#Boehringer

[mioritic]

Stefan George and his Heidelberg "novices", Pentecost 1919.

From left to right, standing: Ernst Morwitz, Erich Boehringer, Percy Gothein, and Woldemar von Uxkull.

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White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

By Peter Boehringer

[veilchenjaeger]

Who are some of your favorite wlw in myth? What about non-explicit women in myth you believe to be wlw and why?

Ohhh, this... touches upon an entirely different topic that I'm pretty passionate about, which I happen to want to make my Actual Research Focus, a.k.a. queerness in ancient history. Disclaimer here that I'm literally only vaguely knowledgeable about Greek mythology, with a tiny bit of Roman on the side, so that's what I'm going for here.

The thing about wlw in Greco-Roman myth is that they're rare. I recently read Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome by Sandra Boehringer, which is a book that frustrated me in parts but is still a very good, very detailed introduction to the topic of queer women's ancient history. Boehringer lists... two myths, I believe, that she thinks actually talk about desire between women. (I agree on both accounts.) Only one of them is explicit.

What I think gets lost a lot in the discussion on Greco-Roman history and mythology and how queer it was (which btw is a hellscape of a discussion in the first place; ancient Rome was not a queer utopia in the slightest) is that sexuality between women was seen in a completely different light from sexuality between men. It's true that the concept of homosexuality and heterosexuality, as in "the capability of a person to be attracted to a certain gender", essentially didn't exist in ancient Greece and Rome. People apparently were aware that some people are only attracted to certain genders and not to others, but there was no clear opposition made between homosexuality and heterosexuality, or even homosexual and heterosexual behaviour. Relationships between two men did not automatically belong in the same category because they were happening between two men. (More on this in Roman Homosexuality by Craig A. Williams.)

And while all this is true and thus certain kinds of male/male relationships were socially accepted in Greece and Rome, the situation was completely different for women. Boehringer essentially argues that the concept of homosexuality did exist for women in Rome, because any sexual relationship between women was automatically unacceptable. It's more complicated in the case of Greece, partially bc Greek history is stupidly long and varied and partially bc we don't have sources. After Sappho, it's very rarely talked about. There are some sources that acknowledge sexuality and love between women, and it apparently wasn't seen as something to be mocked the way it at times was in Rome, but what I'm getting at here is that we just don't have any stories about wlw in myth akin to, like, Apollo and Hyacinth or Zeus and Ganymede or even Achilles and Patroclus.

THAT BEING SAID! I support Artemis and Kallisto in their lesbianism, but what really gave me brain rot was Boehringer's reading of Iphis and Ianthe. Which is afaik the only truly explicit myth about wlw, given to us (in an apparently edited version; this is not straightforward mythology as in "a story told in this way for generations") by Ovid.

If you're familiar with Iphis and Ianthe, you probably know that Iphis is a girl raised as a boy, falls in love with a girl, and is in the end turned into a man by Isis so that she can marry Ianthe. I'm using she/her pronouns for Iphis pretty deliberately here, because while the whole metamorphosis of her sex does happen, Iphis is pretty solidly a girl and identifies as a girl until the end of the story. (There is imo evidence for trans people in classical antiquity, which is something I still have to read up on, but I don't think Iphis and Ianthe is that. (Although it can of course be adapted in that way for a modern audience, that's cool and valid.)) The way Boehringer reads this story, which is a reading that compels me a lot and that I'd tentatively agree with, is that Iphis' struggle is not with her gender but with her own attraction to another girl. In her monologue, she points out that her own father, Ianthe's family, Ianthe and herself all want the wedding to happen, that nothing stands between them at all but the fact that they're both girls. She calls her own desire monstrous, worse even than Pasiphae's desire for the bull. She's in love with Ianthe and Ianthe is in love with her, and still this relationship and this marriage absolutely cannot happen because there is no man involved.

From a wlw perspective, I don't think this myth has a happy ending. It's necessary for one of the girls to become a man in order for them to be together, which is... oof. But I also think that from a modern perspective, it reflects a feeling I think a fair number of wlw have experienced - that pervasive idea that erotic love for women is inextricably linked with men, that loving women makes you less of one or that you can't truly love women if you are also a woman. It also reflects the whole bullshit we have still going on in society re.: wlw relationships not being real relationships.

And like, I want that happy ending. If I were to write about Iphis and Ianthe, it would be about Iphis discovering that changing her body did not change the way she feels about her gender, that she's happy with Ianthe but not happy as a man. I like to imagine that she comes clean eventually, and that Ianthe and Iphis, AFAB AMAB cis trans woman, can live their best queer life in the privacy of their home. That's my personal favourite outcome here, but I also think this story could be adapted in a number of ways that reflect wlw experiences. I think it would be cool as a story about butch experiences, for example, or trans lesbian experiences.

So, my current favourite wlw in myth are Iphis and Ianthe, only partially bc there aren't really many others.

I'm also what I call vaguely pagan, so speculating about the sexualities of Gods in ways that might go against the way they were worshipped (e.g. Athena as anything but a virgin Goddess) is not something I usually do, but if I were to write a myth adaptation about these Gods, I might portray Athena and Pallas as pretty dang gay just bc it'd be sad and romantic, and looking at the Kallisto myth, I think there's a pretty solid basis for making Artemis a lesbian. What does "virgin Goddess" mean, anyways? How was virginity conceptualised in Ancient Greece? These are things to read up on.

Anyways, this is probably way too long and not at all what you asked for, but thank you for the opportunity to talk about Girls!!

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[farmerstrend]

How Boehringer Ingelheim's LastMile Program is Transforms Lives of Smallholder Farmers in Kenya

Discover how the LastMile program is transforming the lives of smallholder farmers like Grace Njeri in rural Kenya, empowering them with essential animal health services and education. Learn how access to veterinary services and sustainable farming practices is helping smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa improve their livelihoods and escape poverty. Explore the inspiring story of Grace…

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[bdpst24]

Boehringer Ingelheim: Működésünk az energiahatékonyság jegyében

A Boehringer Ingelheim 2030-ra 25%-kal javítja energiahatékonyságát európai központjában Az ukrajnai háború következtében emelkedő energiaárak, az erőforrások szűkössége, valamint a klímaváltozás miatt egyre fontosabb a fokozott környezettudatosság. E kihívásoknak való megfelelés érdekében a Boehringer Ingelheim világos célt fogalmazott meg: 2030-ig 25 százalékkal javítja energiahatékonyságát.…

[reasonsforhope]

"The Biden administration on Thursday [August 15, 2024] released prices for the first 10 prescription drugs that were subject to landmark negotiations between drugmakers and Medicare, a milestone in a controversial process that aims to make costly medications more affordable for older Americans. 

The government estimates that the new negotiated prices for the medications will lead to around $6 billion in net savings for the Medicare program in 2026 alone when they officially go into effect, or 22% net savings overall. That is based on the estimated savings the prices would have produced if they were in effect in 2023, senior administration officials told reporters Wednesday.

The Biden administration also expects the new prices to save Medicare enrollees $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2026 alone.

“For so many people, being able to afford these drugs will mean the difference between debilitating illness and living full lives,” Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, told reporters. “These negotiated prices. They’re not just about costs. They are about helping to make sure that your father, your grandfather or you can live longer, healthier.”

It comes one day before the second anniversary of President Joe Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act, which gave Medicare the power to directly hash out drug prices with manufacturers for the first time in the federal program’s nearly 60-year history.

Here are the negotiated prices for a 30-day supply of the 10 drugs, along with their list prices based on 2023 prescription fills, according to a Biden administration fact sheet Thursday.

What Medicare and beneficiaries pay for a drug is often much less than the list price, which is what a wholesaler, distributor or other direct purchaser paid a manufacturer for a medication before any discounts...

The administration unveiled the first set of medications selected for the price talks in August 2023, kicking off a nearly yearlong negotiation period that ended at the beginning of the month.

The final prices give drugmakers, which fiercely oppose the policy, a glimpse of how much revenue they could expect to lose over the next few years. It also sets a precedent for the additional rounds of Medicare drug price negotiations, which will kick off in 2025 and beyond. 

First 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations

Eliquis, made by Bristol Myers Squibb, is used to prevent blood clotting to reduce the risk of stroke. 

Jardiance, made by Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly, is used to lower blood sugar for people with Type 2 diabetes. 

Xarelto, made by Johnson & Johnson, is used to prevent blood clotting, to reduce the risk of stroke.

Januvia, made by Merck, is used to lower blood sugar for people with Type 2 diabetes.

Farxiga, made by AstraZeneca, is used to treat Type 2 diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease. 

Entresto, made by Novartis, is used to treat certain types of heart failure.

Enbrel, made by Amgen, is used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. 

Imbruvica, made by AbbVie and J&J, is used to treat different types of blood cancers. 

Stelara, made by Janssen, is used to treat autoimmune diseases such as Crohn’s disease.

Fiasp and NovoLog, insulins made by Novo Nordisk.

In a statement Thursday, Biden called the new negotiated prices a “historic milestone” made possible because of the Inflation Reduction Act. He specifically touted Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote for the law in the Senate in 2022.

Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, said in a statement that she was proud to cast that deciding vote, adding there is more work to be done to lower health-care costs for Americans.

“Today’s announcement will be lifechanging for so many of our loved ones across the nation, and we are not stopping here,” Harris said in a statement Thursday, noting that additional prescription drugs will be selected for future rounds of negotiations."

-via CNBC, August 15, 2024

[mioritic]

Robert Boehringer, Ernst Gundolf, Ernst Morwitz, Berthold Vallentin, and Friedrich Gundolf in Isenfluh (Switzerland), 1911 or 1912

Robert Boehringer, Mein Bild von Stefan George (München/Düsseldorf: Helmut Küpper/Georg Bondi, 1951)

[smellofwater]

Doom Tuba - Fellfoot Sounds

I’ve been exploring the Eden Valley for, on and off, for the past four decades. Visitors to Cumbria often overlook this beautiful area which is rich in prehistory and scenic beauty. For me this isn’t a bad thing because it means I can travel around visiting sites without having to deal with lots of people, but that is a selfish view. The local economy could do with a few more visitors spending…

[gianttankeh]

TFEH presents: Eleanor Cully Boehringer / Core Of The Coalman / Dead Labour Process & Off Brand at Fruitmarket, Edinburgh: 15/6/23.

TFEH pride themselves on experimentation, so what might happen if we take a novel approach and ask some of the weirdo artists that we invite to serenade yr lugholes to write biographies of themselves rather than forcing audiences to read between lines and consult thesauruses in hopes of deciphering the real OUT riddles and bewildering blether regularly conveyed in TFEHspeak? (We dinnae ken so click here to find out and buy tickets!)

[zeldahime]

Anacreon, poem 358

I read this poem in Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome (Sandra Boehringer, 2007, translated to English by Anna Preger in 2021) in the section on representations of female desire in archaic Greek poetry and went OH MY GOD

[batboyblog]

Things Biden and the Democrats did, this week #10

March 15-22 2024

The EPA announced new emission standards with the goal of having more than half of new cars and light trucks sold in the US be low/zero emission by 2032. One of the most significant climate regulations in the nation’s history, it'll eliminate 7 billion tons of CO2 emissions over the next 30 years. It's part of President Biden's goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 on the road to eliminating them totally by 2050.

President Biden canceled nearly 6 Billion dollars in student loan debt. 78,000 borrowers who work in public sector jobs, teachers, nurses, social workers, firefighters etc will have their debt totally forgiven. An additional 380,000 public service workers will be informed that they qualify to have their loans forgiven over the next 2 years. The Biden Administration has now forgiven $143.6 Billion in student loan debt for 4 million Americans since the Supreme Court struck down the original student loan forgiveness plan last year.

Under Pressure from the administration and Democrats in Congress Drugmaker AstraZeneca caps the price of its inhalers at $35. AstraZeneca joins rival Boehringer Ingelheim in capping the price of inhalers at $35, the price the Biden Admin capped the price of insulin for seniors. The move comes as the Federal Trade Commission challenges AstraZeneca’s patents, and Senator Bernie Sanders in his role as Democratic chair of the Senate Health Committee investigates drug pricing.

The Department of Justice sued Apple for being an illegal monopoly in smartphones. The DoJ is joined by 16 state attorneys general. The DoJ accuses Apple of illegally stifling competition with how its apps work and seeking to undermining technologies that compete with its own apps.

The EPA passed a rule banning the final type of asbestos still used in the United States. The banning of chrysotile asbestos (known as white asbestos) marks the first time since 1989 the EPA taken action on asbestos, when it passed a partial ban. 40,000 deaths a year in the US are linked to asbestos

President Biden announced $8.5 billion to help build advanced computer chips in America. Currently America only manufactures 10% of the world's chips and none of the most advanced next generation of chips. The deal with Intel will open 4 factories across 4 states (Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon) and create 30,000 new jobs. The Administration hopes that by 2030 America will make 20% of the world's leading-edge chips.

President Biden signed an Executive Order prioritizing research into women's health. The order will direct $200 million into women's health across the government including comprehensive studies of menopause health by the Department of Defense and new outreach by the Indian Health Service to better meet the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native Women. This comes on top of $100 million secured by First Lady Jill Biden from ARPA-H.

Democratic Senators Bob Casey, Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, and Jacky Rosen (all up for re-election) along with Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Sheldon Whitehouse, introduced the "Shrinkflation Prevention Act" The Bill seeks to stop the practice of companies charging the same amount for products that have been subtly shrunk so consumers pay more for less.

