The Ordinary Adventures of Laurel

Instead of chemically altering women’s bodies to help them fit into society ,let’s alter society to make it more inclusive of women, *whole* women, including our apparently very scary and dangerous fertility.

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When you try to self diagnose, you are working from a bias.  You are trying to prove to yourself that you have something.  You are not in a position to view your symptoms objectively, and determine if there are possibly other causes.  Doctors are not even allowed to diagnose THEMSELVES.  Like, a person seeking out something specific is going to ignore other possible problems, and that can end up being incredibly detrimental to one’s health.  Also, you do realize that your brain can just mess with you, right?  It’s called the “Placebo Effect”: A patient given a pill can manifest or alleviate their own symptoms, even if all they were given was a sugar pill.  On top of that, you’re only working from your OWN experiences, so you have nothing to compare to.

Lastly, if you self-diagnose, you cannot receive any form of treatment for it, period.   No one will prescribe medications or counseling if you are not properly diagnosed.  If you do not WANT help in managing your symptoms, then WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO DIAGNOSE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Dude.

S.O.S.

“S.O.S.” for “save our ship” has been the standard acronym for “help” since 1908. 1908.

every girl has that little pouch of fat on her lower tummy, despite what magazines try n show u, you have important organs there that need to be protected don’t try and get rid of ur pouch

ur body is smarter than u think and it knows what to do when u eat more than normal. one bad day, or even week, of eating poorly isn’t gonna ruin anything at all I pinky promise

if u think u look good up until u try taking a selfie, it’s not ur fault - our faces are asymmetrical and when u see ur face flipped it will look unnatural to u, since u don’t see it that way when u look in the mirror. to everyone else it looks perfectly fine

no one’s stomach looks the same at 8pm as it does at 8am. no one has a chiseled six pack after a day of eating, not even the super fit people u see on tumblr, because ur stomach naturally expands after eating and expecting to have a flat tummy before bed is very unrealistic

no one notices if the bags under ur eyes are bad today. no one pays attention to the bump in ur nose or the zit on ur chin or the piece of hair that u missed when u were straightening. literally no one notices these things except you so stop worrying about it ur gonna be fine

The raindrop cake is making its U.S. debut and is almost zero calories. According to the Huffington Post, the raindrop cake is the creation of Japanese chef Darren Wong. I

t’s a huge hit in Japan, so it’s now moving over to the U.S. for the first time to be sold at Smorgasburg in New York. The raindrop cake doesn’t have much of a taste. It’s all about the texture.