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femfogrealm

Anonymous asked:

Femininity also divides women and makes it harder for us to connect as people. If women bonded over human experiences rather than feminine rituals or roles, then we'd have less women saying they can't relate to other women. Because they'd see women as real humans and real people.

femsolid answered:

Yep. Actually you’re reminding me of a book I read recently in which the author pointed out that women also bond over criticizing their own bodies. You know, it’s the good old “oh I look so fat now”, “oh same I need to go hit the gym”, “me too omg I’m so disgusting” etc. And it was pointed out as well that even when women didn’t participate in these conversations it made them feel like crap just to hear it. Also noteworthy: a lot of women join in the negative body talks just to fit in. And out of habit. A woman says she hates her nose, you immediatly say you hate yours too, we’re all in the same self hating boat. It doesn’t even mean you actually believe what you say, but you say it nonetheless, like being horrible towards your own self, your own body, is a feminine bonding ritual and a reflex. But if you instead say that you like your body you’ll be considered unpleasant, arrogant and will be rejected from the female group. So basically, men bond over shitting on women and women bond over shitting on women. Men bond over objectifying women and women bond over objectifying women too.

lilleisak

Do you guys remember what book this is? I need it for my thesis. :/

femsolid

Yes, it's Beauty Sick by Renee Engeln (she is a psychology professor and researcher specialized in women's body image). She starts talking about it at page 227 (chapter 12).

femfogrealm
radicallyaligned

This is the most bleak and dismal shit I s2g

kiefbowl

I don’t even know what some of this is. How much does this all cost? It must be thousands of dollars a year.

greenwire

she's spending five figures in this video, easily. but i went through and identified what I could. the costs are from googling "<phrase> cost" and putting the lowest and highest amounts I saw in the first three results. The absolute minimum cost here is $4335 USD.

  1. cryotherapy facial $40-$150
  2. celluma light therapy $20-$80
  3. microneedling $200-$800
  4. emsculpt $750-$1000
  5. possible red light therapy $50-150
  6. possible varicose vein injections - $2000-$3000 - insurance will often cover these because varicose veins are often painful and debilitating. found the cryohealthcare website, could also be a different injection. usually they'll have an ultrasound probe or some way of finding veins to collapse them, but that's the cosmetic treatment i think of when i see lower legs being worked on
  7. gel polish and lamp - the lamp costs about $300, but it might be done professionally, estimating $70 per session
  8. the next two scenes show a blood pressure cuff and placing an iv line. I found the website of the medical center where she is and my best guess is the procedure called "IV Therapy" (vitamin injections, basically) which range from $120-$340
  9. this scene shows the aftermath of facial microneedling
  10. the company that makes the arm band and this price scanner looking thing is called inmode, given the location this is probably laser hair removal $50-350 per session
  11. hair styling $60-$100
  12. PRP scalp injections with her own extracted plasma $400-$1300
  13. i don't know - looks like a chest facial. I'm going to add on another $100.
  14. vacuum therapy to mimic a brazilian butt lift. $85
  15. more cryotherapy from cryohealthcare $65
  16. another treatment of the chest area. Looks like some kind of vacuum or light thing. - $100
  17. another facial - $100
  18. applying a serum at home $50-$150
  19. lancome eye cream - $75
tenderdrafts
glowithin-deactivated20220219

Sometimes it’s better to let things go and leave people and situations alone. Stop looking for explanations, excuses, closure, validation or answers. Stop living a life centered on what others did or didn’t do. Focus on how you want to feel and what you can do about it. Peace comes when you realize that your happiness was created by you. You are your own responsibility.

utilitycaster
utilitycaster

D&D Resurrection and Hollow Ones

None of this is for sure, to be clear, but I wanted to cover the possible scenarios should Bells Hells attempt a resurrection.

Hollow Ones are not mechanically undead, which is worth pointing out: they appear as undead to spells that detect undead, but they are not themselves mechanically undead. Per the EGTW, their souls have passed on to the afterlife already, but their body, and some vestige of personality, remain, animated by Blightshore's magic in the EGTW and some unknown power in Laudna's case. (For what it's worth...this sounds not dissimilar to Molly's situation, though mechanically he was not considered a Hollow One nor did he ping as undead to my knowledge).

So: technically, the original soul associated with Laudna's body died nearly 33 years ago. It's unclear if Laudna as we knew her had a soul or even can be resurrected; that's left up to the DM and player.

Raise Dead and Reincarnate require a creature that has been dead for less than 10 days, and do explicitly mention the soul. Reincarnate also changes the body (and does not require a functioning body, merely a piece) whereas Raise Dead requires a mostly intact body, barring mortal wounds. Both require that the soul be willing and at liberty/free to join the body. If Hollow One Laudna has something that counts as a soul, these would work. If she had become undead, Raise Dead would not work, but Reincarnate does not say it will not. Neither will work on Entirely Human Laudna's soul.

Resurrection requires a creature have died in the past century, and that it is not undead. It requires a body, but not a fully intact one. It is also quite exhausting to cast on a creature who has been dead for over a year. I suspect that if they cast this and it succeeds ...they will get Laudna Prime, the woman who died in 810 PD in Whitestone.

