Lets do this thing

Hello beautifuls...

So far this blog has taken several different forms. As a personal blog it has been totally unused and I thought maybe it could have better use in another form.

Over the last year I have had numerous conversations with you all about our feelings of isolation and desire for collaboration with like minded folks. I promised Becca over beers last May that I'd make a blog that we could use to discuss vision, seek support, voice frustrations, and discuss questions of how we, as health workers, can work towards radical social change. It only took me 5 months. :)

Please, please post! I want to hear whats going on with you all and I want to read interesting articles you find and things you've been thinking about and grappling with. I think a lot of you know each other, but some of you don't, so please make a little intro the first time you post. I will try my best to keep the blog organized.

For me, I think a forum like this will be important not only to address the isolation I sometimes feel (no, there aren't that many queer radicals in med school), but also to keep me grounded and allow a space where I can reflect and challenge the dominant pedagogy impressed upon me by my education and training. Then there's also the crushing feeling that the health system, which is *supposed* to help people feel better does so much harm and is so big and so fucked up, leading me to wonder how will we ever get something better, and OMG what if I become a complacent cog and....?

It is also really hard to do it all, to study hard and do well in school and keep some touch on politics-- especially right now with such absurd controversy over health legislation that is nearly worthless.


So, enough ranting. I am really, really excited about building with you all. I hope this can be one small step in that direction.



in love and solidarity,

xoxo liz