RANT: Twenty-first century shitheads.

Jun 22, 2010 17:47

I saw an advertisement a day or so ago, on the side of a city bus. It really stuck with me. I haven't been able to find an image of it online, and I wasn't able to photograph it when I saw it, but my recollection of it has been clarified by well-seasoned, well-aged irritation ( Read more... )

the weirdness of others disturbs me, hectoring harlot, raving lunatic

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khalinche June 22 2010, 23:21:02 UTC
Quite apart from anything, anyone practicing 21st century medicine (ultrasounds, antibiotics, skin grafts, keyhole surgery and all the rest of it) in 1751 would need a TARDIS. The anachronism alone makes me grit my teeth.

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sinsense June 23 2010, 12:19:35 UTC
PENN MEDICINE: WE HAVE A TARDIS. A much better slogan.

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belle_noiseuse June 23 2010, 00:39:31 UTC
FUCKING MEDICINE. Ever since I got my foot fixed up and don't need a cane anymore, doctors have been about a million times more inclined to listen to me. It used to be that I would go to a clinic for, like, a UTI, and they would grill me about my leg and speculate about whether I had other ladyproblems stemming from the depression that they inferred I had because of the bum leg, what a shame that is, and meanwhile I would be all I AM PEEING BLOOD A LITTLE CAN I HAVE SOME ANTIBIOTICS. Another time I went to the doctor about an ear infection and got interrogated about my sex life, which ended in the doctor writing "INFERTILE" on the chart after I disclosed that I was in a relationship with a woman. JESUS CHRIST, DOCTORS ( ... )

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sinsense June 23 2010, 12:17:52 UTC
Actually, this comment made me think about how accurate "practicing 21st century medicine since 1751" is, in the sense that they're acknowledging the fact that racism, sexism, and ableism still influences their treatment of patients. Same as the year 1751! I am now certain that that is exactly what they were trying to get across ( ... )

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belle_noiseuse June 23 2010, 16:02:43 UTC
SLEEPING PILLS holy shit. That is fucking unbelievable. DDD:

RELATEDLY have you seen Racism and Sexual Oppression in Anglo-America by Ladelle McWhorter? It is pretty excellent and I think you would be into it.

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sinsense June 23 2010, 17:10:35 UTC
It was holyfuck amazing! And I was eighteen and kind of new at the whole "going to the hospital by myself" thing and also really new at the "standing up to people" thing (still not very good at that one!) and so I was like, "Um. I don't like this? I guess I deserve it? Hospitals are always right... right?" Awesome! HIGH KICK FOR MODERN MEDICINE.

Dude, I have not read that! I am going to have to read that! Bam! I'm already picking up a book about the history of immigration in America at the public library. Risky guess: if they own that book, it will probably be checked in. (I am the only Humorless Feminist who goes there. None of the romance novels I want, but ALL OF THE MARGARET FULLER.)

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violin_road June 23 2010, 01:09:22 UTC
SRY2SAY SPANISH!BUZZ WAS THE BEST PART OF THAT MOVIE AND IF YOU DON'T THINK SO YOU'RE WRONG. (Also, Jessie is totally the "man" in that relationship and I love her stupid face, so w/e.)

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sinsense June 23 2010, 12:03:43 UTC
SRY2SAY I totally loved Spanish!Buzz and he was indeed the best part of that movie ALSO SEXUALIZATION OF THE OTHER. These things can coexist! Otherwise I would never have any sex or fun whatsoever.

I love Jessie's stupid face, which feels weird to type because that's MY NAME. I am the man in my relationship, so it makes sense on a certain level.

Where am I? I'm confused.

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violin_road June 25 2010, 08:35:19 UTC
I believe you are writing me Mormon porn. Yes. I'm pretty sure that's where you are.

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sinsense June 25 2010, 14:50:02 UTC
Oh yes! I'd forgotten! What are your feelings on two men making out in the kitchen of their apartment, having both woken up in the middle of the night, still very sleepy, while their two other MORMON housemates sleep mere feet away? Because that is the scene I really want to get at.

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sinsense June 23 2010, 12:10:13 UTC
OH MY GOD THE INCANDESCENT RAGE. Alice Domurat Dreger, who is an excellent scholar who pays attention to (and gained academic notoriety for her work on) intersex matters, was one of the two people who published the article exposing the Cornell study. (The other was someone named Elizabeth Feder, if my memory serves.) The article exposing it is very dry and direct, but there is this little undercurrent of "WHAT IN THE FUCKING HELL" running through it. Because WHAT IN THE FUCKING HELL. It turns out that it only got past a modified version of the IRB board, since this would never have passed if it passed a full human subjects inquiry.

The thing is, these studies were published in journals, and there was no hue and cry until it was put out in the mainstream, which indicates the way that this fashion of thinking is more accepted than it should be. I'm following the story with interest, at any rate, and have definitely considered going to Cornell and ranting outside of someone's building.

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sparkfrost June 23 2010, 01:34:53 UTC
I enjoy your rants, and the footnotes add a certain spice to them which I appreciate. I also appear to have difficulty typing tonight (bandage on my right pointer finger is seriously disturbing my typing zen, I've deleted so many extraneous letters it isn't even funny), so I'm going to wrap this comment up now and stop blathering at you.

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sinsense June 23 2010, 12:05:46 UTC
This was a relatively short one, because I had to get off of the computer and head back to my internet-less home! It made me contain myself, which is probably better. The footnotes indicate the kind of babbling on that I would do if given full freedom.

Oh man, I turn into a whiny, whiny creature when I have a bandaged finger. "I DIDN'T WANT TO TYPE A T, GODDAMMIT. STOP HITTING = INSTEAD OF THE BACKSPACE KEY."

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