All posts tagged "Health"
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“Say What?!” N.J. Governor Christie’s Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Changes Eligibility from $24,645 to $5,317 for a Family of Three!
By Joy Schulman MEDICAID/MEDICARE—it’s all so confusing! What are we talking about?? Recently, Medicare and Medicaid have often been used interchangeably; though they are quite...
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Gender-Neutral or Wishful Thinking?
Can we raise gender-neutral children? A Toronto couple is attempting to do just that. Kathy Witterick and David Stocker have decided to allow their third...
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Going Postal: The Right’s Sleight of Hand
Most of us remember the widespread atmosphere of optimism that followed Barack Obama’s victory over John McCain. Many also remember statements from some groups on...
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Not Your Mother’s Breast Milk
It’s a hot, muggy day in London. There’s a yellow haze around the city. You’ve been trawling through shops in Covent Garden for hours with...
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The Banality Of Dehumanization: The Case of Infant Gendering
Target is now in the business of selling sex toys or, to be more precise, cock rings. I know this because on a recent trip...
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Our Reproductive Dystopia: Or, WTF?
Republicans are on the warpath, and their enemy is women. Okay, maybe not all women. Just poor women. And those who are disabled and/or chronically...
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The Pence Amendment: Waging War on the Poor
By Ulli K. Ryder Is there a “war on women?” Does the recent amendment to deny federal funding for Planned Parenthood signal a concerted attack on...
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Assault
By Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman A new billboard went up in SoHo last week, placed at a busy intersection on Sixth Avenue a few feet...
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Does Traumatic Brain Injury Have a Gender?
By Daniel R. Morrison and Monica J. Casper In the words of American poet Adrienne Rich, “All wars are useless to the dead.” Yet, while...
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There Is Nothing Funny About Rape, But…
“There is nothing funny about rape, but…” appears in my inbox and introduces me to a video of a justifiably irate man defending his sister’s...
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Reproductive Rights in Black and White
Last month, a friend and I attended a fundraising event for Planned Parenthood Arizona (PPAZ). Given the distressing results of the 2010 mid-term elections, the...