The last time I wrote about the issues surrounding HPV (human papillomavirus) was back on May 19. It was around that time when U.S. states were considering enacting mandatory Gardasil vaccinations for school aged girls (between 11 – 13 years of age or sixth grade level depending on the state), and the debate surrounding [...]

Interspersed within these pages which contain my own musings about life and the world around me; my own idiosyncratic routine as it were… are a few scattered pieces about issues that I’m deeply passionate about. They’re primarily women’s issues, but on occasion I’ve written about non-gender specific topics such as the need to live green, [...]

The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill overturning Republican Governor Rick Perry’s executive order which was the first in the nation to mandate mandatory Gardasil vaccinations for all girls entering the sixth grade. A similar measure is also slated to go before the Texas State Senate which should end any hope of enacting mandatory [...]

HPV and issues surrounding the Gardasil vaccine and mandatory vaccination have been front and center issues here in geishaland; here, here, here, and here. I have friends both online and off who are fighting cervical cancer, and I feel compelled to share as much information as possible on this subject because I don’t want any [...]