What is a writer?
A miserable little pile of words!


Call me MP or Miz


Fiction attempted, with various levels of success.


Yes, I do need help, thank you for noticing.



caffeinatedOtter
@caffeinatedOtter

"How many times do we have to prove [that stimulant ADHD medication improves health outcomes] before doctors and governments stop treating the stuff like poison?"

Proof is irrelevant: medicine is a political power structure which systematically fails people on its supposed purpose every minute of every day, not because it is doing that job imperfectly, but because it is lying about its actual job. The people it systematically fails, the people it systematically kills, are on purpose.


MiserablePileOfWords
@MiserablePileOfWords

Yeaaah...

*gestures vaguely in the direction of this horror story*


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in reply to @caffeinatedOtter's post:

Oh, yeah, absolutely, I just — doctors operate the same kind of systemic malfeasance, and hide it behind the same kind of self-conferred axiomatic Authority, as cops, and it's frustrating that they so frequently get away with it. Nobody says ADAB, and it so badly needs saying

So frustrating to try to talk about this with ableds, they suddenly turn from hardcore crush-all-hierarchies anarchists into liberal grandmas defending cops. They just can't imagine a world where you're empowered to help yourself rather than needing a dude with a uniform to decide you deserve to live and thrive.