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I have never been as aware of my white-based public safety as the time we were playing an Amazing Race-style game that required us to stop strangers in downtown Los Angeles and ask them if they had something for us. At one point we were even running toward Union Station, one of us yelling, "We have to do it now, we're running out of time!"
My brain kept whispering, "Nobody is even batting an eye, while you're running past people who would be detained, if not flat-out shot for doing what you're doing."
My friend was sure she'd found one of the "informants" who had our next clue. She called me over and told me she'd asked him if he had something, and he said that depended on if she could tell him what train you take to Hollywood. "This is how we get our next clue! Tell him, tell him!" The only problem was he was now being questioned by two bike cops who assumed he was harassing us.
This is where I mention he was black.
"I'm just going to give him directions," I said.
"Ma'am, you don't have to do that," the officers said as they talked in code over the receivers near their shoulders.
"I want to," I said. I was pretty sure he was the informant, but my friend was getting nervous, and it was getting tense around us. What am I supposed to say to the officers— "We're okay here?" I didn't summon them, they were already bothering him when I walked up, and I was frustrated that they thought they were interrupting either a drug deal or a panhandler — both of which were entirely race-based assumptions.
As officers again told us we should just walk away, I instead told the informant how to get to Hollywood. He opened up a folder from his messenger bag, and handed me my next clue.
He then turned to the bike cops. "It's a GAME," he said. After the officers left, I was feeling so shitty.
"I'm sorry," I said. "All of that sucked."
"You guys are the only ones with the clue, by the way," he said. "None of these other people have even once come up to me."
I would never play Pokémon GO — especially at night — because it sounds like the perfect way to get hit by a car, followed, or mugged. The things I have to think about when I walk alone out there are for who/what I am and what has happened to me. But it's an entirely different thing to realize you can't play a kid game because it makes you behave in a way that gets racists and profilers feeling antsy. Or maybe it isn't different at all. Whatever it is, it's definitely not a game.]]>
Her: What is this?
Me: This is the Breeders.
Her: It's fast. Fast and loud.
Me: That's right. Fast and loud music helps us get all the wiggles out. You can shake your head and shake your arms and yell really loud and dance.
Her: I like super fast fast loud.
Me: Then you'll love this.
I turn it to "Cannonball," so sure I'm going to blow her tiny mind. I watch her face in the rearview mirror. As those opening alarm calls sound — AH-WOOOOooooo! AH-WOOOOooooo! — her face crinkles with slight confusion. She looks unsure. What is about to happen?
Me: Oh, man. This is the best song.
Her: No, Mom. "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" is the best song.
Me: Okay, first of all, you're wrong.
Her: No! "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" is the best song. It's my favorite.
Me: Off the top of my head I can think of three other songs you claim to be your favorite that are better than "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes." Six songs. All songs.
Her: I don't like this.
Me: Because you're supposed to play it louder. Here.
Her [grabbing her chest]: Mom, this song makes my heart hurt.
Me: Okay, I'll play something different.
We whiplash over to Adele's "Hello."
Her: We're in California, too. That's where we live.
Me: Yes.
Her: Why's he sad?
Me: She. She's sad.
Her: Why's she so sad, Mom?
Me: Well…she misses someone. This is called a love song. We love people so much we have to sing about them, and sometimes we love someone so much it can make us sad.
Her: She's yelling.
Me: She is. Sometimes sad songs can be loud loud, too.
Her: Why's she yelling?
Me: She's yelling because she's sad about someone.
Her: We need to make her laugh.
Me: Yeah, I don't think we can do that right now.
Her: What is he yelling about?
Me: She. She's yelling because she misses someone far away she loves very much.
Her: So she has to be loud?
Me: Yes, because she wants that person she loves to hear her.
Her: Because she's far.
Me: She is. Very far.
Her: Mom, you're sad?
Me: This song is sad. It does make me sad.
Her: Are you going to be yelling?
Me: If I sing along.
Her: Let's do it. Loud loud.
[we sing the chorus]
Her: Why's he so sad?
Me: She's sad. The person singing is a woman.
Her: Why's she yelling?
Me: Because she misses someone she loves–
Her: And she has to yell?
Me: Yes, because the person she misses isn't listening to her. She's trying to say she's sorry.
Her: From the other side?
Me: … yes. You're learning the lyrics very quickly.
Her: Why's she sorry?
Me: Well… sometimes uh, in life you make choices, and sometimes you maybe have regrets, like sometimes there's people you have to leave behind when you… oh, uh… when you love someone, sometimes you can love them so much and still…and sometimes you have to just… uh…
Her: She's yelling so loud.
Me [at this point just trying not to cry]: She sure is, sweet girl.
Her: I'm sad.
Me: Me too.
Her: So sad. This is so sad, Mom.
The song ends as I park the car. I turn to look at my kid. Her eyes are downcast, her mouth a small pout. Her hands are folded in her lap. Quietly, so very quietly, she says just one word.
GILMORE GUYS: These guys are so funny. They invited me to gab about episode 502, "A Messenger, Nothing More." TWoP fans will enjoy this trip down memory lane. Newer readers might be shocked to see just how easily I can slip back into a snarky asshole.
