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• I share your cynicism towards capitalism and the "liberated West", toaster42, but don't want it to distract from the point of my post. The chart indeed offers information mostly about women in so-called developing countries, but as I mention in
  (posted to Sad Stats on Women's Attitudes Towards Domestic Violence Internationally)
• Haha that's awesome! I just moved here- you'll have to put me onto all the feminist hotspots :-)
  (posted to Why I'll Miss My Neighborhood - Renegade Feminist Street Signs Edition)
• This looks really interesting- thanks so much for posting mzza.
  (posted to Why I'll Miss My Neighborhood - Renegade Feminist Street Signs Edition)
• Hi Hara, I'm aware of the Oprah episode you bring up, but alas, contrary to popular belief, Oprah declaring someone innocent does not make it so :-) We can debate whether or not Hilfiger made racist comments until we're blue
  (posted to Mad Men Mondays: What if this is my time?)
• Whatever your opinion on the validity of the new guidelines, it’s valuable to talk about what they mean for African-American women, who have rather consistently and systematically been marginalized or under-served by the American health care system. I always appreciate
  (posted to New Mammogram Guidelines Could Disproportionately Endanger Black Women)

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• Curious-- who's deciding which posts have comments screened and which don't? A lot of posts lately seem to have them screened but this one doesn't. It would be nice to know up front which is which before posting. (posted to New Mammogram Guidelines Could Disproportionately Endanger Black Women)
• I guess what I don't get with this thread of comments is why so many people are angry that there is a backlash against these guidelines. I can't speak for anyone else but I don't like the reflexive demonizing of (posted to New Mammogram Guidelines Could Disproportionately Endanger Black Women)
• Yes, that is the other main point. If black women are more at risk, then the guidelines SAY that they should get earlier screening. So if they get earlier screening, they are following the guidelines. It makes no sense to (posted to New Mammogram Guidelines Could Disproportionately Endanger Black Women)
• Why would they know when the coverage of these new standards doesn't say a word about different risk factors for black women? Actually, when I first heard this news on the radio they DID specifically mention that black women are (posted to New Mammogram Guidelines Could Disproportionately Endanger Black Women)
• Yeah. Perils of women interested in feminism winding up in women's studies classes that don't seem to do a very good job of explaining statistics, at a guess. In fact, from what I can tell feminism itself (or at least (posted to New Mammogram Guidelines Could Disproportionately Endanger Black Women)

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