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Lil Nas X when people try to sexualize Old Town Road:

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True “corporate social responsibility” is paying employees a living wage, providing health insurance, and engaging in environmentally friendly business practices. Not whatever gimmick makes the company look woke.
once at dinner I was like “all day long my tears have been my food”
And my mom goes “what kind of cheesy emo crap is that” and we were all just like ?????? That’s from the Psalms???
And to this day it still makes me laugh
reblog if u r emo for jesus and it’s NOT a phase
deleting my zero note posts like a Victorian family locking their problem child in the attic to save face in polite society
I think the Hunger Games series sits in a similar literary position to The Lord of the Rings, as a piece of literature (by a Catholic author) that sparked a whole new subgenre and then gets blamed for flaws that exist in the copycat books and aren’t actually part of the original.
Like, despite what parodies might say, Katniss is nowhere near the stereotypical “unqualified teenager chosen to lead a rebellion for no good reason”. The entire point is that she’s not leading the rebellion. She’s a traumatized teenager who has emotional reactions to the horrors in her society, and is constantly being reined in by more experienced adults who have to tell her, “No, this is not how you fight the government, you are going to get people killed.” She’s not the upstart teenager showing the brainless adults what to do–she’s a teenager being manipulated by smarter and more experienced adults. She has no power in the rebellion except as a useful piece of propaganda, and the entire trilogy is her straining against that role. It’s much more realistic and far more nuanced than anyone who dismisses it as “stereotypical YA dystopian” gives it credit for.
And the misconceptions don’t end there. The Hunger Games has no “stereotypical YA love triangle”–yes, there are two potential love interests, but the romance is so not the point. There’s a war going on! Katniss has more important things to worry about than boys! The romance was never about her choosing between two hot boys–it’s about choosing between two diametrically opposed worldviews. Will she choose anger and war, or compassion and peace? Of course a trilogy filled with the horrors of war ends with her marriage to the peace-loving Peeta. Unlike some of the YA dystopian copycats, the romance here is part of the message, not just something to pacify readers who expect “hot love triangles” in their YA.
The worldbuilding in the Hunger Games trilogy is simplistic and not realistic, but unlike some of her imitators, Collins does this because she has something to say, not because she’s cobbling together a grim and gritty dystopia that’s “similar to the Hunger Games”. The worldbuilding has an allegorical function, kept simple so we can see beyond it to what Collins is really saying–and it’s nothing so comforting as “we need to fight the evil people who are ruining society”. The Capitol’s not just the powerful, greedy bad guys–the Capitol is us, First World America, living in luxury while we ignore the problems of the rest of the world, and thinking of other nations largely in terms of what resources we can get from them. This simplistic world is a sparsely set stage that lets us explore the larger themes about exploitation and war and the horrors people will commit for the sake of their bread and circuses, meant to make us think deeper about what separates a hero from a villain.
There’s a reason these books became a literary phenomenon. There’s a reason that dozens upon dozens of authors attempted to imitate them. But these imitators can’t capture that same genius, largely because they’re trying to imitate the trappings of another book, and failing to capture the larger and more meaningful message underneath. Make a copy of a copy of a copy, and you’ll wind up with something far removed from the original masterpiece. But we shouldn’t make the mistake of blaming those flaws on the original work.

