Shall we?

My beloved maternal Grandmother did not trust doctors, hospitals or The Man.  She had good reason – she came of age in pre World War II Mississippi, where black women entered the hospital for medical care and left having been given a Mississippi Appendectomy…a hysterectomy that was neither medically necessary, legal or ethical.  Her lack of trust may have been valid, but is also had serious ramifications.  My Grandmother didn’t go to the doctor when she was ill and toward the end of her life let treatable illnesses develop into medical crisis after medical crisis for fear of what a doctor might do to her.  The ramifications for medical misdeeds heaped upon black women in the South and so ...

Sorry I’ve been out of touch, but I’ve been traveling…a lot…to places where the hotels have lousy internet access.

Ugh.

Anyhoo, shall we?

There is an ongoing discussion within my circle of friends about whether a person is being biased toward religious people when one criticizes a religious institution for a policy stance or public statement/position.  Included in the debate-based discussion is the question of whether one can criticize a religious institution without criticizing it’s members and whether that’s a bad thing or an unavoidable reality that comes with membership.  This all came up again recently because I posted about some new Mormon ads on my personal blog and I wanted to know what a couple of friends thought of them.  The ads ...