This brief is offered as a contribution to current deliberations regarding Medicaid expansion and healthcare reform in the Idaho state legislature. Idaho, like many other […]
A Feminist Sociologist’s Thoughts on the Zika Virus
The emergence and spread of the Zika virus is worrisome on many levels: the impact of global warming on the spread of infectious and mosquito-borne […]
Health is Where the Home Is
Maybe it’s because of the bitterly cold temperatures at night this week, or maybe it’s my own visceral response to overdosing on television shows with […]
Pinkwashing – It really can get worse
I thought we’d reached the apex of disgusting with the pink handcuffs for “arresting breast cancer” and the pink drill bit used by a The […]
Pinktober: A Consumer Dystopia
(Thank you to Lois Ahrens for bringing the pink handcuffs to my attention.) Each October, as national breast cancer month rolls around, I find myself […]
Paid Sick Leave: It’s Still a Big Deal
During the first week of August 2015, newspapers reported that the White House is drafting an executive order requiring federal contractors to provide their employees […]
The State(s) of the Affordable Care Act
A decade ago I traveled to the Mississippi Delta, Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, the rust belt of Illinois, the mountains of northern Idaho and the […]
Penny and Pound Foolish: Governor Baker’s MassHealth Savings Plan
After running on a campaign of new and smart ways to reduce government spending, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) has proposed budget cuts for fiscal […]
Paid Sick Leave: It’s More Than Just a Day Off
feature image via Cody Glenn, The Daily Journal Francesca, a woman I have come to know during the past seven years, has tried hard to […]
Pink Ribbon Extravaganza
A newer version of this post (with more great photos) can be read here. And click here to get to the Bitch podcast “Popaganda Episode: […]