#fluid studies

[lemongogo]

undine ^__^ !

[doloneia]

we need to abolish the idea that ancient greek myths and legend have a coherent timeline. they do not. for any given myth there are like 10 heroes mentioned that feasibly could not have been adults or even alive. herakles keeps showing up in places where he should probably be dead. anyone could be a suitor of helen. even herakles. even theseus if you count that kidnapping stint he did. nestor is alive for 10 billion years. time is fake and anything beyond vague generational outlines is conjecture

[mcatmemoranda]

I have a pt with pleural effusion. CT surgery was consulted and ordered a thoracentesis with fluid studies (pleural fluid cell count with differential; glucose, LDH, and total protein of the pleural fluid).

Will later use Light's Criteria to determine whether it's a transudative or exudative pleff.

[bananadav]

Little furry beans are melting into the sheets!

[aeteut]

Sirius is a star, she’s all golden.

By likeafunerall, and reposted with permission.

[olive-garden-hoe]

Something something it turns out getting an engineering degree is hard something something

[doomspaniels]

Friday we took Gwyn to a new hospital; my vet suggested them for Guinevere's recurrent anal gland Trouble. Tristan came for moral support, and Gwyn was more calm/accepting of the strangers than she's been at a first visit somewhere, ever. Tristan did an excellent job, being the happy wagging example (what happened to our shy boy? he's a social butterfly!). Gwyn even took treats from some of the strangers! Shocking behavior. Let's try to keep it up.

Content warning: Unpleasant Bodily Fluids

Guinevere doesn't discharge her own anal glands normally. We hoped clearing up her digestion would help, but it's been about a year now, and the anal glands are only more Troublesome. She's getting uncomfortable about every 2 weeks, week and a half. And last time it was so difficult to milk the rotten things, she was bruised or something for a few days 🥺 She never gets a break!

I knew they could be removed because @sidetongue's Miller (💙💔💙) had hers removed for even worse Trouble. So we went to see the specialists to ask if that's the next step or if there's something else we can try. Unfortunately, no, there isn't anything else to try. That is the the next step. Next week, we remove the nasty inflammation peas.

At this point, if I say the word ("butthole" 🫣) that means I am going to apply hemorrhoid numbing stuff to her lil anus, she rolls over and tries to make it easy--though she can't control her tail tucked in distress, and it wraps as far around her belly as it can. She doesn't *like* it but she wants the relief.

She's going to have to learn about cones... she got away with surgical suit after spay, but this is going to require actual cone. A small trouble, to permanently remove this source of Troubles.

[unorganisedalienrubbish]

I’m on a roll! I’ve got an exam in less than 24 hours so of course I designed a print for a t-shirt

Art taglist: @whump-queen @honeybees-125

Lmk if you want on/off the taglist

[uncanny-tranny]

Two things that are simultaneously true:

1. Gender and sexuality are complex and can be fluid. An identity isn't always fixed and can change with time for many reasons

2. It is not acceptable to force others to change their gender or sexuality and the mantra that they (queer people) can change if they only "try hard" is both cruel and homophobia and/or transphobia

[everythingseasoning]

I was meant to be a 6’ 3” lean, hard muscled man with a large, pretty dick who makes women feel so safe and giddy and lovingly crush my lover and also bust inside her when we both are ready for kids, and then be THE girl dad, or boy dad who does soft, loving activities with all my kids like playing dolls and reading and movie talks and baking and also play tag and go on long runs with them to push them, unless running with dad isn’t their thing :’(

But no, ‘god’ had to nuke me and make me a five foot tall skinny little ‘woman.’

Don’t get me wrong, I’m def not a man at heart, but I’m also not a woman, either. I’m just a human who wants to be good and do good. I wish I could switch between genders at will. That would be so cool.

[cursemyexistences]

reviewing fluid mechanics ⋆ ˚｡⋆

I have a fluids exam monday, so I will be thoroughly studying for the next two days. i have thurs/friday off, so im going to study now to enjoy my long weekend. then i’ll review with my study group sunday evening ;)

[redrobin-detective]

Fellow nurblrs! We had a rousing discussion on my unit the other day about what every nursing domain likes to focus on. Like L&D had their special monitoring equipment, accels, decels and such and onc cares about BSAs. What are you obsessed with on your nursing unit?

[f--e-u-e-r-t-r-u-n-k-e--n]

Collection of notes: On the confusion between gender and personality. Allowing confusion. Allowing not knowing how to define.

