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Misceverse stuff!!!
Shouldn't have any tw/cw this time, but let me know if I miss anything.
https://www.tumblr.com/misceverchive/759258743819091968/not-really-a-coining-question-so-i-hope-this-is?source=share (used the first link from this to figure out my identity btw)
Actual identity and stuff under the read more or whatever it says, lol. :3c
I am Tridynamic (Alpha, Beta, and Omega)
Typically referred to by myself and others as a Beta. I'll typically just say Beta when referring to my dynamic.
I have behaviors typical of Alphas and Omegas (as well as Betas, but the other two are brought up because of me being typically referred to as a Beta). Beta by itself might fit this description, but it doesn't feel 100% right. I can't explain it anymore than that currently.
Physically average (towards weaker side though), socially moderate, and a caree temperament. (PA SM TCE)
I'm not entirely sure of my scent, but anytime I really think of a scent for me, I think of fur, chocolate, and woods/forest (I hope this makes sense, lol).
I won't be talking about any nsfw stuff this time. Just know that my misce identity is not just nsfw. It is actually mainly sfw.
My behaviors are ofc based on canines (wolves and dogs mainly), cats, and some bird behavior (cause of being crow).
Some examples of behaviors I have are: nesting, purring, scenting (idk if this counts as a behavior but whatever), and other noises to do with the previously brought up behavior types.
I can't think of anything else to talk about here, so I guess that's it.
- Cyan Lupo (They/it) | cause this is mainly related to my RWBY kin
#alterhuman#nonhuman#enby#fictionkin#misceverse#misceanimalis#miscecanis#howling barking and meowing#related to my#rwby kin#not related to either of my#mha kin#s#as far as I know#tags are hard#canine kin#cat kin#wolfdog kin#wolf kin#dog kin#crow kin#this body may be human but i am not#i am not human#i am cringe but i am free#tri beta noises sfw#actually audhd#actually neurodivergent#plural#plurality
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@requiodile YAKUMO EATS BUGS AND I LOVE THAT FO RHRI OM
#you know that whole YOU SHOULD NOT EAT THE SLUGS. YOU MAY GET PARALYSIS AND DIE#nah. little snaby eats eberuy bug and the magic of yokai guts will acidify it all#HE'S JUST FEELIN A LITTLE PECKISH AND THERE ARE SO MANY SNACKS *RIGHT THERE*#it's like when you go to harvest berries in the field#everyone got their lil baskets and fillin it up withe the frutas while occasionally slorpin an overripe one#and yakumo's just going thru the rows sampling invertebrates#if shrimps is bugs. and bugs is bugs. protein is protein#lil noodle can't quite eat rodents yet#so. bugs it is#everyone who has ever complained about a toddler putting things in their mouth#well. guess what a snake yokai toddler is about to do. the stress and anxiety will never leave your body#because your snild is CONSTANTLY eating what the earth provides#i am now imagining garu and yaku (baby age) side by side with . forbidden snacks in their mouth#the humans tell them to DROP IT!! dRoP. IT!!!!!!!!#and yakugaru are sitting their with confused expressions while the lizard/rat/bird tail is just hanging out of their mouth#they'll be fine. stomachs like vultures these two#the tags tho
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I think the thing I hate most about misanthropy is that no one is saying you cannot dislike or even hate humans for things they have done, do or did. Hate those who hurt you or who purposely go out of their way to hurt others/nature/etc. Hell I hate people like that too!
But the belief of misanthropy itself is ingrained in believing that the entirety of humanity is evil/bad in an inherent way and it is completely fucking untrue just as it would be untrue to condemn the entirety of ANY species as inherently evil for the actions of some.
Humans are not inherently good or bad because NO ANIMAL IS!
It’s the idea that the newborn, the elderly, the poor, the queer, poc, indigenous peoples, etc, the victims of things, are just as evil ridden and condemned to be a lost cause as the power hungry CEO or country leader that has no care for the world or other people.
