this week's book is Open Democracy: Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century
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Still job hunting, still practicing sewing.
My wife and I started a birthing course last week and holy fuck if that isn't a slap in the face from the patriarchy. Took all our energy not to eye roll at the heteronormativity and misogyny in literally every comment by a man in the room. Big 'I hate my wife' energy which really makes you think well why are you all here then? Which sucks because I'd really hope to learn from other couples experiences but alas the straights typically have little to offer.
That's awful. We were lucky enough to take a course from a doula who worked out of the hospital system we did our birth care through. I still have all of our materials plus an unused code for an informational app, and would be more than happy to send you a little care package if that would help in any way
Thanks a lot for the offer! Actually we just had the second session this evening and it was better. Just wish there were more queer oriented courses out there but this one will be fine overall I think. I'll let you know if we're interested at a later time.
How's your kiddo doing?
I'm glad it was better! Fwiw my wife and I did a bunch of eye rolling during the snack breaks and on the ride home from several of the classes.
Our kiddo is doing really well, we hit 1y4m last week - she has all teeth except her 2 year molars (tons of fun), is transitioning from two to one nap a day (tons of fun), and is doing her darndest to use words for things, which is actually fun.
I was curious about how you and yours were doing. Very glad to hear all is well!
All is well, far less free time now than this time last year when she was sleeping for eighteen hours.
If you wanted something that sleeps 18 hours a day, why didn't you just get a cat?
Aww great to hear. Exciting times coming up it seems :)