Posted on 03/04/2007 12:53:59 PM PST by SmithL
It was time for the "Childfree Landslide News." Christine Fisher leaned forward and announced this in a soft voice that would sound surprisingly strong when it aired as part of her weekly (at least on Mars, she says, where weeks are 13 days) online show, the "Adult Space Child Free Podcast." She had just put in a day at the pharmaceutical company where she works and was home in her Newark apartment, shoes off, with her husband flopped on a sofa reading in the next room and her two cats roaming underfoot.
She started the podcast, a medley of commentary, news and personal narrative, to reach an audience outside "diaperland" about a year ago. Fisher knew as early as third grade that she did not want children. She had no interest in games that involved playing house or cooing over babies. In the world of childfree men and women, she is what's known as an "early articulator." Now 32, she has had her share of friends who became temporarily unavailable or disappeared when they had kids. Even in the Bay Area, which Fisher finds one of the better places for childfree mingling because of its cultural diversity -- San Francisco has one of the lowest ratios of kids of any U.S. city -- it can be hard for the childfree to connect.
Her listeners are a far-flung demographic, with a few hundred of various ages mostly in the United States, but also scattered as far away as the United Arab Emirates, Norway and Uruguay....Then, in what's become her signature end to the show, she leaned into the microphone and said, "This is Chris the Fixed Kitty saying, 'Keep from breeding!' "
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Crybabies are probably better off not having babies of their own.
True, very true, but shutting up doesn't get them their 15 minutes of fame.
What disturbs me about this movement is that they are trying to further devalue parenthood and children. They want to suck away resources for their own selfish selves and basically “steal candy” from babies. It also disturbs me that the guy in the middle of the article said he would acknowledge dogs but would ignore baby strollers. It’s a deliberate and hateful distinction.
I’ve decided to not ever have children but for totally different reasons. I don’t not want to bring a child into a world with people like these.
South Park is AWESOME!
OTOH, when someone is making podcasts ending with "Keep from breeding!" as the article reports, that's not a leave us alone statement. In fact, that's a perverse and destructive statement and issue should be taken with it.
With regard to the cat, I was tempted to post something snarky about it until you explained about the media manipulation, in which case you have my sincere sympathy.
I respect anyone who makes the decision not to procreate. Looking at the sad state of affairs these days I’d say there are many more who should not procreate but do.
People like this aren’t all that rare these days. Good for her!
We’re proud we’re not filthy breeders.
Besides, when we all get old and feeble, we’ll have YOUR children to support us. Isn’t liberalism grand?
Bloody selfish scum...
Well - at least their parents didn’t have the same attitude - obviously.
Thanks for coming on “Crazy Cat Lady” ;-) Hope you stick around!
(I posted that I respect your choice)
And for the record...the real crazy cat ladies have at least six times the number of cats you have, so I’m not sure you can claim the title!
If she’s been back since March of `07, she’s only been lurking.
LOL. Caught by an undead thread!
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