how the fuck did all of those renaissance dilettantes learn so much crap? Like they spoke 3 languages and were foremost in several branches of science, plus they wrote poetry, played the violin, and were master artists? And they still had time to be gay?
none of them ever did any laundry at all
The emotional and physical labor necessary to maintain the lifestyles of Renaissance and Enlightenment polymaths was shunted almost entirely to their uncredited servants, slaves, wives, and daughters.
Whenever we compare ourselves to the ‘genius men’ of the past, and wonder why we fall so short, remember this: their intellectual capacity, energy, and freedom was because there was someone else washing the damn dishes.
Not just the dishes – most of them were gentry who didn’t have day jobs. They had literally nothing they had to do.
Also speaking three languages is not that impressive if you’ve had one on one language tutors since you were like four.
I wish healthy people understood that getting a diagnosis ≠ getting an effective treatment.
There are so many chronic illnesses for which there aren’t very effective medications or therapies. Even if your chronic illness has a few good treatments available, they might not work for you, or they might be out of your reach because your doctor won’t prescribe them or your insurance won’t cover them.
If you do find a medication or treatment that works for you, it might only alleviate some of your symptoms and restore part of your function. It might come with unpleasant side effects that interfere with your life in new ways.
Chronic illnesses are complex, and treating one is never as simple as getting a diagnosis and being prescribed a pill that fixes everything (or even helps).
ADHD is not “being hyper all the time.”
Why do people think that?
Sometimes it’s being unable to focus.
Sometimes it’s focusing too hard on the wrong thing.
Sometimes it’s thinking so quickly that your mouth can’t keep up so you trip over your words, and restarting takes a few minutes because your brain needs to backtrack to figure out what you were trying to say in the first place.
Sometimes it’s forgetting things easily or remembering the most random thing possible.
It’s more than just bouncing the Leg™ or fidgeting.
The H in ADHD is not dominant. It’s there, yeah, but it kinda shares the burden with the other aspects of the disorder.
Then again it sucks anyways, so yeah.
ADHD is not “constantly hyper.”
Plus the “hyper” can cause constant exhaustion as you get older. Rather than the zippy kid everyone thinks of, you’re a permanently exhausted adolescent/adult who feels like they have to keep going and can’t stop when they want to.
On Friday, Mandalena Lewis returned to her former workplace at Vancouver International Airport, with the goal of raising awareness of sexual harassment toward flight attendants and other women working in the airline industry.
The former flight attendant initially set up shop inside the airport to hand out pamphlets about her campaign, #youcrewandmetoo — but was asked by security to move outside the building.
“What I’m doing here is showing up, I’m here to show solidarity because I don’t think anyone from the airline industry has stood up to what’s going on. I’m not afraid,” Lewis said. “I just feel like now is the right time to be doing this … enough is enough.”
listen y’all I literally have had so many instances of sexual harassment since i started and i can’t do anything bc flight attendants are so replaceable
Currently losing my shit because I just found out Tarzan’s son KONA, MONARCH OF MONSTER ISLE had his own series where his most feared and hated rival was a giant KITTEN named Amsat
That judge who asked young children if they even knew what a lawyer was and then continued to proceed on their cases is a piece of shit and I hope he rots slowly while alive, he should have refused, what a pathetic evil motherfucker who actually spoke to these children face to face and still proceeded to treat them like criminals and send them off to god knows what kinda awful shit, I hope that sick fuck gets a very slow painful disease
William C Snoufer die bitch
So what this post is talking about is the short film: Unaccompanied: Alone in America, which is a dramatic representation of the plight of unaccompanied minors seeking refuge through America’s immigration courts.
As the Department of Justice does not allow recording devices in immigration courts the film maker used actors to recreate the process as best she could.
William C Snoufer is a retired Judge who agreed to return to the seat to help make the film, he is not someone actually judging these children and I think it was really commendable of him to be a part of this project.
Also I think it’s prudent to note, this project began work in 2014. Unaccompanied children have not had access to US immigration lawyers or translators since at least then, and probably longer. This is not a new problem for the US, just one that has been recently brought to light in the most horrific way possible.
My boyfriend found her next to some train tracks abandoned. Ever since he took her in her favorite spot is sitting on his shoulders. I cant wait to meet her tomorrow!
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