SHE DOES | Conversations with Creative Minds: Elaine and Sarah are smart, funny and sweet. They also interview some of the most fascinating women in media. I was flattered to be invited to share my own story. My episode: Finding Your Own Fun.
CHICKS WHO SCRIPT: Three powerhouse ladies in film with a whole lot to say. My episode: Pam Ribon and the Big Personality
The following aren't recent, but you might still enjoy them:
THIS AMERICAN WIFE: Eric Martin is so calm and cool that I end up dorking out like you wouldn't believe. And yet, he had me on his show TWICE. Episode 73: Only the Young and Episode 56: Side Gigs. Eric folded this podcast shortly after our last interview. He said it wasn't not not entirely my fault.
BOOK CIRCLE ONLINE: This was a fun one. We discuss Notes to Boys, writing online and Anne Heche.
THE SEND-UP: Robyn and I talk about writing comedy for TV as a lady person, Sassy Magazine, asking for Tom Selleck and getting Harry Hamlin, and being in a twenty person improv troupe. The episode is here.]]>
I am now the age I imagined I'd be when I reached my full feminist self. And I have to admit, when I first saw the title of Roxane's book I winced. "Bad Feminist." I don't like that. We shouldn't be proud of that. We shouldn't want that. When I was invited to speak here, I thought, "Well, but I'm not a bad feminist." I went to get my feminist scorecard so I could show everybody, but when I found it in the closet under my "Free Winona" t-shirt, it turns out I hadn't looked at it in a while. Time for a little mid-term evaluation. Do me a favor and mark down whatever points you think I've earned or lost. I like being graded. And there is no curve.
I grew up a Sassy-era Feminist. The rules were simple: PROTEST. Be loud. Be heard. Wear your mantra on your shirt, preferably in hypercolor. Be different. Be funny. Be smart. Be well-informed, but it's probably best to err on being one-sided in your information, so as not to confuse your message. Don't get involved where it's messy. Try to find something that can only be right or wrong. Maybe racism. You always feel good when you say you're against racism.
My feminist heroes during the Sassy years include Janeane Garofalo. Kim Gordon. Rosanne. Jaded, weathered ladies. Weary ladies. Cynical. Sassy feminists looked up to the tired ones, who knew how hard it was to fight for equality. I have a healthy amount of that cynicism, although my generation called it different things. Snark. Spunk. Sass.
I don't go to school anymore, so I can't win Student of the Month. The best I can hope for is to one day be called a Role Model. That's what my teen self would have wanted me to become. A role model for future feminists. But young feminists today are much less cynical. Instead of sassy, they are sincere. There are many of you here tonight. I see you. Look at you. It can't just be youth. You truly seem so clean, so pure, so creamy. Look at their eyes, everybody. They fucking sparkle.
I wrote exactly one essay for Hello Giggles, right when the site first went up. I wrote about how much I hate nail art. That there's really got to be something better to do with your hands then act like you're still sitting in the back of eighth-grade history class with a bottle of Wite-out. If you have time to reprint the constitution on your ten digits, that tells me you aren't doing enough with your Bill of Rights. I went on to talk about how grey nail polish is a weird fad, and when I tried it, it made me look like I had corpse fingers. I looked like Laura Palmer in the dirt, but people kept assuring me that it looked great, because it was so on-trend. Anyway, I tell you all this to say that the response from the young feminists was surprising. Instead of challenging me that they should get to do whatever the fuck they want to do with their hands and I can just go be old in a corner somewhere with my fax machine, almost every comment was: "Maybe you shouldn't wear grey nail polish, then, if it makes you so unhappy."
I don't know how to talk to someone this sincere. It's a problem of mine, not theirs. I don't know how to be that sincere.
I also don't know how to talk to the girl who claims she doesn't need feminism. I don't know how to tell her that the very sentence she just said – or flirted behind a handwritten posterboard in a half-naked selfie — her rejection of being a feminist is itself a feminist act. She's making a choice about her participation in her own rights.
I want to say it's a stupid choice, that it's definitely a weaker choice, but she's making a choice as a female about her own life. That's what we're fighting for, right? And lucky for her, we've come so far that someone can actually opt out of feminism. Like not getting a vaccination, knowing that the rest of us will get our shots, take the pain, do the work, fight the fight so that she's got herd immunity when it comes to her safety, equality and freedom. It's ballsy, isn't it?
So now I'm confessing to having a difficult time being a role model for at least two different types of feminists. My scorecard in your hands must be…low.
Okay, let's look at my job. As an author, screenwriter, tv writer – I write a lot, in an industry that is close to eighty percent male. I have a job where mostly I'm told "no," to my face, many, many times a day. And I'm not an actor or a model, so people are not rejecting something as superficial as my looks. I'm not a customer service rep, people aren't criticizing my personality or my ability to satisfy a client. When I'm told "no," these people are rejecting my brain. My thoughts. My voice. My point of view. And I'm not saying that's not my fault. I have definitely walked away from a pitch or a meeting thinking, "I definitely was just too much me in there." How do I tell someone to strive to be who I am, when who I am is someone who's constantly told no?
I do get big feminist checkmarks in the baby department. I have a baby. Check.
…Although not having a baby is incredibly feminist, too.
