Professor of Medical Humanities, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. PhD, MA @sheffielduni, MPH @uabSOPH, BA @DavidsonCollege. Tweets are my own(she/her)
“One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.” #NineteenEightyFour
“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job,” wrote Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a fiery dissent. https://t.co/KeJ5U4XQMP
CHILLING Message from Jewish-American Governor Pritzker:
“I do not invoke the specter of Nazis lightly. I'm watching with a foreboding dread what is happening in our country right now.
“After we’ve discriminated against, deported or disparaged all the immigrants and the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women and the minorities — once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends — after that, when the problems we started with are still there staring us in the face – what comes next?”
“All the atrocities of human history lurk in the answer to that question. And if we don’t want to repeat history, then for God’s sake in this moment we better be strong enough to learn from it."
"It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. All I’m saying is when the five-alarm fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.”
We're facing an urgent fight for Section 504 — the law that protects people w/disabilities from discrimination in the community. 17 states are suing to get rid of it in a lawsuit called Texas v. Becerra. Join this Feb 12 briefing to learn more. Register using the QR code.
All mentions of Trans people were erased from the official Stonewall national monument website by the Trump Admin. Now it just mentions “LGB” people
They’re literally erasing us from history
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
This is one of my favorite days of the year!! Congrats to the #Classof2024 for all they have accomplished. It’s been an absolute honor to have taught you & to have learned so much from you. You all are going to make such a difference in the lives of your patients. #MATCH2024
Another Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Match Day has come to a close! It was a day of big feelings and proud moments. We're so honored to have been the school of choice for our students and can't wait to see their next chapter! #MatchDay2024#GCSOMMatchDay
Somewhere in Alabama there is at least one woman, hoping IVF could help her have a baby, who just saw several thousand dollars and ~7-10 days of injecting herself with drugs all go down the drain.
If you have a story to share about accessing healthcare, please consider completing this survey for this UG #HealthHumanities student's project on #Empathy in #Healthcare.