wp-plugin-bluehost domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home2/lorriego/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Love B. Ehrenreich from my ‘old’ women studies days. not familiar with her “Bright-sided” piece. Will have to look it up.
]]>Sorry you had to put up with that. We have come a long way, though there is more subtle victim blaming. The film, “Pink Ribbons, Inc.,” though flawed, makes a very good point about this. And features one of my favorites, Barbara Ehrenreich, whose “Bright-Sided” is a welcome antidote to the positive thinking craze.
]]>yes! Blaming a cancer patient for being sick is ridiculous and pointless. Back in 1984 there was a lot of that and a lot of worry that perhaps cancer was contagious. I actually had people take a step back from me when they found out. Now it is no longer the ‘shameful’ experience it was back then. We have come a long way.
]]>Wow, Heidi–30 years post-cancer. I aspire to that! As for over-reliance on positive thinking, that is a subject near and dear to my heart. Just another form of blaming the victim.
]]>Thanks, Karen. I appreciate your taking the time to let me know.
]]>As cancer survivors, we try and eat organic when we can. It may be like avoiding stepping on the cracks when you are little, but I figure it can’t hurt.
By the way, I agree about the dogs!
]]>Thanks, Eloise. So glad you don’t hold my dog ambivalence against me!
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