[I've been wanting to make a collection of notes for a while then I saw this interaction between users and thought it was time to contribute. but without the intention of making fun of them. Mocking attitudes prevent people from daring to research and learn.]

Personality n. the enduring configuration of characteristics and behavior that comprises an individual’s unique adjustment to life, including major traits, interests, drives, values, self-concept, abilities, and emotional patterns. Personality is generally viewed as a complex, dynamic integration or totality shaped by many forces, including hereditary and constitutional tendencies; physical maturation; early training; identification with significant individuals and groups; culturally conditioned values and roles; and critical experiences and relationships. Various theories explain the structure and development of personality in different ways, but all agree that personality helps determine behavior. >APA Dictionary of Psychology.

Personality psychology. The branch of psychology that systematically investigates the nature and definition of personality as well as its development, its structure and trait constructs, its dynamic processes, its variations (with emphasis on enduring and stable individual differences), and its maladaptive forms (i.e., personality disorders). The field rests on a long history of theoretical formulation (e.g., trait theories, psychoanalytic theories, role theories, learning theories, type theories) that has aimed to synthesize cognitive, emotional, motivational, developmental, and social elements of human individuality into integrative frameworks for making sense of the individual human life. It has also developed numerous tests and assessments to measure and understand aspects of personality. >APA Dictionary of Psychology. Questioning is a word that is used when people may question who they are sexually attracted to (…) is also used when people may question the feelings they have about their own gender. >Robie Harris "It's perfectly normal : changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health" Effective Personality is a multidimensional construct, with a psychometrically confirmed structure, consisting of four spheres: Self Strengths (self-concept and self-esteem); Self Demands (motivation, expectations and attributions); Self Challenges (decision making and coping with problems); and Self Relationships (empathy, assertiveness, communication).

The first sphere, Self Strengths, refers to two questions: Who am I and How do I value myself? On the other hand, the sphere of Demands of the Self would answer: What do I want, what expectations do I have to achieve it, and on whom or on what does it depend for me to achieve it successfully? The third dimension asks: What do I do when faced with a problem? How do I make the right decisions when faced with a problem or difficulty? Finally, the sphere of Relationships of the Self poses the question: How do I relate to others? (Martín del Buey and Martín Palacio, 2012). (…) Gender differences are the discrepancies in men and women at the cultural, social and value levels, which have been transmitted over the years through the socialization process. The report made by the National Institute of Statistics of Chile (2011) shows the gender inequality between men and women with respect to the roles played by each one, as well as the different responsibilities of one and the other are also presented. Gender roles are the behaviors accepted as masculine or feminine, so they are directly related to the tasks and performances assigned to men and women differently (Instituto de la Mujer, 2013). "the processes of adaptation of gender roles have been strengthened to the extent that it is socially recognized that gender inequalities produce profound inequities that affect the development of women in all spaces of social, public, private and institutional life" (Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Chile, 2011, pp.12). Gender stereotypes refer to those beliefs and ideas imposed and rooted in society about the characteristics, aptitudes and attitudes that each gender should have (Instituto de la Mujer, 2013). Some examples of female stereotypes consider women to be dependent and emotional; while some examples of male stereotypes consider them to be courageous, rational, independent, decisive, etc. The United Nations Development Program shows that the Chilean woman is mainly represented as a mother, but also as a hard worker and fighter; while the image of the Chilean man is related to irresponsibility and machismo, as well as the provider figure. >Castellanos Cano, Silvia; Guerra Mora, Patricia; Bueno Álvarez, José Antonio. DIFERENCIAS DE GÉNERO EN PERSONALIDAD EFICAZ EN UNIVERSITARIOS CHILENOS International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology, vol. 5, núm. 1, 2014, pp. 131-139 Asociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia, Adolescencia y Mayores. Badajoz, España A quarter of a century ago, philosopher Judith Butler (1990) called upon society to create “gender trouble” by disrupting the binary view of sex, gender, and sexuality. Key to her argument is that gender is not an essential, biologically determined quality or an inherent identity, but is repeatedly performed, based on, and reinforced by, societal norms. This repeated performance of gender is also performative, that is, it creates the idea of gender itself, as well as the illusion of two natural, essential sexes. In other words, rather than being women or men, individuals act as women and men, thereby creating the categories of women and men. Moreover, they face clear negative consequences if they fail to do their gender right.

Butler’s notion of performativity echoes a range of social psychological approaches to gender and gender difference. What we social psychologists might call gender norms and stereotypes (e.g., Eagly, 1987; Fiske and Stevens, 1993), or gender schemas (Bem, 1981) provide the “scripts” for what Butler’s describes as the performance of gender.

