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Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you are full of hearts (as my son says). This morning we had heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast and he brought a box of heart-shaped cookies for his preschool classmates. I made dozens of cakes and cupcakes and delivered them to other people’s sweeties around town. It’s a sweet day. …
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Did you know that Saturday was World AIDS Day? I wasn’t paying attention. Like so many Americans, I have the luxury of acting as if the virus doesn’t exist. But AIDS is still a major problem in the US. I live in the South, the region of the country that experiences the highest rate of …
For almost two decades, breast cancer has been a very visible public health issue. Women over the age of 40 (or sometimes 50) are pressured by doctors, health advocacy organizations, friends, family and pop culture to submit to a yearly mammogram. It could save your life, we’ve been told. We’re told not to worry about …
Back when I was young and idealistic, there was nothing I loved more than a good protest. I vividly remember the first time I attended a demonstration — it was on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada and were were protesting the incarceration of Nelson Mandela. After that, I was hooked. I’ve marched against police violence …
As Obama eases into office for his second term, and the economy seems to take a turn for the better, there’s still one thing that’s hanging over our heads. Debt, debt, debt. I’ve lived my life pretty simply. I have no desire to be rich, just happy. I don’t pine after a bigger house or …
Yesterday my post about post-partum depression was featured on the BlogHer website! Wow! This morning on my morning drive to work, I heard a report on the BBC about a non profit called Global Advocacy, One Laptop Per Child. The group gave tablet computers to poor children in Ethiopia with apparently stellar results. In this …
For the past two years, I’ve been trying to earn a living as a freelance writer and editor. Sometimes it works, sometimes I run into lean times. Right now it’s lean. So this week, in an attempt to keep the lights on, I’ve stepped out of my house and into a real office. I’m …
Angela Wall, PhD. is the communications director at Breast Cancer Action, the San Francisco-based advocacy group that calls itself themselves “the bad girls of breast cancer.” She’s a cultural critic, rabble rouser, mama, organizer, communications expert and feminist who’s doing important work for women’s health. This week we had a great conversation about health activism, …
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