Hey Athenites,
While I don't have much in the way of Feel Good Fridays, I do have a really interesting article for you about women's health from Anna over at Jezebel.
Although Anna is writing from the perspective of a U.S. citizen experiencing the U.S. healthcare system (or lack thereof), something which may not be familiar to all of us, the issues that she explores in her analysis: lack of trust of women, doctor/patient relationships, etc. are definitely applicable to us all.
Take a look at the article, entitled: "Tales of My Vagina, or Why Women's Health is Totally F*cking Unfair."
Peace, and have an awesome weekend!
Steph
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Various Odds and Ends: Feel Good Friday
Hey everyone!
No particular topic today, just an assortment of fun stuff that will hopefully put a smile on your face.
1) Amnesty International's Write-a-thon happened yesterday, and was a great event (as always). I couldn't attend the event at the Canadian National Office, as I was busy writing the Economics exam from hell, but here's a quick update on what went down. (And just so you know, it's not too late to participate! You can always write letters!)
-more than 2,500 Write-for-Rights events across Canada
-to date, more than 3,700 letters written (and more being added to the total every hour)
-to date, about $8,700 dollars have been raised for Amnesty International Canada (and more is being added every day!)
2) A just-released documentary about Indian sex workers campaigning for their rights with the local grassroots organization SANGRAM. These women have effectively mobilized, collectivized, spoken out against sex worker discrimination, and have taken important steps in HIV prevention. Watch the amazing short documentary here.
3) This video was produced by Providence St. Vincent Medical Centre in Portland, Oregon, with the help of over 200 utterly awesome employees. The purpose of the video is to promote breast cancer awareness, and the video has certainly gone viral, with almost 5 million you tube views. And the video is totally successful in putting a smile on my face for a much-needed Friday afternoon DANCE PARTY YEEEEESSSSSSS.
Leave your favourite feel-good links, videos, etc. in the comments, and have a great weekend, everybody!
Peace,
Steph :)
No particular topic today, just an assortment of fun stuff that will hopefully put a smile on your face.
1) Amnesty International's Write-a-thon happened yesterday, and was a great event (as always). I couldn't attend the event at the Canadian National Office, as I was busy writing the Economics exam from hell, but here's a quick update on what went down. (And just so you know, it's not too late to participate! You can always write letters!)
-more than 2,500 Write-for-Rights events across Canada
-to date, more than 3,700 letters written (and more being added to the total every hour)
-to date, about $8,700 dollars have been raised for Amnesty International Canada (and more is being added every day!)
2) A just-released documentary about Indian sex workers campaigning for their rights with the local grassroots organization SANGRAM. These women have effectively mobilized, collectivized, spoken out against sex worker discrimination, and have taken important steps in HIV prevention. Watch the amazing short documentary here.
3) This video was produced by Providence St. Vincent Medical Centre in Portland, Oregon, with the help of over 200 utterly awesome employees. The purpose of the video is to promote breast cancer awareness, and the video has certainly gone viral, with almost 5 million you tube views. And the video is totally successful in putting a smile on my face for a much-needed Friday afternoon DANCE PARTY YEEEEESSSSSSS.
Leave your favourite feel-good links, videos, etc. in the comments, and have a great weekend, everybody!
Peace,
Steph :)
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Worldwide Wednesdays: Fistulae 101
First off, how about a quick intro? Last week you met the wonderful Yamina; I’m the second half of the dream team covering Worldwide Wednesdays. My name is Hannah Jackson and I’m a second-year student at Carleton University pursuing a B.A. in linguistics and psychology. I’m a fan of Wikipedia, wandering aimlessly and spending quality time with the Ottawa Public library. I’m incredibly psyched about this blog and the opportunity it gives me to both learn about and share the trials and triumphs of women worldwide.
There are a lot of big, big struggles in the lives of women all over planet Earth. Some of them get relatively good coverage (not quite Kanye-at-the-VMAs coverage, but something is better than nothing) whilst others are barely a blip on our collective radar. This week I’d like to draw your attention to something you may not have heard of. It’s certainly new to me! Whilst sweating on the elliptical yesterday to the sweet, sweet sound of a podcast interview with Peter Singer, I overheard the mention of “obstetric fistula.” I went home and looked it up, and I think it’s something worth knowing about, so here’s a debriefing:
There are a lot of big, big struggles in the lives of women all over planet Earth. Some of them get relatively good coverage (not quite Kanye-at-the-VMAs coverage, but something is better than nothing) whilst others are barely a blip on our collective radar. This week I’d like to draw your attention to something you may not have heard of. It’s certainly new to me! Whilst sweating on the elliptical yesterday to the sweet, sweet sound of a podcast interview with Peter Singer, I overheard the mention of “obstetric fistula.” I went home and looked it up, and I think it’s something worth knowing about, so here’s a debriefing:
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