True Resurrection only requires you know the name and that the death be less than 200 years ago, and will provide a body and return people from undeath. If you need to create a new body, it does require you speak the name of the creature. It's also IMMENSELY expensive, ie, potentially prohibitive even to Keyleth (who does have access to it). I can't speak to it either way w/r/t which Laudna it brings back (assuming Laudna's name prior to death was also Laudna).

radfem-suggestion

Anonymous asked:

after seeing genetics researchers talk about how semen literally is designed to weaken women's immune systems, there is no way osa women can argue that "partnering with men is radical." it is not misogynistic to point out the large amount of research showing how males are detrimental to women. if osa women partner with men, there is a higher risk of you guys losing years of your life due to the stress males cause.

menalez answered:

i keep seeing this research brought up but i have yet to see the research itself 😭

vgvulva

Semen “prime[s] the female’s immune system for pregnancy, making it more likely that an embryo will successfully implant in the womb”. Seminal fluid effects in women are less well studied, although initial research suggests that semen can impact treatment for women with autoimmune disorders.

In women with particular hormone imbalances, the disturbance of their immune system system can be more damaging. Pregnancy itself is also associated with an increased severity of at least some infectious diseases.

Similarly, the first pregnancy with any given partner means an increased susceptibility to preeclampsia, and conception early in a new relationship means an increased susceptibility to preeclampsia - because the female immune system has to adapt to a new male’s sperm.

Partnering with males is inherently dangerous for women - emotionally, physically, mentally, financially, and biologically. Anon is right, there is nothing radical about it, and every incentive for osa women, and all women, to practice celibacy in relationships with males, and separatism

menalez

gonna make a slight correction here, you quoted “It could also potentially impact treatment for people with autoimmune disorders.” but you seemingly understood what they meant with that line. they didn’t mean that it can literally harm treatment women are getting for autoimmune disorders, they meant that this finding can be useful for improving the treatment of women with autoimmune disorders:

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(still reading the other links after it)

vgvulva

Maybe I could have gone into more detail here, I didn’t go into the different types of helper cells, and I wasn’t saying (or trying to imply at all) that it was a negative impact on autoimmune disorder treatment. There are 2 types of helper T cells which are involved in immune responses - Type 1 assists the body with outside threats, and Type 2 helps the body accept “foreign invaders” inside the body during pregnancy, to allow the embryo to implant into the womb.

My first paragraph relates to the Type 2 helper T cells that interact with (for want of a better word) the ‘wanted’ cells inside the body - be it sperm, or other cells in the female body. It’s not a bad thing obviously in allowing the embryo to implant, and it might be useful in autoimmune treatment yes as the article says.

The following paragraphs discuss the other effects, where hormone imbalances can impact these Type 2 cells and confuse the immune response that is designed to allow the embryo to implant, as well as how sperm can have an effect on Type 1 helper T cells (which are involved with outside threats) and thus can interfere with the body’s response to infectious diseases. This is the part that is less researched, and this is the research that I think anon is referring to - it’s pretty clear of course that the sperm needs to be accepted into the womb, it’s just less understood how this can negatively impact the female’s immune response in unintended ways. I didn’t want to leave out any important information, but equally didn’t want to write so much about the T cells as the immune system is incredibly complex ☺️

menalez

thank you for the elaboration and explanation!! if it’s possible, id appreciate that as well for the hormonal imbalances thing you mentioned (i read through the study and it was a bit difficult to understand as i don’t have a strong biology-background & i couldn’t see what you mentioned stated as directly)

vgvulva

Of course! In section 3 the article goes into factors impacting the immune system, and 3.1 discusses hormones. The authors discuss the hypothalamus pituitary gonadal (HPG) axis: the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and gonadal glands (which release oestrogen and testosterone in females and males respectively) interact together in the endocrine system, which regulates hormones. Different levels, and types, of hormones secreted around the body by the HPG axis will then impact the immune system, as well as development, reproduction, and ageing.

Progesterone (hormone which regulates menstrual cycle and maintains a thick uterine lining to prepare for fertilisarion) activates immunosuppression, and the release of oestrogen (which causes the uterine lining to thicken, and at higher levels will trigger ovulation) protects the embryo, so it can be implanted into the womb. [the key difference here I think is that progesterone impacts the Type 1 helper T cells which relate to pathogens outside the body, whereas oestrogen relates to the Type 2 cells which just protect the embryo from being destroyed by the mother’s immune system].

Later on the article describes how testosterone is involved with T-cell apoptosis (programmed death of a cell - the time when the cell dies will vary depending on its function and whether it’s behaving normally, and with T cells if this happens too soon it can impact how the immune system responds to pathogens. For example, if T cells in other areas of the body die too soon, it can lead to more serious Covid cases). If T cells die at the wrong time, this can impact how the immune system either increases or decreases inflammation in an immune response, either to a pathogen or to a sperm cell or embryo.

Inflammation is part of the immune response and is meant to remove the harmful stimulus that causes the immune response and promote healing; in tissues inflammation is characterized by redness, swelling, heat, pain, and loss of tissue function, which result from local immune, vascular and inflammatory cell responses to infection or injury, and too much inflammation can damage healthy cells. If you don’t have inflammation after being exposed to a pathogen, then your body won’t repair itself, which also causes damage.

It is not explicitly stated in the article, but if progesterone is released at the wrong time or if too much is released, then the immune system might be suppressed, and likewise if a woman has higher testosterone levels then their immune system will act in unpredictable ways and might cause too much or too little inflammation.