Hermits, emerge!
I know, I know.
I haven't updated my journal since last Wednesday. That might be the longest I've gone without an update in, like, EVER. I'm sorry. There's no real reason, I just didn't have much to say. And I've been feeling myself sliding into hermit-mode again, although I don't feel hermit-like right now. I had a tolerable weekend. Doctor Who on Saturday was in-fricking-credible. It's a gorgeous day, I'm in control of my boobs, all is right with the world,
Except those "Tell someone" human papilloma virus commercials. They make me want to scream. Loudly, and at length. If you haven't seen them, it's a new series of PSAs informing women that cervical cancer is caused by a strain of HPV which is very common. This is not new information, but it's not widely-known information. This is all great, fine, information is good. This is not my issue. My issue is that when all these women on the spot are urging the viewers to tell someone about this, and see their gynecologist, all I want to scream at the TV is "Why don't you TELL SOMEONE that there is a VACCINE for HPV?"
Yes. There is a vaccine for HPV which is nearly 100% effective at knocking out the virus. This could virtually wipe out cervical cancer in women. You know why we're not all getting it? Because its full approval is being blocked by certain right-wing coalitions, like the Christian Medical and Dental Association. The proposed universal vaccination for girls at the onset of puberty (the AMA's recommendation) would, in their words "sabotage our abstinence message."
In other words, they're worried that vaccinating women and girls for HPV would encourage them to have sex. The message is very clear: the American Taliban (tm Dan Savage) would prefer for us to DIE rather than engage in sex.
You want to tell someone something? Tell them about the damned vaccine. Tell them to demand it. If enough of us demand it, maybe we can get the damned thing approved (the FDA has approved it, but there still seems to be another step required for full approval).
On a less ranty note, on this week's PostSecret there was a postcard that kind of hit me in the gut, for reasons that escape me. It read "I hope with all my heart that Postsecret's mailman/woman reads these postards. If he/she does, they could bend or rip off the corner of this one, just so we know."
The corner of the postcard was ripped off.
I haven't updated my journal since last Wednesday. That might be the longest I've gone without an update in, like, EVER. I'm sorry. There's no real reason, I just didn't have much to say. And I've been feeling myself sliding into hermit-mode again, although I don't feel hermit-like right now. I had a tolerable weekend. Doctor Who on Saturday was in-fricking-credible. It's a gorgeous day, I'm in control of my boobs, all is right with the world,
Except those "Tell someone" human papilloma virus commercials. They make me want to scream. Loudly, and at length. If you haven't seen them, it's a new series of PSAs informing women that cervical cancer is caused by a strain of HPV which is very common. This is not new information, but it's not widely-known information. This is all great, fine, information is good. This is not my issue. My issue is that when all these women on the spot are urging the viewers to tell someone about this, and see their gynecologist, all I want to scream at the TV is "Why don't you TELL SOMEONE that there is a VACCINE for HPV?"
Yes. There is a vaccine for HPV which is nearly 100% effective at knocking out the virus. This could virtually wipe out cervical cancer in women. You know why we're not all getting it? Because its full approval is being blocked by certain right-wing coalitions, like the Christian Medical and Dental Association. The proposed universal vaccination for girls at the onset of puberty (the AMA's recommendation) would, in their words "sabotage our abstinence message."
In other words, they're worried that vaccinating women and girls for HPV would encourage them to have sex. The message is very clear: the American Taliban (tm Dan Savage) would prefer for us to DIE rather than engage in sex.
You want to tell someone something? Tell them about the damned vaccine. Tell them to demand it. If enough of us demand it, maybe we can get the damned thing approved (the FDA has approved it, but there still seems to be another step required for full approval).
On a less ranty note, on this week's PostSecret there was a postcard that kind of hit me in the gut, for reasons that escape me. It read "I hope with all my heart that Postsecret's mailman/woman reads these postards. If he/she does, they could bend or rip off the corner of this one, just so we know."
The corner of the postcard was ripped off.