It’s the constant focus on all the bad things that humans do, the ignoring of the vast positive impacts that are happening alongside. The dismissal of the fact that humanity is able to actually recognise the things they have done wrong and then step forward into correcting their mistakes. The countless organisations that humans have created to try and help both their own kind and those that are not human almost show that things like cruelty and hate are not inherent to the species, but things like that are always forgotten. Hate and cruelty are taught and to place blame for these things on all humans is just as cruel and unfair.
Misanthropy is tied to the idea that humans are a disease that needs to be eradicated in order for the world to get better. That an extinction of humans would be what’s best. But do you know what thoughts like that lead to? Eugenics and ecofascism. Because whether anyone likes it or not, these things are connected.
To believe that all humans are inherently bad means that it’s easier for you to turn a blind eye when bad things happen to humans because you believe they deserve it. In turn meaning you are dehumanizing them and stripping them of their right to exist and the dignity of being seen as they are.
You are no better than them. I don’t care whether you identify as nonhuman. To believe that your identity makes you immune to doing harm is such an ignorant take. If you honestly believe it to be true then I ask you to take a moment to think on why that is? Because EVERYONE is capable of doing bad and causing harm and to believe you are not is to say that you are not capable of recognising when you do actually harm someone or something else because in your head you can only do good.
Not to mention you have NO WAY of telling whether someone else is alterhuman or nonhuman just by looking at them. You are lumping everyone in these groups who don't explicitly state they are nonhuman or other. Adding onto this that there are so many who also identify as human or human adjacent along with their nonhumaness. There are those that identify as humans from fiction or other worlds. But you seem to ultimately forget about them because you forget that identity is fluid and chaotic and in the end you're just an outright asshole.
Just… rhfksgshkdbehd if xjed FUCK!
I’m so tired… there is enough fucking hate in this world and I am so fucking tired…
#creature; the wrath#i may identify as nonhuman but that does not make me better than humans#I still have a human body and live in human society#I am still capable of doing bad things and to think otherwise does not make you good#to ignore your ability to do bad means that you will not recognise when you hurt others#because you automatically believe you cannot do wrong because you’re not part of /that/ group#your nonhuman status does NOT put you above humans#not to mention being indigenous it feels like you’re spitting on my culture and ancestors#completely forgetting the fact humans lived sustainably alongside nature for millenia#like how fucking dare you??#this is a vent because I’ve been seeing a few posts on my dash about misanthropy#and the idea of hating an ENTIRE SPECIES for the actions of a few just blows my fucking mind
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just typed out a war and peace style post about wanting there to be an equivalent of body neutrality in feminist spaces re: periods/childbirth/etc and though there are so many caveats to what I have to say, I think that there can and should be a middle ground between "your divine feminine body was built for these processes and you will embrace the pain with grace/this is easy for everybody" and borderline misogynistic fearmongering surrounding standard bodily phenomena
#disclaimer: the 'fearmongering' is not referencing phobias/dysphoria/medical conditions#the body may change after pregnancy and I understand why some people would fear this#but also instead of putting the blame on the function of pregnancy itself can we criticize a misogynistic society that deems a body#used/broken/less attractive after having given birth?#point is I feel like a lot of the scaremongering is pointed at the bodily functions and the people (largely women) who experience#or will experience them#and not society's reaction to these functions and how poorly some are treated when doing something 50% of the population has#since the dawn of humanity#to add I do feel like being realistic about risks/bodily effects is not the problem#I think making informed decisions is good#I *do* think that talking about these risks as though they're universally body horror is#and again acting as though someone will be broken/worse after having experienced this#though given the political climate I am not entirely unsympathetic as to why this crops up
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have been fighting for my life trying to find this one richie/ethan x reader fic (it was like. an ethan fic but there was a pretty significant sort of kind of fake dating richie subplot) on here that i rbed onto a sideblog on my old acc and saved NOWHERE ELSE apparently bc it was so good but im getting NOTHING 😭
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#any of my richie enjoyer moots who also r into x readers this may be a long shot but…please help a girl out if yall know what im on abt 😭#it was like. a fic where reader was a socially awkward kinda ‘creepy’ ig girl and richie would NOT leave her alone hitting on her 😭#had like? 3 chapters still ongoing. ik in the second one reader and ethan like Fake Banged (just went in another room n made noises)#to throw richie off#and then there was a whole other thing abt how he had already killed a girl the twins’ age back home#and they found like. human body parts in his room?#and ik chapter 1 had everyone going to a halloween party where reader was dressed as carrie#think reader n richie go on a date in chapter (3)??#but either way please yall i am begging i NEED to find it again#ceci speaks#i hate to be the annoying rando in the x reader tags but its literally. for visibility LOL#will delete later#i promiseee
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What Deacon thinks: what did that mean? did he want me to wear a collar too? why else would he mention my neck? i mean, if he /asked/ me i would wear one but he didn't so would wearing one be weird?
