Just wrote an angry little note to the Smithsonian magazine, copying it here for my own records.
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Bonheur was a French painter of animals and nature scenes.
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Bonheur was a French painter of animals and nature scenes.
Fuck Capitalism
Feb. 10th, 2021 11:48 pmTrying to get my Enbrel, a saga
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Playing a lot of Stardew Valley lately and listening to either music or podfic. I tried an audio book but could not concentrate on it at present.
Today was exhausting and I barely did anything, but that's asthma for you.
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Playing a lot of Stardew Valley lately and listening to either music or podfic. I tried an audio book but could not concentrate on it at present.
Today was exhausting and I barely did anything, but that's asthma for you.
"Our love is better than your love"
Jul. 1st, 2018 12:54 pmTranscribing a brief portion of this podcast (https://www.megaphonic.fm/mixtape/15). The context is, they are talking about Magneto and his politics and portrayal in the X-Men comics and movies. When someone comes out, Oliveira likes to tell them this Magneto quote: "You are a god among insects. Never let anyone tell you different."
Anthony Oliveira: The scripts will always betray him. They'll always make him look like a bad guy. But you know what? He makes some good points! And that's one of them. Which is that I am sick of narratives-- I'm sick of walking, even today, down Church Street and seeing "love is love", because Fuck You, my love is better than your love. You know WHY? My love Cost More. My love almost burned my life to the ground. What did your love ever Cost you? That makes me upset. And That to me is important, that when a queer kid comes out, they should know that they did something most people don't, and a lot of people don't survive. And that matters to me, like that Magneto quote is the flip side. I talk a lot about us being pissed off cockroach mother fuckers (https://twitter.com/meakoopa/status/742238554093281280) and it's true, like, the world has been set against queer people our whole lives, and some of them didn't make it. And the ones who made it are the Tough Ones, and you're gonna have to deal with that."
Anthony Oliveira: The scripts will always betray him. They'll always make him look like a bad guy. But you know what? He makes some good points! And that's one of them. Which is that I am sick of narratives-- I'm sick of walking, even today, down Church Street and seeing "love is love", because Fuck You, my love is better than your love. You know WHY? My love Cost More. My love almost burned my life to the ground. What did your love ever Cost you? That makes me upset. And That to me is important, that when a queer kid comes out, they should know that they did something most people don't, and a lot of people don't survive. And that matters to me, like that Magneto quote is the flip side. I talk a lot about us being pissed off cockroach mother fuckers (https://twitter.com/meakoopa/status/742238554093281280) and it's true, like, the world has been set against queer people our whole lives, and some of them didn't make it. And the ones who made it are the Tough Ones, and you're gonna have to deal with that."
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thefridayfive
Sep. 23rd, 2017 11:04 pm1. What's the happiest thing to ever happen to you?
Getting a horse for Christmas when I was 11. Penny and I were soul-friends and I had so many good times with her. Here is a photo of us the next summer: https://flic.kr/p/63nL6f
2. What's the saddest thing to ever happen to you?
Maybe when my 2 best friends broke up with me when we were 11-ish (6th grade). In therapy, I determined this to be a watershed event for learning to shut down my emotions; and also the ringleader probably sensed something gay about me, and that is why she decided to stop talking to me. Also, the way they did it! They just stopped talking to me one day. I was bewildered more than anything.
3. What's the thing that got you the most angry in your life?
Probably at a therapist. I was about a day or two into a hypo-manic episode (?) after coming out and I thought she could help me. She didn't. I did write about it at the time http://sasha-feather.dreamwidth.org/375687.html (post was filtered but it's so long ago I will unfilter it, temporarily. Many of my older posts are locked down to private).
I got so angry about the Vivid Con ableism stuff in 2010 that I made myself ill. But, that anger has faded. I don't really feel it anymore.
I didn't get angry a lot before I came out; and then I was angry *all the time*; it seems better now a few years on.
4. What's the most frightening thing to ever happen to you?
Scary situations don't really "happen to me" so much as arise from my anxiety. I have gotten super anxious in totally mundane situations. It seemed like the only way out of the problem was to speak, and I was so anxious I could not speak, so I was stuck and frozen. Also, I didn't know why this was happening. Everyone else seemed to have no problem in these ordinary situations, like speaking to a teacher or knocking on a door. Then having random panic attacks sent me to therapy.
