yes, female health professionals (like all women) are also capable of perpetuating sexism.
if you are perceived female, requesting that female professionals handle your care is a useful wayto lower the odds that medical gender bias will get in the way of your treatment.
when i can, i choose providers based on recommendations. in the past i’ve chosen male and female practitioners based on research. but when information isn’t available, i play it safe and request to be seen by a woman.
one reason for this: female practitioners tend to spend more time listening to their patients, and are less likely to dismiss patient concerns. the final takeaway here: find a doctor who listens.
Me: this is a genuinely good post. Helpful info.
My brain: 😏😏😏
Me: b don’t do it
My idiot brain:
Why would not follow the theme of the original post?
so for some ungodly reason tumblr staff decided it’d be a good idea to allow flashy gifs or incredibly bright images to be a background for the login screen. a lot of people i know are photosensitive and prone to headaches or other, worse things that can be caused by this. so naturally i wrote a small script to disable those completely. hopefully permanently.
you can find it here. you’ll need the browser extension/addon stylish for it to work, which you should be able to get from the website itself if i remember correctly. hope it helps someone o7
This is seriously so important. I suffer epilepsy and am extremly photosensitive, as I am sure a lot of other epileptics are. Please, spread this around, you could seriously save someone.
For our epileptic followers
Hi everyone! I know this isn’t a funny gif post, but I’m extremely photosensitive and know that many others with fibro are as well.
‘hanging out’ means not talking to each other in the same room
This is part of why people want the autistic symbol to be cats instead of the puzzle piece, if you didn’t know already @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses, because that’s a mood for most of us lol. Like, so many parallels.
i did NOT know, tell me more
Okay, so here’s the gist of it from what I can remember off the top of my head, and other folks feel free to contribute!
Cats are like us because they:
Experience sensory overload (not sure about underload)
Communicate in ways that folks (who only know about dogs usually) don’t understand and think is them being assholes
Have really subtle body language
Really do think existing in the same room with you both doing your own thing is hanging out
Get misunderstood and have a bad rap, even though they’re just trying to exist
Probably a hell of a lot more, but it’s almost 1 am and I need sleep
People! Add more shit! Make a list!
Underload = when they go sprint around the house and claw things bc There’s Not Enough To do
? maybe ?
-sometimes disliking eye contact, but also sometimes looking upon you fondly with a calm/slow blink
-sometimes making happy sounds, just because… happy
– cats tend to have favorite activities and toys (scratching posts, a little jingle ball, feather stick) similar to us having stim toys and special interests
– cats like having a schedule/routine, we tend to thrive when we have a shedule/routine
– maybe mirroring? the reason cats sit on your laptop or book is because they want to do what you’re doing. sometimes I like to do the same stuff as people I care for to socialize because it helps me know them and their interests better
– cats bring you stuff sometimes (flowers, socks, dead animals). sometimes I bring stuff to my loved ones because I think they’d like it (cool rocks, feathers, links to stuff online)
– affectionate head butting? (idk about other autistic people but my bf and I like to rub our heads against each other)
I second the head-butting thing. That’s literally how I hug people I trust. My arms do nothing, I just stick my head by theirs and press against them, like the human version of a horse hug.
A Glasgow nightclub has installed a two-way mirror which allows male revellers in private booths to spy on unsuspecting women as they visit the toilet! With no notification or signage anywhere in the venue many female club goers have been left feeling embarrassed and used. Although they do briefly show the mirrors in a promo video, the club has been quickly deleting comments and posts on their social media from club goers trying to alert others to the situation. This is pretty much illegal and hugley violates privacy. Thank you The Shimmy Club for giving us a shiny, new, creative and cool take on objectification. article here
i’m never leaving my house again, this world is just too fucked up.
WHAT!?
gross gross gross gross gross
Good morning disgusting.
Remember ladies:
“No space, leave the place” (fingernail test)
A two way mirror must be set INTO the wall, not placed on top of it.
