BLOGGING THE LONGEST REVOLUTION
Posted in Patriarchal Medicine on Dec 16th, 2008
Taking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals the most dramatic evidence yet of the dangers of these still-popular pills.
Even women who took estrogen and progestin pills for as little as a couple of years had a greater chance [...]
Posted in Fascist Beauty Standards, Patriarchal Medicine, Popular Culture on Dec 11th, 2008
The latest (and in my opinion bad) news is that Oprah Winfrey is going to publicly explain, in what sounds like a confessional way, why she has gained 40 pounds and weighs 200 pounds. Based on what I read in the newspapers tonight on the way home, her weight gains and losses embarrass [...]
Posted in Being Poor, Capitalism, Financial Meltdown, Patriarchal Medicine, Racism, Working Class People on Sep 27th, 2008
I wasn’t invited to the Capitol to discussion solutions to the Wall Street meltdown. That was a privilege reserved for the two mainstream presidential candidates. But had I been invited, I’d have been prepared. I’d have been ready with my analysis and with my, I believe, good, informed, intelligent ideas, challenges and solutions to this [...]
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Being Poor, Big Pharm, Patriarchal Medicine, Women and Disability on Jun 20th, 2008
I still have my 10 posts I’m working on, still kind of choked, still priming the pump. But I keep thinking about this post from the Daily Kos that I read last weekend. Daily Kos is not a blog I normally read because there is too much unapologetic, in your face, sexism there. I came across the link [...]
