Feminists

I'm pretty sure cancer does fall out of the sky. My friend Alexis was raised downwind of the A-bomb tests in the 50s. Not only she, but both of her two sisters were diagnosed with cancer in their thirties: she had survived skin and thyroid cancer before the breast cancer killed her. Heard of cosmic rays? Ultraviolet radiation? Both known cancer triggers.

There are environmental causes we can't control. And then there are those we can: avoiding smoking and sunburn among them. And there are those that we, as a society, need to address, such as toxic waste and air pollution. I'm in favor of suing the shit out of any business or government that dumps carcinogens in our soil, air, water or food and shutting them down or forcing them to clean up the mess.

That's where I want feminists to put some of their efforts. Not into convincing sick people that it's their own fault.