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[jockcoded]

✎ max ᝰ.ᐟ 20s | he/they | lesbian

sports + personal blog. baseball (mariners, mets, red sox, xander bogaerts, and some other misc guys) and a little of whatever else has my attention. i make things and also theatre.

(may not always follow back if we don’t have many overlapping interests but dms always open to non mutuals! i love talking!)

elsewhere: rpf & writing a softer baseball

formerly: laings, overtimegoals, mayorgrzelcyk

dividers: strangergraphics, saradika-graphics header: marinersonfilm on instagram

[violetsandshrikes]

one of the most insidious wellness/health trends is the “women ditch your birth control because it’s bad for you!!! they’re trying to poison you but it’s okay you can track your cycle naturally and that alone will prevent pregnancy”

can guarantee that if you go into the following of these accounts, the sources cited from these accounts, the tagged posts from these accounts - they are nearly always linked to greater movements about “restoring the west”, “we need women at home having children again” and other weird trad shit

“many women have issues with birth control because women are routinely dismissed/misdiagnosed by medical professionals” =/= “you should trust suspicious people about high risk alternatives”

[markingatlightspeed]

My grandmother used the rhythm method.

My grandmother had 7 daughters.

Use birth control. At least condoms jfc y'all.

[violetsandshrikes]

[canadianwheatpirates]

To add on to "T is not birth control": there are forms of hormonal birth control that don't conflict with T! Anything progesterone-only (the implant; hormonal IUDs; the depo provera shot; the progesterone-only pill) doesn't affect T. So if these methods work for you, you can take them while taking T 👍

[swimmingblue]

and look. It's true that no method of birth control is 100%, perfectly effective. But modern birth control methods (the pills, shots, IUDs, hell, even modern condoms) are significantly more effective than just using natural methods like the rhythm method or just breastfeeding longer and hoping for the best.

Safe and effective birth control is a huge deal. Don't throw it away because bigots are trying to mind-control you. If you look at all the facts and decide that you don't like it, that's your choice, but please make an informed decision first.

[asparklethatisblue]

Once again begging: if you use birth control and experience all the horrible symptoms wellness influences insist are poisoning you? Please speak to a doctor or health professional. Even one "method" has variations, different times of day to take it, different dosages, same dosage but different manufacturers, different combinations of hormones... and that's just "the pill", there's different things based on what you need. Chemical or material (copper IUD) oral or injection, anything. If your doctor is at all decent they will work with you to find something else that works if you ask to review it.

Sometimes I worry that all this reaction is just because some people are lucky and contraception is the only medication they take. Both chronic and temporary conditions I had took trial and error to figure out what works best. Every medication has side effects you need to balance with their usefulness. "this is fine but could be better" or "well you reacted poorly to this, so I'll give you a different kind if antibiotics, it takes longer but will make you feel less nauseous". Any decent doctor tells me "lets see how you react to this and then we'll see if we should adjust it".

and the worst thing? Influencers will tell you to quit certain medications cold turkey and they point to your reaction as proof of getting over an addiction or it having been bad. A lot of meds, even very benign and easy to take ones, will cause a negative reaction if you quit all at once and your body gets used to the new balance. And there is always "I feel so well clearly I don't need it anymore". That's the devil talking

[maidthings]

they hate me for my loving nature and sentimentality that borders on delusion

[sirfetchd]

this is the vibe for july

[davidpetey]

unsettling tall freak sighting

[hibi-flower]

sources: l.e.s. by donald glover // this year by the mountain goats // maya hornbacher, madness // watchisjawdrop on tumblr // wuntrum on tumblr // kim kardashian // unknown // godblessryankent on tiktok // nayyirah waheed // unknown // lev st. valentine

on hope, finally

[zayzl]

Just your annual heads up, Northern Ontario is actively on fire with little resources from the provincial government to combat them. Over 144 fires on record, you've seen the fire from Armstrong and another from Collins, but several First Nations along the corridor have lost their homes and have been displaced. Please keep them in mind this season as the fires have devastated their homes and displaced them, some were evacuated to Niagara where they face indiscriminate racism.

