by evamoon | Aug 24, 2013 | Moonshine
I consider myself a fairly liberated, independent woman. I grew up with the pill and bra burnings. I am not defined by my appearance, completed by my relationship with a man or limited in my aspirations by my gender. I don’t consider myself a victim. And heaven help...
by evamoon | Aug 2, 2013 | Moonshine
Just how many nuggets of advice, pearls of wisdom, dire warnings and exasperated threats does the average mother attempt to cram into a child’s unwilling head over a lifetime? Let’s say, for the sake of argument, you plant one unique seed a day, on average, from age 2...
by evamoon | Jun 24, 2013 | Moonshine
(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...
by evamoon | Jun 17, 2013 | Moonshine
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...
by evamoon | May 28, 2013 | Moonshine
(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...
