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becca

About Me

it's a little more complicated than i'd care to explain.

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keeping up with old and new friends.

My Blog

Economic Crisis, Care Crisis, and CHanging Dynamics of Gendered Work

The Economic Crisis, Care Crisis, and Changing Dynamics of Gendered Work March 22, 2009    Abstract: Care work lies at the heart of all of societys wealth. It is the work of nurturi...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:54:00 GMT

Mental Health and Community Health Funding in Multnomah County

Funding of Mental and Community Health Resources in Multnomah County 2009   June 7, 2009 Introduction: An Informative Report on Funding and Availability of Mental and Community Health ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:41:00 GMT

The meager but beloved harvest

happy dia de los muertos to the beloved dead and living.                     The white noise of the river was ...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:52:00 GMT

Sunken Eye of the World

The waves lapped hollowly against the side of the boat. Having been in this wasteland for nearly two weeks, the wooden boat was sinking lower among the floating debris, waterlogged, softening, becomin...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 00:16:00 GMT

Health Disparities and Hope for Something Better

bits and pieces of my final paper for nursing school. Why are some communities healthier than others? Why are there racially correlated diseases in the United States? Does your economic class and gend...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:26:00 GMT

Slavery, neoliberalism, Rome, my enemies, pages and pages of stuff you will not read...

Every year an estimated 800,000 people are bought, sold and smuggledworldwide -- part of the multibillion dollar human traffickingindustry.which does not count millions trafficked within their owncoun...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:03:00 GMT

Dia de los muertos is coming

The change of the seasons triggers something primal in me. I remember staring up into the hills as a kid, when the light turned yellow and it smelled like rain and cold, thinking to myself "when the t...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:08:00 GMT

Corn

The corn seeds that he gave to her were bred not for their nutritional content, their per acre yield, or the size of their tassled heads, but for their color. He has fields at Santo Domingo that have ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:22:00 GMT

Locks and Keys

The heavy ring of keys jingles too loudly in my pocket. The residents all eye me as I come in the door that first day, as someone allowed to come and go at will, while they are not. The door clicks sh...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:07:00 GMT

Out the Window

My mother and I were standing at a window in her dream. This was accordingto Conny, who was my mother's gossip comrade. Momand I were attempting to fly out of the window, against the winds of timeand ...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:06:00 GMT