fieldwork at home

1.04.2011

plans for the new year

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I'm planning on cleaning this blog up, removing some of the more personal (and less charming) laments. I'm also planning on working ...
12.20.2010

Physicians' conviction of perfection

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I added this back in December, but I saved the draft since I had some reservations about so simplistically maligning physicians. My goal cer...

in other news of confronting my own philosophical inconsistencies

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Public Citizen notes that pharma is the biggest defrauder of the U.S. government. Worse than the defense industry, and well, we all know ho...
12.16.2010

something about anthropology

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As my previous post, a mere 12 hours or so ago, indicated, I don't really do anthropology lately. As much as one is ever "doing...

Long overdue

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My new(ish) job has eaten up my life. I can't actually remember much about the last six and a half months, which I find disturbing. It s...
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8.21.2010

NPR covers the HPV vaccine debate and fails to mention key data

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I just responded to NPR's story about the HPV vaccine for boys. I'm re-posting here because I have to do other things, but I'll...
8.06.2010

The conundrum of the female condom

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The female condom initially received approval in the U.S. in the early 1990s, shortly after its approval in Europe. It's been tenacious,...
7.22.2010

Government requirement for vaccine insurance

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Under the new health plan, insurers are required to pay for government recommended Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) vacci...
6.26.2010

Moments of chagrin and remorse

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I'm coming back. I miss writing. I miss thinking. I'm now misanthropic anthropologist, phd, and having grown weary of academia, I la...
2.09.2009

The kicking and screaming recalcitrant anthropologist

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In spite of silence, I have in fact been working on my dissertation. Much more slowly than I would like or thought possible. I re-surface on...
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misanthropic anthropologist, phd
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I'm not a real misanthrope...only sometimes. Like when I have to drive through L.A. traffic.
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