Please support some of the following (and please feel free to tag more)

Thunder Bay Community Pasture

Northern Reach Network

Both the Nokiiwin Tribal Council at 384 Fort William Road and the Superior Inn at 555 West Arthur Street in Thunder Bay are accepting donations for evacuees. They've posted that they're in dire need of baby and toddler supplies (especially diapers and formula) and cat and dog food and supplies. (X)

[dad-pegger]

Anishinabek Nation is also accepting donations in solidarity w the Namaygoosisagagun First Nation

e-transfer: [email protected]

[femalegothic]

men just love to run their fucking mouth about what women do or do not want without even once considering consulting any actual women on the matter

How Women’s Sports Uniforms Became So Controversial, Long Before The Paris Olympics

Nike’s viral track kit is just one part of the story.

Faced with restrictive and uncomfortable uniforms, these women athletes fought to change their gear

(cnn) — When Olympian Tess Howard put on her new uniform for Great Britain’s women’s field hockey team in 2021, she

Women’s beach handball team fined for choosing shorts over bikini bottoms | CNN

The Norwegian women’s beach handball team has been fined after players opted to wear shorts instead of bikini bottoms during a European cham

Top female athletes speak out amid Olympics, defy convention through their uniforms

Female athletes are breaking with their sports' apparel conventions -- if not regulations -- to prioritize their comfort during competitions

Women’s Uniforms: judgement of women clutters sports front

Sports Commentary Historically, women in sports have not garnered the same respect as men, though they perform the same tasks and play the s

An Olympic medalist who refused to compete in bikini bottoms says skimpy outfits are putting women off athletics

Pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw refused to wear the customary bikini bottoms and crop tops favored by the majority of female athletes.

Underlying Injustices: Female Athlete Uniforms

According to Women in Sport, 78 percent of girls avoid participating in sports while on their period. 78 percent.  CEO of Women in Sport, St

[marzipanandminutiae]

also this is part of a disturbing but sadly not uncommon attitude that progress = women (specifically women most of the time) showing more skin. because not showing skin is "following irrational religious modesty mandates" like the man on twitter says

somehow being progressive and secular automatically means putting women's bodies on display (although of course these people would shame women showing that much skin because they chose to). gee, I wonder why...

(to be clear, religious concealing clothing should also be respected as long as it's voluntary!)

[paladin-n-cleric]

what are you wearing rn and is it representative of your style

[mcttvierlings]

i do just wanna post what walker said yesterday here because i was genuinely in tears over it

[pspsappho]

& honestly there's no debate to be had the zendaya earrings are orders of magnitude worse than kim kardashian wearing that marilyn dress. yes that piece was a one of a kind unique textile made so specifically for marilyn monroe she had to be sewn into it. at the end of the day it was a ~70 year old usamerican cultural artefact being repurposed by an american for an american cultural event and everyone involved knows exactly where the dress came from + what happened to it + where it went afterwards. zendaya is wearing the looted (or forged) cultural heritage of a people her government is currently bombing & whose lives they have been deliberately making unliveable for decades to a movie premiere that has fuck all to do with iran. we don't know where those discs came from where they were found or by whom & we never will. AND the jeweller appears to have altered them substantially from their original condition. destroying a people's cultural heritage at the same time you destroy their country + their lives so you can look good on a red carpet One Time i want to fucking hurl

[uhhhhmanda]

Zendaya’s The Odyssey premiere earrings spark ethics row

The earrings, worn by Zendaya at The Odyssey press tour, are believed to be 2,000-3,000 years old and come at a time when the US is bombing

An archaeologist quoted in the article says "the point of these earrings is not to showcase legitimate ancient artistry, it is to fetishize the past, to be a commodity, stolen from the elite, circulated illegally, and immorally…this is about class signalling."

