Cassandra Wilkinson's Blog

rachelhills:

I used to be intimidated by people who wrote about sex, even long after I started writing about it myself.

Not all
people who wrote about sex – some of them were my friends, and I wasn’t
intimidated by them at all. But as a generalized category, I thought that
people who wrote about sex –…

This was my biggest April Fools letdown - the Minecraft theme park is not real. SAD. FACE. “Parody site reported that city would be home to huge entertainment complex”

Lots of people talking about the ‘epidemic’ of scooter injuries. Here is the study: about as dangerous as skates. less dangerous than skateboards. most injuries not serious - only 5% heads. relax. #letkidsbekids 

A persuasive endorsement for letting kids be kids

A blow to my son who was planning an Australia day lemonade stand for our street. 

Is there anything left in childhood that somebody isn’t afraid of? toys, animals, trees, trampolines… and now lemonade! 

The Kids Are Alright: 10 good reasons to relax and let kids be kids [Ms Cassandra Wilkinson] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. All kids deserve to be safe. They also need to have fun, get dirty, fall down and learn that they are strong enough to get up again. Fears about choking

I’m cleaning out the cobwebs here and re-focussing the blog on my new book The Kids are Alright. For those who don’t love the nanny state there will still be plenty to enjoy but with more pictures of kids doing awesome stunts and links to things that make life a bit more adventurous.

Love to get some links and recommendations from you guys of anything to do with letting kids have a bit more freedom. For fun, for liberty, for more Kodak moments and treasured childhood memories!

Be excellent to each other! Cass

Working on a history of FBi. everything I find is wonderful!

thisbigcity:

newmuseum:

New Yorkers: who’s hot enough take a dip in the East River today? Our friends at +Pool want to make it happen, and they’re getting down to the wire with their Kickstarter campaign! If you love swimming, sustainable (and wacky) architecture, or large-scale civic projects, consider supporting them today. 

A big idea for the Big Apple

Go Stacey and pals : )

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onawingandaswear:

Hello all, so this is my dad, and he’s planning on cosplaying as Rescue Captain America at San Diego Comic-Con this year.

Here’s the problem: He’s 53 and he thinks he might be too old to cosplay. In addition, he thinks he’s not buff/handsome enough to pull it off a Captain America costume. So even though he’s put a ton of work into his cosplay, he’s thinking about not taking any of it with us.

I’ve set out to prove him wrong, so tumblr, please help me show this retired Air Force officer that he makes a great Captain America!

Your dad is awesome and cosplay is for everyone!

Tell your dad that he looks perfect!!

I am super jealous of your dad.

Perfect! Has the craggy chin and features of a good Capt. America.

FUCK NO HE IS PERFECT

Your dad is adorable but no he can totally do this.

Medicine used to be obsessed with eradicating the tiny bugs that live within us. Now we’re beginning to understand all the ways they keep us healthy.

Professor Michael Pollon talks to germ researchers about their research is changing their home routine - “So I gave up asking scientists for recommendations and began asking them instead how, in light of what they’ve learned about the microbiome, they have changed their own diets and lifestyles… They were slower to take, or give their children, antibiotics. (I should emphasize that in no way is this an argument for the rejection of antibiotics when they are medically called for.) Some spoke of relaxing the sanitary regime in their homes, encouraging their children to play outside in the dirt and with animals — deliberately increasing their exposure to the great patina.”