@BlueWaver22 Hey. re: your reply to Teri Kanefield...
There is NO difference between a response like yours and the trolling that so many of us (especially women) put up with on 🐦.
If we removed your name from this post, copied it, and put some right-wing troll's username on it, who would know the difference? And that is the crux of the problem because there should be a clear difference. Instead of promulgating hate and harassment, you should be promoting thoughtful commentary and respect.
Reading about #NarrativeTherapy, of which I knew very little and am learning much, but never expected to end up reading about #Foucault and #neoliberalism as the theoretical underpinnings of this practice. It makes me hopeful for my future as a #MentalHealth therapist.
Quote from #JohnWinslade: Neoliberalism transforms people into less #democratic, more governable, docile, more consuming, neoliberal subjects who nevertheless believe themselves to be free because they have consumer “choice.”
I’m just going to put the whole quote here. It’s from a handout in a workshop he did with the #Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy (2016), from the book Narrative Therapy (2nd ed.), by Stephen Madigan:
#Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give #birth appointed to maternal mortality committee >>>
The move worries reproductive justice advocates who say the state’s #abortion ban – among the strictest in the US – has placed pregnant women’s lives in jeopardy. The appointment could undermine the committee’s ability to accurately examine the impact of the law on deaths during and in the immediate aftermath of pregnancy, they say.
Samuel Alito loves his flags! A second flag, this one showing a pine tree and the words "An Appeal to Heaven," was photographed flying outside his beach house. That flag is the same as those carried by #insurrectionists on J6 and has been associated with Christian Nationalism.
My #PetPeeve >> #people who not only do not return #shopping#carts, but they leave them in the #parking space so that you can't park there unless you get out and move the cart :o/
The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population >>
"The threat, we are told here this weekend, is existential, #biological, epoch-defining. Economies will fail, #civilizations will fall, and it will all happen because people aren’t having enough #babies.
“The entire global #financial system, the value of your money, and every #asset you might buy with money is defined by leverage, which means its value depends on growth...." >>
>> "...#NatalCon has attracted attendees who are almost intensely dedicated to the cause of raising the U.S. #birth rate. The broader #natalist movement has been gaining momentum lately in #conservative circles — where anxieties over falling birth rates have converged with fears of rising immigration — and counts #ElonMusk, who has nearly a dozen children, and #ViktorOrbán among its proponents. Natalism is often about more than raising birth rates, though that is certainly one..." >
>> "...of its aims; for many in the room, the ultimate goal is a total #social overhaul, a #culture in which child-rearing is paramount.
At first glance, this conference might look like something new: A case for having #kids that is rooted in a critique of the #market-driven forces that shape our lives and the shifts that have made our culture less #family-oriented....declining birth rates are primarily the fault of “default middle-class ‘life path’ offered by our educational system and ...>
#JudgeMarchan finds #Trump guilty of nine counts of #criminal conduct re: the gag order and puts him on notice that he would be facing jail for further violations. He notes that he imposed the maximum fine for each count (1k) and wishes he had the discretion to administer fines according to a person's income.
We'll see how far Trump pushes this envelope, and whether spending some time in jail - even an hour - will be something he works to his advantage.
#BirdFlu Cattle #Outbreak Feels Like 2020, Former Surgeon General Warns >>>
The cow-to-cow transmission is the latest escalation in a global outbreak that began when the #virus reemerged in Europe in '20. It has since killed tens of millions of birds and more than 40k sea lions.
#WHO called this an "animal pandemic" on April 18.
Genetic fragments of the virus, discovered in grocery store milk, suggest the outbreak is more widespread than officials believed.
cont'd >> Experts say that drinking pasteurized milk is probably still safe. Pasteurization deactivates pathogens, probably including H5N1, according to the #FDA. However, no studies have specifically tested whether pasteurizing milk deactivates #H5N1, and the FDA is testing that now.
One human in #Texas has tested positive for the virus after exposure to dairy cattle. According to the #CDC, that person's only symptom was eye redness.
cont'd >> "If it keeps spreading in #animals, then it is eventually going to cause problems for #humans, either because we don't have #food because they've got to start exterminating flocks, or because it starts to make a jump in humans. The more it replicates, the more chances it has to mutate."
Though he agrees with the CDC's assessment that the current risk to humans is low, Adams fears the US is repeating many mistakes it made in the early days of #COVID-19.