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Virginia Heffernan

@page88

25 Jul

We need to talk about osteopathy. nytimes.com/2021/07/24/tec…

With the preface that I understand lots of people get help from osteopaths.

And more than that: osteopaths are very VERY insistent that they be taken for MDs.

Larry Nassar is an unlicensed, incarcerated DO. His victims say they were encouraged to see him as The Almighty Doctor. He gave them “intravaginal manipulations” that he told police were a technique of traditional osteopathy.

And they believed him. And he wasn’t totally wrong.

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Virginia Heffernan

@page88

23 Jul

@latimesopinion

My column on Clapton down, down on the ground ⁦@latimesopinion⁩ latimes.com/opinion/story/…

To spark memories. Here is Eric Clapton on Jimi Hendrix in 1968 in Rolling Stone.

And of course this classic diatribe from the stage in 1976:

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Virginia Heffernan

@page88

22 Jul

Soloing flexing guitar gods who claimed they invented the blues who college men have told me are great at tedious length

@Hannahgadsby

Because of their CUBISM

Cc @Hannahgadsby

Me at 20 brushing my long blond hair: Do I look alright

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Virginia Heffernan

@page88

20 Jul

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Virginia Heffernan

@page88

17 Jul

I seriously wish Stanley Ann Dunham had written a mothering guide.

But then she wouldn’t have been Stanley Ann Dunham.

Also, her intellectual pursuits, global travel, study, trust in her kids’ independence & love-em-and-leave-em adventures wouldn’t have left her the time.