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[moominmuppet]

And a brief life update -- nothing much has happened in the past two days; I've been down with a migraine, and accomplished exactly nothing. Also, I'm worried about Morph. He's acting weird and lethargic. A vet visit may be in the near future.

And now for the links:

Creative Coffins (and eco-friendly, too!) -- from mseuphrates

The last bastion of prejudiceDuncan James's decision to come out as bisexual has drawn attention to one of the ugliest of Britain's prejudices


WHAT IS THE GOP'S GOAL ON ABORTION AND HEALTH REFORM?

What the President Ordered
Regina Benjamin is just the surgeon general Barack Obama needs.

Episcopal Vote Reopens a Door to Gay Bishops

Congressman booted from Democrats for Life because he wants to reduce the abortion rate

Video games give girls "life lessons" on how to achieve their social beauty standards Ew. Gross.

Cats Do Control Humans, Study Finds from jajy1979

Arizona governor approves abortion constraints from jajy1979

Rabid Anti-Abortionist Tries to Use Sotomayor Hearings for Comeback

Massive Squid Wash Up in Quake Aftermath also from jajy1979

Reproductive and Sexual Health Legislation Update

A new blog for teenage feminists

The Proper Way to Peel Bananas from yendi

A good complex discussion on what it means to be disabled

Autism as Academic Paradigm from serenejournal

FDA approves new one step emergency contraception

Throw the Book (of Mormon) at Them from joedecker

Things that make my life easier: TENS edition -- I have one of these, too, and generally find it moderately helpful.

A post in the polyamory community about research on poly stuff -- I want to keep this for reference (it's the comments that are really handy)

PSA -- cat in need

Comments

[hourglassfull.livejournal.com]

I'm no slave to my cat! I can ignore him for hours when I'm not here.

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

[findingthegirl.livejournal.com]

The link to the creative coffins really interested me. I find the business of funerals fascinating and am particularly interested in eco-friendly and home-based funeral arrangements. PBS had a documentary on the home funeral movement a few years ago called "A Family Undertaking". Here's a link: http://www.pbs.org/pov/afamilyundertaking/ Everyone thinks I'm being morbid when I bring these things up, but I think it's a really important subject to talk about.

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

I totally agree; thanks for the link; it sounds fascinating! The traditional funeral industry is problematic and disturbing in all sorts of ways, and I'm really excited to see changes in how people are handling things.

I liked scattering my grandma's ashes on Lake Huron, although we had to be careful, because it's actually considered littering if you get caught! *grin* I love that her last act was one of civil disobedience. She'd've been happy about that.

[findingthegirl.livejournal.com]

The documentary is on Netflix if you want to queue it: http://www.netflix.com/Movie/A_Family_Undertaking_POV/70038982?lnkce=seRtLn&trkid=222336&strkid=1850175047_0_0&strackid=684e79ddd6a15202_0_srl

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

Thanks! added to my queue...