[degrommunism]

I think something important to acknowledge about nhl, nfl and cte is that the nfl did not start acknowledging links between cte and football until being dragged to court over and over and eventually to congress and the relentless push of former players and the fact that our modern day understanding of CTE largely comes from former players participating in medical studies and often donating their brains to further research. This research became especially important in getting settlements for the families, particularly because the median salary is very low (860k~ right now), contracts are not fully guaranteed, and pensions are only available after three years, which not everyone can reach. The nfl as a league tried every possible way to deny a link between football and cte but players pushed it forward as a larger labor discussion both about the physical body. I know more about the historical aspects (mainly Bennet Omalu’s research and past litigation) than I do currently players opinions or organizing about it so I won’t try to speak on that, nor will I on college football. The lawsuit settlement had problems (dragging their feet and having strict terms on who gets compensation, race-norming practices, etc) but it did at least win some compensation and get them to acknowledge the link between football and cte. Player safety and injury protection was also an important issue for the NFLPA during the 2011 lockout (recovery time like no more two a day practices, additional benefits for retired players, five fewer weeks of offseason practice, limited contact practices)

Meanwhile, the nhl has not acknowledged there is a link between playing hockey and CTE. Everybody who’s been on earth more than one day knows they’re full of shit, but they’ve gotten off easier in court than the NFL has and when they did face a lawsuit of over 300 players, they were able to settle without admitting liability. Yhr biggest difference between their case and the nfl case is that the former nfl players were granted class action status and the nhl players were not (some of that was from the nhl being more willing to drag out the fight, likely because there were less players in the lawsuit.) more on that, The lawsuit size was DRASTICALLY different - about 300 nhl players to 4.5k nfl players, while nfl rosters are much bigger and higher roster turnover means there’s more nfl players out there, still not quite the reason for there to be such a disparity.

And part of that is I think there just hasn’t been that same level of organizing or concern among nhl players or the NHLPA. This is not to say it is the players fault, rather it is just true that change that protects the players will only come from the players, as the owners are only interested in lining their wallets and anything that may imply that there is a link between cte and hockey and admit liability is not going to happen. The NHLPA did make some big pushes to change how the glass in the arena is, to modify helmets, and aspects of research, but have been more hesitant to ask for rule changes. They did propose the rule 48 illegal hit to the head rule in 2009~, but was quite overdue at the time and took Crosby’s injury to come into fruition. Beyond that, the players union does not seem very interested in changing the game to be safer, even as research indicates that a significant number of concussions come from legal hits. Most players would still laugh at the idea of getting rid of open ice hits despite their danger, and there isn’t really a ton of older retired players leading the way on this either (many nfl players were hesitant about concussion protocol changes and changing rules to the game, but nflpa leadership did still overall move to enforce it and normalize it.) beyond implementing rule 48, most changes have been very minimal, though things like hybrid icing rules and not letting players go out there without a helmet are useful, they avoid addressing the biggest issues. I do hope that now that the NHLPA has stronger leadership they can address this more in 2030 now that they got issues like “the guys on the coyotes cannot keep playing out of a college arena for an owner who doesn’t pay hotel bills” has been addressed, but I won’t hold my breath, especially bc I thought they conceded a lot in the last cba

I am not a medical doctor or a lawyer so there’s probably a lot I can’t speak fully to here, and I’m also at work and had to keep stopping as I typed this to do work stuff so sorry if anything here is confusing and for the lack of links and how rambling it is

(I also want to clarify this isn’t a criticism of the post going around that made me think of it, more of a “yes, and,” that post is more about the public and fan perception of which sport is more violent and how that is skewed by racism, which is absolutely true and likely also plays a part in the nhl having an easier time in courts, It just also spawned this thought I’ve had for a while and I didn’t want to distract from that conversation)

[tenderhooked]

I WANT TO WRITE MY STORIES!!!!!!!!!!!! -> continues doing literally Anything Else besides writing

[davidpetey]

😭🤨

[scherzersbaldspot]

[degrommunism]

jacob misiorowski looks like the dog holding a lollipop and wearing a propeller hat

[scherzersbaldspot]

[davidpetey]

😭🤨

[wolf-aid]

This is not about politics. If armed settlers threaten U.S. citizens and soldiers help detain them, wouldn't that merit an investigation?

If we believe that every civilian deserves equal protection under the law, then the same standards must apply everywhere, including in Gaza. Accountability should not be based on nationality, politics, or where victims live.

[wolf-aid]

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[faacethefacts]

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[wolf-aid]

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