[Mexico City, December 9. Image via Getty]

A little girl looks at a member of animal rights organization AnimaNaturalis is seen inside a cage painted as a tiger during a protest against the consumption of animal-based products on December 9, 2009 in Mexico City. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

[Mexico City, November 10. Image via Getty]

A group of women march during a protest against violence against women in Ciudad Juarez, in front of the 'Hemiciclo a Juarez' in Mexico City, on November 10, 2009. During the last decade, more than 300 women have been murdered or disappeared in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, state of Chihuahua. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo Estrella (Photo credit should read ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images)

•  According to an independent group in Britain, the number of abortions performed on fetuses with Down syndrome has been greatly underrepresented. They claim that doctors, in attempts to protect their patients from further pain, have been classifying abortions performed on fetuses with Down as "social abortions." • Excerpts of Anne Frank's diary were censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon after Hezbollah's Al-Manar television channel ran a report claiming the book promotes Zionism. MP Hussein Hajj Hassan said, "These respected, established schools are teaching the so-called tragedy this girl lived, and yet they are ashamed to teach the tragedy of the Lebanese people, the tragedy of the Palestinian people... the tragedy of the people of the south under the hands of Zionist occupation." • A new study has found that there is a significant gender-based pay gap among US faculty. "Our findings show that women who wish to challenge pay gaps at their own institution need to systematically and quantitatively approach the situation, especially during a time of economic downturn," said the author of the study. •  David Swain has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of his wife in 1999. Swain was scuba diving in the Caribbean with his wife Shelley Tyre when something went wrong and Tyre was killed. Although local authorities found no evidence of wrongdoing, a British Virgin Islands judge has ruled differently. • Female cancer or multiple sclerosis patients are six times more likely than male patients to be separated or divorced soon after their diagnosis. Researchers said men may leave a sick spouse because they're more hesitant than women to commit to being a caretaker. • Six years ago, Stephen Weston heard about a woman who had been prosecuted for not wearing her seat belt correctly while pregnant. For many women, the cross-body belt is uncomfortable, so Weston decided to solve the problem by developing an alternative belt for expecting mothers. The shoulder harness seat belt will hit the market in 2010. • The New York Times reports on the rising number of female officers in the Iraqi police force. While women were long discouraged from higher positions, many have come to realize that there are certain benefits to having female officers. "Everyone says men are able to do everything, but that's not true," said Lieutenant Farah Hameed. "In investigations, especially with women, women use their compassion with victims to get them to answer questions clearly." •  A recent study shows that yo-yo dieting may be more like drug addiction than previously believed. Researchers put a group of rats on "diet-cycles," and they found that after going without food, the rats suffered anxiety, and the deprivation effected the same stress symptom that kicks in during drug withdrawal. • Women are getting involved in Mexican drug trafficking in greater numbers and many are being jailed or killed. More women are becoming addicts, turning to dealing as a better alternative to prostitution, or being forced to smuggle drugs through military checkpoints by male family members. •  Prosecutors have offered former astronaut Lisa Nowak a plea deal. Nowak is accused of stalking and assaulting Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman, who was dating Nowak's ex-boyfriend. •  Wanna be happy for the rest of your life? Move West, young woman. Apparently, people are happiest in the Mountain states and on the West Coast, due mainly to the high concentration of wealth, education, and tolerance. • While experts believe that postpartum depression is still severely under-reported, there are several new programs that offer support and aid to women suffering from PPD. UNC has a particularly good program, which features a small postpartum inpatient unit. • In the next 10 years women are expected to become the majority of unionized workers, according to a report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "When you have a majority of women in the labor movement, issues like work-family balance, paid sick days and paid parental leave become more important," said economist John Schmitt. • "Weight-watchers everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief. Contrary to their image as slim models of restraint, French women, it seems, really do get fat," begins this article, on rising obesity rates in France. It's a good thing Mireille Guilano has a new shtick. • Some are calling for the website celebrityaddressaerial.com to be shut down after it was revealed that the people who allegedly robbed Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Orlando Bloom, used the site to gather information on their targets. The site, which lists the addresses and aerial photos of hundreds of celebrity homes, contains information that could be found on sites like TMZ and Google Maps in a more easily searchable format. • A new fiction genre described as "Beatrix Potter meets the Kray Brothers" or "Pulp Fiction meets Wind in the Willows" involves animals, or even dinosaurs, in gritty detective stories. • In an interview with a British journalist who says she dreamed of being a Playboy Bunny as a child, Hugh Hefner says, "My younger brother and I were raised in a home in Chicago with no real affection; we knew we were loved, but there was no display of affection. I think that my quest for romantic love and the adventure of romantic love was filling the space that was left because I didn't get the affection when I was young." • In this security video a woman on a Boston subway platform who appears drunk falls onto the tracks. People wave at an oncoming train to stop, the driver breaks, and the car comes to a stop inches away from killing her. •

