February 2012
37 posts
Welp, seems like it may finally be happening. My knee just might be falling apart. Or you know, parts are moving when I bend it that shouldn’t be. It’s not painful, just kinda weird, and pretty damn not right.
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The Media Sucks at Science
So, one of the latest stories going around is this “The Rich are Assholes” study. This is a study just made to fit into the current way people are talking today. With the current discussion on income inequality, a story on how science says the rich suck is super relevant, right?
Except for the part where the actual studies have some very real problems with how they’re being...
Leytacle's Blog: Privilege and Oppression →
leytacle:
Privilege and Oppression have to be the two most common words that I see on tumblr. They’re not really things I’ve ever encountered before and I really don’t understand them.
Tumblr seems to be telling me that anyone who is non-white, female and disabled (there’s probably lots more categories) is…
This is absolutely brilliant. It’s an excellent critique of the limits of...
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All Dead Mormons Are Now Gay →
So, in response to Mormon posthumous baptisms, a gay redditor made the above link.
My initial reaction is that this is hilarious, it’s basically satire, and to people you believed it was okay to baptize people after they died, regardless of what they believed in life. My second reaction is that it’s kinda disrespectful in the same way.
What do you think, tumblr? Inappropriate and...
Science-Based Medicine →
This is one of the better blogs on the internet. It’s scary how far snake oil salesmen have pushed into modern medicine. Seriously.
(Also it occurs to me as odd how nobody seems to be talking about the fact that most of the woo also involves some fairly strong cultural appropriation, and nobody talks about this. Seriously, there’s a shit ton of “this is ancient Indian...
I hate when I navigate to a page on blackboard, think I’m on this semester’s stats course, and think I’ve missed the deadline for a prelim, and then it turns out I’m really looking at last semester’s exams folder. I really, really need to reorganize the list of classes.
UPDATE: And…the exam’s a .docx. .docx makes libreoffice sad. And when libreoffice...
I am. I am. I am.: scarbunkle: About that DSM 5... →
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goldenheartedrose:
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About that DSM 5 story
Y’know, it’s not just school nurses overstepping who misdiagnose ASD. I was diagnosed after a real evaluation, and by actual psych professionals. First Asperger Syndrome, then later switched to PDD-NOS, because I didn’t really have Asperger’s, since I…
Nope, I don’t think autism is gets diagnosed...
I am. I am. I am.: scarbunkle: I am. I am. I am.:... →
scarbunkle:
I am. I am. I am.: scarbunkle: About that DSM 5 storyY’know, it’s not just school nurses…
goldenheartedrose:
scarbunkle:
scarbunkle:
About that DSM 5 story
Y’know, it’s not just school nurses overstepping who misdiagnose ASD. I was diagnosed after a…
You don’t actually have any idea of my exact experiences, so I kindly suggest you not assume I don’t...
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“I’ve certainly noticed attempts by many to try Dotcom based on his outward...”
– Eh. If I were loaded like Kim Dotcom, you can bet I’d throw the money around. Sure, I’d give to charity, but I’d also buy some ridiculous shit. You probably would, too. I mean, what’s the point of being filthy rich if you can’t be over the top?
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Rand Paul Blocks Synthetic Drug Ban →
Do you know what some people don’t seem to realize is also a side effect of the war on drugs? Synthetic drugs. People are going to find ways to get high. It’s what we do. Heck, there are even other animals, like jaguars and reindeer, that consume drugs, too! It’s one of those weird things critters do. And when you take away safer things, they start making different,...
I am. I am. I am.: scarbunkle: About that DSM 5... →
goldenheartedrose:
scarbunkle:
scarbunkle:
About that DSM 5 story
Y’know, it’s not just school nurses overstepping who misdiagnose ASD. I was diagnosed after a real evaluation, and by actual psych professionals. First Asperger Syndrome, then later switched to PDD-NOS, because I didn’t really have Asperger’s, since I…
Nope, I don’t think autism is gets diagnosed by school nurses. I’ve...
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VT Hearing on licensing naturopaths to prescribe...
Rosemary Jacobs is at 54:58. Everyone needs to watch her. She is amazing.
H524 Hearing on Naturopathic Prescription License from Vermont Medicine Show on Vimeo.
EDIT: Here is Rosemary’s website. One of the few things I quite dislike about Vermont is its tolerance of altmed, and particularly the way it accepts it as legitimate medical practice.
