daedalus

science has always been political. what gets studied. what doesnt. who gets to do the studying. on and on and on.

I WISH THINGS HAD TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY!!!!!!!!! goes to the supermarket

Dr. Al Hashimi being the only person in the entire ED to pronounce Victoria and Samira’s names correctly and consistently introducing herself without whitening her name and making it easier to pronounce is such a small detail that’s actually so fantastic and true to her character because actually think this is something all brown (using this to refer to south asian and middle eastern women atm) women would like to do but are always slightly at fear of being like too much or too ethnic but eventually there is a specific archetype of brown women who develop a level of confidence and self assurance (plus a no-bullshit, get it done attitude) who decide to purposefully establish their name with the correct pronunciation and do the same for others AND MAYBE IM READING TOO MUCH INTO IT but the choice to portray Dr. Al Hashimi as one of these women makes so much sense to me as someone who has been a part of these communities

trinity santos is a study in fandom misogyny because they gave her all the characteristics fandoms usually salivate for in men, being gruff, quippy and misunderstood with a tragic backstory but a heart of gold beneath it all. they put all this into her AND let her be a lesbian. she's everything you could ever want in a character but she's not a man so half the fandom either hates her or constantly mischaracterizes her as petty, callous and aggressive while doing mental gymnastics to baby the male characters around her

robby can lash out in self-hatred and be a misogynist at the same time. robby can be written to be purposefully hypocritical and incidentally misogynistic at the same time. robby can be suffering from ptsd and be a misogynist at the same time. “actually the point is he’s lashing out because he sees himself in samira and hates it” correct. AND he’s being misogynistic while he’s at it

becca king who has an active sex life and a boyfriend and wants to be independent and not infantilized and known first and foremost as 'becca' and not 'mel's sister'...............mel king who has structured her entire life around becca's needs and care and being 'becca's sister', even moving to pittsburgh specifically because becca got into an independent living center there, now not knowing what to do or who she is if becca is keeping secrets from her and no longer needs her..............pitt writers you are cooking with gas

Could never be a doctor in the Pitt universe because I’d be fired for trying to fuck all my coworkers