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deer-rectory

#my art

Here is where you can find my art! Things I've drawn and experimented with,mostly traditional!

#wips

This is where you can find my wips from during the art process!

#woodturning

Where you can find my pens, and other wood/material turned items

#my sona

Finally, my sona! Where you can find art of my deer and deertaur sona!

First one is by me, the second is by @floofanflur.

#my art #my sona #wips #woodturning

sistertaxon

actual criticisms of academia:

cost of education acting as class barrier

exploitation of graduate workers

colonialist past and present

ties to military industrial complex

danger of power structure entrenching and justifying orthodox views on social issues

criticisms of academia that get made:

those damn ivory tower academics are wasting money learning about things

viralfrog

stopoftouchingmywingsihurt

smallrat36wagon-deactivated2021

LOL whos tye saultry little binch on the bottom lsft????

foxyclock

this post is less than 1% away from being completely incomprehensible

jeniferprince

I've got a crush on you 💘

patreon // buy prints here

bunniope

how it feels

tpwrtrmnky

There's a Standard Trans Debate Argument that goes something like

"It's concerning that there's a skew in the gender ratio of youth transitioners, it means that more young people falsely believe themselves to be trans men!"

"No it doesn't, the trans women catch up later in life so the ratio ends up at 50/50, this is a non-issue"

And while the moral panic around young trans men has always been nonsense I do wish there was more critical engagement with the mass suppression of young trans girls who don't feel safe enough to pursue transition until adulthood issue. Like you almost never hear anyone who's not a trans woman talk about that part of the equation.

c3rvida3

They're selling gay pronouns in the Half Price Books DVD clearance section for pride month. #ally

about-faces

milf--adjacent

Trying to get a job while trans

depsidase

jarl-deathwolf

If anyone would like to read a thorough take down of Sparta as a state not worth emulating, then ive got just the series of articles for you!

heroineimages

Reblogging because pissing on Sparta is one of my hobbies. And yes, totally check out the link above. Brett has a lot of great discussion and scholarship on why Sparta was proto-fascist garbage, and he presents it with both snark and accessibility.

fierceawakening

Holy shit. That’s… that’s worse than I thought it would be. Yikes.

doctorjanedee

Reblogging because more people should read the ACOUP Sparta takedown and fewer people should get their concept of history from fucking 300.

fierceawakening

No one should get their concept of history from 300, and I say that as someone who enjoyed 300. 300 is a comicbookification of a legend, and legends are already exaggerations.

disorganisedautodidact

A Great Divorce has also done an audio version of the ACOUP Spart takedown if audio is easier for you!

nookisms

Person in my gas station talking to someone on the phone: ...We're in Ohio...

Me, knowing we're in Utah: ????

nookisms

paddysnuffles

Thank you for the map for context. It makes this 1,000 times funnier and intriguing.

notaplaceofhonour

sometimes Ohio is a state of mind

confessionsdiaz

*through gritted teeth* the world is GOOD. people are kind. Humans are NOT inherently selfish. you will make it through this year. recovery is possible. people you don't know yet will love you. You are going to do things you can't even imagine right now. You are going to read a rlly good book. You are going to eat some rlly good food. You are going to experience joy again. Things can get better. Situations can change. You can choose to be kinder. The world can change for the better.

fatliberation

im preparing for my yearly cardiologist visit and ive gained weight. im kind of new to this doctor and shes never mentioned weight before but im having new symptoms and im afraid she'll blame my weight. what are some resources i can point her to to prove being fat isnt necessarily unhealthy?

check out the HAES health sheet library, they have printable sheets for how weight stigma impacts diagnoses like heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and more. you can also print out their primer page on why they don't recommend intentional weight loss:

The short answer is that intentional weight loss attempts almost never lead to long-term significant weight loss or improvement in health, and often have negative side effects. Dieting Doesn’t Work We’re defining “dieting” here as any attempt to manipulate body size through food and/or movement – this would include short-term diets, “fad” diets, diets that eliminate foods, and diets that are referred to as “lifestyle changes.” If the goal is to create weight loss through food and/or movement, it counts! While most people are able to lose weight short term, almost everyone gains it back, with up to two-thirds of people gaining back more than they lost. So even if someone believes that becoming thinner would lead to health improvements (and that’s a big “if”) recommending intentional weight loss attempts is the worst possible advice, since it has the opposite of the intended effect the majority of the time. Weight Cycling Can Be Dangerous Repeated dieting typically means repeated cycles of weight loss and regain. This is “weight cycling” (sometimes referred to as “yo-yo dieting”) and it comes with its own negative side effects. In fact, the research shows that it is possible that the association between weight and health risk can be better attributed to weight cycling than body size. Weight cycling is associated with a shorter lifespan, and has been shown to increase the risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease. The Harm of Weight Stigma Internalized negative attitudes about weight, known as weight stigma, is another mediator between body size and health. Studies show that weight stigma increases the risk of high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, high cholesterol, and eating disorders. This means that placing the focus of medical care on weight management is harmful and has the opposite of its intended effect on health. Dieting Leads to Eating Disorders Dieting is one of the most important predictors of development of eating disorders. In fact, prescribing diets often equates to prescribing disordered eating behaviors. Dieting can lead to severe restrictive eating and malnutrition, cycles of starvation and binge eating, as well as other eating disorder behaviors and their medical complications. Weight Loss Pills and Surgeries Carry Risks Weight loss medications may lead to short-term weight loss, but cause weight cycling in the long run, along with other potential side effects. Weight loss surgeries carry a significant risk of many complications, including death. The research shows that there are more effective ways to positively impact health that do not risk lifelong side-effects. Weight-Neutral Health Is a Research-Based Paradigm The evidence that exists around weight and health shows that, understanding that health is not an obligation, barometer of worthiness, or entirely within our control, weight-neutral interventions are health-promoting and carry a much lower chance of negative side effects.

For a thoroughly cited review of the evidence, the Association for Size Diversity and Health recommends reading these two journals:

Current guidelines recommend that "overweight" and "obese" individuals lose weight through engaging in lifestyle modification involving diet

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

and here are some extra resources for how to advocate for yourself at the doctor's office. I realize that I'm probably too late to responding to this ask, so if you already had your appointment, I hope it went well and that this info can be useful for the future!

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