by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• NARAL will be hosting an event where comedians make fun of pro-life pregnancy resource centers:
  

  There’s no shortage of these laughably absurd anecdotes, and NARAL is now hoping to shed light on the manipulative tactics and misinformation of crisis pregnancy centers through an unconventional advocacy event this week in Oakland: a comedy show….

  On April 16 at the New Parkway (474 24th St., Oakland), four comedians will speak out about crisis pregnancy centers as part of a comedy event NARAL is organizing called Stand Up for Choice. The show will feature Kurt Braunohler, a Los Angeles-based comedian and the event’s headliner; Nato Green, a San Francisco-based comic and San Francisco Examiner columnist; Aparna Nancherla, a New York-based comic and former writer for W. Kamau Bell’s show Totally Biased; and Eliza Skinner, an LA-based comic and Funny or Die writer. Their stand-up routines will touch on CPCs and other topics….

  A majority of the centers — some licensed as community clinics by the state, others unlicensed — referred to fetuses as “babies” and told the women they were “already a mother,” NARAL reported.

  Perhaps NARAL’s next move will be to make fun of baby showers and anyone who uses the term “baby bump.”

by Carder Some people may want to slam Josh and Anna for using their unborn child for their political cause, but I think this is just right for them. They obviously feel passionately about the pro-life movement (hello — they relocated their family in order to work for it), and they’re keenly aware of their […]

What I find most interesting about this strange story, as reported on by Katie Yoder at NewsBusters, is that TMZ asked the question in the first place. As told by Yoder:

TMZ paparazzi found actor Jack Black in Beverly Hills to ask their latest “gotcha question:” “What do you think is good music to play at Planned Parenthood?” To their amusement, Black recommended Led Zeppelin when “squeezing out a baby.” The clip aired during TMZ’s entertainment news show on Jan. 6.

by Carder Breeding little humans isn’t for everyone and, while we think everyone should be able to choose to have kids or not without facing judgement, some people just don’t get it. If the kids-just-aren’t-for-me-ever contingency was really honest, there would probably be a whole lot more people making comments like “No, I don’t want […]

The whole thing has been overwhelming because I didn’t realize you could love something so much, and I know people always say that but I love him so much it hurts…and it’s an interesting feeling to have because I never felt that before. He’s getting to that place where he’s smiling and he’s almost ready […]

One of my favorite tweeters for the other side is RabblePro-Choice. She’s like a wild-eyed pro-abort terrier. Last week Rabble went after pro-lifer marylikesbagles, who had posted the following video with the invitation, “Everyone who believes in abortion should watch this video. It’s only 30 seconds anyways.” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyb-9_1dD50[/youtube] Apparently Rabble thought all the hyperbolic use […]

Of course, of course [I’ll change my baby’s diapers]… one hundred percent. ~ Rapper Jay-Z, as he looks forward to the birth of his baby girl with his wife, singer Beyonce Knowles, as quoted by US Weekly, November 14

My heart has tripled in size. I love him more than all the leaves on all the trees. ~ Actress Alyssa Milano tweeting on the recent birth of her son, Milo Thomas Bugliari, as quoted by People, September 1 [HT: Laura Loo]