On this.
My aunt died today, two months after entering hospice care, and three months after stopping the chemo treatments for ovarian cancer that wouldn’t and couldn’t stop the disease from spreading.
Take care of yourselves.
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Update
Posted in cancer, feminism, women, women's health on November 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Updates to “Assholes in Colorado”
Posted in feminism, fuck you, idiots, male privilege, men, misogyny, no child left behind, patriarchy, sexism, sexual harassment, teaching, what the fuck, women, women's rights, tagged John F Gay, Rick Porter, Windsor High School on August 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Update to “Assholes in Colorado“:
Officer John Gay responded to media yesterday in an interview with a writer for MyWindsorNow.com:
In a telephone interview Thursday afternoon, Gay denied ever saying that about Shaylah.
“A complete lie. Certainly somebody misconstrued anything that I might have said. In my career in having investigated child crimes and child abuse, I have [...]
Ovarian Cancer: A Not-So-Silent Killer
Posted in cancer, consciousness-raising, feminism, sexual health, women, women's health, tagged ovarian cancer on August 22, 2008 | 8 Comments »
My aunt, who just turned 72 a couple weeks ago, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer about eight weeks ago. Because I’m a lazy grad student who hasn’t had paid work since mid-May, and because I live about five miles away from my aunt, and because her husband has the early stages of Alzheimer’s, I have [...]
Swing Vote: Racist, sexist, asshole tripe
Posted in feminism, feminist critique, male privilege, men, movie reviews, movies, patriarchy, sexism, sitcom stereotypes, white privilege, women, tagged Swing Vote on August 5, 2008 | 19 Comments »
Well, Kevin Costner’s done it again. He’s made me want to vomit all over a movie screen. If he’s good at anything — which is up for debate — he’s good at making me feel absolutely nauseated.
sirhC/Nigel and I went to go see Swing Vote on Saturday night — it was either that or The [...]
Update on “feminist” dude, Kyle Payne
Posted in consciousness-raising, feminism, fuck you, male privilege, masculinity, patriarchy, sexual violence, women, women's health, women's rights, tagged Kyle Payne on August 4, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Mr Kyle Payne has FINALLY posted about the “events” of the summer, “because [we] deserve to know.” Yeah, already fucking knew, you asshole. We found out about it from everywhere except your own damn blog, and now we deserve to know. Right.
Anyway, Kyle “explains” his actions in his post, without “justifying” them, blames his actions [...]

