Rape & Sexual Assault| Stop the violence
Rape or sexual assault is sexual act performed by one person on another without consent. Rape or sexual assault occurs due to force, threat, victim’s inability to consent
Domestic Violence | What is Rihanna going through?
Drag queens love divas. When drag queens start impersonating a star, that star is immortalized: Cher, Tina Turner, Liza– and now Rihanna. Even at the ice rink, I hear Rihanna, but don’t ask me how the songs go. I have to admit: I’m just not that into her music.
But for unfortunate reasons, I [...]
Rape & Sexual Assault: Stop the violence
Men wearing women’s clothing is always so funny. Why? When women dress in men’s clothing, “It’s so Annie Hall!” But when Willard Scott dresses like Carmen Miranda, we all go bananas. Look at Oscar winner Jamie Foxx! On In Living Color, he hilariously cross-dressed as the cross-eyed Wanda. (Maybe his crossed eyes somehow got him [...]
Alone Alone All All Alone: Tough times for some elderly
“We Are Family, I got all my sisters with me. Get up everybody and sing!”
Go, Sister Sledge! (But where are they now?)
Family is something so powerful, so encompassing, so– ah, complicated. The Partridge Family never had major conflict even though the show started with the death of Mr. Partridge. Wait a minute, even [...]
Stressed Out: Rude people put a frown on everyone’s faces
I just went to a wedding, and the maid-of-honor gave some good advice to the new groom. “Henry,” she said, “all of you have to do to remember your anniversary date is forget it once.
“When a man and woman get married,” she continued, “he thinks, ‘I hope she never changes.’ She thinks, ‘I [...]
PTSD: Post traumatic stress disorder: reliving the horror
One of my favorite movies of all time is When Harry Met Sally. No, it isn’t because of Meg Ryan’s “faking it” scene in the restaurant. I love the movie because of the way Billy Crystal’s and Meg’s characters deal with their losses in love. Harry mopes a lot. Sally becomes a cold, distant person [...]
Elder Abuse
Who loves Jane Fonda? Who hates Jane Fonda? Regardless of her politics, she did win an Oscar for Klute, married Ted Turner, and starred with her father (who won an Oscar for On Golden Pond just a few weeks before he died).
Katherine Hepburn won her fourth Oscar in that movie as well, probably for [...]
Elderly Drivers: Is It Time To Give Up The Keys?
I am afraid to write this column. Very afraid. Normally in my office, I feel like a rock star! I like my patients and my patients like me.
However, there are times when I go from being Bono of U2 to Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl– times when I have to do the unthinkable: take [...]
Road Rage: take a chill pill dude!
When I moved to small-town Charlottesville from the big city, I expected everyone to be driving like Miss Daisy’s chauffeur: slowly, waving hello, making frequent stops. For months, I wondered where Morgan Freeman was.
One driver lived up to my expectations in his own special way. He stopped his pickup truck at every other block [...]
