WittyProfileName2 [she/her]

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Cake day: March 15th, 2021
  • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]tochapotraphouse•Going to the doctor as a fat person sucks
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    1 day ago

    No shit?

    When I was a little one there were all, like, PSAs and stuff telling people to get at least five hours of exercise a week, and it was everywhere. I'd internalised it and assumed most other people had grown up being exposed to similar propaganda. Here I was thinking I was just doing a bit more than the bare minimum.

  • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]tochapotraphouse•Going to the doctor as a fat person sucks
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    2 days ago

    Can I get a roll call for the people who are less than 370 lbs and eat like shit or don’t work out?

    I'm 64kg (141lbs) with a BMI of 21.1, and while I do work out (although admittedly way less than I should, just an hour or so each morning), I also overeat and eat a lot of shitty, fatty foods.

    So much of medicine seems to be trapped in viewing body weight via a lens of, like, a perceived moral failing of the patient.

  • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]toAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•It's been about 9 years since the Western left took its idpol turn – what has that accomplished? How has it helped? Who has it helped?
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    5 days ago

    I don't think picking an arbitrary time of, like, 9 years ago is accurate for when the western left's "idpol turn" started. Labour rights and anti racism have always been closely intertwined causes and the trade unions have been closely aligned with queer groups since the 80's at least.

    But whatever.

    What has that accomplished?

    Created a more organised front against the current reactionary pushes and helped getting marginalised people politically active despite the neoliberal attempt to crush grassroots political activism.

    Who has it helped?

    Plenty of people, myself for example: leftist agitation caused both a reform within the Welsh NHS' gender service to move away from antiquated gatekeeping and towards self-id and informed consent, while at the same time these same groups successfully pushed the Senedd to bring out free prescriptions. My poor, post-grad self wouldn't have had the time to fight to get a gender identity certificate nor the money to afford HRT treatment if it wasn't for the intersectional tactics of the "western left".

  • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]toMovies & TV•What's Your Favorite Adaptation of A Christmas Carol?
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    6 days ago

    Blackadder's Christmas Carol.

    In a subversion of A Christmas Carol, the Scrooge figure is a kind, charitable person but is miserable because of how poorly he's treated by others. He's visited by ghosts attempting to cheer him up by showing him how much better a person he is compared to his evil, rich ancestors, this backfires spectacularly.

  • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]tosino•Merry Maomas and Happy Holidays- Mao Zedong - New General Megathread for the 25th-27th of December 2024
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    6 days ago
    I watched this year's Dr Who Christmas special.

    Somehow the weapon factories of Vilengard has returned.

    The Doctor visits a hotel that acts as, like, a time crossroads for different hotels. Immediately noticing something amiss with a bloke in the lobby, hijinks ensue involving a suitcase with a star seed inside.

    Things I liked:

    • set design was good in this episode.

    • the scene where The Doctor argues with himself got a couple chuckles outta me.

    • I thought the whole year where he's trapped on earth thing was cute.

    Things I didn't like:

    • the return of Vilengard and the Royal Hope Hospital. Dr Who has a huge universe but we are trapped seeing the same images and people again and again forever.

    • dialogue felt too marvel quippy.

    Overall:

    The Disneyifcation of Dr Who continues. After a series with some ups, we're on the path of Dr Who returning to slop territory. I'm still gonna watch that shit anyway.