podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Super interesting new ep about body tech ⌚️ as corporate surveillance. I get what they mean about finding useless results—I got a CT scan for chronic condition& it showed kidney cysts, which sound concerning until you learn they’re usually asymptomatic & very common

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If you liked this video, I highly recommend Diego Armus’s chapter “Tango, Gender, and Tuberculosis in Buenos Aires” in Disease in the History of Modern Latin America. It talks about how Industrial-Revolution-era Buenos Aires had 2 different stereotypes of the consumptive woman—one for

I know this video isn’t new, but continue to be impressed at how Hank & John Greene can produce content that’s so widely known & beginner friendly while at the same time not at all basic. Vid touches on rarely acknowledged humanities-of-illness themes that fascinate me youtube.com/watch?v=7D-g...

Something I want to add:
“Neurotypical” is an archetype/representation of an ideal. Some of us are certainly more neurodivergent (in both the impairment sense & the political “systems are not built to include us” sense) than others. Neurotypical & NT-passing privilege are very real. However, …

I think “Body Fascism”—forced bodily conformity to fascist standards—might be the missing link to explain why MAHA, ableism, fatphobia, and prohibitions on gender-affirming healthcare (and so much more) feel so similar. I write about it over on Substack.
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You have to understand that wellness influencers and others who hype up panacea diets and supplements aren’t just misunderstanding the science. They are promoting an ideology based on deeply held beliefs. I watched Hank’s recent YT vid critiquing “miracle drugs,” including a clip of (continued)