new studies show that in an effort to thwart off skin cancer risk, people have been avoiding the sun and covering up at all costs. however, this is actually resulting in an INCREASE to some kinds of cancers, and different autoimmune diseases.
okay yes, i am getting my info from feministing (where i get most of my good information from!), and no, they are not doctors. but they also aren’t advocating you get rid of sunscreen altogether.
doctors DO recommend that you get 20 minutes of sun (go vitamin d!) on 20% of your body between 11am-2pm (when its the strongest) every day. not only is it going to do your body good, but vitamin d increases happiness! people with vitamin d deficiencies are more likely to get seasonal affective disorder (or SAD). feministing recommends you cut the cord to the computer and get outside. im gonna go ahead and second this.
but not whilst reading my blog.
are you afraid of the sun? does the idea of a non-sunscreened body make you run and hide? or are you a sun lover like myself?
Filed under: musings | Tags: facebook, feminism, feministing, jessica valenti, literature, sarah dessen, ya novel
how much do i love, love, love it when two of my favourite things of life come together?
feminism and literature! my favourite blog feminisiting just wrote about a new YA novel by Sarah Dessen, who characteristically has has strong independent females as the main protagonists in her stories. i love it when girls have a strong positive role model to look up to….
have i mentioned that i love jessica valenti a lot? she is genius. i have been meaning to purchase her new book. i got a facebook message reminding of said fact.