In a more traditional sense of frightening-- there was some scary-to-outsiders stuff with the horses, like getting bucked off. But it never seemed scary to me. Animals are easier than people, and that basic fear is easier to deal with than anxiety.
5. What's the most unbelievable thing to happen to you in your life?
a. Getting scholarships that paid for my college education
b. Getting a horse for Christmas!!!11!1!!!
c. Not realizing I was queer until age mumblety
d. getting facial pain that has no real diagnosis
e. Being on the State Champion poutlry quiz bowl team!
Getting a horse for Christmas when I was 11. Penny and I were soul-friends and I had so many good times with her. Here is a photo of us the next summer: https://flic.kr/p/63nL6f
2. What's the saddest thing to ever happen to you?
Maybe when my 2 best friends broke up with me when we were 11-ish (6th grade). In therapy, I determined this to be a watershed event for learning to shut down my emotions; and also the ringleader probably sensed something gay about me, and that is why she decided to stop talking to me. Also, the way they did it! They just stopped talking to me one day. I was bewildered more than anything.
3. What's the thing that got you the most angry in your life?
Probably at a therapist. I was about a day or two into a hypo-manic episode (?) after coming out and I thought she could help me. She didn't. I did write about it at the time http://sasha-feather.dreamwidth.org/375687.html (post was filtered but it's so long ago I will unfilter it, temporarily. Many of my older posts are locked down to private).
I got so angry about the Vivid Con ableism stuff in 2010 that I made myself ill. But, that anger has faded. I don't really feel it anymore.
I didn't get angry a lot before I came out; and then I was angry *all the time*; it seems better now a few years on.
4. What's the most frightening thing to ever happen to you?
Scary situations don't really "happen to me" so much as arise from my anxiety. I have gotten super anxious in totally mundane situations. It seemed like the only way out of the problem was to speak, and I was so anxious I could not speak, so I was stuck and frozen. Also, I didn't know why this was happening. Everyone else seemed to have no problem in these ordinary situations, like speaking to a teacher or knocking on a door. Then having random panic attacks sent me to therapy.
In a more traditional sense of frightening-- there was some scary-to-outsiders stuff with the horses, like getting bucked off. But it never seemed scary to me. Animals are easier than people, and that basic fear is easier to deal with than anxiety.
5. What's the most unbelievable thing to happen to you in your life?
a. Getting scholarships that paid for my college education
b. Getting a horse for Christmas!!!11!1!!!
c. Not realizing I was queer until age mumblety
d. getting facial pain that has no real diagnosis
e. Being on the State Champion poutlry quiz bowl team!
After my 2nd session of PT, I am still aggravated and thinking of quitting.
While she seemed a bit taken aback that I didn't like the reading, she did manage to roll with it. I said that it was too basic for me and that I have read better books about pain. I said that I did like the part about the body map.
She recommended I try an app in which the user practices Left/Right sorting of body parts; there is some evidence this supports correct functioning of the body map. I explained that I only have a PC, not a smart phone nor tablet. She didn't think this would be a problem.
So I look at the website for the app (which costs about 7 bucks for each body part featured)
http://www.noigroup.com/en/product/btrapp
And it says it's only available for Android and ioS. (Am I wrong about this? plz correct me if so!)
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fuck PT.
While she seemed a bit taken aback that I didn't like the reading, she did manage to roll with it. I said that it was too basic for me and that I have read better books about pain. I said that I did like the part about the body map.
She recommended I try an app in which the user practices Left/Right sorting of body parts; there is some evidence this supports correct functioning of the body map. I explained that I only have a PC, not a smart phone nor tablet. She didn't think this would be a problem.
So I look at the website for the app (which costs about 7 bucks for each body part featured)
http://www.noigroup.com/en/product/btrapp
And it says it's only available for Android and ioS. (Am I wrong about this? plz correct me if so!)
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fuck PT.
