In today's "why did anyone even manage to get funded for this study" news, it turns out that baby brain is a myth. You know, that whole thing whereby you get pregnant and you all of a sudden forget how to spell your name? That thing we all lived through? Yes. Myth. Aren't you glad [...]
Pelvic Examination Under Anaesthesia: Immoral Teaching Tool? A Nursing Student Weighs In
By on January 29, 2010 1 CommentPosted by Karen. Like Shannon, I read and was horrified by the Globe and Mail article "Time to End Pelvic Exams Done Without Consent." My first reaction – as a student returning to nursing school – was that this article was written quite inflammatory and I began to search for a semblance of truth behind [...]
Dear Nether-Probers: We, The Undersigned, Say STOP IT.
By on January 29, 2010 287 CommentsThe letter below is an open letter concerning the practice of non-consensual pelvic exams, about which you can learn more at yesterday's angry rant. Please leave a comment in support, as a virtual signature, and we'll circulate this everywhere and make a big stinky fuss until these policies get changed. Dear Canadian Medical Association, Doctors [...]
From The Bad Canucks Club: Calling George Orwell
By on January 22, 2010 Leave a CommentEvery time someone from VANOC security is on television, my images of what it's REALLY going to be like here in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics grows even more dystopian and bizarre. Have you ever seen Gilliam's film Brazil? In the movie, the future is not pretty. But the government works very hard at making sure you never [...]
Hyper Parents And Helicopter Parents And Curler Parents, Oh My
By on January 20, 2010 12 CommentsI think that the most interesting thing about the trailer for the upcoming CBC documentary on hyper parenting (watch it after the jump) was the news that in some places 'helicopter' parents are referred to as 'curler' parents (as in curling, the winter sport; as in, presumably, 'sweeping away all obstacles so that one's giant [...]
Paperbag Planes: Munsch Won’t Be Encouraging Kids To Terrorize Anything Except Their Parents
By on January 19, 2010 4 CommentsLast week my head spun around when I read about an eight-year old American boy who by all appearances and contrary to TSA's denial, is on the 'no-fly' list because he has the same name as a person who apparently is on the list. That story was completely ridiculous and frustrating to read. Now there [...]
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