six by nico is currently launching a childhood favourites menu which is essentially elevated school dinners, incl bangers and mash and jam roll poly. it’s too LATE
@thestorytoofar@squinkus i’m not invaliding! i literally hate it it causes me gnarly pain for a good few days after and it sucks! but i can promise you the treatment for cervical cancer is much worse and much more invasive. speak to a doctor about your concerns there is measures that can make it easier
i have 100 uterus issues plus sexual trauma and YES it DOES HURT and YES IT IS TRIGGERING but do you know what hurt MORE? LOSING MY COUSIN TO CERVICAL CANCER. take 2 ibuprofen, put on ur big girl pants, and get your fucking smear test dear god some things are just necessary pain
@squinkus depends on where you live - i have had plenty of friends have light sedation for it on the nhs. pain isn’t the norm if you don’t have any pre existing problems like i do, for the majority its an uncomfortable 10 minutes followed by light cramping. Fear mongering will cost lives
it's not fear mongering to say that the pap smear can be triggering to ppl with trauma or painful for some ppl with medical conditions. it IS fear mongering (and misinformation) to claim that the pap is inherently excruciating/torturous or involves opening/cutting the cervix.
@squinkus take valium. take naproxen. request light sedation if you really can’t do it. all of the options are better than dying at 25 of cervical cancer. and if you really won’t do it - shut up about that. don’t scare other people with cervixes out of getting it done it’s irresponsible
Just a gentle reminder that when Poland’s Joanna Jóźwik crossed the finish line in 5th place, she declared herself the Silver medalist & said she was proud to be the second white athlete to cross the line……
Tonight, Question Time is in Clacton-on-Sea
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NEW: LGBTQ+ publisher PinkNews is making its remaining reporters redundant, saying it wants to “move away from having a reporter-led newsroom” to a model where there “isn’t a need for the reporter role”
Completely wrong.
1) - Abortion remains illegal after 24 weeks except in certain rare and exceptional circumstances.
- Supplying pills to terminate a pregnancy remains illegal after 10 weeks.
- Abortion still requires 2 doctors' signatures to be performed legally
- Women seeking terminations must still meet one of the criteria set out in the 1967 Abortion Act
2) It was a free vote & not whipped, voted on cross party basis.
3) It decriminalises women.
people who don't understand intersectionality at this point truly irritate me. yes there is privilege in being a man even if you're black. yes there is privilege in being white even if you're queer. literally basics man
James Van Der Beek is obviously best known for Dawson's Creek, but he was so good on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 where he played a fictionalized version of himself as a complete dirtbag.
He wasn't at all afraid to make fun of himself and his career.
Rest in peace.