Anyway, it's a girl. Super check.
…Although raising a son means you get to raise someone who won't rape anybody. That's really important. You get double points for that, at least.
I had my baby through my ladyparts, which if you haven't had to deal with women who have opinions about how you should have your baby, you may not know that that's the only way you're considered to actually have had a baby and not a procedure or an agreement.
I had that baby with only a small break for an epidural in order to keep from tearing very feminist parts of me, but for the actual pushing, there was no epidural. I need that pain to have been a female-female-lady-woman-feminist act, so please, don't ruin it for me. It's all I have as a reason to have gone through it.
People who have not had babies you need to know, as much as you think it probably hurts, nobody has ever accurately explained how much it hurts. The earth's core turns on this magnetic pull and all it wants, the only thing it's trained on is your uterus. At one point the baby's elbow was stuck in my pelvis, right above my thigh, and if someone had let me have a knife I would have performed a Z-section to fling that child from inside of me. It hurts.
I earned my pain badge from the Feminist Girl Scouts. I also earned my breastfeeding badge, my back-to-work-in-four-months badge, my finding-a-way-to-not-need-daycare-because-of-extended-family-and-fortunate-husband-work-situation badge and even an awesome lesbian nanny-friend badge (which is a really hard badge to get, that last one), but I don't think any of that makes me a role model. It just makes me a working mom.
The baby has done things to me, physical things – she's so strong, you guys, and she can kick, and bite nipples and slam her head into this tender part of my skull – I've had black eyes and bruised lips and the tearing I mentioned earlier because an epidural is no match for a fully-formed human sliding out of a tampon-sized hole. This baby has done things to me that if she were any other human on the planet, I could have her arrested. If she were my husband, you would beg me to leave her. If she were my dog, people would insist I put her down.
I haven't slept in three years. I used to be a little pretty. Now most of my hair is fake. That does not feel feminist, but it is. I chose this hair. I bought this hair. With my money that I bought from my job like Beyonce would want me to. So, no, I take it back. THIS IS MY HAIR.
I have a hard time telling women that they should have a baby because I know what we wish weren't true – that having a baby takes away some of your most favorite things about your life. Your body changes, your schedule changes, your marriage changes, some friendships shatter and you never think of a bathing suit the same way again. Other things flood in, fill the cracks, and in some places – yes- they get stronger, but you are always, forever, different. I want to tell all the women without children to protect their child-free lives if they love them. Not to worry that they are missing out if they are truly happy with the way things are. Because you will miss it, you will miss who you were, even if you love who you become.
I didn't think I'd be this kind of feminist. I want to be a more stoic woman. A Ma Joad. A Kristina Braverman. She's on Parenthood. She just takes it, packs the burdens on, keeping her eyes constantly shimmery but never going to the full-on breakdown. I'm not that woman. I can't even get through an episode of Parenthood without openly sobbing. Sometimes on the couch. Sometimes on the treadmill. At the gym.
So, I'm an emotional woman in an abusive relationship with my baby, working in an industry that mostly rejects or ignores me, often simply because I'm female. Is this the future my Sassy teen self would have wanted? Look at your scorecards. Did I even get a C plus? I was so mad about someone claiming to be a Bad Feminist, I didn't realize just how messy my own feminism had gotten. I'm extremely flattered that Roxane mentioned one of my novels in her kickass book. But right now, in this room, telling all of you what's wrong with me, this is the most feminist moment I've ever had in my life. And I'm really proud of it. This is me at my most sincere.]]>
As someone who spent years in the tech world before becoming a comedy writer, I've worked in two industries that openly debate gender when it comes to capability. I wanted to write "Barbie Fucks It Up Again" after finding a book aimed toward the youngest minds as they're just starting to define self-worth. I'm thrilled the Internet seized the spirit of that essay and took up the fight. I'm proud to watch this worldwide discussion. (Not to mention this kickass piece of business.)
I wish Mattel had chosen to adjust the title instead of shelving it. I think we all would have appreciated that kind of reboot, even if it did take two girls (and Brian AND Steven) to get the job done correctly.
Thank you for sharing, for talking, and for making a difference. Thanks for reminding me why I love writing at pamie.com.
I'm sitting here with a fractured nose realizing I haven't even told you yet that my mom called yesterday to let me know that my dead dad stopped a robbery in her storage unit. But that's a story for another time. I promise to come back here more often.
…Especially since I had to upgrade my shit after we crashed this site five hundred times this week.]]>
(The second book of the "2 Books in 1!" is "Barbie [i can be…] an Actress." We'll get to that later.)
Helen Jane has two little girls under the age of six. I have a daughter who is almost two. "This is great!" I said. "Barbie wants to be a computer engineer! And fifty stickers!"
"Yeah, I was really excited at first, too," Helen Jane said. "Because, like you, I believe in the good of people. But then, like I'm sure you've experienced a million times, I was reminded you should never believe in the good of people."
"Oh, no. Should I read it?"
"You must. Immediately."
And now you all will, too. Because this is a real book. A book you could buy right now if you wanted to. A book that right now, somewhere, is teaching possibly hundreds of young girls and boys the following:
"What are you doing, Barbie?" asks Skipper.