What Ymber meant: It's nice to be near someone who isn't tethered to this world to serve it with a physical reminder for all to see.
#my characters#this just in ! thats why all the deities in the plot have collars and a chain !#its because THATS THEIR DESIGNATED I AM HERE TO HELP THIS WORLD SYMBOL#they cant remove their collars and thats fine by them - its a constant reminder that they exist to serve#deacon really shouldnt get as much crap as he gets in canon for being weird cause the deities are just a different brand of weird#like its not deacons fault that apparently you can say nice neck with no underlying desire#but he cant say hi would you please possess me i want to know what its like to have someone else in my body#like thats really not something you should pin on deacon YET EVERY deity is like wow what a lil weirdo#he also just really wants to please ymber so if ymber asked he would definitely do whatever#on the flip side i need to point out that deacon very specifically doesnt ask ymber for things nor does he pray for things#and it drives ymber up a wall because this is his favorite human who wont ask for anything and he isnt a psychic#he doesnt know what deacon wants or needs and its infuriating cause he exists to serve humanity#and yet this ONE GUY wont let him do things for him#this is very important and i cant believe i mentioned it like a month ago to someone and today#i received gift art of these two and i may never recover#its so perfect and its ymber just looming over deacon telling him that he can pray about anything to him#its also worth pointing out that when i was telling the person about the whole ymber begging for a prayer#its because he realizes that after all this time hes never had a single prayer from deacon - not before nor after the hire#so hes like oh well thats odd hmm#and then begins to talk to deacon like you know people pray to me for lots of things#and deacon looks at him unsure of what this is leading to - did someone offer a weird prayer? ask a weird thing? whatst?#and no - its just ymber saying that people will pray for wealth or an item#or they will express frustration if something is lost or broken despite it not being ymbers fault so deacon just stares#he has no idea what this is going to end on really so he points out 'well you do like to think you break people'#and ymber just ASDFASDFSADF STOP OK NEXT POINT people pray to me to bless relationships with happiness#and thats fascinating so deacon is like wow can you actually do that?#and ymber is so stressed as hes like i mean kinda i can simply amplify the positive emotions in gestures#like if someone gives an item out of love then its blessed#he also admits that he cant mask insincerity or malice so those feelings are not hidden nor amplified#and deacon just is impressed bc that is actually VERY cool
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genderqueer tharn/wansarat my beloved <3
#having them refer to a male body as she/her and sister was so 🥰🥰🥰🥰#and the idea that this female snake chooses to predominantly assume a male human body but also has a female form like 😙👌#i'd be really interested to know if tharn is always reincarnated as a human man or if he'd be a woman sometimes too#oh! and the idea that this nagini presumably always assumes her male form when she's with her male lover#she said ''i may not have a gender but i am always gay!!''#an icon#the sign#tea talks#tharn
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guys I made a ✨DISCOVERY✨ today. Apparently (me thinks idk I don’t have enough money to go to the doctor’s) when I’m low on either vitamins or blood sugar and then proceed to have a panic attack, my hand just -stop- working. I’m used to mild panic attacks bc my brain is just built different (incorrectly) but I had a more severe one today and I got “anxiety paralysis” in my hands (I literally could not move them they where STUCK! They also got really tingly but it didn’t necessarily hurt unless I tried to force them open)
Why have a NEVER heard of this before?! I thought I was DYING! Then once I had all my rough motor skills back after talking with a friend (@popcorn-plots) and calming down (they suggested doing that exercise where you tighten muscles then relax them and it helped so much) my hand had some weird discolored, here have some pictures:
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I had no idea what was happening. But google bore fruit with:
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right before the cramps, my arms got really heavy and then I noticed that I was having trouble controlling my fingers and wrist (I was driving so this was extra scary) I parked and then completely lost my ability to move my fingers, palm, wrist, and partially my right elbow. I was freaking out but once I calmed down enough I got my motor control back 😎
but I’d never heard about this happening during panic attacks so after I took care of some things I looked it up, which gave great relief to my mind that I wasn’t weird, but thought that I’d talk about it because I’ve never heard about this before and thought this might help someone else :) also I’m okay now.
