A hospital may spend several million dollars separating a pair of conjoined twins even though that separation is likely to leave them worse off. Alice Dreger badlyconjoindollar Change image and share on social
I don't know what has caused this reawakening in academia. Obama? The GOP's assaults on science and on patients? Jon Stewart? I'm not at all sure. I just know I don't feel nearly as alone in academia as I used to. I'm feeling increasingly surrounded by fellow Ph.D.'s and by M.D.'s who seem to be taking a lot of things personally. Alice Dreger academiaassaultcause share on social
Being a parent of a boy who wants to wear sparkles and grow his hair long - especially when you don't know where it's all going to go - it's hard stuff. I'm not being politically incorrect in acknowledging that, am I? Alice Dreger acknowledgeboygrow share on social
I actually completely suck at being a bioethicist. What I do is history of medicine and patient advocacy. Patient advocacy is actually the opposite of bioethics, because bioethicists are the people who increasingly set up and justify the systems we patient advocates have to fight. Alice Dreger advocacyadvocatebioethic share on social
I don't have the panic I used to have, meeting people who are androgynous, but when you meet someone whose identity is unclear, that throws your own identity into flux because the way we treat each other is very gendered. Alice Dreger androgynousfluxgender share on social
You can't go into new life experiences without the understanding that yeah, you may fail, but knowing you might fail can't stop you from trying. Alice Dreger experiencefailknow Change image and share on social
Being gay is not a terrible, tragic disease that requires prevention or treatment chosen for you by your parents. Alice Dreger choosediseasegay Change image and share on social
To be perfectly honest, I follow football the way I follow television. I read about it. Alice Dreger followfootballhonest Change image and share on social
I am led by what I find to be true, not what I find to be popular. Alice Dreger findleadpopular Change image and share on social
Instead of constantly enhancing the norm - forever upping the ante of the 'normal' with new technologies - we should work on enhancing the concept of normal by broadening appreciation of anatomical variation. Alice Dreger anatomicalanteappreciation share on social