Day 517. Survivors found: 8 The following article was written by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, co-authors of the new book “Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future.” I can’t wait to get my grubby little claws on this up-and-coming tome. This article was first published two weeks ago for Salon, and is based [...]
Day 312. Survivors found: 6 “What luck for rulers that men do not think.” – Adolf Hitler The genial folks over at the American Psychological Association released this on their website last month–you can find the full article in this month’s American Psychologist journal. REPLICATING MILGRAM: RESEARCHER FINDS MOST WILL ADMINISTER SHOCKS TO OTHERS WHEN [...]
Day 267. Survivors found: 5 Because it’s so often employed to justify the abuse and murder of children both adopted and biological, I’m taking some time out to clarify once and for all that “Attachment Disorder” (often interchangeable with “Reactive Attachment Disorder” in the minds of AT/P proponents) does NOT exist. There’s no such thing [...]
Day 228. Survivors found: 3 The case of the Gravelles is one of the most infamous in AT/P history. Read all about it here and here. One of the Gravelles’ foster daughters wrote a letter to her “parents” that was later presented in court. I have transcribed it here online to text format, word for [...]
DAY 112. Survivors found: 2 This is my very last post that will address in detail the tedious yet terrifying idiocy of people (many of whom identify with the “attachment parenting” movement) who oppose vaccinations. Image courtesy of ChildrensHospital.org I thank the Ineffable that I grew up long after the polio epidemic. Though to be [...]