"I'm designing a game that shows kids how computers work," explains Barbie. "You can make a robot puppy do cute tricks by matching up colored blocks!"
Barbie! That's awesome. I love how your game is both educational and fun. Bonus points for keeping it cute, because you are so stylish. Please be careful not to drop your breakfast fro-yo on your laptop. I've done it, and it's not so funzies.
Anyway, Internet, get ready to find your thing to be super pissed off about today.
"I'm only creating the design ideas," Barbie says, laughing. "I'll need Steven and Brian's help to turn it into a real game!"
What the fucking shit, Barbie?
This is where you assume Skipper will be like, "Oh, why do you need boys? We can do it ourselves! Let's learn and work hard and do things all on our own because a sense of accomplishment and knowledge are powerful weapons for adulthood."
But no. Nope. Barbie's just fine ending her work with the "design ideas" and a laugh. She'll need the boys before she'll have a "REAL GAME."
Wait, wait. I need you to know something, and this is hard for me to tell you, because I'm guessing that like Helen Jane and me, you maybe believe in the good of people. You still hope that when we turn the page, there will be something empowering for Barbie and Skipper to experience. That maybe Steven and Brian are… I don't know, maybe they could still be girls? But, no. It's about to get even more misogynistic up in here.
"That's weird!" says Barbie.
Barbie and Skipper try to reboot the computer, but nothing happens.
"Looks like you've got a virus, big sister," says Skipper.
"Luckily, I wear my flash drive on a necklace so that I'll always remember to back up my work," replies Barbie.
So, after this page, we–
Hey, where did you go? Oh, I see you. You're on the floor, face down, having given up. Yeah, we did that, too. Is it because it took two girls to reboot a computer?
I feel bad for every time I made fun of my mother using technology, because right now some mom is having to read this book to her daughter, and after the "weird" blinking screen and reboot, she's having to describe the computer's state as: "nothing happens."
Are you still on the floor because Barbie wears a flash drive around her neck? And that it's a giant pink heart? At least Skipper's doing her best to help the situation by pouring her sister some juice. Girls can be so helpful in the kitchen.
"I really should finish my homework assignment. I am writing about a person I admire," says Skipper.
"I only need it for a minute," adds Barbie.
"Okay," says Skipper.
Run, Skipper! Run from the haunted flash drive!
"Oh, no!" says Barbie. "The virus must be on the flash drive!"
"I forgot to back up my homework assignment!" cries Skipper. "And all my music files are lost, too!"
"You better!" Skipper replies as she playfully hits Barbie with a pillow.
Skipper has just lost her homework, all her music files and her laptop, but all she's moved to is STATUS: PILLOW FIGHT.
"Yes, Barbie?" asks Ms. Smith, the teacher.
"If your computer gets a virus and crashes, how can you retrieve all the files you lost?" asks Barbie.
The fact that Barbie's comp sci teacher is female almost lets you assume things are about to get less insulting. Don't fall for it.
"But won't the other computer get the same virus that made your computer crash?" asks Barbie.
"Not if the computer has good security software installed," says Ms. Smith. "Good security software protects your computer from catching a virus."
Barbie gets told how to do something, so what do you think she does next? That's right. Go find some boys to fix her computering!
"Hi, guys," says Barbie. "I tried to send you my designs, but I ended up crashing my laptop — and Skipper's too! I need to get back the lost files and repair both of our laptops."
"Great!" says Barbie. "Steven, can you hook Skipper's hard drive up to the library's computer?"
"Sure!" says Steven. "The library computer has excellent security software to protect it."
IT WILL GO FASTER IF BRIAN AND I HELP, offer the men voices. "Step aside, Barbie." YOU'VE BROKEN ENOUGH, NOW.
From Helen Jane: Steven and Brian are nice guys, I'm sure. But Steven and Brian are also everything frustrating about the tech industry. Steven and Brian represent the tech industry assumption that only men make meaningful contributions. Men fix this, men drive this and men take control to finish this. Steven and Brian don't value design as much as code. Steven and Brian represent every time I was talked over and interrupted — every time I didn't post a code solution in a forum because I didn't want to spend the next 72 years defending it. Steven and Brian make more money than I do for doing the same thing. And at the same time, Steven and Brian are nice guys.
"Fantastic!" says Barbie. "And her other files, as well?"
"I've got everything," says Steven. "Now let's retrieve the files from your hard drive. Both laptops will be good as new in no time!"
High-five, dude. High-fucking-five.
"My lost assignment!" cries Skipper. "You are just too cool, Barbie! You fixed my computer AND saved my homework!"
Skipper gives Barbie a huge hug.
Barbie not only waits until the next morning to return her sister's computer, she completely takes all the credit that it's no longer broken! What an asshole!
"Hi, everybody," she says. "The person I admire most is Barbie — a great sister and a great computer engineer!"
Everyone is impressed by Skipper's presentation.
What?! Oh, wait. Didn't she mostly write this assignment before the crash? Let's give Skipper a pass. She almost lost enough already this week. Besides, if we upset her we're likely to get trapped in the middle of one of her combination pillow fight/bikini car washes.
Barbie's terrific computer skills have saved the day for both sisters!
"I guess I can be a computer engineer!" says Barbie happily.
