The “G” word gets thrown around a lot when it comes to community development and has negative connotations. This is because the process of gentrifying a community has traditionally ousted long term residents paving roads and the way wealthier people to reside there. Community development need not require a shift in the culture of the community itself. Community development needs only to supply […]
I said in a previous blog that the only two things we can be certain of in life is death and taxes. Last time we spoke on the life expectancy of men and women. We found that biopolitics of gender assignment from birth plays a role in health outcomes. Indeed, individuals assigned female at birth […]
Two things that you can always count on: death and taxes. In fairness the revenue income tax has been around for just over a century, but we have been dying since the beginning of time by popular theory. Contemporary data supports that women have longer life spans than men. For the purposes of this blog, […]
There is nothing more American than apple pie. The proof is trivial. Apple pie a La Mode is delicious. Did you ever stop to think about how apple pie comes out to your diner booth table steaming hot avec vanilla ice-cold ice cream on the side? First there are the ingredients of pie: mostly flour, […]
Social determinants of health include many factors. In these readings we have discovered that one’s residence directly relates to one’s physical and mental health outcomes. To see this more clearly, we were given a brief history of urban planning as well as a snapshot on contemporary urban development. It seems expedient to promote equality in […]
Ponder as you read: How does socio-economic status determine one’s physical health? How about one’s gender identity, how they present to the world? Do this same exercise for someone’s race, age, marital status, family size, etc…. We all want to be treated fairly. This implies that we all have an individual set of moral values, […]
Hello, My name is Shia, (pronounced ShY-uh, or SHe-uh if you want to be formal), most people just call me ShY. I have senior standing and I enjoy studying computers and Mandarin, I have a new appreciation for mathematics since this past summer. You may recognize me as I ran for ASM last year. I […]
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