Angelina Jolie and Me
I had an eventful May 14. I woke up in the morning and read five messages from friends on my phone telling me that Angelina Jolie had announced her prophylactic mastectomy in a New York Times op-ed. I’d thought it would…
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Stop Using Jolie’s Surgery to Condescend to Women
How stupid do they think we are? It’s a major medical procedure, not a manicure. My piece for Slutist.
Jolie’s Mastectomy Decision Leaves No Place for Judgement
Angelina Jolie’s admission that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy has a lot of people talking – and while raising awareness is invaluable, it inevitably becomes fodder for critics. I should know: Three years ago, at the age of 28,…
The Curse: A Freeform Game About BRCA
Free download of my freeform roleplaying game about hereditary breast cancer and the BRCA mutations.