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September 12, 2007 I'm a statistic 
According to this news article in the Toronto Star this morning, the latest Canadian census puts single-parent families at the highest level ever (more than 1 in 4) and adults who are not married in the majority (51.5%). Huh. The last few years have been strange. When I was in highschool, I cross-stitched and crocheted and made candles, and it made me a geek. Now you can't go ten feet in any direction without a big feminist craft revival festival--new magazines, dozens of book titles a year, stitch and bitch groups sprouting like mushrooms after rain. When I was in highschool, loving science fiction and fantasy stories made me a geek. Now you can't go ten feet in any direction without a new speculative fiction movie or tv show popping up and garnering huge fan bases and critical acclaim--The Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, Firefly. When I was in highschool, having my diary published in the newspaper definitely made me a geek. Now you can't go ten feet in any direction without stumbling on a new blog. When I was in highschool, taking my camera with me everywhere and taking a million photos of everything also made me a geek. Now anyone and everyone has a scrapbook and they all do the same bloody thing. When I was in highschool, reading as much as I did was definitely geeky. Now book clubs are so ubiquitous they're over. Reading? We're done with reading. That was last year's thing. When I was in highschool, being an environmentalist was geeky, or very definitely strange. Now everyone cares about global warming and smog and wants to calculate their ecological footprints and purchase carbon offsets for their SUVs (not that I think this is an effective way to manage environmental guilt, but you know what I mean). When I was in highschool, being single was geeky, or at least pathetic; and being part of a single-parent family was definitely tragic. Now? It's passe, it's been done. Now I'm just part of the crowd. What's next? Is wicca going to be the Next Big Religious Craze? Will baking chocolate chip cookies and banana bread be the next Feminist Craft Revival? Will everyone be painting their abodes in the Carnival Funhouse Modern scheme? Is feminism going to become cool again? Will poetry explode on the cultural scene in a big way? Quit it, world. Back off. Leave me my oddities. Posted by Andrea at September 12, 2007 8:13 AM under Decision 2007 EMAIL this entry (comments fields are below this section) Comments Tell me about it. Then again, I think it's just easier as an adult to find those spaces in which it's easier to celebrate your "oddities". If it's any comfort to you, I know a few people (mostly family members) who would gladly point out just how odd they think you (we) are... Posted by: NotSoSage at September 12, 2007 9:03 AM
I'm sure Wicca is going to go mainstream. I can sense the groundswell! Posted by: Jennifer at September 12, 2007 9:39 AM
Frances is lucky that her mom is such a trend-setter! Posted by: Miche at September 12, 2007 3:32 PM
I'd say you're ahead of your time, but it's more likely you were sent back in time and suffered amnesia regarding said travel. Posted by: ~Macarena~ at September 12, 2007 5:14 PM
Please let feminism become cool again. Hell, it doesn't even have to become cool, just let it be somewhat effective here and there. Sigh. By the terms of this post, I too was a freakin' A-lister in high school, at least by today's standards. Posted by: Mad Hatter at September 12, 2007 9:38 PM
Hey, that makes me a statistic too. Who knew that being a single mum would suddenly become de rigeu...de rigu..the in thing? Posted by: alison at September 13, 2007 9:02 AM
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