Jen gerson uffalussy biography

Writer / reporter specializing in women's sexual and reproductive health and health policy, politics and elections, also covering general women's issues.
Jen Gerson Uffalussy is a regular contributor to Fusion.
Jen Gerson Uffalussy is a contributing writer to Tribune.

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A few months ago my local moms' group on Facebook broke into a debate over whether or not to get their children the HPV vaccine, which protects against human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted infection in the U.S. There are more than 100 different strains of HPV, and while most are nothing serious, some high-risk strains can cause cancer. It was a tense conversation; some parents—even those who had been all for vaccination when it came to measles and polio—were dead set against the HPV vaccine, familiar with the vaccines they grew up with but fearing the new inoculation on the block. (The HPV vaccine was approved by the FDA in 2006.)

Despite the risk—wading into a parenting debate, especially one about vaccines, on social media is like walking into a lion’s den—I wanted to jump in. Not to tell them how to make decisions about their kids, but to tell them my story. To tell them the consequences of not getting the vaccine. Consequences I knew all too well.

Unvaccinated, unprotected

The CDC recommends children of both sexes be vaccinated at 11 years of age

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Glasgowman's Wrath

6th episode of the 16th season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

"Glasgowman's Wrath" is the sixth episode of the sixteenth season of the American police procedural-legal dramaLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit. The episode aired on November 5, 2014, on NBC. The fictional "Glasgowman" character referenced in the episode is based on Slender Man, and the events of the episode are loosely based on the May 2014 Slender Man stabbing.^[1] It received mixed reviews after its release where it was even compared to The Blair Witch Project. Despite being credited, main character Fin Tutuola does not appear in this episode.

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The episode starts with a girl, Zoe Harris, being scared by her sister, Mia Harris, and Mia's friend, Perry Gilbert. One of the girls is recording a video blog of finding something called "Glasgowman" they enter a park to search for Glasgowman. Zoe tells her sister she's scared but is ignored. In the morning, Zoe is found in the park with multiple stab wounds by a bird watcher. Amanda Rollins and Carisi respon

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How Star Wars and Donald Trump could pave the way for women in film

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Actors Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae and Kirsten Dunst, co-recipients of the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award for 'Hidden Figures,' pose in the press room during the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

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By Jen Gerson Uffalussy, Contributor

New data out this week from the Center for Women in Television and Film reports that in 2016, women accounted for just 29 percent of all protagonists in the year’s 100 top domestic grossing films. Furthermore, females accounted for just 37 percent of all major characters and comprised just 32 percent of all feature characters in this year’s biggest box office earners.

Disheartened? Don’t be. Because experts are sure things are, in fact, getting better. Even more surprising is that when all is said and done, we might just have Pres. Donald Trump and Star Wars to thank for making the world wake up to gender equality in film.

“That 29 percent figure is a historic