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TEAMSESH - YOU ARE ALL TO BLAME

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There has been so much feminism in my life recently, and I love it. UofM is inherently feminist, but along with that, I'm currently writing a paper on feminist blogging. Through that, I found out that my best friend runs a feminist blog for her school, and I also had the opportunity to interview Caperton, a writer for The Feministe (she a wonderful writer and an incredibly intelligent person so please go check her out). Along with all of this, my big just so happens to be an active feminist, and has been exposing me to all sorts of empowering woman-ly things!

Happy Gone Surfing at Shifting Sand Surf House, Hossegor, France

If you are an avid traveler and barrel lover, you most likely have heard of Hossegor, France, a premier surf spot in Europe.  It is located in the Southwest of France, short drive north of Spain at the famous Basque country; west of the famous wine town, Bordeaux.  Hossegor is Europeans’ favorable barrel spot.  

A friend of mine told me about Shifting Sand Surf House after finding out I was…

It’s October, it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the U.S. is awash in a sea of bubblegum pink. The most recognizable, of course, is that of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and their ubiquitous pink ribbon, pink t-shirts, and potentially carcinogenic co-branded pink products.

And a few research keywords to look for (if that sort of thing is important to you)

Comprehensive. An NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center performs basic-science, population, and clinical research, along with evidence-based education and outreach. Research efforts are interdisciplinary, collaborative, and frequently multi-center and cover prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Currently, 41 cancer centers hold the “comprehensive” designation.

SPORE. A Special Program of Research Excellence holds a five-year NCI grant for translational research based around cancer of a specific organ. The focus in on finding new and better methods for preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer with an emphasis on getting those methods into use–a SPORE is required to have human application by the end of the grant. The NCI currently is funding 11 breast cancer SPORES.

Translational research. “Bench-to-bedside” translational research takes basic-science discoveries from the lab and turns them into practical therapies for patients in a clinical setting. Scientists and clinicians work in close contact (and sometimes are the same person) to advance treatments and best practices.