A pharmaceutical company had a new drug - a sedative for pregnant women. Already prescribed across Europe.
Already making millions. They needed one FDA reviewer to sign off on it. They got her.
She was one month into the job. She read the application. The safety data wasn't there. She asked for more. They called her office 50 times. Crowded her office. Called her names she said you wouldn't print. She kept saying no.
Then the reports started coming from Europe. Babies born without arms. Without legs. The one thing connecting their mothers - the drug sitting on her desk waiting for her signature. In America - 17 babies were affected. In Europe -10,000.
Congress passed the Kefauver-Harris Amendment that same year. Every drug in America had to prove it was safe before reaching a single patient. Because of her. Her name was Frances Oldham Kelsey. Her acceptance letter had said Dear Mr. Oldham. They hought she was a man.
If you talk to any old priest who's actually been in the game forty years they're like yes the devil is real and he prefers intelligent people, don't pray when you're angry it opens the wrong door, some saints were terrifying in person and not in a good way, certain prayers work at certain times of night and we don't know why, and never let a possessed person know you're afraid
Uber needs a "how did it smell?" option because this is getting ridiculous. No way should you be chaffeuring people around with a car smelling like butt, BO, weed, bad breath, heavy perfume, etc. Enough is enough. 🤢
Amazon/ebay etc should have to tell you before you purchase an item if they are going to use Evri, you know, just in case you actually want to get your order
Hot take: Constantly making a neurodivergent woman question her reality, intentions, or worth because her brain works differently is abuse not conflict.
One of the greatest scams ever pulled was convincing exhausted women they’re bad at self-care instead of admitting they’re carrying the workload of three people.Overworked not failing.
The autistic experience of knowing people are lying and disrespecting you but having to calculate how much of it you should tolerate and play dumb about so you can look “reasonable” and fit into a society built on the absurd premise that dishonesty is a human right.
@hell_line0 The most dangerous manipulation is making you question your own reality so often that you start apologizing for things you never did and doubting instincts that were right all along
Why is it that as a girl at a certain age I’m supposed to quit playing with dolls yet the boys can play video games from birth til death do them part 😮💨
I’m getting me a Barbie dream house with my adult money