching this movie. Also, if you are a junkie for the fundamental drama of watching birthing scenes like me, you will get your fix. I give it an A++++++.

CALL IN GAY

It's the perfect excuse to stay home today, the national A Day Without Gay day. Woo, hoo! Let's celebrate with some hot sodomy. FYI, it's supposed to be a protest against the passing of prop 8. Too bad the economy is so bad right now and everyone will probably just go to work.

My plug for Bitch Magazine

DG dragged me into Barnes and Noble last weekend. I went in on the pretense that he would buy me coffee, as he realized that I otherwise would have insisted on waiting in the car. I hate Barnes and Noble. Holding my coffee, I skeptically browsed the magazine shelves, to find to my great surprise... Bitch Magazine, The Loud Issue. Right here, in North Carolina! I grabbed it off the shelf, proudly paraded it around the store, and even ended up buying it. The cashier looked at it, thumbed through it for a minute, but said he had never read it. That's a step forward, right?

I want Barnes and Noble to always carry Bitch. It's important for an indie feminist magazine to not just sit in Portland, but actually reach the masses. And that's why, despite being a filthy poor grad student, as of yesterday I have become a sustaining member of Bitch Magazine. I signed up at the $5/month level, an amount that I may or may not miss. You can join too, by clicking here.

WTF Mr. Stewart

Speaking of condoms, what does John Stewart have against them? Apparently a Planned Parenthood in Indiana is selling gift cards for the holidays, and of course John Stewart has to make a dig at it.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Planned Parenthood Gift Cards

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

Doesn't he know that Planned Parenthood offers a variety of essential services to people who don't have medical insurance? I'm going to make a GIANT leap here and assume the John Stewart is privileged enough to have never set foot in a Planned Parenthood, so he wouldn't know. If I had a daughter and lived in Bloomington, IN, I would buy her a gift card to PP just to spite him. Grrrrr.

Presidential Condoms

Whaaat in the world...



Are these serious? It's just a gag gift, right? Because... what a turn off. I mean, Obama is sort of attractive (Jezebel's #1 Sexy Everyday Man), but in a paternal way. If I had to look at Obama right before I wanted to have sex, I would just NEVER have sex. So for me, they would work really well as a sexual deterrent... which might not be so bad, at this point. I mean, sex, what a waste of time. Now, if I could only figure out a similar strategy to make me stop blogging and start studying more...

Ricki Lake gave birth 10 years ago, we finally get to watch.

I was just watching Ricki Lake acting pregnant in Cry Baby this weekend, and was wondering what it would look like to watch her push it out. Now, I will be able to find out. The new movie she is producing, "The Business of Being Born," will show a number of births, including Ricki giving birth to Milo in her bath tub.



I am quite excited about this film. Apparently, it's going to feature less of the stereotypical birthing scene, i.e. crying women screaming for an anaesthesia injection and a baby suddenly appearing out of nowhere, and more of what it is really like to see a baby being born in a healthy, non-hospital environment. So there will be vaginas, there will be mucus, there will be placentas, and there will be real women sharing positive stories about giving birth. Hurray for Ricki Lake!

Okay, folks. Putchie is back.

I found myself a little lonely after the election, what with Sarah Palin back in the sidelines. One of the things that I've noticed about the other blogs is when nothing is going on, I mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, they choose a celebrity punching bag and just harp on that person. The only celebrity punching bags I have chosen so far have been Sarah Palin and Elizabeth Hasselbeck, who are relatively boring right now. But don't worry. I will work on finding others.