My best friend just recently had this problem... at Planned Parenthood of all places! She had been using the Nuvaring but was having periods come and go whenever they liked. When she told the NP this, the NP first said (posted to Finding a feminist doctor)
While we had planned to get married sometime in the future, the timing of getting married to my husband was a similar situation. We both had been unemployed for months and were both students. Getting married and being listed as (posted to My big fat shotgun wedding)
I agree with Jennifer and Insomniac above on the Japanese robot model. One has to be very careful not to take things culturally out of context. Advanced robotics is a major source of pride for Japan and in situations like (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
Either way is linguistically correct though not always technically correct. I used ' Japanese' in reference to the language of the articles I was reading and 'Japan' to represent the culture because using 'Japanese' to write about both in the (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
I am doubting everyone on here assumes that because one speaks generally about a group that the person speaking is referring to everyone in that cultural group. In terms of oppression though, I see your concern but it was the (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
actually i wouldnt assume that but i can see how one of your ilk would (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
One... of my... ilk? I just don't even know what to say. I think maybe you're trying to be insulting, but I can't be sure. Anyway, I'm revising my previous assumption - I no longer think that you were deliberately (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
Okay, I get what you mean now, and I'm sorry if I came across too aggressive. I just like robotics and technology, you know? That the field in this news article is modeling is incidental to my excitement. I was (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
A feminist can never be too aggressive :) The robot newscaster was... bizarre. It always excites me, however, when fashion mixes with technology. It is telling that more robots look like female bodies (at least the ones I have seen) (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
CDiggs03, I respect the fact that you find my work problematic. I also agree with you that vawnet is a terrific source of sexual assault programming ideas. However, I disagree with how you have characterized the programs I have created (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
