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Cancer Is A Disease – Not A Spiritual Condition
This is a recent tweet from @boingboing journalist, Xeni Cancer does not automatically make you empathetic to other patients or a nice person. It’s a disease, not a spiritual condition. Would you agree? Some… Continue reading
Guardian Editor Responds To Criticism Of Keller’s Article On Lisa Adams
Chris Elliot, The Guardian readers’ editor, has today responded to the overwhelming criticism the newspaper received for publishing Emma Keller’s article attacking Lisa Adams. He begins by apportioning blame to the editing process,… Continue reading
Lisa Adams And The Victimology Of Cancer
Yes, another Kellergate post today. No apologies for those who have heard enough at this stage, for despite what the Kellers may lead you to believe, you don’t have to read my ramblings… Continue reading
Is Lisa Adams a too public reminder of a private fear?
Since I posted a summary yesterday of the backlash against the Kellers’ opinions on Lisa Adam’s sharing her experience of Stage IV cancer with the world via social media, there has been a… Continue reading
Offensive Guardian article on Lisa Adams causes backlash
Update: Since posting this yesterday, there has been an even greater surge in online commentary about this story. Here is a link to a more condensed version. Although I read The Guardian newspaper… Continue reading
Weekly Round Up: The Pursuit Of Perfection Edition
Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to… Continue reading
What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
We’ve spent the first week of 2014 making resolutions about things we wish to achieve in the coming year. Even if we have framed them less as resolutions, and more as words to… Continue reading