Despite having ruined her own laptop, her sister's laptop, and the library's computers, not to mention Steven and Brian's afternoon, she takes full credit for her game design– only to get extra credit and decide she's an awesome computer engineer! "I did it all by myself!"
Flip the book and you can read "Barbie: I can be an Actress," where Barbie saves the day by filling in for the princess in Skipper's school production of "Princess and the Pea." She ad-libs and smiles her way through her lines, and charms the entire audience. Standing ovation, plenty of praise. At no point did she need anybody's help. She didn't even need lines! Just standing there being Barbie was enough for everyone in attendance. See, actors? It's not that hard. Even Barbie can do it.
When you hold the book in your hands to read a story, the opposite book is upside down, facing out. So the final insult to this entire literary disaster is that when you read "Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer," it appears that you are so fucking dumb, you're reading "Barbie: I Can Be an Actress" upside down.
Helen Jane and I were so livid after reading this book we spent the first fifteen minutes spitting out syllables and half-sounds. We'd go from outraged to defeated to livid in the span of ten seconds. "I want this thing to start a meme of girls screaming, 'I don't need a Brian or a Steven!'"
We knew we had to share this with you, because if we didn't, we'd be saying it was okay. We couldn't just roll our eyes at how insulting this book is, how dangerous it is for young minds, how it's a perfect example of the way women and girls are perceived to "understand" the tech world, and how frustrating it can be when nobody believes this is how we're treated.
Just about every review we could find on this book had readers equally offended and frustrated.
Oh, and the 50 stickers? I only saw one: "Nerdy is the new Fab!" The others had already been removed by Helen Jane's small daughters. We can only hope that one of them doesn't boast, "My other laptop is a boy!"]]>
But this is a story from before I had labelled my Fan Face. Back when it was so obvious my husband would just look away and go, "Damn, Ribon. You look like you're taking a photograph of Marcia Gay Harden with your retinas. Either work on that, or go talk to her before we get on the plane. It's getting creepy. …oh, you're going to go talk to her? I'm going to go over here and not know you, then."
Marcia was very sweet, even though she had an understandably protective lean decidedly away from me. I normally never go up to someone, but Marcia had talked to my acting class back when I was in college, and I wanted to thank her because it really stuck with me, and many of my friends from that year. Plus I was pregnant at the time, and that state of being apparently turned my "give a shit" meter all the way off.
That missing self-check mode made for all kinds of new experiences during the months I was pregnant. One that immediately comes to mind, one I just can't seem to let go, involves another airport encounter.
Being pregnant makes you have to pee. All the time, a lot. This is probably not news to you. But it can make something as mundane as getting through airport security turn into a stakes-are-very-high situation inside your body. One time I was struggling through security check before a red-eye flight to New York, keeping my mind focused on the first finish line: the ladies room inside the United Lounge. There had been some delays, some traffic, some longer-than-expected lines, and by the time I reached the bathroom door, I was hunched over, inching my way to the stall.
I peed with great relief. I remember this. I remember a feeling of accomplishment that almost made me sleepy.
Afterward, while I was washing my hands, a woman stepped out of another stall. After a quick glance in the mirror, I thought, "That looks like Retta. But, Retta if she were not in makeup and wanting to sleep during this upcoming redeye."
I tried not to Fan Face. After all, we were in a bathroom. Let the lady have her time.
Just after take-off I rushed to the airplane bathroom, as it had been almost a full forty-five minutes since I'd been allowed to pee. On the way back I saw that the woman I thought was Retta was sitting in the aisle in front of me. But now she was tucked in all cozy and asleep. Couldn't be one hundred percent sure, sure as hell wasn't going to ask her, nor inspect further.
After the flight, maybe-Retta was sitting near us, waiting on a taxi or shuttle or something. This is when I realized I knew the best way to find out if that was, in fact, Retta on my flight. Twitter. If she was on a plane to New York, surely she would have mentioned it.
Turns out Retta had tweeted just before her flight.
"Damn, lady in the United stall next to me. Why the orgasmic experience? #personaltime #keepmeoutofit"
So, you know, it's not always just my face that ruins things.]]>
The other day I couldn't find my library card. "It's on Qwerty's keys," I said to Jason and Kristen. "Do you guys know where she keeps her keys?"
"Did you check her pink purse?" asked Jason.
"I did. No keys."
Kristen said, "I know they aren't in her owl purse. I found that earlier and all it has is her phone."
This keys-having, phone-toting, two-purse-and-a-library-card owning child is seventeen-months old.]]>
The Working Poet Radio Show
7:00 p.m. June 4
Los Angeles Central Library
Mark Taper Auditorium
Whether it's Twitter, YouTube or Instagram, digital media are changing the business world, one click at a time. The whole concept of sharing has swiftly become more than social, and if you've seen Jon Favreau's latest film, Chef, you'll understand how quickly your Twitter game can change your career. Enter The Working Poet Radio Show, a new monthly radio and television talk show sponsored by the Los Angeles Public Library, which seeks to explore the lives of creative people. The June 4 show, "Working With Humor," will focus on comedians and how digital media are changing their professional lives. Sit with the live audience and listen as L.A. success stories Flula Borg, a German techno DJ; Key & Peele director Jay Martel; and best-selling author Pamela Ribon discuss how humor has changed because of social media. "It's such a struggle for people to get to where they want to be," says show host (and L.A. Weekly contributor) Joseph Lapin on the struggle to be successful while maintaining creativity. "This show appeals to those who want to be creative." Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St.; Wed., June 4, 7 p.m.; free. (213) 228-7338, theworkingpoetradioshow.com.