Feel free to add more in comments
--It's based on a true story
--It's more believable / realistic / serious / true to the narrative
--It has more artistic merit if it's tragic
--The actor was leaving the show
--It's a French story
"It's dangerous to tell the showrunner how to tell a story." --http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bury-your-gays-trope-stumps-891596
--"Anyone can die in this show"
--"we didn't anticipate this sort of level of pain over this fictional death," --Jason Rothberg, the 100
--""It’s a really important thing to note that it wasn’t in any way an attempt to aggravate a social situation," Alycia Debnam-Carey, the 100
--"This was the ultimate compliment for her character to have a higher purpose. " --random commenter on Root (Person of Interest)
ETA July 2017:
--It's the noir genre
--It's based on a true story
--It's more believable / realistic / serious / true to the narrative
--It has more artistic merit if it's tragic
--The actor was leaving the show
--It's a French story
"It's dangerous to tell the showrunner how to tell a story." --http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bury-your-gays-trope-stumps-891596
--"Anyone can die in this show"
--"we didn't anticipate this sort of level of pain over this fictional death," --Jason Rothberg, the 100
--""It’s a really important thing to note that it wasn’t in any way an attempt to aggravate a social situation," Alycia Debnam-Carey, the 100
--"This was the ultimate compliment for her character to have a higher purpose. " --random commenter on Root (Person of Interest)
ETA July 2017:
--It's the noir genre
I'm angry about episode 4.3. I wish this show would stick to its strong suit, and write about women, children, and childbirth, and stay away from "Very Special Episodes". This episode gave me a real life stomachache.
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The Normal Heart
Jun. 1st, 2014 11:06 amI watched "The Normal Heart" last night. I loved it. I related a lot to Ned Weeks and his political anger.
Some of the content is disturbing as it's about the AIDS crisis of the early 1980s; the worst scenes for me involved a story of an airplane trip and subsequent terrible treatment at a Texas hospital. Other content notes: homophobia (structural and individual), some physical fighting, discussion of bad therapy, many depictions of death, dying, illness.
Stars Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons, Julia Roberts, BD Wong, Alfred Molina, others.
Some of the content is disturbing as it's about the AIDS crisis of the early 1980s; the worst scenes for me involved a story of an airplane trip and subsequent terrible treatment at a Texas hospital. Other content notes: homophobia (structural and individual), some physical fighting, discussion of bad therapy, many depictions of death, dying, illness.
Stars Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons, Julia Roberts, BD Wong, Alfred Molina, others.
rage, women in public, etc
May. 7th, 2014 02:38 pmI am angry lately! Anger can be good, but also exhausting. I got into a tiff with Saeed Jones on Twitter earlier this week, and I am still upset about that. He is a popular Twitter personality, and LGBT editor for Buzzfeed. He was mocking women at the Met Gala on the red carpet. I criticized him for it; he said "The exit is this way." (I also made a storify.)
I guess I have high expectations for public LBGT figures. He's anti-racist, so I expect him to be feminist. I expect feminists to be anti-racist. I expect intersectionality from people. It doesn't happen.
I admit I might be wrong about the particular issue: criticizing famous women/the way they dress on the red carpet. But I don't think so.
I can see where people might think it's "punching up" type of comedy or making fun to snark at these women and their dresses, because they are actresses, musicians, etc, and they have a relative amount of money and power compared to the rest of us.
But women don't have power in the entertainment industry compared to men. Men hold the power there and as a feminist I want to support women who are trying to make it in Hollywood.
I also love women, so you know, it's fun to just like looking at women in pretty dresses, you know? I don't enjoy cutting them down.
Sigh.
I guess I have high expectations for public LBGT figures. He's anti-racist, so I expect him to be feminist. I expect feminists to be anti-racist. I expect intersectionality from people. It doesn't happen.
I admit I might be wrong about the particular issue: criticizing famous women/the way they dress on the red carpet. But I don't think so.
I can see where people might think it's "punching up" type of comedy or making fun to snark at these women and their dresses, because they are actresses, musicians, etc, and they have a relative amount of money and power compared to the rest of us.
But women don't have power in the entertainment industry compared to men. Men hold the power there and as a feminist I want to support women who are trying to make it in Hollywood.
I also love women, so you know, it's fun to just like looking at women in pretty dresses, you know? I don't enjoy cutting them down.
Sigh.
