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Our Skeletal State of America: When is Thin Too Thin?
Looking like a skeleton is no longer just for Halloween; it’s the latest Hollywood trend on the fast track to becoming a beauty standard. As award seasons and fashion week converged, shockingly...
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Sleeping With Our Dogs
With my dog Max 1995 At this age, I may have lost count of how many people I’ve slept with in my life, but I can count on my hand the number of dogs with whom I’ve shared my bed. Only two. You always...
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Paging Doctor Trump-Diet Coke STAT!
Now that we know Donald Trump was cosplaying a doctor and not the son of God on his recently posted AI-generated image, we can more readily accept his astute medical recommendations. From the stable...
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A Caretaker’s Recounting of a Mother’s Last Week
Because my mother died the night before Passover, that first seder at my home a day later felt unbearable. I was shell-shocked from both her loss and from the months of intense caregiving. The...
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The Secret Siblings Who Saved Me
Today is National Siblings Day, and like many, my relationship with my own sibling is strained. We are not estranged per se, but the relationship with my older brother is awkward, void of genuine...
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My Mother’s Mid Century Pregnancy- A Weigh We Go
Pregnant women in mid-century America were not spared from the war on women’s bodies and weight control that began shortly after WWII. The constant bombardment of rules and expectations has only...
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What to Expect When Your Mid-Century Mother’s Expecting
Note: In celebration of my birthday week, I am taking a wee baby step away from the onslaught of chaotic news. This week, it’s a birthday bonanza of mid-century pregnancy, birth, and babies. What to...
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If the Shoe Fits- Trump’s Guessing Game
Watching little Marco hobble around the Capitol in a pair of oversized Oxford shoes like a little boy in his father’s wingtips makes me squirm. Knowing he is doing so just to please his boss is...
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Decorating With Donald
As American soldiers die in the Middle East, we are watching mental decline in real time. While discussing Iran War Plans, Donald Trump went on a demented rant about the golden drapes in the White...
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Hunger Pangs in America
Starting tomorrow, we are going to have hungry kids in America. This has never been acceptable in my lifetime. Ever. Hunger was a big issue for me when I was 16. My struggle with anorexia was just a...
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Tampering With Tylenol
The Tylenol Terrorist is back! Until now, the biggest scare with Tylenol happened forty-three years ago this week, setting in motion a widespread panic. The 1982 Tylenol murders rocked the nation. It...
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Down of The Farm with RFK Jr.
They’re coming to take me away haha Robert .F Kennedy Jr, the man with a worm in his brain, is not just going after the prescription drugs people use to prevent and manage depression. Bobby wants to...
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Trump Derangement Syndrome
New York Times Opinion Section October 27, 2024 When it comes to medical acronyms, I struggle with a few – PTSD, DID, CFS, and occasionally a touch o’ OCD. But one syndrome I absolutely do NOT have is...
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A Haunted Hospital
I love being a Mom to Moe, but sometimes Moe is a Mom to me. Especially now. On Thursday I am having a small surgical procedure at a hospital about 40 minutes from my home. After nearly a year of...
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How We Talk About Mental Health Matters.
Mental hospitals have a long and sordid history in popular culture. In 1948, “The Snake Pit” was a groundbreaking film that looked into the horrors of a mental institution. For Donald Trump, calling...
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Donald The Great Protector
“I will protect you,” he says with a clenched fist. How many abused women have heard those exact words from their abuser, even as they double over in pain from bruised ribs. “I will make you happy...
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Changing the Narrative on Suicide
I was still playing with Barbie dolls the first time I thought of suicide. Beginning in childhood, while depression took up permanent residency in my mind claiming squatters’ rights, suicidal thoughts...
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When Brain Fog Rolls In
Well, it looks like my 1955 Manufacturer’s Warranty has finally expired. Suddenly at 69, my various body parts have given out all at the same time and I’ve spent more time at the body shop than my...
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It May Be 1864 in Arizona But Roevember is Coming
In 2024 right-wing Christian Nationalists are burning through women’s rights with the same fury and zeal as General Sherman did in 1864 when he destroyed and burned down everything in his path in his...
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Tinsel -Toxic Glow Of Christmas Past
Tinsel is making a big comeback this Christmas, but it never really left. Literally. Ghosts of Christmas Past seem to appear in the most unlikely places. While recently sorting through some dusty old...
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