— By Kellyn Kawaguchi
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Dear Pam,
My name is S–, I am 17 years old, and I just finished reading your book "Notes to Boys." I came across your book in Barnes and Noble a couple of days ago, and picked it up as a joke to show my friend, who is just as boy crazy as I am. I ended up reading the Introduction, and knew I had to buy it. I think we're pretty similar, although I'm not sure if I'm more like you, or little you. In all honesty, I think I lean more towards the LP side, but I wouldn't really call that a bad thing. I am extremely sentimental, I love boys (even though they don't love me), I want a movie-like romance more than I want a lot of things, music is one of the most important things in my world, and all I'm ever doing when I'm not reading is writing. Although, as opposed to LP, I find myself writing more angry "why don't you love me??????" poems than longing ones. Anyway, after finishing your book I just wanted to say a couple of things. First, it's really not as bad as you think (unless it is, and I don't realize because I'm still a teenager, and if that is the case then I'm sorry, but I'm sure I'm in the same boat, it's okay). More importantly, though, thank you for putting yourself out there like that, and I don't just mean through sharing your love letters, but I mean through sharing your life experiences. I didn't know what to expect from a comedy book, but things got really real at some points, and I loved it. I learned a lot from you, and I think you're truly amazing. You've even inspired me. In the book you talked about a woman who came up to you and told you that you inspired her to get rid of all of her old journals. You had the opposite affect on me. I love my journals, and my writing, and how strongly I feel, and how deeply I love. After reading your book, I'm inspired in the sense that I refuse to ever be sorry for how I feel, or have felt. I think it's far better to be embarrassed than regretful. I would much rather speak my mind and not be reciprocated than not say a word and never know what could have been. I know that all sounds really cheesy and has been said a million times, with 500,000 having been me, but I really mean it. I could get more in depth, but that would make this messy and hard to follow, and this message is already pretty long. Let's just leave it at: thank you, Pam, you helped me realize something very important.
Thanks for reading (and for writing),
P.S. Admittedly, I'm pretty upset that I have the invention of the Internet, at least from a writing stand point. I mean, I have a bunch of journals in addition to a blog, but I want boxes of torn out notebook pages to keep forever and laugh at when I'm older. I may just have to put in the effort of writing everything I've typed. Like I said, I'm really sentimental like that.
P.P.S. I tried really hard to find a P.O. Box for you so that I could write out a letter to you to send, but e-mail works too.
P.P.P.S. I realized while reading your book that P.S. stands for postscript. I was amazed.
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Melissa Brown is an ophthalmologist from Flourtown, Pennsylvania who is a member of the Republican Party. She was also a three-time candidate for the US House of Representatives.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Melissa Brown attended Keuka College and graduated with a B.S. in Nursing in 1972. With a strong interest in education, she has been on the Keuka College Board of Trustees since 1992 and was elected chair in 2010.[1] She subsequently received her Masters Degree in Nursing from Emory University and then taught on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania.
She returned to Thomas Jefferson University where she earned her M.D. in 1982. After an internship at Chestnut Hill Hospital, she completed a residency in ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital. Brown obtained her MBA in Strategic Management from Saint Joseph's University's Haub School of Business in 1998. She is an adjunct Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Medical Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
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In 1998, Brown ran in the Republican primary in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district against incumbent U.S. Rep. Jon Fox, and came in third.[2]
She considered a run in 2000, but withdrew in favor of State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf.
In 2002, she again ran in the primary for U.S. House. Her main opponent was Al Taubenberger, a resident of Northeast Philadelphia. Running with the support of both the Montgomery County and Philadelphia GOP committees, she won the nomination with 56% of the vote.
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This is the largest mosque of the Hui people in Urumqi and is located in Yonghezheng Lane at the northern end of Jianzhong Street. It was build about 100 years ago during the Qing dynasty and is worth a visit.
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John's Information Cafe is the centre of tourist life in Turpan. 'John' is in fact a Chinese entrepreneur who seems to know better than anyone in China how to cater to budget travellers - he also has branches in Kashgar and Urumqi. The cafes also double as useful travel agencies, though there are rumours that John reports on the activities of travellers to the authorities. If you are planning anything illegal (such as crossing from Kashgar to Tibet), you might be advised not to talk about it here. They have internet too: 2$ for 30 minutes.
As for the food, Western breakfasts, buttered toast, cheese omelettes, yogurt with honey, and coffee are all available here under the trellises - as well as quite reasonable Chinese dishes. John's is also a nice place to try the local Turpan wine. The red stuff is sweet and thick like port, but some of the white is very drinkable indeed if you are willing to stretch to about ´30 a bottle. The outdoor cafe at the back of the Turpan Guesthouse also has an English menu, and is quite a nice place to drink beer, especially in the evenings when you can listen in on the live Uigur singing and dancing performances taking place nearby.