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I had a traumatic hospital/OBGYN experience and can't bring myself to go back for an annual visit. I've only gone 2 years without seeing an OBGYN (or dentist or PCP) but people are trying to pressure me into going "in case [I] have cancer." I have no problems besides frequent UTIs, and I just take OTC Rx. I tell myself that I'll go get checked "when I'm ready" but I can't imagine ever being able to do it. Aren't I young enough that it can wait a few years? Any advice?
So you definitely should go get appointments in for the sake of your overall health, not just “cancer”, but you also have every right to address the trauma you experienced.
Firstly, do seek out a healthy community of women who understand, and also (if able) seek out a therapist to work through your trauma. Sometimes even reading a book on how to cope with traumatic experiences is better than nothing, if you don’t have access to therapy. Working out the root of the problem now can help you in the long run, however it happens to look! Trauma caused by hospitals/doctors is a very real issue and you need and deserve support in eventually overcoming it. (I had to work through similar issues as well – I promise that it’s possible, one lady to another :) )
Second, you can get well woman check ups and even Pap Smears dne by CNMs (Certified Nurse Midwives). Some CNMs offer well woman care in health clinics connected to a hospital system, or within an independent birth center. Other types of midwives, such as CPMs (Certified Professional Midwives), CMs (Certified Midwives), and DEM (Direct Entry Midwives) may also provide alternative care counseling to advise you on health, if they are also herbalists or naturopathic practitioners. While that can’t compare to a pap smear or annual visit, it’s still better than nothing. You may also want to look into integrative care providers/doctors – medical professionals with training in holistic medicine as well as Western medicine, who can give you well woman care but in a different setting. Seeking other care providers does not address the root of your trauma, but it CAN be a good compromise if you feel more comfortable with different professionals from those who hurt you. Often times these alternative providers are aware of medical trauma and know how to handle your situation with grace and understanding.
If anyone else has advice to offer, please share!
I second the advice to go to a midwife for your regular gyn care! I have never been pregnant and I am not trying to get pregnant, but I go to a birth center staffed by midwives for my yearly well woman exam. I have found them to be so respectful. They ask for consent before doing anything (even just listening to my heart through the stethoscope) and thoroughly explain everything they are doing. It seems they are conscious of providing trauma-informed care to all patients. Not sure if you’re Catholic, anon, but I’ve also found that midwives are much more accepting of NFP/fertility awareness than obgyns are. While all birth centers/practices are different, I do think midwifery as a whole is much more respectful of patients than other health care professions.
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anyone else bothered by how all those “speak endo” commercials seem to frame things like the reason that endo/female reproductive health problems in general gets ignored or overlooked is that the woman is just too uncomfortable talking about it to actually bring it up rather than, you know, the reason being she does in fact speak up about it all the time but just gets ignored or dismissed as overreacting because Reasons™?? which has actually been the real issue??
aka: commercial says “it’s ignored/not addressed because you never said anything about it” rather than the real scenario which is “it’s ignored/not addressed despite you saying A Lot About It because we just didn’t think it was actually that big of a deal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”
You know I always felt bothered by those commercials but couldn’t say why until you put it that way! Girls from the get go are told that pain and other issues are “normal”, and are then more or less conditioned to either not bring up issues they experience, or when they bring it up with docs as an adult they have to fight for a diagnosis for literal years. Things like endo and PCOS can be caught early, and should be caught early, in the teen years, but we can’t do that without family and care providers being educated enough to do so. *insert fertility awareness rant here*
Nfp was my window into actual information about how the female body worked. Health classes? Nope. My actual gyno? Nope. I do not, do not understand wby this happens.
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i’ll buy tumblr. how much is it worth, like five bucks or what

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i still can’t get over the fact that you don’t need parental permission to be in the triwizard tournament, but you do to go into the next town
pokemon and hogwarts have the same system
To keep tea hot….don’t set it down
I can’t tell if this is life advice about the drink tea or if you’re saying the only way to keep the tea hot is to not spill it to anyone
Sorry fell behind on my inbox! Been studying Chinese so much I really love it. It’s much more grammatically simple than Korean!! They point of the sentence is “danced around” in the same way English is so it comes more naturally. In Korean, it’s about being simple, direct. The hardest part about it for me is pinyin I’m not good at languages that use Roman based characters at all (I’m too stuck on them being English sounds). Characters however since they are completely new (from any language) are so much easier. That’s why I’m loving Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi…etc
What’s funny, I think the whole “it’s hard for me to learn languages based on Roman letters” is a total dyslexic thing somehow tbh. There is zero confusion/mixup/stress with languages that have characters. If you are dyslexic and feel discouraged from learning languages because maybe you experienced inability to grasp like Spanish or German (or even English like me…nervous laughter) try something with characters!!!
I read once that if you are dyslexic in one writing system, you aren’t necessarily dyslexic in another. So native English speakers who are dsylexic might find other alphabets a breeze. And those who aren’t might actually be dsylexic in a language like Chinese!
“From earliest childhood I have not even for one single hour lived free from anxiety.”
— St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), in a letter to Bernard of Clairvaux, 1146-7. Quoted in Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age by Fiona Maddocks.
I am bothered by something and was wondering if you have any words of wisdom. Shaming people for buying fast fashion seems to be all the rage these days, but honestly that’s a really privileged point of view. Obvi we want better conditions for the people making the clothing, but not everyone can afford to buy less and buy better. I’m still on clothes from 10+ years ago and when I need something that doesn’t have holes most of the time I have to resort to fast fashion. I’m poor! I feel guilty.
Not much I can do about your guilt. If it helps in terms of , and if you are able, you could always just buy from thrift stores or sew up your own clothes. Knowing basic sewing stitches can also keep your clothes hole free (assuming they are not t-shirts or something like that); and old t-shirts can be remade into “shirt yarn” if you are into knitting/crochet and want to make your own hats, scarves, and gloves. Idk about decently affordable clothing lines, but someone can make recs if they know any.
I read a book about fast fashion and the problems it causes and the author made it clear that she’s not judging those who can only afford cheap clothes. She just says to take the best care of it you can, make it last as long as you can and keep it in good repair (replacing buttons, mending holes etc), and then donate it in the best condition you can when you are done with a piece.
You can also shop at thrift stores if you have time and there are decent stores around you. In many ways buying secondhand is better than buying a brand new item, even if it is ethically made.

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Me: Actually before cell phones we sat on the toliet and read the backs of shampoo bottles