If you rap/knock against the mirror, one installed onto a wall (a normal mirror) will make a dull sound, because there’s something behind it. A two-way will have more reverberation.
Use the flashlight on your phone to shine on the mirror, if it’s a two-way, you’ll be able to see into the other room.
You can also shield your eyes and see in if you lean up against the glass.
The room being viewed will have to be brightly lit (10x brighter than the room looking in), so if you’re in a typical dimly lit club bathroom, you’re ok.
boosting the fuck out of this
They have this in Continental Midtown in Philly, it’s fucking creepy and not cool at all
the most obvious solution i can think of is to break that motherfucker. what are they going to do? sue you for breaking something they shouldnt have had?
That’s fucking disgusting.
Hey, fellas. You ever feel like you have to check if you’re standing in front of a two-way mirror? Women do.
This needs to be known
Smash that fucking thing and expose the dirty bastards.
Imma bring a brick in and smash the fucking thing.
I was in line at Aldi and this girl with two toddlers in front of me had her card declined and she looked so fucking sad and said “let me call my husband real quick” and it was only 18 dollars, so I just paid for it, and she was very sweet and then as she walked off, the lady behind me said `”You know that was probably a scam, right?” and like, even if it was, like what a sad fucking scam, right? 18 dollars at the Aldi. If you’re “scamming” me for some Tyson chicken and apple juice and cauliflower, then just take my fucking money.
“A scam” people are fucking wild.
This happened to me, too. A woman had used WIC for the majority of her stuff (which I say from personal experience is such a long and embarrassing process) and to buy the remainder of her groceries, which included diapers and wipes, she used a card, and it got declined. I bought the other $30 of her groceries because hey, I’ve been there, and now I’m not. She was extremely emotional and began to cry and even hugged me. My mom called me on the drive home and could tell I had been crying myself, asked what was wrong, and when I told her what happened, she berated me for being “duped.” I couldn’t believe she could be so disappointed in one of her children for doing something- nice? Is that the hill you want to die on? Getting mad about people needing groceries?
I once paid for a woman’s bill at the vet…it wasn’t a big one, but she was trying to pay for some medication for her dog, and her card was declined. And her lip started trembling, and she says “I don’t get paid until Tuesday, would he be ok until then?”
So I just told them to add the $20 something onto my bill, and I thought she was going to break down crying right there.
And I don’t care if it was a scam or not. Just do nice things for people sometimes.
I haven’t seen this post in a min but precisely when I have a headache RN it comes up in my feed
Two quick additions, as someone who suffered from chronic migraines
1. Behind the eyes: eye strain or just long stress. More sleep will definitely make this feel better. 2. Temples: unclench your jaw, as that bone is putting too much pressure on your temples.
This is a fucking life saviour with the amount of headaches I have
you deserve a safe space & it is totally good to unfollow me if that’s not your thing.
stuff you don’t have to worry about on my blog: homophobia, trans or ace exclusion, sexism, racism, ableism, ageism, bullying, classism, sexualizing underage people (including fictional characters), anything that disrespects anyone’s right to exist.
mostly you will find dumb humor shitposts some of which are decent
i‘ve met kickass mutuals on this site, including some spectacular younger people. i don’t want to have a negative influence on anyone by not being upfront about my age. stay safe, and may good things come your way!
there are starkist tuna fetishists on this site and you people just let it happen
Is-this-red-wine-or-blood-in-my-glass-whatever-it-is-I’m-not-telling-you, classy as fuck, “oh this? ya it’s my mansion, i had all the flying buttresses built by hand,” flowing hair and all that shit, won’t fucking put on sunscreen because the ~aesthetic~ so parasols and staying indoors are their best friends.
“holy fuck i love your sunglasses,” blood in a capri-sun packet, “bitch pass me the sunscreen i’m goin to the beach,” neon, fuck goth i’m a surfer vamp, “fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckin it up bitches slurp slurp,” “i missed all the cool stuff SHIT,” fuck being classy i came out here to have a goddamn good time.
the second type but does it all wearing a cape and cravat
Anxiety-prone-human 