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9 years ago
Weekly Humira was a game changer for me. It was a pain to get my insurance to cover it (I'm American) but once they did it's kept me essentially in remission ever since.
It drives me nuts that doctors don't recognize fatigue as a side effect of IBD. I bring it up at every appointment and they just check my iron levels and tell me I'm fine. But I'm 34 years old and need a daily nap!
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9 years ago
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Hello!
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9 years ago
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9 years ago
Oh yes, this has already been a much more pleasant experience! I love that my first and only post has already generated civil, interesting discussions.
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9 years ago
I see what you're saying, but your argument assumes that gender and race are things that we use to separate ourselves. That's not the case. If I mention on a parenting subreddit that I'm a mother, people are going to know that I'm a woman. If someone in a politics subreddit mentions that they were born and raised in El Salvador, people are going to know that they're Latino. These things are integral aspects of our life experiences, not some flag we're waving in order to be divisive. Again, when we attempt to hide diverse aspects of ourselves and our communities, we default to white, male and straight. That is not helpful or ideal. Rather than assuming that people who identify as female, a person of color, a Buddhist, etc are being divisive, we should examine why those are things that trigger people's anger in the first place. You say that "it's just better to leave some things secret" but why should it have to a be secret that I'm a woman?
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9 years ago
Oh yeah. In retaliation for things like disagreeing with them about foreign policy.
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9 years ago
I don't see how it's possible to leave gender or race behind. Religion maybe, but if we choose to ignore gender and race, we tend to assume everyone is white and male, and that's not good. My gender does impact my life experiences, so I'd rather just have it be respected than have to hide it.
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9 years ago
I'm not looking for a "hugbox," I'm just looking for someplace where I don't get dickpics and rape threats in my inbox.
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9 years ago
"reddit's 'women can do no wrong, men are evil' mentality"
That....is very, very different than my experience...
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9 years ago
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Hello! Another Reddit refugee hoping for a more woman-friendly environment
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