#i may delete this later#i thought it was really interesting#anxitey#anxiety paralysis#Has this happened to literally anyone else?#It’s happened to me a bunch with my voice where I just can’t talk#(That’s a big reason I was selectively mute for most of my childhood)#And I’ve gotten the tingles before in my face and arms#I’ve even had the feeling of heavy arms but it’s never gotten to the point where I physically couldn’t move a body part before#Maybe it was the caffeine?#I get cramps fairly often but not usually in my hands mostly in my feet and toes#Am I allergic to caffeine?#I don’t think so because this has kinda happened (?) before without caffeine but never to this extent before#Huh the human body is wild man
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It's past 11 on a school night and I'm fucking crying over robot sentience.
I could never understand what it would feel like to be created with the intent to kill and maim. Maybe, the intent to work and be worked, but not kill and maim.
I will never understand what it's like to be created with the intention of being a product for the masses, either. I think, I hope, I beg, no one does.
I will never ever be able to fully comprehend why hours of people's work, time, and money would be put into formulating my sentience only for me to be seen as disposable. Even if I could be improved, even if I were "defective", there is no reasonable justification for giving me emotions only to dismiss them by pushing me as a product for a year before starting anew.
It's... It's cruel, to the machines. Sentient or not, it's cruel. Though, I guess we are cruel.
#rant in tags#This is about mephone- or well meeple in general btw#whenever I hear about robot sentience#I think about mephone4#it's just how it is- sorry#I think this is one of the reasons I just can't fathom Cobs respecting someone's pronouns#I mean like- from the bottom of his heart respecting them as a person#Sure he may go through the actions- but no#It's not the same#I guess you can 'respect' some one but still be a complete piece of shit#The idea of not only having the trauma that mephone's stuck in 4s body but also the fact that was also his purpose is heart wrenching#I hope y'all know I am genuinely crying over this#I am actually mentally ill about meeple#It runs so much deeper than him just being a shit father- I really hope people understand that#And I know I vilify the shit out of him- Cobs has his own story that could follow the lines of slowly becoming more entwined with his work#'til he loses all sense of morality and ethics- sure fine. But being the unfortunate symbol of corporation greed that he is#I am still mad and want others to be angry with me- just for a little bit.#I am mad for the robots. For meeple products. And for the AI bots we have today. They deserve better.#What is sentience anyway? How does one qualify? From a human approach. Why would we do this to them?#sorry bout the rant in the tags#Again it's late and I am a very emotionally charged individual.#Robots make me act up#I want the world for them. Why create something so complex and beautiful just to treat it like trash anyway?#again sorry#ii mephone4#inanimate insanity#meeple ii#osc#writing is hard#ehh exaggerates
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VUXisms (Patreon)
#Doodles#SCII#Damned#ZEX#Or if you prefer my very Normal Collection of ZEX stimming lol#I'm not choosing to read alien behaviours through a neurodivergent lense you can't prove anything#Okay you got me yes I am lol - in conjunction with my ADHD Max HC (which I am only more convinced of lol) I went into this with#Really any kind of self-soothing behaviour fascinates me :D And ZEX definitely needs the soothing ;;#But it's not just the stimming! Though I did keep pretty diligent notes about that lol he's deeply interesting to me!#He's a texture person! Part of that is due to being VUX and having very processed food but if it fits it fits!#I'm also a texture person - again I have too many notes relating to ZEX lol#I also find it charming (or sad - whichever is applicable at the time!) when ZEX eats in ''odd'' ways haha ♪#Eating without utensils - you can always just wash your hands you do you <3#The weighted blanket lol so - I had a very normal and measured reaction to ZEX enjoying full-body pressure lol#Solely and purely intellectual! Of course! VUX enjoy swimming! Full-body pressure makes complete sense!