DJ Bruisky

The Wanderings of a Blackfoot woman. Enviro science degree, descendent of genocide survivors, with a bit of wit

[whitepeopletwitter]

[neenarchive]

fantasy could be the best genre but unfortunately there are too many weird horny men writing it

[antique-symbolism]

[ilovejevsjeans]

Wow 😮

[ruinedchildhood]

[knottahooker]

[dadecountyfilth]

[transbloke]

Good idea. I’d support this as a law.

[geekfury25]

Three of the best characters to come outta the South Pacific! 🏄

[afieldinengland]

living in the countryside really strikes the fear of god into you at the most random moments. you’ll just make eye contact with a cow or stare for too long into a brook and all of a sudden you’ll think something like “these are old bones and i am merely a passing occupant” and then you have to go and put the kettle on to cope

[afieldinengland]

me:

the hare staring at me from across the field: which one of your lives is this?

me, legging it: okay tea time i think

[qvotable]

“It’s so hard to leave- until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.”

— John Green // Paper Towns

[thisiseverydayracism]

https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2019/04/17/demolition-800-year-old-sacred-trees-compared-notre-dame-fire

Demolition of 800-year-old sacred trees compared to Notre-Dame fire

Campaigners have been fighting plans to bulldoze trees sacred to the Djap Wurrung peoples.

[gravitationalnerd]

I’d say the potential loss of the Djap Warrung trees is worse. Why?

They’re being torn down deliberately. It’s not like Notre Dame was deliberately burned by someone wanting to shave two minutes off their morning commute

Buildings can be rebuilt. Macron already announced a competition to rebuild the spire. But you can’t replace an 800 year old tree.

French culture is not and has not historically been at risk. Being French was never grounds to have your land stolen and your children taken. We cannot forget the violent history of colonialism in Australia

People protecting Notre Dame were called heroes. People on Country protecting the Djap Warrung trees face arrest and police brutality.

Many species of native plants are at risk of extinction because of logging. The last thing we need is to cut down more trees.

The song lines associated with these trees stretch nearly to Uluru. That’s halfway across the fucking continent

[original-honeychiles]

this amounts to cultural destruction so why is the media not reporting on it?

[coutureicons]

lakeith stanfield

[trufemale420]

The medical community on literally every female specific health issue ever: “very common condition” “no known cause” “no known cure” :))))))

[newtonssidedick]

What the fuck is tumblr? Like honestly what is this? Do you guys pull shit out of the inner most depths of your rectum and then just throw it on your keyboard and have it turn into a post???? This site is something else what the fuck is wrong with you people????!?!?

[trufemale420]

Endemetriosis

Vaginal Thrush

Menorrhagia

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Fibroids

Very common conditions, causes are unknown or only speculated, long term cures have not been found. Most can cause chronic pain or discomfort, all can seriously impact your quality of life.

[witwitch-deactivated20160508]

Men are so damn privileged they can’t even imagine female bodies have different healthcare needs than theirs and that our healthcare needs are important even if they can’t be affected by one of these conditions.

[hyggehaven-deactivated20200904]

Endometriosis causes excruciating pain and is a leading cause of infertility. Thrush is extremely uncomfortable, and expensive to treat repeatedly; over-the-counter preparations rarely completely eradicate it. Menorrhagia, which I have, makes you anæmic. PCOS causes hormonal symptoms that are socially difficult (facial hair, acne, hair loss, weight gain). Fibroids are so common, and are often treated with a hysterectomy.

Add in fibromylgia, which affects 8x as many women as men, as well as lupus (and almost any other autoimmune condition), systemic exertion intolerance disorder (SEID), iron deficiency anæmia (all of which affect more women than men), and you have well over 25% of childbearing-age women globally living with chronic pain and tiredness.

Chronic pain is overwhelmingly experienced by women, and women are less likely to be taken seriously or given treatment by medical professionals. I went through two years of diagnostics to finally find out I had occipital neuralgia; I felt doubted when I described my pain at every step of the way, but was lucky to have a partner who was persistent in helping me get treatment.

Basically, this is a huge problem, and also one of the reasons I have been considering medical school.

[feminerds]

Don’t forget that most pharmaceuticals go to market without ever having been tested on people with a uterus, lest someone get pregnant… seriously that is the whole rationale behind not testing >50% of the population. This has been legislated against in some countries, but still persists in the of majority drug development because of other regulations, and traditions and laziness. The use of a drug is of course monitored in the population after release, but the people “trying” it in this capacity get none of the insurance, close and regular medical examination or monetary benefit of essentially being in a late stage drug trial. Drugs that are pulled from market after release are sometimes done so on the basis that the dosage is just too high for females/afab people and this is, of course, after they’ve experienced the adverse affects. 

