Being a) oviparous, and b) male, the Cod is not able to participate directly in Boobquake*, or its rival, Brainquake. I'd considered a 'quake deathmatch, and gotten as far as putting some bleachers out in the sun, and had commitments from the ladies from cajunsexycooking.com and MFK Fisher to square off, but the Internet State Gaming Commission refused to sanction the bout, on the grounds it would be a mismatch.
Luckily, there are other things going on. Like a school where pregnant teens learn healthy cooking. Yay, right? The Cod would argue not so much. For starters, wouldn't more sense to teach teens not to get pregnant? Also, while, indeed, yes, it is better for pregnant teens and moms to eat better, it's also a good idea for nonpregnant teens to eat better. The inference, then would be that it starts to matter what these young women put in their bodies only when these bodies host another person. The takeaway here would seem to be that your body does not matter unless you are pregnant, which is a shitty message to be sending to young women. Who knows? A little bit of education about contraception and nutrition in the junior high years just might kick self-esteem up a notch, and thus discourage eating garbage and having sex with boys who won't use condoms.
*Boobquake is blowing up like a rearended Pinto. Why? Because boobs + social media = giant rock of bacon-flavored crack for mainstream media, esp. during sweeps. In fact, it's sort of depressing how much traction this particular movement has gotten as opposed to, say, protests of Jafar Panahai's detention. Perhaps the cast of, like, Beeswax could pledge to go topless until he is free?
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