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I have a new essay up on Medium: Thank you, Sean Parker. I tell why I’m so grateful to him for his gift to food-allergy research and l share a little bit about why I don’t read comments on food-allergy stories.
Also: please check out more cartoons by Tiffany Glass Ferreira — she is awesome:
on Case study: Trevor’s disease: “Hi Jill – currently Brandon is walking without a limp (he is almost 15 now). He was going to undergo…” Jun 5, 14:07
on Case study: Trevor’s disease: “Hello Carrie, I am curious how your son is doing after the surgery? Were you able to fix the locked…” May 28, 19:07
on Jean Nidetch, Rebel Health leader: “Yes! I have enjoyed learning more about her personal story, which is a parable of midcentury feminism. WW was a…” May 9, 10:10
There is something powerful and poignant when we can use humor & anger to talk about issues that make people uncomfortable.
In the AIDS community back in the late 80’s early 90’s for example ACT UP often used humor to communicate.. Tom Kalin on national AIDS day 2014 articulated it really well here http://vimeo.com/114684417
So true, Sherry! That’s a great video. I started looking around for examples of ACT-UP history — there are some great ones if you use Google images (not for the prudish, I should say).
Thanks!