MacKenzie, on a whim

Today was an emotional rollercoaster with loopidy loops and stomach drops galore. I felt like the universe was playing a game on me, throwing as many curveballs as possible during what is already an extremely (if not the most ) stressful time: I had to go to the bank three times because of my own absent mindedness, I waited in line at the post office for fifteen minutes twice , and almost (just for like an hour there..) failed a class. It seemed too coincidental not to be cosmic and I fell into a small bout of self pity. I texted my sister that I would need a miracle to survive the day but I had no idea what was in store. After a full morning on campus I got to work a couple of minutes late and fell easily into the shift. I had a couple of great customers at the bar and time passed smoothly until we were closing; it was then I realized I had taken my spare set of keys- the set without a key to the cafe. Kefira had to drive to my house and exchange the keys so we could lock...

The last few decades have seen a boom in globalization and the spread of the capitalist economic system across the world. Deeply and intimately intertwined with this capitalist system are the hegemonic cultural beliefs and social structures that back it up, deeming it “common sense” or the “only way” of doing things. If that fails, state structures such as policy and military can intervene, forcing individuals to conform or face the consequences. The political economy of health aids in the reproduction and continuation of these hegemonic beliefs using science and technology as a means of legitimizing actions and controlling populations. In this paper I will use various theoretical frameworks of the political economy of health to argue that capitalism and biomedicine are in a dialectical relationship in which each one creates the conditions necessary to perpetuated the other.             The greatest determinant of health of a p...

"Regardless I'm just realizing you're sort of like a comet. Hurtling uncontrolled through space and I only get to enjoy you for the short time you're visible to me."