(Note: Originally published on Huffington Post) It all started about four years ago with naked body painting. I went to a performance at The Little Red Studio in Seattle. It’s sort of an adult variety show and as part of the program, four members of the cast offered...
(Note: Originally published on Huffington Post) Emotional battle lines were recently drawn when Melissa Etheridge, who has had breast cancer, said that Angelina Jolie, who has not had cancer, did not make “the brave choice“ when having preventive surgery because of...
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read that in the past month. While Angelina Jolie may have more advantages than most of us, the biggest advantage she had was not money, but access to people who provided her with good information about her options. This post is...
(Note: Originally published on Huffington Post) I have read so many cruel, uninformed and downright crude comments about Angelina Jolie’s supposed breastless/mutilated/ruined status. Most are juvenile blather that don’t merit a response. But for every one of those,...
(Note: Originally published on Huffington Post) Like Angelina Jolie, I carry the BRCA1 genetic mutation, which, as you probably know unless you’ve been hiding in a bunker for the past few weeks, burdens its carriers with almost certain odds of breast and ovarian...
(Note: Originally published on Huffington Post) Many people were shocked by the drastic measures Angelina Jolie took to prevent breast cancer. They ask: Why not just be more vigilant and catch it early instead? As someone who’s been there, let me take you on a little...
