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There’s someone who knows a lot about me. And I think I know a lot about her too. Are you happy? I’m sad. I’m sad she knows who I am.

Update from hell town

Robert Downey Jr. discusses the role of Tony Stark and his legacy.

poverty, racism, abuse, family violence, a lack of social support and positive experiences… these permanently alter biological systems - embed themselves in the brain and body - and are strongly associated (there are also theories in the literature about causal pathways) with the development of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, immune dysfunction, cancer, depression, addiction, and more

it’s appalling how frequently journalists get this wrong, like a simple google search will show that the ‘sugar causes diabetes’ idea is a myth. but when it comes to nutrition & weight issues people are bizarrely confident in just blaming food for illnesses that are much more likely to have systemic causes (the stress of oppression!)

- weight cycling increases insulin resistance AND (this piece was news to me) the complications seen from all types of diabetes correlate with weight cycling in individuals–more weight fluctuation, more complications

gut, periods, & hormones from a non-diet, HAES perspective 

the truth about elimination diets and orthorexia

but if a parent doesn’t acknowledge and apologize for their mistakes, children will automatically blame themselves. they’re wired to do this, bc in order to preserve a basic sense of safety in the world, young kids see their parents as Correct™; the parent creates the child’s entire framework for viewing their own & others’ behavior. the idea of your parent being fallible doesn’t develop until adolescence, but by that time the damage to a child’s self concept might already be done if their parents have failed to own their mistakes.

sure, if you’re compulsively seeking partnership then you may not choose well and won’t get all you want out of it. but we’re all partly-formed, fluctuating selves groping for connection. it’s best not to do that blindly, but it doesn’t have to - in fact cannot - wait until we’ve arrived at some highly self-assured, self-sufficient state 

She is so wonderfully stubborn - she pursues bending not as a tool to defeat someone or gain power, but just to prove that she can do it. She’s the basic researcher of earthbending - just keeps pushing the limits of what can be done with no mind to the practical application.