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Entries from June 2008

A Failed Intervention

April 27th, 2008 · 12 Comments

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I see her through the clouded lens of decades past, the tiny girl with the weary smile, and the sure, square hands darkened with charcoal and chalk. At nine, she built her world of art on sidewalks and cement walls, springing dark-eyed figures out of marigold fields, and white rabbits out of wishing wells.
She [...]

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Tags: Health and Wellness · Medicine/Disease · Mental Health

Feminism, Fat, and Strange Politics

April 20th, 2008 · 18 Comments

“Feminism: the radical notion that women are people.” - Anonymous
“Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” - Pat Robertson
Feminism. The word can rouse the twin specters of angst and animus out of even their most [...]

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Tags: Health and Wellness · Politics

A Revolution in C-Major

April 15th, 2008 · 24 Comments

For the last several months, I’ve heard the gospel of “change” preached from pillar to gallows, like a love song to the forlorn and forsaken. I have heard reams of speeches spun with the gold of hope, inspiration and motivation, and a few hundred star-crossed renditions of the American Dream.
The nearly hypnotizing [...]

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