“"Influence" is itself influenced, coming from an Italian word for the outbreak of a disease (influenza, outbreak). Influence is that which flows across - permeates - the boundaries of the self.” SelfInfluenceDiseaseFlowBoundariesItalianOutbreaksInfluenza Author:Laura Mullen
“The boundary between expert and amateur was an imposed social-cultural "protection" which actually exposed a number of women to a fatal disease, because decaying matter, as the fireman said of fire (cited in the book's final piece, "Torch Song") "ain't got no rules on it."” SaidBookMatterSongSocialNumbersFirePiecesDiseaseFinalsProtectionBoundariesExpertsExposedTorchesFireman Author:Laura Mullen
“Though we don't have a cure for cancer we at least have stopped being too ashamed to even say the name of the disease - and the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic is edifying, isn't it? Shame shuts down productive thinking, and I'd like to open the doors. It's a first step.” ThinkingFirstsNamesStepsDoorsDiseaseShameCancerAidsCuresAshamedProductiveFirst StepsEpidemicsTrajectoryAids Epidemic Author:Laura Mullen