A couple of activist links
Apr. 17th, 2010 03:05 pmTJ Maxx (a store I like) is taking money for Autism Speaks! At least in my town they are! Please don't give money to Austism Speaks.
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haddayr: AUTISM SPEAKS DOES NOT SPEAK FOR ME
Aspitude: Austism Speaks does not speak for me
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Also recommended: Hulu is running scare tactic ads for the HPV vaccine. As you may know I fully support the vaccine, but the ads are horrible.
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cabell: Are you fucking kidding me, pharmaceutical companies?
mirrored at LJ: Are you fucking kidding me, pharmaceutical companies?
haddayr: AUTISM SPEAKS DOES NOT SPEAK FOR MEAspitude: Austism Speaks does not speak for me
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Also recommended: Hulu is running scare tactic ads for the HPV vaccine. As you may know I fully support the vaccine, but the ads are horrible.
cabell: Are you fucking kidding me, pharmaceutical companies?mirrored at LJ: Are you fucking kidding me, pharmaceutical companies?
[unlocked at DW, locked at LJ]
Bionics by Josh Fishman
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But another bionic device has shown that the marriage of mind and machine can be both powerful and enduring, having been implanted in nearly 200,000 people around the world during the past 30 years. That device is the cochlear implant, and Aiden Kenny is among the latest recipients. Tammy Kenny, his mother, remembers when, a year ago, she learned that her baby was beyond the help of hearing aids.
"I would just hold him in my arms and cry," she says, "knowing he couldn't hear me. How would he ever get to know me? One time, my husband banged pots together, hoping for a response." Aiden never heard the noise.
He hears banging pots now. In February 2009 surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital snaked thin lines with 22 electrodes into each cochlea, the part of the inner ear that normally detects sound vibrations. In Aiden, a microphone picks up sounds and sends signals to the electrodes, which pass them directly to the nerves.
"The day they turned on the implant, a month after surgery, we noticed he responded to sound," Tammy Kenny says. "He turned at the sound of my voice. That was amazing." Today, she says, with intensive therapy, he's picking up language, quickly catching up to his hearing peers.
All is takes is one click to Wikipedia to find out that there is a history of controversy around cochlear implants, because some in the Deaf community view them as a threat to Deaf culture and a way of "fixing" something that is not necessarily seen as a problem.
What I find more disturbing is that the above paragraphs focus on the emotions and desires of the presumably able-bodied parents, and there is no mention of what the child may need or want. It also plays into the trope of deafness as HOPELESS TRAGEDY. Well gee, people, maybe you could learn sign language.
Dear National Geographic, maybe you should hire better reporters.
OH FOR CEREAL.
Bionics by Josh Fishman
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But another bionic device has shown that the marriage of mind and machine can be both powerful and enduring, having been implanted in nearly 200,000 people around the world during the past 30 years. That device is the cochlear implant, and Aiden Kenny is among the latest recipients. Tammy Kenny, his mother, remembers when, a year ago, she learned that her baby was beyond the help of hearing aids.
"I would just hold him in my arms and cry," she says, "knowing he couldn't hear me. How would he ever get to know me? One time, my husband banged pots together, hoping for a response." Aiden never heard the noise.
He hears banging pots now. In February 2009 surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital snaked thin lines with 22 electrodes into each cochlea, the part of the inner ear that normally detects sound vibrations. In Aiden, a microphone picks up sounds and sends signals to the electrodes, which pass them directly to the nerves.
"The day they turned on the implant, a month after surgery, we noticed he responded to sound," Tammy Kenny says. "He turned at the sound of my voice. That was amazing." Today, she says, with intensive therapy, he's picking up language, quickly catching up to his hearing peers.
All is takes is one click to Wikipedia to find out that there is a history of controversy around cochlear implants, because some in the Deaf community view them as a threat to Deaf culture and a way of "fixing" something that is not necessarily seen as a problem.
What I find more disturbing is that the above paragraphs focus on the emotions and desires of the presumably able-bodied parents, and there is no mention of what the child may need or want. It also plays into the trope of deafness as HOPELESS TRAGEDY. Well gee, people, maybe you could learn sign language.
Dear National Geographic, maybe you should hire better reporters.
OH FOR CEREAL.
