Author Archives: nikki
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rice sock: pretty weird, sometimes useful
Posted on July 29, 2015 by nikki in odds and sods, pregnancy and childbirth.I just opened a better-forgotten drawer at the bottom of my dresser and a flutter of tiny moths burst from dark to light. Though I should’ve just shoved the drawer closed and deleted the event from my working memory so as to not have to launch counter warfare (which we all know is impossible – […]
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the shrinks were in on it? we need to talk about torture again. and again. and again.
Posted on May 26, 2015 by nikki in odds and sods.I am disgusted. A few months ago, my mom wrote a post about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s torture report, imploring us all to not let our outrage with the government-sponsored (ineffective) “intelligence-seeking” barbarities fade with the news cycle. A new bombshell released last month makes her call to action even more salient. The American Psychological […]
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Ebola is real. Our risk is not. Protect front line health-workers.
Posted on October 28, 2014 by nikki in aid work, health and beauty, politics and religion, science/research.As a field epidemiologist, I have responded to disease outbreaks all over Africa during the past 10 years, from cholera to meningitis to Hepatitis E. Any other year, I’d be in Liberia right now, in gumboots with a map and a spreadsheet, trying to track and contain Ebola’s spread alongside my colleagues. Because of a […]
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top ten ways pregnancy and childbirth will drive you crazy: #2 – your personality goes down the toilet
Posted on September 14, 2014 by nikki in health and beauty, pregnancy and childbirth, top ten lists.When she was pregnant, my friend Carolyn announced that her personality turned off at 8pm. When not pregnant, the usual shut off time trends towards 10pm so the difference is considerable for those spending an evening with her. As it happened, we were pregnant at the same time. While I was impressed with her precision, […]
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top ten ways pregnancy and childbirth will drive you crazy: #1- trying to use the internet to find out if you’re pregnant or not
Posted on August 5, 2014 by nikki in health and beauty, pregnancy and childbirth, top ten lists.Ladies and Gentlemen, do me a favor. Do a web search for “signs of pregnancy.” Pretend your period is approaching a late arrival and you don’t happen to be able to think about anything else other than whether or not life is about to get really weird. “Concentrate on something else,” you tell yourself, so […]
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