If you think you are safe because you live in a state that protects your reproductive rights, you are sorely mistaken
Some Initial Thoughts on the Death of Roe
The Twisted DNA of Capitalism: Part IIb Capital and Disease
Capitalism is not only historically bound up with disease. It is an active cause and contributor to disease.
Another Brief Lesson on Statistics
It's Called a "Bell Curve" for a Reason
A Brief Lesson on Statistics in an Era of Flattening Curves and Virus Projections
And a Reminder that Statistics Don't Lie. People Lie...Sometimes Using Statistics
The Infinity Snap Fallacy of Movement Politics
ON DEFEATING OUR INNER THANOS
Fetuses do NOT have Rights
Attributing rights to an embryo/fetus is ridiculous from the start. Here's why.
Roe is as Good as Dead
We are well on the way to a society in which women, upon conception, become nothing more than vessels for the unborn.
How Are We Going to Pay for This?
First, there's plenty of money for everyone to get the benefits that they want. There's absolutely no need to have debates about raising taxes, deficits or MMT. All such arguments are distractions. If we want to pay for things like Medicare for All, Free College, or the Green New Deal, we need look no further than the coffers of the Transnational Corporate Class.
A Replacement for Obamacare will look a lot like Obamacare
Republicans have accomplished something in health care. They've made Obamacare more popular than ever!
What is Beauty?
HOW TO EMBRACE PERSONAL BEAUTY AND REJECT COMMODIFICATION When I teach my class on body image and the media I break up the lecture by asking, "what is beauty?" At first, this question seems to be a common sense notion. After all, everyone knows what beauty is. It's... Well, it's...you know... Sociologists are forever at... Continue Reading →
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