AMERICAN BURQA
What is a Burqa? Images of Islam’s full-body veil wield a sociopolitical fashion statement that says everything from woman of mystery to paternal protection to a woman not allowed to…
THE FEAR
I remember meeting with the head of the of the LIHPC, the internal organization responsible for the mental well being of residents. He told me “residency is like a marriage.”…
MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO
“It’s like monkey see, monkey do.” This observation was made by one of the chief residents in reference to his experiences learning surgery. We were scrubbed in a robotics case…
CONFORMITY
This blog is specifically about social conformity. A synonym for this would be the herd mentality where the sheeple live in the Matrix. It has a purpose of creating the…
BLONDIE
Reading the UK Daily Mail article on Hannah Yard’s experience of being called “blondie” for a week and told that she needed to die her hair brunette to be taken…
EXOTIC
In Michael Kirk’s Frontline documentary “The Choice 2016” the presidential candidates at the time are contrasted with each other in their ascent to running for Presidential office. https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-choice-2016/ It describes…