I just wrote a piece for the Root.com (a site headed up by the very newsworthy Harvard professor Skip Gates) about race and cancer outcomes. It was a response, actually, to a story that appeared on Slate.com. Conservative columnist William Saletan, after analyzing a National Cancer Institute study that reveals African Americans with gender-based cancers [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 22, 2009
a b-gyrl rooting for a beastie boy
I tried to think of some clever way to wish MCA of the Beastie Boys a speedy recovery after hearing about his recent cancer diagnosis. According to news reports, MCA (also known as Adam Yauch) is being treated for a malignant tumor found in his salivary gland. Apparently, his cancer is highly curable and isn’t [...]
July 13, 2009
officially official
I love it when things turn out better than expected. When I asked my friend and superbly talented designer Pascal Alouidor to create a logo for me, he took his sweet ol’ time. He’s West Indian, so that may have something to do with it. When I tried to hurry him along, eager to get [...]