I am. I am. I am.: scarbunkle: About that DSM 5... →
scarbunkle:
About that DSM 5 story
Y’know, it’s not just school nurses overstepping who misdiagnose ASD. I was diagnosed after a real evaluation, and by actual psych professionals. First Asperger Syndrome, then later switched to PDD-NOS, because I didn’t really have Asperger’s, since I…
Nope, I don’t think autism is gets diagnosed by school nurses. I’ve been through the...
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About that DSM 5 story →
Y’know, it’s not just school nurses overstepping who misdiagnose ASD. I was diagnosed after a real evaluation, and by actual psych professionals. First Asperger Syndrome, then later switched to PDD-NOS, because I didn’t really have Asperger’s, since I no longer fit the definition, by any means, but I think nobody wanted to upset us or cut out my 504 because somebody got...
“When I was in seventh grade, I read a post-apocalyptic novel by Walter Tevis...”
– Interestingly, this is far from the main point Tevis uses to explain how this is a dystopia. I’ve read that book so many times, and totally missed that. He mostly uses the ready availability and overuse of drugs, and the frequency of self-immolation to talk about how it sucks. ...
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“On the one hand, the rhetoric of luck acknowledges our relationships to other...”
– People’s success and failure isn’t a matter of luck. It’s a combination of luck and conscious choices.
Things you can’t control count as luck. I’m lucky because I have parents who have been and continue to be able to provide me with the money I need to go to...
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I’ve been thinking about privilege quite a bit these days, primarily in questioning its value. It seems like these days, much of what gets talked about is privilege, not the lack of privilege. Talking about privilege has benefits by pointing out things people may take for granted, but the fact that it’s become the exclusive discourse we use has some flaws.
The main flaw is that...
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I think I’m going to post another one about things that made me libertarian. The Sword of Truth series. It’s a fantasy series, with a lot of libertarian themes. It’s also damn good high fantasy. But it makes you think about things, too.
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On how I became a libertarian
I used to be a liberal. I didn’t know much about economic stuff, so I didn’t think about it. But I liked gay marriage, so that was that.
Then, I thought about property rights. No, really. It’s not catchy or flashy, but it’s pretty fundamental. Your stuff is your stuff. Other people don’t get to decide what happens to your stuff. If you decide the most joy you...
“I would rather work with horses like him than fancy, schooled show horses.”
– This is the kind of thing I see on the internet that annoys the shit out of me. I don’t get show-horse hate. Like, I can only assume it comes from jealousy that other people have prettier, better-trained horses.
Because believe it or not, show horses don’t pop into the world...
“Sex-negative messages don’t keep people from having sex. They keep people from...”
– Sex-Negative Education and the Spectre of Rape « Sex Positive Activism (via anorable)
So much.
Problems with the 99% →
Let’s be clear here, there are some very real problems with 99%/1% discourse. Here’s one: More than just the top 1% of earners in the country can afford to pay their bills, buy things they like, and save for retirement. No, seriously. The one percent are people who are (individually, not including their spouse, pulling in at least multiple hundreds of thousands a year. Seriously. ...
http://littlemissmutant.tumblr.com/post/17391159356... →
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microaggressions:
I’m participating in a self-defense class this semester. The day before class started, the instructor sends out an email with information on the class. A paragraph explained that the class was not a martial arts class, so…
Seriously? Sexism isn’t some kind of magical one way street where men can’t be oppressed...
Buzz Repost: Fairytales of a Childhood That Never...
You may have noted in my last post that I referred to my time going on antidepressants as “elementary school.” I’m not being coy when I say this, I simply don’t want to lie. The best way to explain this is to copy-paste in a post from Buzz about a year ago, not only because it explains this, but because it’s also been described as “You should write horror...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/906599... →
I have some thoughts on this. First off, I’m pretty lucky. While my mother doesn’t know a lot about women’s health, she actively encouraged me to get on birth control, and I can talk to her about it.
But, you know, I was put on prescription medication when I was a kid. Antidepressants. And while I don’t regret it, I’m honestly pissed the prescribing psychiatrist...
your friendly neighborhood feminist: This is the... →
feminist77:
If you have it, you can only understand those who don’t have it up to a point. People have a really hard time accepting that.
For example, I am white. Therefore, I can never fully understand what it means to be oppressed as a black person. My boyfriend is well, a boy. Therefore, he can never fully understand what it means to be oppressed as a woman. Does that mean we give up trying...
