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!' "
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My cat is cuter.
Even the cat seems to dislike her.
You can tell she doesn't have children because she's got a coffee maker sitting on the kitchen floor. My sons would turn that into a nuclear reactor in less time than it took her to arrest that obviously-aggrieved cat.
Well, if she doesn't have kids, that's fewer moonbats in the next generation. I encourage all liberals to use birth control freely. :)
}:-)4
Demographics. We'll breed you out.
NEEEEXXXXXTTTTTT .......... !
The cat does not look happy.
Yeah, there's definitely a little bit of "you make kitty scared" in that expression.
Both Bill and Hillary would hit that anwyay...
It's a small-time podcast with a miniscule audience, run by someone who sounds a little bit nutty and self-absorbed. No big deal, and none of my business, but I notice that for the San Francisco two income no children so smug they're in love with the smell of their own f*rts crowd, the right to freely associate or not is a one way street.
Only two cats? Usually those of her ilk have no less than ten. What a piker. ;)
I don' t have any kids of my own. I have never had the urge to give birth to any, either. However, God saw what a WONDERFUL woman I am, and blessed me with three boys to raise anyway; my StepSon and my two Nephews. :)
I sure ended up with a houseful for someone who never wanted kids, LOL!
I'm glad folks like her don't want to breed. That constant "I Never Really Wanted You, Anyway" carping is really hard on kids. ;)
My cats are WAY cuter. One is laying across my arm right now, interfering with my typing.
Unfortunately, ideology is not hereditary. And things like this are only contributing to the decline of the West. Affluence engenders decadence.
Ain't the Internet wonderful? It allows every crackpot to have their 15 minutes of fame to spew their nonesense .... myself included ;-)
So with all those pots and pans in her kitchen, who does she cook for? The cats?
I like cheese
Do you like cheese
Oh goody, lets form a focus group, a club
exclude and castrate those who do not like cheese
Oh yes, send me money so I can educate you into
how evil it is to not like cheese,
Sic the Lawyers on un-likers
Until every one likes cheese
BTW - that cat looks pissed
mine like to snuggle
SandyInSeatle: My cats are WAY cuter. One is laying across my arm right now, interfering with my typing.
Utt ohhh, a catfight ....... /grin
"So with all those pots and pans in her kitchen, who does she cook for? The cats?"
Adam and Steve, the gay upstairs neighbors? Nah. They'd be in control of the kitchen duties, most likely. And would have BETTER cookware, too! ;)
Look, if she doesn't want to have kids, that's fine, but there's no need to form an organization about it, which will inevitably escalate into demanding special rights and privileges. Besides, who'd want to procreate with these broads anyway? These women couldn't get a man if it was closing time at the bar and were the only gals inside of it.
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