1. Spearhead & Michael Franti bring internal/Eternal sunshine on the cloudiest of days.
2. I will be doing a year-long residency at the VA in Palo Alto next year. It is one of the top 3 trauma centers in the country. My Wade has been there this year (see his blog: http://instawade.blogspot.com/) and I am ever grateful for the opportunities that get passed along in/through our relationship. It is also lovely to now have an answer for "What are you doing when you graduate?"
3. Unfortunately it takes dicey elections and corrupt politicians being 'exposed' in order for issues surrounding prostitution to be raised up in the mainstream US media. However, I'll take anything in the way of attention to this topic, so I am especially grateful to Nicholas Kristof's latest articles in the NY Times. He is bringing the life-threatning reality of pimp-on-prostitution violence to the forefront of the issue which often gets ignored as socio-political-ideological rivals duke it out about meta-material like legalization, wages, sexual liberty, and the global reach of the sex trade. See the article below.
Op-Ed Columnist
The Pimps’ Slaves
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: March 16, 2008
If the Spitzer affair causes us to lose sight of the broader reality of prostitution, then the biggest loser will be the girls for whom selling sex isn’t a choice but a nightmare.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/opinion/16kristof.html?ex=1363320000&en=245594997e1fc683&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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