Lorena Bobbitt helped get the marital exemption removed from NC rape laws. True Story: The morning this story hit the newspapers across the country (and it was front page, above the fold of EVERY newspaper in the country), the NC legislature was due to vote on removing the marital exemption from our rape laws. (Back…

A lot of disabled people have spoken out about this phenomenon. Needless to say, it’s pretty terrifying to see, especially when the child and the person have the same disability.

This woman murdered her five year old son. I’m sure she felt she was in a hopeless position but let’s not forget the fact that she made the decision to take her son’s life as well as her own.

While I think solitary is a terrible practice, especially for extended periods, at what point does the rights of violent inmates to be out of solitary trump the rights of the inmates in general population to have a safe environment?

As a (female) physician in peds oncology and bone marrow transplant, my experience is a lot like yours. I think of us like a football team - I may be the quarterback, but if we were all quarterbacks, we’d totally lose (while admitting I know nothing about football and have no idea why I use this analogy). We need all…

But Yoga Nerd’s initial comment wasn’t really trying to discuss anything like that. It was literally “oh good we get to hear from nurses, now tell me why you are mean.” That’s about the equivalent, as far as productive discourse goes, as asking “why are women such frigid bitches” or “why are black people lazy.” It’s…

A poem dedicated to all the nurses I know and love.

When your profession that you give your heart and soul to is unappreciated every day, both in real life and the media, it wears you down. It takes a lot out of you. You obviously aren’t a nurse or a teacher. While people do choose their professions, you do not realize how truly bad and demoralizing it is until you…

Thanks for reaching out to hear from nurses... I’ve been a critical care nurse for five years... it’s hard to know where to begin trying to explain my job to someone who has no familiarity with the healthcare profession. Simply because the first thing you need to know is that you have no idea what the job is like.…

Yeah, but you still have to deal with the public. Janitor ghosts in, cleans some shit, and ghosts out.

There are days in nursing that I look at the janitor, and wish i had his job.