day 1 on okcupid….coffee date? too soon? i just don’t know. will i end up a body suit? will i trip, as i frequently do? will i default to telling poop stories from the peace corps? only time will tell.

my mom keeps watching honey badger

while laughing hysterically to herself, gasping and saying ‘honey badger don’t care’

this is the woman who birthed and nurtured me.

tea-quiero:

chinacat-crazycat:

I. Am. In. LOVE!!!

Fucking hell this makes me want to go running to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Like NOW. 

(FYI - this is apparently an original tune, written by that cute thing playing the banjo)

I cannot. Handle. These kids. I could listen to their crazy bluegrass all day!

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Tickets Purchased

Aug 7-27 Hawaii.

It’s happening.

so, i got my hair dyed. that was a thing. View high resolution

so, i got my hair dyed. that was a thing.

badass

badass

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home again, home again, jiggity jog. featured: new molecular serotonin earrings View high resolution

home again, home again, jiggity jog.

featured: new molecular serotonin earrings

my dad watching the thrift shop music video. my dad is cooler than your dad. View high resolution

my dad watching the thrift shop music video.

my dad is cooler than your dad.

ucsdhealthsciences: Higher Child Marriage Rates Associated with Higher Maternal and Infant Mortality Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, report researchers in the current online issue of the journal Violence Against Women. The study, by Anita Raj, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine in the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Ulrike Boehmer, PhD, an associate professor in the Boston University School of Public Health, is the first published ecological analysis of child marriage and maternal mortality. The study demonstrates that a 10 percent reduction in girl child marriage could be associated with at 70 percent reduction in a country’s maternal mortality rate. “Our analyses accounted for development indicators and world region, and still documented that nations with higher rates of girl child marriage are significantly more likely to contend with higher rates of maternal and infant mortality and non-utilization of maternal health services,” said Raj. “Though child marriage is not highly common in the United States,” said Raj, “these findings are meaningful because they hold true for adolescent pregnancy, regardless of marriage. Young age at childbirth increases risk for both maternal and infant mortality.” Girl child marriage is defined as the marriage of girls age 17 and younger. Although the practice has generally declined in recent years, it remains relatively common in regions like South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, where up to 70 percent of females in some countries are married as minors. Worldwide, the United Nations estimates more than 60 million women and girls are affected, and considers girl child marriage to be a health and human rights violation. Read More

ucsdhealthsciences:

Higher Child Marriage Rates Associated with Higher Maternal and Infant Mortality

Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, report researchers in the current online issue of the journal Violence Against Women.

The study, by Anita Raj, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine in the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Ulrike Boehmer, PhD, an associate professor in the Boston University School of Public Health, is the first published ecological analysis of child marriage and maternal mortality. The study demonstrates that a 10 percent reduction in girl child marriage could be associated with at 70 percent reduction in a country’s maternal mortality rate.

“Our analyses accounted for development indicators and world region, and still documented that nations with higher rates of girl child marriage are significantly more likely to contend with higher rates of maternal and infant mortality and non-utilization of maternal health services,” said Raj.

“Though child marriage is not highly common in the United States,” said Raj, “these findings are meaningful because they hold true for adolescent pregnancy, regardless of marriage. Young age at childbirth increases risk for both maternal and infant mortality.”

Girl child marriage is defined as the marriage of girls age 17 and younger. Although the practice has generally declined in recent years, it remains relatively common in regions like South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, where up to 70 percent of females in some countries are married as minors. Worldwide, the United Nations estimates more than 60 million women and girls are affected, and considers girl child marriage to be a health and human rights violation.

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