Category Archives: health and beauty
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i will never understand men: hard-wired attraction and the quest for companionship
Posted on June 24, 2014 by nikkimeredith in dating and breakups, friendship, health and beauty, science/research.My last memory of Jacob was on a bright, February day. The air had a crisp, astringent quality. We had just finished our monthly hike in the woods behind my house and we were having lunch at a local café. My dog, Alice, still panting from the hike, was tethered to his chair. He leaned […]
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Chris Bully Boy Christie: Obesity and Empathy and the New Jersey Govenor
Posted on December 27, 2013 by nikkimeredith in health and beauty, politics and religion.When I was in high school, my best friend and I were walking across the parking lot at a southern California beach where my family camped every summer. Three boys our age were walking towards us. My friend and one of the boys, a hefty guy…okay, a fat guy, got into one of those do-si-do […]
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they do it better in dutch: sex workers and the disabled
Posted on January 15, 2013 by nikki in health and beauty, movie review, politics and religion, unexpected adventures.My mom’s last two blog posts about sexual surrogacy and the movie “The Sessions” (see part 1 and part 2) reminded me of one of my old pieces of dinner party trivia. In Holland, the government pays sex workers to have sex with physically disabled people. I know – crazy, right? At least that was […]
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the sessions the movie and more: part 2
Posted on January 4, 2013 by nikkimeredith in health and beauty, movie review, odds and sods.About 20 years ago, for a profile I planned, I interviewed Cheryl Cohen Greene, the sexual surrogate Helen Hunt plays in The Sessions. (for part I of this post on The Sessions click here.) I found her irresistible. She had a way of talking about sex unlike anyone I’d ever met. She could be funny, […]
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sex, surrogacy and supper: the movie the sessions, part 1
Posted on December 17, 2012 by nikkimeredith in friendship, health and beauty, movie review, odds and sods.Last week I was having dinner with six of my friends – all of them, to one degree or other, hip or at least hipish. I mentioned that I saw The Sessions, the recently released film starring Helen Hunt and John Hawkes. I was fired-up about the film and I wanted to discuss it. Specifically, […]
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