Posted on June 30, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
I don’t know if I have any regular readers. It’d be nice, but I doubt I’m that special compared to so many other, more well-informed, bloggers out there. Also, my updates are irregular. Very much so. I try to post as often as I can, and today I finally finished my first review, posted below [...]
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Posted on June 30, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
I often happen into situations, where I argue that a book lacks in this or that department; mostly race and gender equity. This often results in other readers, mostly white and male, telling me that it’s just not possible to keep everyone happy. It’s just not possible to write a book that hands a fair [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
As I’ve previously shared on here, I’ve been in touch with the public health care system for over a year now. I’ve been diagnosed with depression – and no one ever thought to find out if possibly there might be something more that might have caused the depression. Not until I found out myself, at [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
A couple of days ago a study was published here in DK, and every major news source covered its findings. Here’s the article from The Copenhagen Post.
Mental illness is apparently less likely among children growing up with two mothers.
The study found that while five percent of children from traditional families developed conditions such as depression [...]
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Posted on June 4, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
The personals can be a fun thing to read sometimes. And sometimes I doubt the veracity of their content. I found this one just now:
BLACK MAIL IN HIS EARLY LATE 30s well educated, living in New York is looking for possible relationship with a white lady. If interested, write to [email redacted]
Black mail? [...]
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Posted on June 2, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
So many posts have been written already. I can’t write anything better myself, so instead I’ll just compile the ones I’ve found.
First Dr. Tiller himself
A Bullet Ensuring the Right to Life
Pro-Life, Pro-Murder
Untitled…
An Abortion Provider Reacts to the Murder of Dr. George Tiller
George Tiller and How Dehumanization Leads to Violence
I Am Torned
“A fascist movement in this [...]
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Posted on June 1, 2009 by Jemima Aslana
George Tiller, a doctor running a clinic handling abortions and especially what he’s become famous (and sometimes reviled) for: late-term abortions, has been shot. He’s been shot before, but has continued his work, but yesterday they got him. They shot him, and shot him dead this time. I’m a day late, I know this, I [...]
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