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Christian readers of the New Testament study the great stories about Jesus through the lens of western culture. In this series of books, Gary Burge uses his extensive knowledge of the first century world and the Middle East to offer insights not available to the average person. Each book will develop important cultural themes and wrap them around well-known New Testament passages. And the result will be insights rarely gained elsewhere. Observe how Jesus celebrated the great festivals of Judaism. In each of the six accounts, you will explore the Jewish festival as it was celebrated in the first century and then examine how Jesus used the imagery of the festival to unveil his own mission. Explore the Jewish Sabbath, Passover, Tabernacles, and Hanukkah as Jesus knew them.
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(March 25, 2014) — Armstrong Atlantic State University will host "Homeless: Poverty and Place in Urban America," a lecture by Armstrong assistant professor of history Ella Howard at the Georgia Historical Society, located at 501 Whitaker St., on Thursday, March 27 at 6 p.m.
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Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) is a type of helminth infections (helminthiasis) caused by different species of roundworms. It is caused specifically by those worms which are transmitted through soil contaminated with faecal matter and are therefore called soil-transmitted helminths. Three types of soil-transmitted helminthiasis can be distinguished: ascariasis, hookworm disease and trichuriasis. These three types of infection are therefore caused by the large roundworm A. lumbricoides; the hookworms Necator americanus or Ancyclostoma duodenale; and by the whipworm Trichuris trichiura respectively.
It has become the most common parasitic disease of humans worldwide. Approximately two billion people (about a third of global population) are infected as of the latest estimate, and four billion at risk, surpassing even the all-time most prevalent parasitic disease, malaria.[1] The largest numbers of cases occur in impoverished rural areas of Subsaharan Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and China.[2] Its main cause, like for many types of helminth infections, is lack of sanitation, such as the practice of open defecation and lack of hygiene such as hand washing.[3][4] It is regarded as one of the world's most important causes of intellectual and physical retardation.[5]
The helminthic disease is so named because the infection is transmitted through ingestion of the nematode eggs in the soil, which is contaminated through excrements. Therefore, the disease is most prevalent in warm and moist climates where sanitation and hygiene are poor and waters are unsafe, including the temperate zones during warmer months. STH is categorised among Neglected Tropical Diseases because it inflicts tremendous disability and suffering, which can be clinically treated and relatively easily be prevented (primarily through improved sanitation), yet negligible attention has been given for many years.[6] It is now among the target diseases of London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (launched on 30 January 2012) to be controlled/eradicated by 2020.[7]
Simple prevention and control strategies are access to improved sanitation, public awareness on personal hygiene and health education.
- 1 Signs and symptoms
- 2 Types
- 3 Diagnosis
- 4 Prevention
- 5 Treatment
- 6 Epidemiology
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Signs and symptoms[edit]
Symptoms becomes evident only when the intensity of infection is relatively high. Thus the degree of negative outcomes is directly related to worm burden; more worms means greater severity of disease.
Most conditions of STH have a light worm burden and usually have no discernible symptoms. Heavy infections however cause a range of health problems, including abdominal pain, diarrhoea, blood and protein loss, rectal prolapse, and physical and mental retardation.
Severe ascariasis is typically a pneumonia, as the larvae invades lungs, producing fever, cough and dyspnoea during early stage of infection.
Hookworm infections insinuate a skin reaction (dermatitis), increased white blood cells (eosinophils), a pulmonary reaction (pneumonitis), and skin rash (urticarial).
Iron deficiency anaemia due to blood loss is a common symptom.[8]
STH is often associated with malnutrition in children as it worsens the nutritional status of the people they infect in multiple ways.[1] The worms can induce intestinal bleeding, competition for nutrients (malabsorption of nutrients), frequent anaemia and diarrhoea.[9] Soil-transmitted helminths can also cause loss of appetite.[1] These nutritional "knock on" effects of STH can have a significant impact on growth and physical development of children. In endemic countries, communities remain suppressed due to malnourishment, cognitive disability and physical weaknesses as a result of heavy infections.