This is why if you get pregnant your doctor will take you off basically any and all medication you’re taking (including mental health medication, can’t imagine any implications/dire consequences there), not because they know it will have an adverse affect on the foetus but because they have no idea. How wonderfully kind of them to prioritise the health and life of an unborn foetus over that of a living person, let’s just hope they don’t become ill whilst pregnant. How charmingly logical it is that they wouldn’t even bother to test drugs in people with a uterus because it’s all too difficult and gosh, darn what an ethical conundrum we’ve been faced with, let’s just not! Which is so in the spirit of capital S, Science!  

Sources: Nature, Nature, Medscape, Biomedcentral.

[prokopetz]

Indeed, the issue is so severe that, in many cases, folks with uteruses are routinely told that their diseases and disorders are not, in fact, disorders at all, and are just a normal part of having a uterus.

Take menstrual cramps, for example. Everybody knows that cramps are a normal part of menstruation, and that virtually all people who menstruate experience them throughout their lives, right?

Except that’s not right at all.

Yes, it’s true that about two-thirds of individuals who menstruate begin to experience menstrual pain during adolescence, but it’s basically a side effect of puberty, and normally subsides by your late teens. Only about 20-40% of menstruating adults experience menstrual pain on a regular basis - and according to some estimates, as much as 80% of that figure is due to undiagnosed endometriosis or some other underlying medical condition.

Yeah, roll those numbers around in your head: if you’re an adult who experiences menstrual cramps, it’s overwhelmingly likely that your pain is a symptom of some potentially serious medical condition.

And yet we tell folks it’s just a normal thing that everybody has to deal with.

[dottewa-deactivated20200728]

Bonus round: Look up PCOS and gender identity.

Then look up PCOS and diabetes.

[thepageofhopes]

Ok, to show how incredibly important this post fucking is, I just looked up endometriosis and I match just about every sympton, and it would explain not just my incredibly painful periods but many other things as well. I had no idea this existed. Please, read this post and reblog this so others can learn.

[philosopher--queens]

I will reblog this every time because my cousin (a cis girl) went through seven years of pain without being taken seriously until SHE suggested it was endometriosis. And that’s not even unusual - that’s the average amount of time it takes between first symptoms and a diagnosis of endometriosis.

[khealywu]

Only 20-40% of menstruating adults experience cramps???? Fuuuuuck >:[

[advicefromsurvivors]

When your child says “Why can’t I get a puppy?”

Instead of defaulting to “My house, my rules”

Try “Any pet is a lot of responsibility. A puppy would have to be fed, walked, and taken outside to use the bathroom several times a day and taken for regular check-ups and vaccinations at the vet. You can’t do all of that by yourself, and I/we don’t have the time or money either.”

When your teenager says “Why can’t I come home at 2:00 this Saturday?”

Instead of defaulting to “My house, my rules!”

Try “The time you come home is a matter of respect and consideration. I/We will not only be concerned for your safety, but we would either be disturbed in the middle of the night when you arrive or forced to stay up for several extra hours waiting.”

When your child says “Why am I not allowed to do this thing?”

Instead of defaulting to “My house, my rules!”

Try actually communicating a legitimate reason, because children pick up on subtlety and on context and on the unspoken messages, and it’s better to teach children lessons like “You should think really hard before taking on new responsibilities” and “It’s important to show consideration for the needs of the people with whom you share a living space” than lessons like “It’s okay for people to demand your absolute obedience so long as you’re dependent on them for survival.”

[shadywinters]

TRUTH

[blackwoolncrown]

Also worth knowing: training your child to accept arbitrary ‘reasons’ for obedience like ‘because I said so’ and ‘my house my rules’ etc trains them to be more susceptible to peer pressure because in their mind, when someone who is at all an authority (older than them, bigger than them, more impressive than them, more confident than them) demands something, they should accept it and not think about it critically. Let them ask why, and give them a real reason. If not, don’t be surprised when they fall for lots of bullshit when they are older. You’re the one that made them believe ‘BECAUSE’ was reason enough.

[morbidology]

Daniele Watts, an African-American actress who has starred in Hollywood films such as Django Unchained, was “handcuffed and detained” by Los Angeles police officers after being mistaken for a prostitute for kissing her white husband in public.

[errolwiththepost]

More on this story can be found here

[sunflowyr]

“She said when she reminded the officer of his oath to “protect and serve,” he replied, ‘My job’s not to serve people like you.’ ”

[lamardeuse]

‘My job’s not to serve people like you.’

‘My job’s not to serve people like you.’

‘My job’s not to serve people like you.’

Has everybody got that? Does anyone still think any of this bullshit ‘has nothing to do with race’? 

[voirdiredear-deactivated2019083]

[valleyhowler]

Bran giving Arya the Valyrian Steel dagger in season seven

[knifefightscene]

Disney keeps making movies about evil corporations that exploit people but they’re the evil corporation that exploits people

[whatever-is-in-this-mind-of-mine]

I STAN THIS FOUR WARRIOR QUEENS.