Kristen Stewart Walks for Diabetes

According to various celebrity news sites, Twilight’s Kristen Stewart took a break from promoting New Moon to kick off a recent JDRF Walk for the Cure event in Los Angeles. I’m not the biggest Twilight fan (anyone else find the whole Mormon subtext a little creepy?), but considering the star power she’s got going these days, I really appreciate her coming out for JDRF.

But perhaps this makes more sense than I thought. Check out this stock photo I found recently alongside an article about diabetes. Originally I just thought it was a sort of gross, graphic photograph that made finger pricks seem much worse than they actually are. But now that New Moon is coming out, I’m reconsidering. Pale white finger, dripping crimson blood . . . we diabetics should feel lucky that vampires don’t actually exist.

Catherine Price

Catherine Price (www.catherine-price.com) was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 22 years old. She has written for publications including The Best American Science Catherine Price is a professional journalist who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 22 years old. Her work has been featured in publications including The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, Popular Science, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post Magazine, Salon, Slate, Men’s Journal, Health Magazine, The Oprah Magazine, and Outside, among others. A graduate of Yale and UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism

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Catherine Price

Catherine Price was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 22 years old. She has written for publications including The Best American Science Catherine Price is a professional journalist who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 22 years old. Her work has been featured in publications including The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, Popular Science, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post Magazine, Salon, Slate, Men’s Journal, Health Magazine, The Oprah Magazine, and Outside, among others. A graduate of Yale and UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism