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April 3, 2015

Links: 04/03/15

Cut Paper Bacterium by Rogan Brown

Cut Paper Bacterium by Rogan Brown

Hey there, beautiful people! My first week at my new job has been really awesome and I’m having a lot of FEELS about it, but while I process that on my own, how about some links?

  • The Overdose: Harm in a Wired Hospital This is a five part series and it’s just–well, read it. It’s well-written and it talks about how, essentially, relying on automated systems to eliminate human error can introduce new, more frightening errors. In this case, a 16 year old boy was given a massive overdose of an antibiotic.
  • Our bodies, our lives Content warning: this is about Stage IV cancer and the fact that, in conversations about cancer, people with cancer are often not listened to or consulted. This seems a bit backwards to me.
  • An Artist with Amnesia What’s life like when you have no short term memory?
  • How Obesity Became a Disease I would like to go on record that I loathe the word “obese”.
  • Protecting What You Love: On the Difference Between Criticism, Rage, and Vilification
  • Online Isn’t The “Real World”—And Other Dangerous Lies
  • Marissa Lingen on welcoming people to communities
  • Looking towards Dysprosium: an open confession
  • Breaking isolation and self-care (thanks for this link, Rochita!)
  • Right Where Dr. A Pinched
  • Our Dear Author This is a smart and honest post about some of the issues raised by the revelation that Jane Litte, owner of Dear Author, is also New Adult writer Jen Frederick.
  • My boss brought a machete to a disciplinary meeting with staff. WHAT. But I’ve also worked in some very toxic environments before, too, and it is amazing what you can become accustomed to.
  • The Human Centipede Publishing Model Silvia Moreno-Garcia on why charging submissions fees is a strike against diversity, not for it.
  • O Adjunct! My Adjunct! Speaking of people being taken advantage of…
  • Twenty-One Dresses Callot Soeurs dresses! Ahhhhhh!
  • Custom Glass Planets Containing the Cremated Remains of Loved Ones These remind me of the necklace that Miles gives Ekaterin in Komarr and I really want one but the only cremated remains I have access to are the ones from my beloved Peabycat, do you think she’d make me one?

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  1. JC says

    April 3, 2015 at 12:12 pm

    Re: the article about “obesity”: I know it’s a business, and I know how I and other large people are suffering at the hands of doctors about this “disease.” But, I had a doctor who prescribed me low-grade amphetamines for weight loss. It worked like a charm. For two years (2011-2013), not only was I rarely hungry, and could manage on 700 calories a day (or less), I was FULL of energy to work out 2 hours a day. The pounds dropped off. Then she retired, and the person who took over my medical care refused to prescribe them to me. I never took more than the daily prescribed dose, so it wasn’t like I was abusing the pills, but once the pills were no longer available, I was back to being ravenous every day, and back to having no energy to exercise. And back are all the pounds. I think I’m angrier that I can’t find a SINGLE doctor (I’ve gone to 4 different ones since my doctor retired) to prescribe me the pills that helped me be “healthy” than I am that my doctor wanted to medicate me for my weight.

  2. Selki says

    April 5, 2015 at 4:45 am

    Marissa Lingen on welcoming was interesting, and the dresses slideshow was gorgeous.

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