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HAWMC -Day Three: Question and Answer
Today’s Health Activist Writer’s Monthly Challenge prompt is to write a question sort of like a Yahoo Question and then answer it. I thought about it for a few hours, and I decided to write about a question I have been asked. Do you really think children can have Schizophrenia? The short answer? Yes. I…
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Health Activist Writer’s Monthly Challenge – Word of the Day
Over on WEGO Health, where I am a member and I re-post some of my blog posts, it’s Health Activist Writer’s Monthly Challenge month. Each day of the month is a different prompt and we are challenged to blog as many days in April as we can, using the prompts. So I’m starting on Day…
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The Endless Loop of Revolution 9
Spring Break is always a dicey time of year for our family for a number of reasons. All three kids have Spring Break off of school a different week than Tom does at the school he coaches at, so Tom has to work while the kids are off. The break always falls in March, Tim’s…
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Throttling Artistic Expression?
I got an email today from UK reporter Brendan O’Neill. Apparently he’s writing a story about the RMU dance team. I don’t know anything about Mr. O’Neill other than what I’ve read on his column at The Telegraph. The byline there describes him as, “the editor of spiked, an independent online phenomenon dedicated to raising the…
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Say What You Need To Say
I’ve gotten lots of comments on the last few day’s worth of blog posts. I don’t post them all. I don’t post ones that are personal attacks against me, because they don’t further the discussion. I definitely don’t post the ones that border on death threats. I’m going to continue to say what I need…
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RMU Sent Me a Letter Today
I got the following email from the Athletic Director for Robert Morris University today: Ms. Hickey- I am writing in apology that the Robert Morris University Women’s Dance routine and costume was perceived negatively, as you have described in your letter. In no way did the students and/or the coaches plan to poke fun…
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Look At Who Resigned….
From the Huffington Post (my comments in italics, click the blog title for the full article on HuffPost): CONCORD, N.H. — A 91-year-old freshman lawmaker who suggested the mentally disabled should be shipped to Siberia resigned Monday from the state House and said he was sorry that his “big mouth caused this furor.” Rep. Martin…
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Straightjacket Dance Criticized – Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-dance-straitjacket-0315-20110314,0,7810200.story By John Keilman A Chicago dance team that performed in straitjackets last month has drawn criticism from a mental health advocate who said the outfits displayed insensitivity toward people with mental disorders.The Robert Morris University competitive dance team wore the costumes, which included wild, frizzy hair and dark eye makeup, at a national contest in Minnesota. Chrisa Hickey, a…
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State Senator Suggests Shipping Mentally Ill to Sibera, Says Hitler Was Right
A reader posted a link last night to this article from ThinkProgress.org on my Facebook page. When I read it, I felt physically ill. It’s about New Hampshire Republican State Senator Martin Harty and a phone call he took from one of his constituents, a community health care center manager from Stafford, New Hampshire. She is…