My brilliant, beautiful and generous twenty-nine year old daughter shares an apartment in New York City with three other wonderful young women. All are college […]
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Bubbling Up: Promoting Communities of Care in the COVID Era
Throughout the COVID quarantine, while many Americans remain isolated in their own homes, others are creating ‘pandemic pods’ or ‘social bubbles’ together with additional households […]
“I’VE BEEN THROUGH WORSE”: FEELING “NORMAL” IN THE COVID ERA
COVID-19 and associated social distancing rules are exacerbating pre-existing inequalities: We know, for example, that low-income Americans and people of color are disproportionately exposed to […]
(NOT) SAFE AT HOME
Guest Post by Grace Fogarty IN THE BEGINNING . . . The week of March 16th, when COVID-19 first emerged as an urgent threat to […]
Why ‘Waging War’ on Coronavirus is a Dangerous Metaphor
“We’re at war with the virus.” (Pres. Candidate and Former Vice-Pres. Joe Biden) “I view it — in a sense as a wartime president.” (Pres. […]
Social Values and the Rationing of Health Care
Update: According to the April 7, 2020 Boston Globe, “State officials asked a small number of physicians and bioethicists from hospitals across Massachusetts to develop […]
“Heroic Resilience” in the Era of COVID-19
As families, communities and nations navigate the physical, emotional, social and financial challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, I want to share my thoughts as a […]
Coronavirus Pandemic: A Women’s Health Issue
Pandemics – diseases that spread throughout populations – highlight and exacerbate social inequalities. Who is most exposed to pathogens and who is able to avoid […]
The “Harmfuls” of Shame-based Drug Treatment Programs
The “Harmfuls” exercise pasted in below was sent to me by my friend Grace Fogarty. She currently lives in a residential substance abuse treatment program […]
Buy Pink to Support Breast Cancer? Pinktober 2019 Round-up
The pink ribbon extravaganza — a month-long consumer fest that turns women’s fear and pain into cold hard cash. This year I’ve collected a few of […]
Living in a House of Cards: The Women of Can’t Catch a Break
For more than a decade I have been working with women who experience(d) extreme poverty, chronic illness, criminalization and abuse (see the book Can’t Catch […]
Eulogy for Kahtia
Kahtia passed away last week. Her death was sudden, unexpected, still unexplained. Her husband found her lying in bed, unresponsive, when he came home from […]