We are not the first to point out the relevance of Butler’s work to social psychology. Bem (1995) drawing on Butler’s work, argued in that as gender researchers we should create gender trouble by making genders that fall outside of the binary visible, in order to disrupt binary, heteronormative views of gender within and outside of psychology. Minton (1997)

To be clear, Butler does not argue that biological processes do not exist or do not affect differences in hormones or anatomy. Rather, she argues that bodies do not exist outside of cultural interpretation and that this interpretation results in over-simplified, binary views of sex. In other words, biological processes do not themselves result in two “natural,” distinct, and meaningful, categories of people. The two sexes only appear natural, obvious, and important to us because of the gendered world in which we live. More specifically, the repeated performance of two polar, opposite genders makes the existence of two natural, inherent, pre-discursive sexes seem plausible. In other words, Butler views gender as a performance in which we repeatedly engage and which creates the illusion of binary sex. She argues:

“Because there is neither an ‘essence’ that gender expresses or externalizes nor an objective ideal to which gender aspires; because gender is not a fact, the various acts of gender create the idea of gender, and without those acts, there would be no gender at all. Gender is, thus, a construction that regularly conceals its genesis. The tacit collective agreement to perform, produce, and sustain discrete and polar genders as cultural fictions is obscured by the credibility of its own production. The authors of gender become entranced by their own fictions whereby the construction compels one’s belief in its necessity and naturalness.” (p. 522) >Thekla Morgenroth and Michelle K. Ryan, Gender Trouble in Social Psychology: How Can Butler’s Work Inform Experimental Social Psychologists’ Conceptualization of Gender?

The second critical theory of gender is queer performative. This theory revolves around any gender action that varies from heterosexual behavior. Any gay, lesbian, transsexual, bisexual, transgender, etcetera person is in the gender queer group. The word queer refers to straying from the normalcy of heterosexuality to any abnormal sexual or gender preference (Wood). Researchers of the queer performative theory realized that because gender changes in all people and people do gender, categorizing gender as a verb makes more sense.

The interchangeability of gender traits in stereotypical straight and queer people is easy and often done. The gender identity of a person is fluid and not a rigid structure (Wood). Gender identity change is common now in most every group of people.

Respect and knowledge of all types of gender queer people is a major goal in this theory (Wood). If all races, groups, and sexes are to be respected then shouldn’t all other traits? Queer performative theory has two main points to convey. The first point is how gender should not bind a person’s attributes and characteristics. Physical traits can always change. People dye their hair other colors, get braces, lose weight, and go bald. Queer performative aims to prove that gender just like those physical characteristics can be changed. The term “man” interchanges from an eighteen year old, to a WWII veteran, then to a bedazzled drag queen. Consequently, the term woman interchanges between a young bride, to Cat Zingano, to Marilyn Monroe. The sex of a person is only one part of a whole human being (Wood). People cannot look to the sex of another person for the gender stereotype they wish to impose upon them. Even biological sex characteristics get murky at times. Back in 1629, a court was troubled with the case of manservant T. Hall (Meadow). Hall was both womanly and manly to the people around. The people physically checked Thomas/Thomasine and when they could not prove or find a sex, court order Hall to wear both women’s and men’s clothing at all times (Meadow). Nearly four hundred years ago this case was given and stories nowadays hardly have changed. The second main idea of queer performative is how our gender is in a constant state of flux (Wood). We could never live completely without changing out gender outlook. Identities are performed when dads watch baseball meanwhile bottle-feeding their newborn child. Gender identities are expressed when second grade girls do not cry when they are teased but retaliate with force. Some girls love to be girls; others just like to be themselves without any boundaries at all. I grew up in dresses. I actually had to learn how to crawl on my hands and feet because my knees would become caught in the skirts. When I grew and was in grade school, I still wore dresses very often. However, I would fight, kick, and hit any boy or girl who said any harm to my friends or me. Gender is not a wall or structure! >Critical Theories of Gender. https://www.azwestern.edu/sites/default/files/awc/student-success-center/15-03-02_Critical_Theories_of_Gender.pdf

[Takes references from "Wood, Julia T. Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender, and Culture. 10th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub., 2013. Print".]

[klprepa]

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[vampiretop]

My research has shown that the most effective steps to find puppy subs are as follows:

Publicly yearn for one on tumblr.com

Go offline for roughly 48 hours

Somewhere in there, there'll be a flood of notifications from puppies

[kttycasey-999]