[Mexico City, November 3. Image via Getty]

A girl wearing a typical Dutch custom winks an eye to photographers during a welcoming ceremony for Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands at the National Palace, in Mexico City, on November 3, 2009. Queen Beatrix is in a four-day official visit in Mexico, along with other members of the Dutch royal family. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

[London, October 21. Image via Getty]

A gallery assistant looks at a portrait of Frida Kahlo by Mexican artist Diego Rivera entitled 'Nude with beads' during the press view of the 'Revolution on Paper' exhibition at the British Museum, in London, on October 21, 2009. The display of Mexican prints is the first in Europe focusing on Mexican printmaking in the first half of the twentieth century. Through this period, the country faced socialist revolution with artists promoting the values of the revolution in poster artwork. The exhibition runs from October 22, 2009 to April 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)

(Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this episode, Rich and I answer questions about self-defense, moles, and Mexico. Got a burning question? Send it to potpsych@jezebel.com. Or to Twitter.

P.S. We are totally serious about the Tattoo Challenge. If someone gets a tattoo of us, we will fly them to NYC (within the continental U.S.) and put them up for two nights.

"Can I Use My Old Vibrator With My New Partner?" from Pot Psychology on Vimeo.

[Mexico City, September 16. Image via Getty]

Mexican Army special forces' female soldiers during a military parade celebrating the 199th anniversary of Mexico's independence at Zocalo Square in Mexico City, on September 16, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo ESTRELLA (Photo credit should read ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images)

[Mexico City, September 14. Image via Getty]

A Mexican woman protests against the imminent appointment of Arturo Chavez Chavez as the new Attorney General, in front of the Mexican senate in Mexico City, on September 14, 2009. The Senate finally postponed Chavez's ratification to the post for next Monday, as non-governmental organizations accuse him of not doing enough against the murder of women in Ciudad Juarez while he was prosecutor of the northern state of Chihuahua — where the most violent city in Mexico is located. AFP PHOTO/Antonio Nava (Photo credit should read ANTONIO NAVA/AFP/Getty Images)

The sketches are designed to resemble police chalk drawings of the recently deceased. Each one of the 200 drawings represents a victim, many of whom remain unidentified. The minimalist drawings show the outline of a single body part, a fragment of the victim. The elegant braids, hands, and backs reflect the gruesome nature of the murders; many of the bodies were found dismembered, and only pieces of the women were discovered.

Arroyo says the pieces speak to the unrealized potential of so many lives cut short by violence. In an interview with Women's eNews, Arroyo explains,

"As I thought about the theme, I was increasingly intrigued by the idea that these women died before their full potential was realized, and that each victim may have become a modern day Joan of Arc, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks or Frida Kahlo."

Much of Arroyo's work centers on these amazing women, the Joan of Arcs and the Cleopatras of history. But she was moved by the deaths in Juarez, and decided to honor the victims by giving each woman her own page. As of now, the project is unfinished. Arroyo has displayed sections of the work, but she hopes that someday she will be able to display all the drawings together, unframed. "To me that emphasizes the fragility of these women. The papers can flow in the wind and become alive, they can easily be ripped and damaged," she said.

Artist Dedicates Herself To The Lost Women Of Juarez [Women's eNews]
Andrea Arroyo [Official Site]

Related: Mexico's Missing Girls Remain A Mystery

[Guadalajara, August 9. Image via Getty]

A woman protests with a Cuban flag in front the US consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico on August 9, 2009, city where US President Barack Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper are due to meet on August 9-10 in the summit of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP). AFP PHOTO/Ronaldo Schemidt (Photo credit should read Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

[Oaxaca, Mexico; July 27. Image via Getty]

Dancers from Ixtepec city perform during the Guelaguetza celebration on July 27, 2009 in Oaxaca, Mexico. The Guelaguetza —which in Zapotec languaje means the act of participating in a community celebration— is a festival held once a year which gathers music, dances, gastronomy and handicrafts of different ethnic groups and tribes of the state of Oaxaca. AFP PHOTO/Omar Torres (Photo credit should read OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images)

[Capacuaro, Mexico; July 5. Image via Getty]

A native Purepecha woman casts her vote during Mexico's midterm congressional elections, in Capacuaro, Michoacan State, on July 5, 2009. Some 77 million Mexicans are eligible to vote in the elections to choose who will occupy 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, six governorships and 568 mayoralties around the country. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

[Mexico City, June 17. Image via Getty]

Mexican women carry out a performance against an abortion law at the Zocalo square in Mexico City, on June 17, 2009. Twelve Mexican states recently passed a law that forbids abortion. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

