The Spencer Hamilton Blog

  1.       What is no fault divorce A.     No Fault divorce refers to the ability to walk away from a marriage without alleging or proving that someone’s behavior is to blame B.      It has led to a decline in reported spousal abuse and women being murdered by their husbands to get out of the marriage C.      The Conservative critique is that no one is punished for breaking up a marriage, while supporters cite that it has given women agency when leaving an abusive relationship   2.       What is AT FAULT divorce A.     You have to prove that someone (usually the man) has either abandoned you, abused you or unfaithful. One would present their evidence before a judge and the judge would say that’s enough or punish the couple by making them stay married. It favors men   B.      Religious context: Lots of Amish and similar...

As I've discovered the childfree community I've decided to look at some articles geared toward being "anti childfree" to get a glimpse into what they think as well as how the discussion tends to be framed. I came away with some things I found problematic about these anti childfree articles Having a child doesn't guarantee that your  family will visit you when you're in a nursing home at times other than Thanksgiving and Christmas e  1.  They zoom out focusing on society, not inward about personal choice  I t is MY decision whether to have a child or not. Society doesn’t get to make that decision for me. Society won’t be there for the 2am bottle feedings, Society won’t relieve a tired Mom when she’s burned out. SOCIETY won’t take my husband out on a date when we get tired of parenting and just want to be ourselves. SOCIETY won’t babysit for me, so why does SOCIETY get to pressure me into having a child because they’re falling below replacement rate. There are...

Princess Cut is a cringey 2015 film that seems to have everyone in boxes. Men are in bigger boxes than women, the women are just Stepford Wives and the men are those hard working country folk with small town--read conservative--values. The reason that I am so conflicted about this film is because it does have principles I like, but the way it is executed is just...awful! Let's hurry up and cut this diamond so Grace can put it on her finger already Cast Princess Grace Mom Straight Pete Buttigieg Forgettable Brother, son of straight Pete Buttigieg Drew  Dr Clint Jared "No means nothing" We first meet Grace in the jewelry store, and  meets Jared, he'll be important later. How much is that ring? 12k, that Princess Cut is gonna cost you some bank! Tessa, her friend is like come on, hurry up! Why did she need to get Grace? For some exposition! They took their own cars but she's rushing Gra...