Ira Glass is something else. He’s smart. He’s funny. He’s nerdy-sexy. Terrifically so.
In other words, my type.
But my husband defies all adjectives, without the glasses.
So you can imagine that when my mother-in-law told me—after I took this picture, panting, sweating, fanning myself—that she was giving these glasses to my nephew, Thanksgiving almost got ugly. Had [...]
In Bits & Pieces on
29 November 2009 with 2 comments
Oy vey, did the newsreel trip the light fantastic over women’s healthcare last week, or what? Separated by a matter of days were two important recommendations pertaining to feminine health, both of which are dramatic shifts from that which American women know and expect and to which we’ve been trained to adhere.
On Friday, the American [...]
In Backwards and In High Heels, The Column, Writing on
25 November 2009 with 5 comments
…let’s talk about breasts.
This week, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPTF) released a new set of recommendations for breast cancer screening that turns on it’s head what women have come to expect as far as screening for breast cancer, the second leading cause of death in American women.
Recommending that women not receive mammograms until [...]
In Health care reform, WTF, Womanity, Women, health on
18 November 2009 with 12 comments
It was the image of the bra on my computer screen that caught my attention. I was sure, on first glance, that the lady mannequin was wearing it backwards, what with the way her aerodynamic ta-tas were left uncovered by the absence of fabric that normally holds them in place.
But quite the opposite from being [...]
In Backwards and In High Heels, Pop-Culture, The Column, Why I'm more qualified than Sarah Palin to be Vice President, Womanity, Women, Writing on
10 November 2009 with 10 comments