Might have to change the old viewing habits somewhat. Of a morning, I brew my cappuccino and sit down to catch up on what's happening in the world. I switch on the television to Sunrise, and spend the rest of the day cursing myself over my poor choice. Look, I know it's meant to be light entertainment and not heavy-hitting news, but let's just hope the Channel 7 first aid kit is stocked with tweezers - they're going to need them to remove the splinters from beneath their fingernails where they have scraped the bottom of the barrel.
What's got me pissed off actually occurred a few days ago. I've been a bit busy to write about it, but believe me, the anger hasn't subsided. It was a segment on the weekend edition, and featured talking heads Melissa Hoyer, Monique Wright, Bazil WhatshisfaceandIcan'tbefuckedchecking, and Ron Wilson. The topic upon which these informed and knowledgeable philosophers were conversing (typed using sarcasm font) was IVF. The headline to the segment read - and I shit you not - 'hopeful mums are getting addicted to IVF like the pokies, chasing the win of birth'.
Before I go any further, let me state this: Fuck you, Sunrise. Fuck all of you there who went along with this obnoxious and disgraceful headline. Fuck you sideways dry with a cactus for the flippant tone in which the four smug-sketeers handled what is an incredibly heartbreaking and stressful subject for the people who have, and are in the process of undergoing, IVF!!!
How dare you liken this distressing and emotional procedure to gambling on the pokies? From what I could tell, none of your panellists have experienced infertility, and from the insensitive comments it's might be parenthetically inferred it's a shame these panellists have been allowed to breed.
'Start younger!' chortled Wilson. Hey, guess what? I know people who started in their mid-twenties before finally welcoming their beautiful twins at age thirty-six. Wilson then went on to tell people they had to 'relax'. Hey, Wilso, do you have any gynaecological qualifications? I'm guessing not. Want to know how to shit people dealing with infertility? Tell them to relax. Guess what, you insufferably smug pile of festering parrot shit? I had issues conceiving, too. Genuine medical issues that prevented me falling, and no amount of relaxation was going to help. Luckily, the problem was discovered and fixed, and I am now the loving mother to two beautiful kids. It's also the reason I am a slightly older mother, but I'm a pretty decent one, and my kids are really good human beings. But even though it's been many years since Mr Bingells and I had to deal with the grief of infertility, I still remember how much I loathed unsolicited advice from lay people. Also, smug know-alls saying you've got to accept 'it's nature's way'. The 'nature's way' argument loses a considerable amount of gravitas when it's being put forward by a woman whose face is bulging with Botox. Isn't aging and the accompanying wrinkles also 'nature's way'?
So yeah, that's a big FUCK YOU to you arseholes for your flippant insensitivity. I'm actually among those who are calling upon you to issue an apology to the people undergoing IVF, although unless it's genuine, don't insult them further with a fake sorry-not-sorry type apology.
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