The Department of Transportation will invest $45 million in projects that improve Bicyclist and Pedestrian Connectivity and Safety

The EPA will spend $77 Million to put 180 electric school buses onto the streets of New York City This is part of New York's goal to transition its whole school bus fleet to electric by 2035.

The Senate confirmed President Biden's nomination of Nicole Berner to the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Berner has served as the general counsel for America's largest union, SEIU, since 2017 and worked in their legal department since 2006. On behalf of SEIU she's worked on cases supporting the Affordable Care Act, DACA, and against the Defense of Marriage act and was part of the Fight for 15. Before working at SEIU she was a staff attorney at Planned Parenthood. Berner's name was listed by the liberal group Demand Justice as someone they'd like to see on the Supreme Court. Berner becomes one of just 5 LGBT federal appeals court judges, 3 appointed by Biden. The Senate also confirmed Edward Kiel and Eumi Lee to be district judges in New Jersey and Northern California respectively, bring the number of federal judges appointed by Biden to 188.

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The Biden administration said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with drugmakers to lower prices on the 10 costliest prescription drugs under Medicare. It's part of the federal government's first-ever drug pricing negotiations, a cost reduction it claims could help ease the financial burden on the estimated 1 in 7 older adults in the U.S. struggling to pay for their medications. Here are the negotiated prices for the drugs, based on a 30-day supply: Eliquis, a blood thinner from Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer: $231 negotiated price, down from $521 list price. Xarelto, a blood thinner from Johnson & Johnson; $197 negotiated price, down from $517 list price. Januvia, a diabetes drug from Merck: $113 negotiated price, down from $527 list price. Jardiance, a diabetes drug from Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly: $197 negotiated price, down from $573 list price. Enbrel, a rheumatoid arthritis drug from Amgen: $2,355 negotiated price, down from $7,106 list price. Imbruvica, a drug for blood cancers from AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson: $9,319 negotiated price, down from $14,934 list price. Farxiga, a drug for diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease from AstraZeneca: $178 negotiated price, down from $556 list price. Entresto, a heart failure drug from Novartis: $295 negotiated price, down from $628 list price. Stelara, a drug for psoriasis and Crohn’s disease from J&J: $4,695 negotiated price, down from $13,836 list price. Fiasp and NovoLog, diabetes drugs from Novo Nordisk: $119 negotiated price, down from $495 list price.

[theoihalioistuff]

"In regard to myth, although there does not exist a female equivalent of the well-known loves between a god and a young mortal (e.g., Apollo and Hyacinthus), a motif of interest appears in the story of Callisto: according to one variation, attested by scholia on Hesiod and Aratos, Zeus adopts the guise of Artemis in order to engage in a sexual relationship with the goddess’s preferred companion." Oxford Classical Dictionary, Female Homosexuality, Sandra Boehringer

This first surviving mention that Zeus disguised himself as Artemis in order to approach Kallisto is (quite upsettingly) from a lost comedy by Amphis (4th C. BC), where the butt of the joke is that a naive Kallisto accuses Artemis of having gotten her pregnant:

"But as Amphis, writer of comedies, says, Zeus, assuming the form of Artemis, followed the girl as if to aid her in hunting, and embraced her when out of sight of the rest. Questioned by Artemis as to the reason for her swollen form, she replied that it was the goddess' fault, and because of this reply, Artemis changed her into the shape we mentioned above [bear]." (Amphis fr. 47 Kock, as quoted in Hyginus Astronomica 2.1.2)

Whether Zeus' disguise was invented by Amphis for "comedic effect" or was part of an earlier tradition is a matter of conjecture, but it is certainly well attested later on and by roman times it had become the most popular variant.

(Amphis fr. 46 [Schol. Aratus 37-44]; Hyg. Poet. Astr. 2.1.2; cf. Apollod. Bibl. 3.100f.; Nonnus Dion. 2.122f., 33.288-92, 36.66-74; Ov. Met. 2.401-530; Schol. Callim. Hymn 1.41; Schol. Lycoph. Alex. 481).

~Artistic sources for Kallisto's transformation are very sparse, which I think is kind of a pity considering how hauntingly beautiful and awesome surviving images are (in order):

LIMC Kallisto 5, Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Kallisto transforming into a bear.

LIMC Kallisto 18, Sammlung Herbert A. Cahn Basel. Bear-headed boy next to bear-headed woman, most likely Arkas and Kallisto.

LIMC Kallisto 7, Private Collection. Kallisto with the infant Arkas on her lap.

LIMC Kallisto 6, J. Paul Getty Museum Malibu. Huntsman, Kallisto turning into a bear, Hermes rescuing the infant Arkas.