#the i in team

[fluffyspuffy]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Co—Star text post (22/?)

[keplercryptids]

[GIF description: GIFs from the episode "The I in Team" of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Spike, Willow, Giles, Xander and Anya are in Giles' living room. Spike is adjusting his shirt as they talk. Giles: It'll be dark soon. I think it will be wise for you to leave Sunnydale. Spike: I'm not going anywhere. Not until those bastards undo whatever they did to me. Put me back the way I was. Xander: Sure. Just explain to the nice scientist guys that you really miss killing and torturing innocent people. Spike: You think that would work?]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | S4E13: The I in Team

[humming-fly]

was thinking about that one blind professor post earlier today and how well it applied to the aptly named Team Dark

(really 'Team Dark' just sounds a lot cooler than 'Team Saves-On-Electricity')

[atinymexicanbird]

Ark siblings in all universes 🪐

[keplercryptids]

[GIF description: a GIFset from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Professor Maggie Walsh is facing the camera, touching her face solemnly. Buffy, on a black-and-white TV screen behind her, begins speaking, and Walsh’s face falls. Buffy says, “Professor Walsh? That simple little recon you sent me on? It wasn’t a raccoon.” Walsh turns to look at the TV in shock. Buffy continues, and the last two GIFs focus on her face. “Turns out it was me trapped in the sewers with a faulty weapon and two of your pet demons. If you think that’s enough to kill me, you really don’t know what a slayer is. Trust me when I say you’re gonna find out.”]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)

[demaparbat-hp]

That infamous prison escape.

[diabloku]

Lucifer: *enters the hotel*

Alastor: I cast vicious mockery 😈

An animation my sis and I made for fun

Music is Perception Check by Tom Cardy.

[hinamie]

newest issue of first years fashion just dropped

[keplercryptids]

[GIF description: GIFs from the episode "The I in Team" of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, inside Spike's crypt. Spike says, "We're through. Got it?" Giles starts to open the crypt door, allowing sunlight to pour in. Spike backs away from the light, then narrows his eyes slightly at Giles. Giles looks over his shoulder at Spike, barely smirking. Spike says, "Honeymoon is over."]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 4.13 “The I in Team”

[emjaydoubleyou]

this post is fearmongering. the results of this study are concerning and should definitely be a matter of public discussion, but this is certainly not the conclusion the researchers came to.

the point of the study was to assess the risks of exposure to toxic metals- something one of the co-authors notes are “ubiquitous” fwiw- via menstrual products. Their research confirmed that these metals are indeed present in tampons, but no further conclusions are drawn. it is possible the metal entered into the cotton from the soil, which is a well-known phenomenon; cotton is so good at lifting heavy metals that it has actually been suggested as a part of the solution for revitalizing polluted ground.

the authors conclude with an acknowledgement that the study should be repeated- their sample size was 60 tampons- and a suggestion that further testing ought to be done to indicate whether or not these metals can even leech out of the tampon in the first place, let alone whether or not such leeching could occur at levels deleterious to human health.

there is, in fact, a body of research- too small, for sure, but much larger than this single study- indicating that long-term proper tampon use has no observable negative impact on health. i am grateful and thrilled that more research is being done and i hope that this study is the first of many on this line of questioning, but i am really frustrated at this post and the response it got.

obviously, if this study alters your approach to menstrual health, more power to you. consumers should be informed-risk-takers, and menstrual health is double-obviously a very personal choice. but it definitely wasn't the researchers concluding that you ought to “avoid using tampons at all cost," only this tumblr user did. the lead author of the paper, in fact, specifically says that she hopes people do NOT panic about the results.

(the notes of the post were disappointing. people affirming that they knew they were right to be suspicious of tampons all along, or even recommending alternatives that actually have very little to no research regarding the safety of long-term use, etc. it’s a different conversation, but categorical distrust of tampons is old-school misogyny. you certainly shouldn't wear them if you don’t want to, but there is nothing inherently scary or wrong about them, and people who prefer them are not being reckless or crass.)

((if you're really worried about exposure to heavy metals, you may want to turn a critical eye to fast fashion, as an aside))

[chloemew]

Now that the bots are gone, we can also beat the shit out of this light uninterrupted

[crowcrate]

The girlies!! &Silver <-honorary girlie I think

Also team chaotix because the idea was too funny and I couldn’t help myself

[vogelys]

TF2 will always have a special place in my heart

[buppkizz]

when you and the bestie are mad with power 🧠🧠⚡

[humming-fly]

They seem like the kind of guys who would keep count

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