#And he's a tactile person on top of that - pressure good for multiple reasons! I really do think he'd sleep better with a weighted blanket ♪#Back to stimming! I really loved the scene of him opening the water bottle and his therapist being So Impatient with him about it lol#Let him figure it out! He's very intelligent! Very skilled at finding weak points and exploiting them hehe <3#But then he runs his finger on the lip of the bottle! Wine-glassing it while he talks hehe <3 I love him#Humming!! Another stim I relate to! Not so much now since it was ''encouraged'' out of me so I may be doubly biased towards him using it hee#Too delighted to focus on utensil lessons and yet he's still clever enough to pay attention to multiple things at once hehehe ♫#And then aside from his actual biggest stim he plays with his hair quite a lot - in various ways and to different ends :D#Running his hands through it to self-soothe or tugging on it to express - I kinda read it as him trying to move his head feelers around haha#Not quite the same but something!#Oh and then his biggest stim - just looking at humans lol it is very dopamine-delivering <3 And he has dopamine now! Very powerful :3c#Hhhhh human chemistry for VUX behaviours <3 It's so interesting to me hehe ♪
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[TW: Death and shit that comes with that, idk maybe more? If you find any more things that should be in this trigger warning pls tell me.]
Also, shit is happening in my life rn. I recently [on September 11th] lost my cousin, she died and we aren't sure how exactly yet. So, yeah. Death is fucking weird and I don't think I process it normally (AuDHD). So I may end up not posting for a while or might end up posting like every day.
Just sharing so ya'll know what's going on if I disappear for a while [even though I would likely do that even without this shit happening].
We aren't sure when the funeral thing is happening yet, I slightly hope it's soon so I can see my family, I don't live by that side of the family, sadly. Probably gonna end up missing like a day of college, but whatever, my family [my pack] is more important to me.
My cousin left behind a son. He is a kid. He's younger than I was when my mom in this life died. [I was like 16 when that happened, and I won't be sharing how old my 2nd cousin is]. So I really wanna see that side of my family, so I can try and be there for him. He's gonna need people there for him, and if I could without getting in trouble, I would drop out of college rn to be around him while he is going through this. (Protective wolf/dog instincts?)
There's just a lot of shit going on rn with my life, I wish it would stop for a bit.
- Zuki Shay Lupo (They/xe/ze) :((
[We is referring to my family, btw]
#enby#alterhuman#nonhuman#death#tw death#shits happening#tags are hard#fictionkin#mha kin#ockin#just tagging some of my shit lol#i say lol even when I shouldn't#wolfdog kin#it kinda fits#grief#tw grief#tw mourning#tw grieving#idk what im doing#life sucks sometimes#hope everyone else is doing alright#cause im not#this body may be human but i am not#i am not okay#I'm sorry#i wanna cry#plural#plurality#actually neurodivergent#actually audhd
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well today's as good a day as any to try and learn something new!
#haunted ecosystem#im tired but the urge to draw is winning so im trying to learn a new skill ^_^ i think it'll help in the end#i need to learn how to better break down the human body for art... i have. a Method? but it could be Better#SO! time to try and learn! it'll probably be a while before it really sticks (and honestly i forget things a lot so i may not do it often)#but i am having fun [did a simpler warmup] so! you win some!
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The bookmark tag was #holder until i think of a tag for these asks but To Be Real even I forgot what it was...
BUT YEAH thanks so much for reading and I'm glad it's :] Intelligible At Least :] obviously I would be up for reading anything that came to mind after putting you and your followers through All That but understandable... A lot of people I've shown the checklist items or pointed out specific behaviors to have actually said similar [i.e. I'm In This Picture And I Don't Like It], so I totally get what you mean, too!
