#gonnatryscience

I see that your shop is still open, and none of the merch seems to be marked out-of-stock. Are leftover sales really still open?

Hello. Your art makes me smile! Have you ever seen The Secret of Roan Inish? That movie was my first introduction to both selkies and more traditional faerie stuff and I think you might like it. No pressure though! I hope you have a good day tomorrow!

Thank you all so much for making this! It's lovely and I hope the goodness you are putting out into the world (in a crazy time when such things are especially needed, no less) will return to you three-fold! 💜💜💜

Will you be selling any leftover merch separately from zines?

I hear regularly about students at various levels who do not have and/or do not believe they have ADHD using prescription ADHD medication like Adderall as a “study drug.” As a person who actually needs such medication for basic functionality, and also as someone who has a degree in psychology and has studied these drugs and their effects, this bothers me a LOT. I feel hurt when it’s someone I know, because I feel like my basic daily difficulties and the necessary means for me to deal with them are being belittled and misunderstood, and I also worry because I know these drugs can have dangerous side effects, adverse reactions, and even toxic effects, even in an ADHD individual to whom they are prescribed, and many are addictive. As I understand, ADHD medications, and stimulants in particular, generally have different effects (or to different degrees) in a non-ADHD person than in someone with ADHD. I recall a citation to a study that suggested that, while a non-ADHD student will often believe they have performed better on a test after taking an ADHD medication, that is often not the case in reality. (I do not have the actual study on hand, I’m afraid - is this accurate?) On the other hand, I really do understand the pressures people are under, students in particular. I just think most aren’t properly educated on what they are doing when they buy a pill from someone in the library to help them cram for a test. Do you have any information on this, and any advice on how to deal with it when it come up? It’s always a really uncomfortable conversation and I always come away from it feeling that I made no impact beyond labeling myself as judgmental.