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[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

Reminder that "transwoman" without the space is a transmisogynistic dogwhistle as it's used almost exclusively by hate groups like the "gender critical" movement.

The implication of removing the space is that being trans isn't just one way a woman can be, like being tall or being brunette, but that women who are trans require a whole other noun.

Trans women, tall women, brunette women. Leave the space in; trans is an adjective and trans women are women.

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[liberalsarecool]

You can't expect people who benefit from whiteness and institutional racism to know the difference between racist and racism when they believe they have no white privilege. All they know is, when it comes to race in America, they are the victim. It's the performance of fraud.

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

If you're comfortable accusing anyone of faking disability, you're not a real ally to disabled people

[just-a-queer-person]

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Source

[asexual-amanita]

I feel like we’re not on the same page about wheelchair users, so let’s go over some basic facts:

- some wheelchair users can walk and/or stand, these people are called ambulatory wheelchair users

- some wheelchair users cannot walk or stand, these people are called non ambulatory wheelchair users

- some wheelchair users use their chair full time

- some wheelchair users use their chair part time

- some full time wheelchair users are ambulatory

- not all wheelchair users are paralyzed

- not all paralyzed people are wheelchair users, paralysis is a spectrum

- paralysis isn’t the only reason to be non ambulatory

- not all wheelchair users have problems with their legs

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

[disabled-dippy]

My Disability Studies professor said something that I think was very good and explains a lot about professional attitudes toward people with disabilities. This is what she said:

“We [people with disabilities] are the last thing on the HR discrimination list. Companies always list things like, ‘we eliminate discrimination on the basis of gender, race, religion, nationality, identity… oh, and disability.’ It’s just tacked on at the end. The others are mostly about being nice, respectful, and treating people equally. Not discriminating against people with disabilities is more complicated. You need to change your environment, code, the way you design things. You actually need to make changes, and most companies do not want to do that.”

I thought this was a really good insight. We’re often thought about last, if we’re thought about at all. Accommodating us takes effort and a lot of people just don’t want to make the effort.

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A clinical trial of repurposed HIV antivirals in LongCOVID - PolyBio Research Foundation

Project Summary:  A clinical trial to test if two repurposed HIV antivirals (Truvada and Maraviroc) can reduce symptom burden in patients wi

[byjove]

I’m pro third trimester abortion. They never ever happen for shits and giggles but pro-life weirdos are always like “When does a baby become a person to you? What if a pregnant woman decides she doesn’t want to have the baby at 32 weeks?” idgaf. In this hypothetical, she should be allowed to waddle her pregnant self in for a termination if she wants to. Cryptic pregnancies when you only find out you’re pregnant 6+ months in are the scariest fucking thing I can imagine, the only other alternate to abortion in that situation for me would be suicide. Late term abortions are almost always because the pregnant party is dying or the fetus is incompatible with life but if there is anyone out there who does make it 7 months and goes “Nah, not feeling it.” I think they should be allowed an abortion. No doctor is going to do that so it’s a non-issue but as a hypothetical, I support it. My controversial hot take but I am not playing games with these people anymore.

[byjove]

The vast, vast majority of abortions are first trimester so pro-lifers know what they’re doing trying to demonize abortion based on the small minority of abortions that are performed after the second trimester despite the fact they’re done for medical reasons. Do not let them make you concede to their point that abortion is yucky and gross because the idea of a late term abortion personally horrifies you. It horrifies the people who require it but they should have access, always. They want you to be morally outraged about something neither of you fully understand in that moment.

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SARS-CoV-2 damages cardiomyocyte mitochondria and implicates long COVID-associated cardiovascular manifestations

With the COVID-19 pandemic becoming endemic, vigilance for Long COVID-related cardiovascular issues remains essential, though their specific

"Just a cold" that puts holes in your mitochondria doctor's can't see.

[faequeentati]

everyone needs to get serious about covid again