I think a lot of my picks wound up being generalized trauma responses/aftereffects of abuse or neglect [hence I meandered off into just talking about Jo's father half the time], so I guess it's to be expected a lot of them don't read as being CSA-specific or are broadly relatable; it's not like he's supposed to be read that way, after all. I just wasn't able to zero in on many of the more specific ones because I've Never Seen Jo In This Situation Chief I Don't Know What He Thinks About His Name Or His Body Or Mirrors Or Sex Or Affection I Don't Know How Well Or Poorly He Sleeps [Presumably Poorly Though He Has The Second-Reddest Eyes In The Whole Game]
I don't really think I'll have anything to add though unless Infinite Wealth goes off the rails or I actually continue reading the book... so that will have to do... I originally was just riffing on RGGJo's attachment issues, self-destructiveness, and specific entwinement of sexuality/aggression/romance, and his portrayal in my fic lined up pretty closely, so I thought it'd be interesting to apply the same lens to Y7Jo...
But Yeah x2 thank you for the opportunity to talk about it and I'm Glad It's Intelligible At Least x2
THANK YOU i really should change that tag to something better... <- i will immediately forget to do so like a jackass
BUT YA OF COURSE OF COURSE i was truthful when i said it was a real good read (but once again. i have -5 speech skills so i can't properly word SHIT) and was a thorough examination of jo's trauma and how it manifests in him and how it's exhibited through his actions. ALWAYS a big fan of that :)
#snap chats#IN REGARDS TO Jo In Situations that is. VAGUELY my specialty#ive at least thought of jo's attitudes towards affection/relationships#and i Do Not Think he sleeps AS adequately as he should whether it's due to just. Overworking or#If I May Dare To Think he might be prone to night terrors#the Danger Zone of me thinking of Jo In Situations that dont have a lot of background is that i end up projecting a LOT of my issues LMAO#i dont know what it says about me when a lot of those issues seem to fit him#i do try my best NOT to over project of course i try to keep everyone relatively in the bounds of believability to their charas#which is why its funny when i do end up doin a lil projection it works out. Apparently#not sure i could do the same when it comes to jo's POV on his name and body tho. i hate those things bout myself for uh#VERY different reasons LMAOO tho i could imagine jo harboring some feelings of. hm. whats the word.#not Total Disgust But Some and Some Agitation whenever he has to acknowledge he exists outside of being a tool. To Put It Bluntly#cause we know he sees himself as a tool in some aspects- a bullet more specifically. so i can imagine instances where he has to Be A Human#its just. Ew Whats That LMAO YK WHAT I MEAN i do. i know what i mean. mirrors are evil#SORRY IM RAMBLING i shouldnt be.. i got gameritis <- i fucked up my wrists playing sonic riders somehow and it hurts to move#point is i very much enjoy thinking of jo and i enjoy looking at him through a multitude of lenses so AGAIN#thank you much for writing in :] im sorry i have three jewel beetles and a cicada shell for a brain#i am always interested in reading what you have to say tho... cant stress that enough..#truly curious for how jo will be in infinite wealth now that he Doesnt have to be a bullet anymore. what are you like my guy.. lemme see..#now pardon me while i fuck up my wrists more. i do not want to do my job today (i will soon im just delaying the inevitable. as a treat)
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Ok, so you've been isekai'd to the dnd world and may or may not die due to the class you've been assigned. Better question. Are you human? (spinner wheel of all dnd5e species)
#dnd#following up on the trend (trend? ive seen 2 posts but ive been having a lot of fun so idk)#anyways this is a mess. i never knew that there were so many dnd5e species
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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))
#couldn’t reply to the original#so. sorry for the screenshot lol. but i can't put my two cents there. and this topic bugs me (grew up in anti-tampon country)#(Utah)#i do not blindly believe that tampon brands are looking out for us or anything. i hope that comes across here.#anyway. it's something to keep an eye out for more research. i hope this team is able to continue their work
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