Posts by Danielle
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Can I hear an Amen for "Yo Gabba Gabba"
I watch it every single day and I don't even *have* kids. The episode I watched yesterday had Money Mark and Rhys Derby on it! Rad. When Amy Sedaris turned up as the Tooth Fairy in one episode I thought I might levitate.
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Woolly Valley
Seconded!
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mendicant xaphoonists
You stumped Google again, you sly fox!
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Well, I certainly know a few women who wish they weren't (effectively) bullied into having hysterectomies back in the day because, you know, what the fuck did they know?
Isn't that... kinda the point?
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Lancet Oncology, 2008
And so is that! I'm wondering about the idea of 'experiment' in this instance too, James. It seems that Green had particular theories about screening and treatment, which he was following whether anyone else agreed or not.
I am itching to get my hands on that Bryder book now.
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an assessment by two clinicians, Jones and Fitzgerald on NZ's 50 year history of cervical cytology
That is particularly interesting.
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If you're into that sort of thing, there is also a really excellent vintage china shop called Naomi's Antiques, where I got my Franciscan Atomic Starburst cup and saucer. (I dream fruitlessly of owning an entire set.)
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I thought I already said I was talking out of my uninformed ass, Russell. :)
I find this all a bit odd. Is the consensus now that there was no actual wrongdoing at National Women's?
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So... it was a group of medical professionals misinforming and undertreating women with cervical issues, some of which eventually led to cancer and death, but it wasn't a 'scientific experiment'.
You'll have to excuse me if I don't find that revelation particularly comforting!
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I haven't read the book yet, so I'm reserving judgement on that part of the argument, but I do get a little antsy at the idea that the medical establishment was 'naturally' moving toward a more informed patient approach. Women's health activists really fought for that stuff, and it was part of the wider feminist movement. It wasn't just beneficent medical administrations having lightbulb moments. (Just as the US civil rights movement wasn't solely a bunch of middle class white people having an epiphany.)
(Bryder may say this in her book, of course, in which case I take it all back. :) )