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September 3, 2010

Human, quadruped: Uner Tan Syndrome, part 1

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The photos that accompanied news releases about quadrupedal people living in Turkey, members of a family that allegedly could not walk except on hands and feet, looked staged when I first saw them. Three women and one man scrambling across rocky ground, the women in brightly coloured clothing, the sky radiant blue behind them, their eyes forward and backsides high in the air - like children enga

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October 19, 2009

What the Shriver Report Ignores: Women’s Growing Depression

Maria Shriver has issued a report on the status of women, A Woman's Nation, which emphasizes women's growing economic role.  But is the report blind to the reality of a new ghetto for many women, one constructed out of depression and bipolar disorder?Here are three women who have led prominent lives in past years which they subsequently announced were ruined by mental illness. All have writ

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