ABORSH FREE-FOR-ALL

JUST KIDDING. But seriously, now that OBAMACARE A.K.A. SOCIALISM has passed the House and Senate there have been a lot of awesome jokes going around, e.g. WELL LOOKS LIKE NOW ALL REPUBLICANS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THREE ABORTIONS BY THE AGE OF 12 and so forth. Which is hilarious, for literally millions of reasons, especially the one where the health care reform bill is actually QUITE RESTRICTIVE i/r/t abortion :(. Personally I made some jokes about how I am going to get pregnant just so that I can have an aborsh paid for by John Boehner himself, because that guy is so orange and so not down with lady power.

The Boehner lookin' all orange and hate-y with some other old white dudes that supposedly give a shit about what we do or don't do with our uteruses

OKAY BUT REALLY the main point is that HCR passed, and this is basically good for ladies! Because it bans insurance companies from denying you coverage/making you pay way more because you have a "pre-existing condition" known as a UTERUS! Also, anytime that the GOP is shown to really not give a single shit about women except to make sure that they're married and at home making/raising babies, I'm happy. I mean, why do women even NEED to be able to buy health insurance independently? Shouldn't they have gotten married to an actual person by the time they were 23/a college graduate and had been kicked off their parents' (a.k.a. father's) health insurance plan? And don't even get me started on divorced/single mothers. HOO BOY.

Alright, I'm pretty hungry and also full of coffee, which also makes me really angry-blog-y, so it's time for a sandwich. Click on the link in the first paragraph for the feministing.com take on all this, probably written by a person with somewhat less that 98% of brain power devoted to thinking about delicious cheeses/chocolate chip cookies/fresh-baked bread.

P.S. I also just got back from my annual GYN exam - first one in St. Louis! - at the local Planned Parenthood (totes discounted, y'all) and there were hella protesters with signs about how I shouldn't get an aborsh. They weren't yelling or else this blog probz would have included an anecdote about Stuart throwing rotten shrimp tacos at them or something of that nature. But I'll be headed back there every month or so for pill pick-up so expect further bulletins as anti-choice events warrant (the weather's getting nicer so I expect their activities will warm up too). I am mostly just jazzed to live in a place with PPs again. If I could I would mail one on down to little old Stillwater :(

P.P.S. I know the Queer/Women's Art Festival went down the other night though! Well done Stillwater ladies!