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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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Has positivity in chronic illness gone into overdrive?

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This article in the Globe and Mail talks about how often people with a chronic illness are expected to put on a happy face while being mindful and positive about their illnesses even on their worst days. Just reading that makes me tired already. A person with a chronic illness or serious disease on their plates […]

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This Woman Was Thrown Out of a Pub Because She Is Disabled

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I came across this blog post on Facebook, written by the mother of a young woman with a chromosomal disorder, resulting in invisible disability. On Sunday night, Charlie was thrown out of a pub in Brighton – for being disabled. There was only one other customer in the pub as everyone else was sitting outside […]

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God: The Original Deadbeat Dad

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I feel sorry for Jim Caveziel, for getting struck by lightning twice during a certain revisionist Biblical epic helmed by Mel Gibson. The Passion of the Christ movie basically tanked his career, from what I understand. I have seen him in The Stoning of Soraya M., which is very good. The only reason I like […]

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Is Teaching Penmanship Still Relevant? (VIDEO)

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I’ve had a number of conversations (on the computer, haha!) about whether it’s still relevant to teach children handwriting. I have to strongly push for a “YES!” to that, and if you watch this video, you’ll see how I came to that conclusion.   I’ve learned three languages in addition to English. I started out […]

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Homebirth Mommy Dodges a Bullet, But the Gun is Pointed at Her Baby

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A fellow reader of the Skeptical OB kindly saved her screenshot of a mother’s homebirth experience of her first daughter’s birth. The blog post was first heavily edited, then eventually retracted altogether after Dr Amy Tuteur gave it a withering review on her own blog: “Consider doula Nacia Walsh’s story of the homebirth of her […]

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