...have you met people?

I gave every caller the same numbers to call. However, many women without health insurance wanted to know if they could get a free mammogram. (Many states offer assistance programs for screening manmography). Many women seem to believe that they should be able to get a mammogram on demand. I had to explain that a…

Please accept my sincere condolences on your loss. I’d like to clarify that my experience working at the hotline was very eye- opening in terms of the general lack of awareness some women seem to have about their bodies. We were trained to discuss breast changes because we offered referrals to health clinics. It was…

Breast pain is not a symptom of early stage breast cancer. Also the majority of breast cancer is diagnosed in older women; although younger women certainly can develop breast cancer, it’s extremely uncommon.

I worked for a cancer hotline for a bit. I quickly discovered that itchiness is an absolutely terrifying potential cancer symptom. And that for some people its a symptom that doesn’t go away and can cause psychological problems.

I have a seven year old and this is exactly how I felt during my pregnancy. I didn’t care to tell anyone outside of super close friends and I didn’t tell people at work except my best work buddy and he kept that shit under wraps. I had always wanted one child and I just didn’t care if people in general knew. It helped…

He nails every aspect, it’s not just the posture. The movie is clearly extensively researched; pretty much every single bugfuck crazy yet true thing LBJ did is in there.

Have you seen Bryan Cranston in All the Way? Totally mesmerizing.

Anne with an E!?

You don’t have any disabled friends, do you? I have a friend in a wheelchair who is adventurous by anyone’s measure and she frequently has issues travelling where “accessible” spaces just aren’t. My sister dated a blind man for some time and he also experienced problems with accessibility. I’m not sure if it’s because…

He’s thinking of the children! Barf. So as a pediatrician I guess his push for this makes perfect sense.

I’m so sorry that happened to you. This is the result of policies that chip away at access to care; if there isn’t an outright law making it illegal then treating women’s health as a moral problem causes people to vote in favor of laws that encroach on a doctor’s ability to provide medical care for women. Black and…

It’s actually a fairly common question that I’ve been asked and that I ask other parents before play dates. I live in Seattle.

Catholic?

I’m just spitballing but Rashida Jones has tons of awkward interviewers IRL who comment on her “great tan” who are clearly oblivious about who her father is and jokes on her shows are a nod to that.

I have always been befuddled by people who insist that other people with power, wealth and influence do not do bad things. Obviously someone who holds sway over other people is going to be able to get away with more and is more likely someone you ought to be wary of. The wealthy business person isn’t going to give you…

Right? It’s fascinating that in medieval times it was widely accepted that women were sexually ravenous and that men’s sex drives were not.

I think this is a rational and normal feeling.

If they willingly participate in an MLM where the bleach cure has a 1000% markup, then yup that’s them.

You should be aware that the detail about the size of tubing available in the ambulance is just one tiny insignificant detail that was used in court to try to lessen the massive culpability these parents have in their child’s death. It’s like saying “after seven days with no water, the parents called an ambulance for…