Sick kid warning (Arisia crowd)

My younger child came up positive for strep this AM at the doctor's office; the older has a red throat and is assumed to be on course for the same. Both are on antibiotics now.

Given how long ago he was exposed (about 9 days) we were somewhat surprised but the doc says it might have a long incubation period. If you or your kids interacted with either of the boys this weekend please keep an eye out. We're sorry if we passed this on to anyone.

Sick kid warning (Arisia crowd)

My younger child came up positive for strep this AM at the doctor's office; the older has a red throat and is assumed to be on course for the same. Both are on antibiotics now.

Given how long ago he was exposed (about 9 days) we were somewhat surprised but the doc says it might have a long incubation period. If you or your kids interacted with either of the boys this weekend please keep an eye out. We're sorry if we passed this on to anyone.

Reproductive ideology and the apartheid of "sex"

"Sex" in the sense of the (false) dichotomy of "two sexes", not meaning the acts people engage in.

I wanted to call peoples' attention to a thoughtful post by Andrea James in boingboing on the Caster Semenya situation and its larger implications for gender boundaries.

Andrea is very unsympathetic to people who want to enforce strong attempts to genderize sports, and has some sharp words for bad science reporting along the way. Given who reads my LJ this is probably preaching to the choir, but given the wide range of comments and Andrea's thorough posting I thought you'd enjoy reading this, as I did. It's also worth noting, as some of the boingboing commenters do, that Andrea has no proposal for solving the problem of what to do about segregating sports. If not for segregation by sex, men would dominate many if not all strength-based competitions. That doesn't seem fair to women either.

As always, I leave comments turned on for any who want to express a response, either pro or con.

Reproductive ideology and the apartheid of "sex"

"Sex" in the sense of the (false) dichotomy of "two sexes", not meaning the acts people engage in.

I wanted to call peoples' attention to a thoughtful post by Andrea James in boingboing on the Caster Semenya situation and its larger implications for gender boundaries.

Andrea is very unsympathetic to people who want to enforce strong attempts to genderize sports, and has some sharp words for bad science reporting along the way. Given who reads my LJ this is probably preaching to the choir, but given the wide range of comments and Andrea's thorough posting I thought you'd enjoy reading this, as I did. It's also worth noting, as some of the boingboing commenters do, that Andrea has no proposal for solving the problem of what to do about segregating sports. If not for segregation by sex, men would dominate many if not all strength-based competitions. That doesn't seem fair to women either.

As always, I leave comments turned on for any who want to express a response, either pro or con.