stuff about stuff

[domarzione]

Stuff I linked to on tumblr but you might like:

 The Mandalorian Is the Only Smart Soldier in the Star Wars Galaxy: It took decades, but the galaxy finally has a tactical and operational genius. (Written by an Army officer and first class nerd)

We are getting closer to a cure for sickle cell anemia, a disease that overwhelmingly affects minorities, and are doing trials with teenagers in the hopes of being able to reach even younger patients. 


A 1970s Spaghetti Western homage to The Mandalorian. 


The trailer for Motherland: Fort Salem, which is a show about a (female) witch army and has lots of elements that should hit fandom right in the bulletproof kink. 

 

I am a student again as of Tuesday and I go from a life of indolence to three classes while working full time and I am wondering how good of an idea this was.


I am 2k words into Qui Habitat 20, but the pace will slow drastically because of the previous.


My cats are draped over the loveseat like two frat boys the morning after a major party and I want to take a picture, but if I get up, the noise will make them move. But know that one of them is lying on his back with his hind legs straight up in the air while his head and upper torso are twisted around so that he looks put together wrong. And the other one is melting into the seat back at a precarious angle. 


I signed up for the Worldbuilding Challenge and while I'm comfortable with my offers and requests, I feel like it is a bit 'live by the drop-down, die by the drop-down.'


I bought a ticket to see Ruth Negga as Hamlet next month, a Brooklyn import of the Dublin production. Griping about going to DUMBO, but I made a promise to see more arts this year and it got rave reviews at the time.  


Question: is there a DW community for peri-/menopause? And if not, why not? Enough of fandom is of the age and every single study/article/whatever is all about how women don't talk about this and don't have anyone to ask outside their BFFs and gyns. It seems like a good subject for crowdsourcing solutions or, at least, a place to gripe to a sympathetic audience. I turn 45 this summer and the first question for almost everything that goes wrong with me is "is it peri-menopause?" and so far the answer has been no, but gosh I'd like some wise women to talk to. I don't have those kinds of resources in my RL. 

[ETA: there is fenopause , h/t to perspi ]

 

 

Comments

[lillian13]

I make no claims of wisdom and I'd love to chat about what my Mom called The Change.

Wave at my boss when you go to Brooklyn--I work remotely for a lawyer there. We like to joke that during SXSW there are suddenly parking spaces there and none here in Austin.

[domarzione]

If you want to make a parking joke that he'll laugh about, tell him SWSX means alternate side parking is suspended in NYC. :)

I would listen to chats about The Change. My mother died before she went through it, so I'm a giant question mark about what I should expect and when.

[jamoche]

> Question: is there a DW community for peri-/menopause?

And could it be No Woo Allowed? Seems like half the websites on the subject are fine until you scroll down, and suddenly it's "there's an essential oil for that".

[domarzione]

I think there's a time and place for holistic and natural choices, but there's 'this tea helped me with this symptom and maybe it will work for you' and there's GOOP and her snake oil and there's a lot of people suggesting you put tea tree oil in places you will absolutely regret.

[jamoche]

Absolutely. It's the latter that are annoying - the ones that don't even begin to offer any practical advice, just which combo of scents are going to do the right magic. They also tend to be the "oh, it's all natural, all part of the mystery of womanhood" sort and I had enough of that when the periods *first* happened. I liked my ibuprofen and lack of backaches, thanks so much.

[domarzione]

My reply to that is "cyanide's all natural, too." :)

[perspi]

There's fenopause - it's not super active, but there's plenty of posts/discussions you could go back through, and people post a few times a month, I think.

[domarzione]

Thank you! I have joined.