“when i choose to see the good side of things, i'm not being naive. it is strategic and necessary. it's how I've learned to survive through everything”
make sure you choose a password that contains capital letters, numbers, and special symbols so that someday the data broker who purchases your info can go "ooh good password" after your login details are inevitably leaked in a data breach you can do nothing to prevent
women long for kindness, morality, and goodness, and are capable of finding that inside a monster because they understand what it's like to be perceived and valued based only on what you look like
Life is too short: Get the tattoo. Buy books. Get the iced coffee. Eat the pastries. Take the vacation. Learn witchcraft. Cast spells. Curse your enemies bloodline. Summon demons. Make friends with the crows.
fuuuuck i just realized that the future idealized version of myself cant exist without current me being the catalyst for change and doing hard things. has anybody heard about this
“i love you"
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“i would have placed a crown upon your head. i would never have rested until all middle-earth had been brought to its knees to worship the light of its queen.”
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My nursing dissertation was regarding pain relief in IUCD fitting. There's evidence of extensive innervation for the cervix (Giovannetti et al. 2023) so why the fuck we still perform *any* procedure manipulating it without analgesia/sedation is beyond me. Barbaric.
Want to talk about medical misogyny? I was due to have a hysteroscopy (v painful gynae procedure) next week with sedation. I rang with a mundane question and the staff were confused, saying no sedation is booked. After being put through to various people, I finally got an answer:
unpopular opinion but a lot of “mental health issues” disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. peace is expensive and pretending money doesn’t affect mental health is privilege.
I'm heading into my 12th year of working in social services and I cannot overstate how often the answer to our social ills boils down to "just fucking give people the money they need to survive"