STHs are essentially intestinal parasites and their eggs are liberated along the faeces of infected persons into the soil. Ascaris and hookworm eggs become infective as they develop into larvae in soil. Infection occurs when vegetables and fruits, contaminated with soil infested eggs, are consumed; or when hands or fingers have been contaminated with dirt carrying the eggs are put in the mouth. On the other hand, hookworm eggs are not directly infective. They hatch in soil, releasing mobile larvae that can penetrate the skin. Thus infection is acquired through accidental contact with contaminated soil.[5]
Ascariasis of STH is caused by the large roundworm A. lumbricoides. It is estimated to be the most widespread STH, affecting approximately 1 billion people. The victims constitute about half of the populations in tropical and subtropical areas. Most conditions are mild and often show little or no symptoms. Heavy infections however are debilitating, causing severe intestinal blockage and impair growth in children. Children, compounded with malnutrition, are most infected, with the most common age group being 3 to 8 year olds, with an annual death of about 20,000. Children are more susceptible due to their frequent exposure to contaminated environment such as during playing, eating raw vegetables and fruits, and drinking wastewater.[5]
Hookworm disease[edit]
Hookworm infection of STH is caused by N. americanus and A. duodenale. Mild infections produce diarrhoea and abdominal pain. More severe infections can create serious health problems for newborns, children, pregnant women, and malnourished adults. In fact it is the leading cause of anaemia and protein deficiency in developing nations, afflicting an estimated 740 million people. N. americanus is the more common hookworm, while A. duodenale is more geographically restricted. Unlike other STHs, in which school-age children are most affected, high-intensity hookworm infections are more frequent in adults, specifically women. Roughly, 44 million pregnant women are estimated to be infected. The disease causes severe adverse effects in both the mother and infant, such as low birth weight, impaired milk production, and increased risk of mortality.[5]
Whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) is the third most common STH-causing nematode in humans. According to current estimate, nearly 800 million people are infected, and majority of the victims are children. Heavy infections could lead to acute symptoms such as diarrhoea and anaemia, and chronic symptoms such as growth retardation and impaired cognitive development. Medical conditions are more often serious since coinfection with protozoan parasites such as Giardia and Entamoeba histolytica, and with other nematodes is common.[5] Predominantly a tropical disease of developing countries, trichuriasis is quite common in the United States.[10]
For basic diagnosis, specific helminths can be generally identified from the faeces, and their eggs microscopically examined and enumerated using fecal egg count method. However, there are certain limitations such as the inability to identify mixed infections, and on clinical practice, the technique is inaccurate and unreliable.[11][12] A novel effective method for egg analysis is the Kato-Katz technique. It is a highly accurate and rapid method for A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura; however not so much for hookworm, which could be due to fast degeneration of the rather delicate hookworm eggs.[13]
Prevention and control measures to prevent soil-transmitted helminthiasis are the following: availability of clean water for personal and domestic uses, improved access to sanitation which includes the use of properly functioning and clean toilets by all community members, education on personal hygiene such as hand washing and hygienic and safe food preparation; eliminating the use of untreated human faeces as fertilizer.[1]
The World Health Organizations recommended albendazole or mebendazole for treatment.[1]
Mass treatment with drugs[edit]
One strategy to control the disease in areas where it is common is the treatment of entire groups of people regardless of symptoms via mass drug administration. This is often done among school-age children and is known as deworming.[1][14] While testing and treating children who are infected looks like it is effective, there is insufficient evidence to conclude that routine deworming, in the absence of a positive test, improves nutrition, haemoglobin, school attendance or school performance.[15]
For this purpose, broad-spectrum benzimidazoles such as mebendazole and albendazole are the drugs of choice recommended by WHO. These anthelminthics are administered in a single dose are safe, relatively inexpensive, and effective for several months. Mebendazole can be given with a single dose twice a day for three consecutive days. Albendazole is given at a single dose. WHO recommends annual treatment in areas where between 20 and 50% of people are infected, and a twice a year treatment if it is over 50%; and in low risk situation (i.e. less than 20% prevalence) case-by-case treatment.[8][16] In addition to these, pyrantel pamoate is also equally effective on ascaris. However, it has been reported that albendazole, mebendazole, and pyrantel pamoate are not entirely effective against T. trichiura with single oral doses in population-based control.[17]
Drugs for those with other diseases[edit]
In cases of coinfection, combination therapy with ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine is advocated. Indeed, with coinfection with malaria and HIV, especially among African women, the current regimes for controlling STHs are inadequate.[18] It is more pressing for trichuriasis that the recommended drugs fail to provide positive results.[19] A novel drug tribendimidine, which was approved by Chinese authorities for human use in 2004, has been subjected to clinical trials showing that they are highly effective against major human flukes, ascaris (>90% cure rate) and hookworm (>82%); however with low cure rate for whipworm (<37%).[20]
Surgical intervention[edit]
In some cases with severe infestation the worms, such as Ascaris, may cause bowel obstruction, requiring emergency surgery.[21] The bowel obstruction may be due to all the worms or twisting of the bowel.[21] During the surgery the worms may be manually removed.[21]
Infections are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas, with the greatest numbers occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, China and east Asia.[1]
Infection estimates[edit]
The World Health Organisation estimates that globally more than 1.5 billion people (24% of the total population) have a soil-transmitted helminth infection.[1] Over 270 million preschool-age children and over 600 million school-age children live in areas where these parasites are intensively transmitted, and are in need of treatment and preventive interventions. Latest estimates indicate that more than 880 million children are in need of treatment from STH infections.[2][9][22]
By type of parasitic worm the breakdown is:[23]
- approximately 807-1,121 million with ascaris
- approximately 576-740 million with hookworm
- approximately 604-795 million with whipworm
Latest estimates indicate that the total annual death toll which is directly attributable is as high as 135,000.[2][9][22] The death toll due to the malnutrition link is likely to be much higher.
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Well, Wine Spectator focuses on wines that are available in the United States, and there aren't many Brazilian wines imported here. However, we recently reviewed two bottlings from a producer called Rio Sol that offered decent value. (Subscribers to Wine Spectator Online can view our Rio Sol tasting notes.) Here's a curious fact: the vineyard is located so close to the equator that they can actually pick grapes all year round, in a kind of continuous harvest.
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