drteresa-winst.bsky.social
Applied anthropologist, Sr Res Scientist & Affil Assoc Prof ~ PNW Med Sch. Focused on healthcare as human rt & harm reduction ❤️🔥 & indigenous sovereignty (& ❤️ dogs & dessert, but not dogs 4 dessert). Opinions mine, of course.
👤 Joined on 11 September 2024
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@drteresa-winst.bsky.social(Important distinction, though, that the others don’t have the immediate threat to your health that unnecessarily prickly doctors do)
Show PostThe “doctor who’s a condescending ass but really smart and always gets the right answer so who cares” trope in TV is actively harmful because the audience is bad at differentiating that from reality, and the reality is that those doctors miss things because no one wants to interact with them.
Show Postyes! generally the asshole genius trope has done much damage. people who fancy themselves as geniuses (typically without merit) think it gives them license to be jerks
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Show PostIt was a nail-biter today in Chicago, but my 12-year-old managed to score the one goal of the game to win it for her team.
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