“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” —J.R.R. Tolkien (art: William Hays)

Women have been collectively convinced that pregnancy is a health-neutral event and I am here to tell you that this is a tactic used to suppress freedom of informed choice.

exhausted | adjective | completely or almost completely depleted of resources or contents

Everybody's so stressed the Sesame Street characters are out here begging us to just not lose our shit

There’s a lot of “election is coming calories don’t count” content happening and I would like to invite you all to join me in this place called: never thinking about calories ever It’s fucking glorious. Free yourself from this fucking little numbers, eat whatever, vibe

me: I’m going to disconnect completely today also me:

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

This IS the bad place

Andrew Tate was indoctrinating your child not Trixie Mattel

please don’t be a therapist if you’re gonna ignore parts of your clients’ lived experience because of your own discomfort. stop seeing social justice as a DEI or minority issue

I was getting a procedure at a prenatal appt today, and I asked the doctor if it was going to hurt. She said “it won’t hurt the baby,” which I do think is a relatively good metaphor for how society views mothers

I'm at @thecrankytherapist on bluesky 🦋

the onion buying infowars is honest to god one of the funniest things I've ever seen anyone do in my entire life. the more I think about it the funnier it gets. every detail I learn makes it more hilarious. zero notes, flawless execution in every way. bravo

The US has 15 vaccines for kids <18: MMR DTaP Pneumococcal Rotavirus Varicella Hepatitis B Hepatitis A Polio Haemophilus influenzae B Meningococcal Human Papillomavirus Influenza COVID-19 RSV NOT 72. Not 72 DOSES from birth to age 18 (it’s ~35) Stop letting people lie.

I’m a doctor and, I cannot stress this enough, I recommend making sure you are up to date on all of your vaccines as soon as possible