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• "And such is also the case with gays, lesbians, and transgender people, but there's nothing special about the feelings, beliefs, or behaviors assigned to straight men, they are normal by definition." But they are "normal" in a specific, prescribed way.
  (posted to Feminist vs. Humanist)
• The problem with modelling romantic interests in video games as vending machines is that this is not an alien concept in real life. Amanda over at Pandagon has extensively covered, for example, the PUA phenomenon, (most recently here: http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/more_on_pick_up_artists_and_george_sodini/) in
  (posted to On Modeling Relationships in Video Games)
• This week, I wrote about the Sense and Sexuality website and an article in Washington Monthly praising it. My next post about it will be about how the purity movement evokes Jane Austen to do a certain kind of cultural
  (posted to Weekly Feminist Reader)
• LSG, thanks! I will look into getting that book through ILL. Can I get your email address? I'd like to talk to you about your thesis and perhaps get a bibliography from you. courtneystoker@gmail.com
  (posted to Jane Austen and the Purity Movement)
• As to the unnecessary biopsies, I can see their point. First of all, the worry and anxiety of maybe having cancer is not like worrying about a test, and it is an anxiety that should be considered. Second, biopsies are
  (posted to Mammograms Starting at 50. What?)

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• I listened about this on NPR for about two hours at work today. It seems to me that the recommendation is that instead of jumping in to get a screening at age 40 you should talk to your doctor and (posted to Mammograms Starting at 50. What?)
• I am not trying to diminish the stress of hearing the words "it might be cancer." I have heard them. And ovarian cancer is scary shit. The point is, the media message is: 1. We are concerned about whether men (posted to Mammograms Starting at 50. What?)
• Isn't it recommended that you get a baseline screening at 35? Then when you get your first screening at 40, you can see if there were any changes. Are we supposed to skip that too? (posted to Mammograms Starting at 50. What?)
• The only recommendations I know of for screening before age 40 is a very strong family history, very high personal risk, or getting diagnostic mammograms (due to pain, finding a lump, etc.) If your mother developed cancer in her 40s, (posted to Mammograms Starting at 50. What?)
• Scare quotes are very fashionable these days. It's nauseating. (posted to Mammograms Starting at 50. What?)

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