Stephanie Briggs - Handmade Knitting My Way Through Chronic Pain

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Movie Review: “The Monster of Mangatiti”

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WARNING: Based on a true story, docudrama “The Monster of Mangatiti” depicts the sexual enslavement of 19-year-old Heather Walsh in remote rural New Zealand in 1985. If you’re a survivor of rape or sexual assault, you may wish to watch it with support. It’s frightening and explicit.   Despite my own history of sexual assault, […]

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Horse Racing and Human Sport: The Fatal Mistake of Overtraining Young Athletes

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A 29th horse has died “of a heart attack” at the Santa Anita track, the 29th such death there since 26 Dec 2018. What does worry me in horse racing is something that surely human athletes have dealt with ever since the first Olympics in Greece: overtraining, too fast, too soon, when the horse/human athlete […]

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Disability, “the patriarchy” and feminism

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When you grow up with a disability like cerebral palsy, you’re often seen as having no gender at all. You are “sexless”, because all anyone sees is your disability. You’re less often a part of the sociocultural milestones that girls go through, and less able to rely on them for a sense of cohesion. It […]

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Chronic Migraine – GPs’ and Neurologists’ Different Approaches to Treatment

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Not all prophylactic medications work for all migraine patients, and it can take some time to find the right one. Took me 13 years.   GPs know squat about treating migraines; they really are only allowed to go through a standard long list of prophylactics, which may or may not work. Typically, you are titrated […]

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EEEEEK! She’s baaaaack! Periods are Annoying

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I’m 35 and my periods have always been really super-crampy. As in, cramps that leave me curled up in a ball on the floor, whimpering. After years of not having it, thanks to birth control pills, this week I find myself hosting an unwelcome visitor because of a pharmacy mix-up. AUNT FLO  So, to cope, […]

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Why I’m NOT Wal-Mart, and How Tara Swiger Helps Crafters

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Tara Swiger, Starship Craftybiz Captain, taught me a LOT about selling your handmade art – whatever that might be. Remember – “You are not Wal-mart! And that’s why we love you.” She has offered many different online courses and groups to help handmade marketers. “Bake Sale Marketing” and her “Starship Craftybiz” are two of the courses […]

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Why “Fifty Shades” is About an Abusive Relationship” by Jenny Trout

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I’m very aware that DV doesn’t end on October 31. Normally, I’d say “Shove it!” to most Internet awareness campaigns, but this one has a much wider net because people were duped into thinking that “Fifty Shades of Grey” is a love story.   It’s not. It’s about an […]

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Movie Review: “The Stoning of Soraya M.” [VIDEO]

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Based on a true story, The Stoning of Soraya M. is is an extremely disturbing movie to watch, especially in its final hour. Although the picture quality starts out being very poor, it quickly gets better after the opening credits are finished.) But it needs to be watched, needs to be shared. I hope you’ll do both […]

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Oregon wolf killed by poacher, $15,000 reward offered

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I hope they catch this bastard. “A poacher has killed 3-year-old wolf, OR-28, in Oregon. This is devastating news, made worse by the fact that she leaves behind her first pup. It’s a violation of the Endangered Species Act to kill wolves in the western two-thirds of Oregon, and a reward of $15,000 is being […]

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