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About CJ

CJ is a Brit living in America who wholeheartedly embraces the worst of both cultures, including British sarcasm and Californian New Age mumbo-jumbo. She is the author of the forthcoming book, Adulterer’s Wife: How to Thrive Whether You Stay or Not.

Is God Racist and Anti-Semitic? If So, Can We Fight Back by Ditching Our Bras?

Bra-less Jewish woman in a black dress with star of David medallion.I consider myself quite a spiritual person, so why am I saying something that folks might find spiritually outrageous? Most of us are aware of the history of black slavery in America and the Holocaust in Europe but something else is happening right now. Did you know that young black women have about double the death rate from breast cancer as white women? Continue reading Is God Racist and Anti-Semitic? If So, Can We Fight Back by Ditching Our Bras?

Sparring with ChatGPT on Bras and Cancer

Female robot with blue eyes and a pink bra by angel8888 from DepositPhotos modified with bra by CJ grace

Bare Facts or a Bare-Faced Lie?

Numerous studies support a strong link between bras and breast cancer. Yet mainstream search engines focus on a flawed 2014 study that did not show a connection and insist that no credible evidence exists showing otherwise. What about the much-vaunted new AI tool, available in free and paid versions, ChatGPT, that everyone is raving about to solve their research and copy writing needs? Continue reading Sparring with ChatGPT on Bras and Cancer

If Breaking Up with Your Bra Is Hard to Do…

In many indigenous cultures in Africa and South America, it is generally acceptable for both men and women to go without clothing that covers the torso. Yet in the West, women going topless in public might face prosecution for indecent exposure. William J. Mayo MD, one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic, wrote in the article “Susceptibility to Cancer,” published in the 1931 Annals of Surgery, that “Cancer of the breast occurs largely among civilized women. In those countries where breasts are allowed to be exposed, that is, are not compressed or irritated by clothing, it is rare.” Continue reading If Breaking Up with Your Bra Is Hard to Do…

Busting Myth-Buster Myths: Bras and Cancer According to Google

3 pink bras arranged around 2 "Stick it to breast cancer" signsIf you want to see the online censorship of health issues in action, look no further than the link between bras and breast cancer.

Here’s the top result on Google:
“There is no credible research showing a link between wearing, or not wearing, a bra and developing breast cancer. Continue reading Busting Myth-Buster Myths: Bras and Cancer According to Google

How Humor Boosts Confidence

Monty Python crew on stage at the O2 Arena in London in 2014. Eduardo Unda-Sanzana, Wikimedia Commons
The Pythons at the O2 Arena in London in 2014. I was in the audience. Photo by Eduardo Unda-Sanzana, Wikimedia Commons

Unattractive. Old. Not enough. How many of us have felt like that? I certainly have. Finding out the man I’d believed to be my soul mate and partner for life was in love with a girl almost the same age as our son shattered my confidence. Continue reading How Humor Boosts Confidence

Are Infidelity Surveys Worthless?

So say you’re having a secret affair, squeezed into your busy schedule as you juggle your family life with illicit interludes. What would you rather be doing—having torrid sex with your lover or filling out a survey about it? You could always do the survey during family time—just make sure that your spouse isn’t looking over your shoulder. Continue reading Are Infidelity Surveys Worthless?

Glenda Green Didn’t Want to Read My Book yet Liked It!

Glenda Green poses next to her painting, First Light, which graces the cover of her bestselling book, "Love without End."
Glenda Green with her painting, First Light, which graces the cover of her bestselling book, “Love Without End.” Photo by CJ Grace.

The comedy self-help memoir I’ve just had published, My Wild Ride: How to Thrive After Breast Cancer and Infidelity,” references almost 70 books, including one of the most quoted books in modern spiritual literature, the bestseller “Love without End by Glenda Green. Continue reading Glenda Green Didn’t Want to Read My Book yet Liked It!

Christmas Gifts for an Unfaithful Ex 2022

This year’s gifts are hypocritical, vulgar, inconsistent with my mission message and politically incorrect. But as I once heard Love Without End author Glenda Green say, “politically correct” is always political and rarely correct. Yes, I know that the mantra of my comic self-help book, Adulterer’s Wife: How to Thrive Whether You Stay or Not, is that the best revenge is to get past the need for it, but at least for my annual Christmas gift list, humor trumps platitudes. Continue reading Christmas Gifts for an Unfaithful Ex 2022

Are Gender Affirming Practices Carcinogenic?

As a two-time breast cancer survivor and BBC-trained journalist, I have done a significant amount of research into the causes of cancer. My self-help memoir, My Wild Ride: How to Thrive After Breast Cancer and Infidelity, not only includes cartoons and humor, but also a bibliography referencing nearly 70 books and more than 100 articles and studies. Continue reading Are Gender Affirming Practices Carcinogenic?

Breast Cancer: Humor as Healing

CJ Grace speaking at the Global Breast Cancer Conference on October 5, 2022, holds up a Monty Python Spamalot badge reading, "I'm not dead yet!"

I had a motto while dealing with both breast cancer and an unfaithful husband: “If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry.” I tried to find absurd humor in every situation I was faced with and wanted to avoid the cancer victim mentality. I’m a two-time breast cancer survivor with a mutated BRCA gene that makes me more susceptible to cancer. Continue reading Breast Cancer: Humor as Healing

Roller Coaster Ride with CJ Grace: Review by Paul Janes-Brown

My Wild Ride: How to Thrive After Breast Cancer and Infidelity is the latest book by CJ Grace. Her first, Adulterer’s Wife: How to Thrive Whether You Stay or Not, covered infidelity issues. My Wild Ride is an in-depth, how-to guide, thoroughly researched, filled with anecdotes and generously dosed with Ms. Grace’s sardonic, Pythonesque humor. Continue reading Roller Coaster Ride with CJ Grace: Review by Paul Janes-Brown

Boomer Chick’s Guide to Online Dating: Guest Blog

CJ: I have recently become friends with a wonderful multi-talented lady: Angela Schutz, author, life coach, career counselor and a youthful septuagenarian with a great sense of humor. She has written a online dating book that might save you heartache and make you laugh. I asked her to write a blog about it for my website and she graciously agreed to do one. Continue reading Boomer Chick’s Guide to Online Dating: Guest Blog