[Sonora, Mexico; June 8. Image via Getty]

Two girls lay flowers during the funeral of one of the 44 children who died in a fire in a daycare center in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico on June 8, 2009. A state prosecutor said Monday that a short circuit or overheating of a cooling system in an adjacent warehouse set off the blaze that killed 44 mainly small children on June 5 in the daycare center. AFP PHOTO/Ronaldo Schemidt (Photo credit should read Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

[Sonora, Mexico; June 6. Image via Getty]

Relatives of victims cry at the cemetery during the funeral of one of the 38 children who died in a fire in a daycare center in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico on June 6, 2009. The numerous children were killed late on June 5 when a blaze raced through their daycare center in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. AFP PHOTO/Ronaldo Schemidt (Photo credit should read Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

Though previously the only deaths recorded were in Mexico, yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control reported the death of a 23-month-old child in Texas. Acting CDC Richard Besser said that although most swine flu sufferers in the US had a mild case, "we're going to find more severe cases and I expect that we'll continue to see additional deaths." Hong Kong infectious disease expert Lo Wing Lok noted that the appearance of a death — and 100 additional cases — outside Mexico was an ominous sign.

But rather than what we can do about it, let's focus on whose fault this is! Should we blame Edgar Hernandez, an adorable five-year-old who tested positive for swine flu during an outbreak in the Mexican town of La Gloria? Although he is the first recorded case in Mexico, and the governor of Veracruz visited his mother, at least one doctor told her Edgar didn't have swine flu. And there's no confirmation that the epidemic started in La Gloria.

Or does the fault lie with a woman the Daily Mail is helpfully calling Typhoid Maria, a door-to-door census taker in Oaxaca. She died of swine flu on April 13, and, according to the Mail, state health authorities were "were horrified to discover she may have come in contact with at least 300 people." The Mail winds up its article with a little history lesson on Typhoid Mary, an Irish chef who denied spreading the disease but was accused of infecting 53 people.

In a response of Biblical proportions, the Egyptian government will slaughter all pigs. But perhaps more disturbing than this porcine genocide or the media blame game is the cause La Gloria's residents identify for their outbreak. They blame toxins from pig waste, which enter the air and water from nearby farms. But "Typhoid Toxins From Nearby Farms" is less fun to say than "Typhoid Maria," so let's just keep pointing fingers.

U.S. has its first swine flu death [Reuters]
Typhoid Maria: How the first swine flu fatality was a Mexican census taker who went door-to-door... and may have caused a pandemic [Daily Mail]
Patient zero? Mom of first confirmed case talks [MSNBC]
Egyptian government slaughtering all pigs in the country as a precaution against swine flu [AP]

[Mexico City, March 26. Images via AP.]

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stands next to an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe during a visit at the Virgin's Basilica in Mexico City, Thursday, March 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Daniel Aguilar, Pool)

Mexico's Monsignor Diego Monroy Ponce, left, shows to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Thursday, March. 26, 2009.(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

• House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, whose fellow Republicans have been critical of Obama's social calendar, skipped watching Tuesday's Obama presser to see the Britney Spears concert. Someone made him, y'all. [Think Progress, Huffington Post]

• Actor, former Senator and epic fail of a Presidential candidate Fred Thompson is brave enough to say that he wants Obama's economic policies to fail because he doesn't like them. Not that he doesn't want them to pass, he just wants them all to fuck up the economy worse so Republican ideology can be proved right. Americans can suffer longer to give Freddo another chance in 2012. [Raw Story]
• Speaking of 2012, Sarah Palin is not polling in Iowa yet. Yet. [Iowa Independent]
• Hillary Clinton admitted that your little weed habit is the cause of a lot of death and destruction in Mexico, so you might want to skip saying, "But it's not hurting anyone," this weekend. [Washington Post]
• One of her dudes met with Burma's foreign minister as part of the review of what to do about Burma since sanctions are an entirely ineffective foreign policy strategy. We're still not sending anyone to Cuba, though. [Washington Post]
• The AIG execs in Britain are still not giving their bonuses back, and they're asking the British government to investigate whether New York Attorney General Andrew "Shucking And Jiving Is Not A Racist Term" Cuomo is actually attempting to extort the money out of them by threatening to name them. [Reuters]
• Other New York lawmakers are set to do actual work for actual New Yorkers and repeal the Rockefeller-era drug laws that filled New York prisons with drug abusers and first-time, non-violent offenders. [NY Times]
• FBI Director Robert S. Mueller would like his delicious spying privileges renewed, please. [Washington Post]
• The U.S. Postal Service is going broke delivering you credit card applications you no longer qualify for. [Huffington Post]
• A rash of European lit majors laughed themselves nearly to death because of the following video. You've been warned. [Politico]