I am not a spn fan, I have never seen a single episode of spn, but let me tell you that every time I see it trending I am ready to receive some completely batshit crazy mind-blowing unhinged piece of information
As a medical professional and a medically complicated human this is very important to me
That’s not wrong.
These are both true
Both are very very true.
These are both true, but more importantly, not mutually exclusive!
Say a patient comes in with chest pain. First time they’ve ever had chest pain. They say they googled it, and clearly they have cancer now!
…no. That’s the first example.
But say a patient has chest pain, they’ve had chest pain for 10 years, every previous doctor has checked for all the obvious causes, and nothing changes.
That’s a completely different scenario. In the first example, the patient doesn’t know what they’re talking about. The condition is new, their knowledge is limited. That’s why we have doctors. But in the second example, the patient is the expert, and the doctor is the one who’s new to the situation. The patient has done all this before, and is very familiar with the pain (condition, etc.) that they have. The doctor is not the one with 10 years of experience. They need to listen, because the patient actually has something they don’t know to add to the conversation.
These two things are not mutually exclusive, they are not the same scenario, and both doctors and patients (but mostly doctors) need to learn to tell the difference and know when to talk, and when to listen.
This is also *highly* relevant to anti-vaxers.
There is a reason that the entire section on dysthymia in my psychology textbooks is basically “this person has been living with this for years longer than you will ever have researched it. help them facilitate their own coping strategies.”
It’s done and I can’t believe it. I think this is the most time-consuming personal piece I ever did, which is saying a lot since my attention span is awful. This is a belated birthday gift to my self-indulgent ass who had this shitty idea for months now. Yeah, there’s a few things that I’d like to tweak or redo but I can’t stare at this any longer otherwise I’ll go insane. A billion kudos to @hnnny for helping me getting this mess started!! I’m not joking. You are wonderful and this work wouldn’t exist without you <3
i reblogged that post about screenshotting instead of doing prev tags but actually if we’re sharing granular social media etiquette i think we should all go back to copy and pasting tags into a reblog and then adding “(via @username)” afterwards. that’s how it was done when i joined tumblr in 2010 and that’s how i think we should do it now. simple. accessible. clear cut. i am an old man shaking my fist about the kids on the lawn
While capable of space travel, Xenaut can’t travel as efficiently as a ship meant for long distance travel and he runs the risk of starving before reaching another inhabited system. Despite this he took the risk in order to have a chance at freedom.
Unfortunately he wasn’t able to make it far before being forced into emergency stasis, but his scanners did pick up an energon signature, and auto pilot led him to crash land on a remote planet nearby. The same planet that Verve had been stranded on for vorns.
Anyone who thinks that doing something the hard way with “willpower” instead of the most effective and efficient way with whatever tools you have at your disposable is a fucking dipshit, and likely an ableist too.
I’m so so so tired of the “meds as a last resort” mentality.
If I get a migraine, could I rub peppermint oil on my temples and lay in a dark room and suffer along until the pain abates and I can take pride in surviving on my will power alone? Sure, I fucking guess. Or I could take my fucking meds and have a functional day.
And the same goes for my damn Adderall. Clearly, I can *survive* without Adderall for my ADHD. I did it for my entire life up until I FINALLY got diagnosed earlier this year. But guess what? I dont NEED my meds. I COULD go without them. I don’t fucking want to. I am so much more functional with them, and there is no honor in unnecessary suffering.
Medicine isn’t a moral failing and there isn’t a specially little corner of heaven reserved for folks who took the fewest number of pills in their life.
Bakufu Slump performs “Myth” (“神話”, Shinwa), the theme song to Gamera, Guardian of the Universe.
Highlights in this 1995 clip from Music Station include appearance by Chisato Moritaka and the female MC flubbing the showdown on display as “Camera vs Gyaos”. And then of course, the kaiju battle during the performance. (Source)
You know maybe amatonormativity exists but it’s hard to say that when I’m 90% sure gay people were not being encouraged to seek out relationships by the wider culture until maybe 2005-ish
what’s amatonormativity?
A Tumblr-based sociological theory that boils down to “compulsory alloromanticism” but I’ve also seen it defined to include monogamy as another expectation under the header of amatonormativity
Amatonormativity is not tumblr based- it was not created on tumblr nor was it popularised on tumblr. Amatonormativity was not even coined by asexual people or with asexual people in mind exclusively.
Amantonormativity was coined by feminist academic Elizabeth Brake in her book “Minimising Marriage” to refer to:
the assumptions that a central, exclusive, amorous relationship is normal for humans, in that it is a universally shared goal, and that such a relationship is normative, in that it should be aimed at in preference to other relationship types. (Source)
Amatornormativity doesn’t just affect asexual and aromantic people. Whilst it’s often asexual and aromantic people you see talking about amatonormativity (because we become hyper aware of it due to how it affects us), it actually impacts the lives of people of all orientations, including LGBT+ people.
Amatonormativity in practice is…
The assumption that all single people are unhappy with their status and looking not to be single.
“Coming of age” milestones often revolving around romantic accomplishments (first kiss, first crush, first love, marriage, etc).
Non romantic partnerships (sexual or platonic) being looked down upon.
A sort of relationship hierarchy where marriage is at the top and everything else falls somewhere below it.
The expectation for romantic partners to be more important than jobs, hobbies or other commitments in a person’s life. And the belief that people who choose to pursue the former are selfish.
People who are not seeking exclusive romantic relationships being seen as less mature, stable, trustworthy or settled.
The structuring of laws and society on the basis that eventually everyone will be in a committed romantic partnership (marriage).
The toxic idea of a “friendzone” (which of course, overlaps with misogyny), where friendship with a woman is seen as “second prize” to a relationship with her.
People settling for someone they’re not really happy with or compatible with just to fulfil the desire or expectation to have a partner.
Non-aromantic asexual people trying to normalise their orientation by saying they can still “fall in love” or “have relationships” “just like anyone else”.
Asexual people or people who don’t feel attraction to anyone feeling pressured to seek out and enter into relationships.
And much more…
Violations of amatonormativity would include dining alone by choice, putting friendship above romance, bringing a friend to a formal event or attending alone, cohabiting with friends, or not searching for romance. (Source)
