Firstly let me state that I only know what's going on in the BBC soap Eastenders because my husband watches it without fail every day. Whenever the script writers run out of ideas, they make some female character pregnant (pregnancy is almost always shown as the one and only major life event for any female character in this show). At the moment Kat ( Read more... )

A little lighthearted humor from The Ellen Show, http://youtu.be/c0pm4D8Lz8o?t=1m20s

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this (this, this) upsets me, badly. they're making a show called "the secret life of a soccer mom" on TLC.

the advert for it said (not verbatim, but pretty effing close) "many women put their dreams on hold to raise a family. for a week, we show them what their lives would be like if they hadn't"

this is a HORRIBLE premise for a show. i believe that ( Read more... )

A nice bit of dialog from Star Trek: Voyager spelling out the fact that yes, having children *is* a choice:

KES: Maybe I just felt I should have a child because I could.
DOCTOR: There is a powerful biological drive, at times almost impossible to resist. Species are driven by these urges in order to survive.
KES: But isn't that ( Read more... )