6th July 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World I remember as a teenager in the 80s how low-fat diets were all the rage in the United States. Suddenly, a slew of ‘healthy’ convenience foods were lining the supermarket aisles — from cookies to snacks and everything in-between. Low-fat cooking was championed and labels […]
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The Midol of the 19th century: Opium soaked tampons
February 20th, 2016 Awake Goy
On display at the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is an item that you won’t find in the women’s aisle of your local drugstore today. Among pharmaceutical oddities such as leeches and tinctures, the museum houses a box of early tampons soaked in opium and belladonna. What’s more, these products were in fact prescribed to […]
The Brutal Onslaught of Bullsh*t
December 2nd, 2015 Awake Goy
2nd December 2015 By Zen Gardner Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The stuff we’re forced to witness and read about is incredible. Literally. Besides this obviously orchestrated clampdown and ramped up war mongering following the Paris “’incident”, front and center is the Syrian turnaround by a bold-stepping, clear minded Russia. The western media is […]