Dear Imprudence: May I Burden You?
Gentle Readers! I love advice columns almost as much as s.e. smith, and I especially love ou’s deconstructions of them, so I get pretty stoked when ou passes them along for the rest of us to take a...
View ArticleDear Imprudence: Just Be an Adult Already!
Here’s some nostalgia for ya, gentle readers! My dad, who was completely AB for the record, lived alone in the home I now own, and for a good portion of my life had many of his needs taken care of by...
View ArticleRecommended Reading for 24 December, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in,...
View ArticleWhat Is ‘splainin’? And Why Should I Care?
‘splainin'[1. See also: ‘splaining, ‘splain, ‘splainer, etc.], a contraction of “explaining,” is a term which has been popping up a lot in the social justice sphere lately, including on this very...
View ArticleDear Imprudence: A “Tired Wife” Strikes Back?
The hits just keep on comin’, thanks to Slate. Earlier this month in Dear Prudence, we got to read this winner: Dear Prudence: My husband had a stroke 18 months ago. At first he was unable to speak and...
View ArticleAm J Cardiol concern-trolling: “But mobility aids will stop them EXERCISING!”
So I stumble across this at Diabetes.co.uk: Mobility Scooters Can Increase Your Risk of Developing Daibetes and Heart Disease “O really?”, thought I, “I wonder how well-controlled that scoldy little...
View ArticleAll Those Healthy Eating “Rules” are Just Guesses, Really
File this under “Who Even Knows, Anymore?” s.e. smith recently posted a photo of a “5 a day” tag that came on some asparagus she bought. She felt, and I agree, that those tags are a form of food...
View ArticleScience Says ‘Go Outside and You’ll Feel Better!’
I recently came across a Reuters story on a University of Essex study discussing the impact of spending time outside on mental health. ‘Five minutes in the green can boost self esteem,’ the title says....
View ArticleInjuries to mobility-impaired kids: researchers suggest “consider avoiding...
MSNBC is carrying a Reuters article, Insult to injury: More kids hurt by own crutches, about injuries to young people “related to the use of crutches, wheelchairs and walkers”. Apparently, these...
View ArticleThe Inner Critic
[Warning for possibly triggering content regarding mental health, specifically depression.] I’ve been reading a fair number of how-to creativity books (yeah, I know, creativity is not something you can...
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