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Excuse me for breeding and cluttering up your world

The other day (I started this post the day of, but never found time to finish it) my three youngest daughters and I were at the grocery store, and I’m trying as usual to keep them from getting in people’s way. When they temporarily block other shoppers’ paths, most people smile indulgently and say […]

Posted 23 December 2008 † Brigette Russell § Feminism § Parenthood § The Culture Wars ‡ Comments (8) ° Also tagged: , ,

The lazy shrew and the breeder pig

Last year there was a discussion on an e-mail list I’m on about the Duggars, the notoriously large family of 17 (soon to be 18) children. There were comments about how that was too many children to give individual attention to each, a snide comment or two about Mrs. Duggar’s hairstyle, and the general […]

Posted 31 July 2008 † Brigette Russell § Parenthood § Religion § The Culture Wars ‡ Comments (13) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Proud to be a lifelong, kid-free environmentalist

That’s how Warren Dunn signs himself in a “My View” piece in the Santa Fe New Mexican entitled “Fewer children will leave fewer carbon footprints.” Worried about deforestation, global warming and “the possible demise of our species,” Dunn calls for free vasectomies and tubal ligations, and replacing tax deductions for having children with rewards […]

Posted 03 June 2008 † Brigette Russell § Parenthood § Politics § Santa Fe ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: