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Quick post: Independence Day

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Dr. Sheila

As we take a day to celebrate American independence, here’s some freedoms worth celebrating. – Independence from dieting.  We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all [people] are unique, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable … Continue reading →

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It’s International Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Dr. Sheila

  It’s International Women’s Day! Well, “International” in the sense of “it’s a major holiday in many countries, conveniently excluding the United States, where we are far more interested in celebrating mothers than women who do other kinds of boring … Continue reading →

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It’s leap year!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Dr. Sheila

Happy day-that-only-comes-every-four-years!  And although I’ve been too busy lately to pay attention to my blog properly (or even make occasional  posts to my Twitter feed), I decided I would leap (ha) on this opportunity to post a few things that … Continue reading →

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A little linkspam

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

I’ve been working on a post about family therapy and the “Occupy” movement for what seems like weeks now, and meant to get it finished over the Thanksgiving holiday, but other projects got in the way.  (I mean what would … Continue reading →

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Outdated psych textbooks on sexual orientation

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

At our 2011 AAMFT talk, I used a few comics from one of my favorite web cartoonists, Eyeteeth of Small Peculiar.  She is working on a cartoon-based book about Walter Freeman, the infamous lobotomist, and has an interest in the … Continue reading →

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“Queer Science” PowerPoint

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

By editing out a couple of video clips (the “Always My Son” video I linked to here, and a clip from the excellent documentary “Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She” – the relevant clip seems to be up on YouTube … Continue reading →

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“Queer Science” presentation

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

AAMFT 2011 Queer Science Dr. Benson and I have saved our slides from our presentation as a .pdf.  You won’t get the accompanying notes, but you can see the visuals.  The actual PowerPoint is a bit too big in its … Continue reading →

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World Science Festival – “The Origins of Orientation”

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

Another source for some of the video clips in our AAMFT talk was the World Science Festival’s “Origins of Orientation” program. You can watch the full 90-minute video from this page, which also links to a number of shorter clips … Continue reading →

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“Diagnosing Difference”

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

During our presentation, we shared some clips from the film “Diagnosing Difference,” an excellent documentary about transgender people’s views on the GID diagnosis. I strongly recommend that all clinicians and mental health educators view the full film, which can be … Continue reading →

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Video: Reparative therapy

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

In our talk for AAMFT on “Queer Research,” Dr. Kristen Benson and I couldn’t include all the videos we would have liked to use. There just wasn’t enough time. One that we had to cut was this timely and important … Continue reading →

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