New Beginnings

today I sold one of my chest of drawers. People have asked about the other stuff..but no go so...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:17:22 -0400

today I sold one of my chest of drawers. People have asked about the other stuff..but no go so far. I may need the back up of Goodwill or someplace else.

"The newly released edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5) may..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:49:52 -0400

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The newly released edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5) may be heralded as the “bible of psychiatry”, but it is not an objective scientific document outlining the truth about madness as its proponents claim. Rather, it’s a manual that has been used to propagate the misdiagnosis and maltreatment of vulnerable women.

Women are significantly more likely than men to be diagnosed with a range of psychiatric illnesses. This includes depression, anxiety, eating disorders, borderline personality disorder, somatoform disorder, sleep disorders and dissociative identity or depersonalisation disorder.

Those who experience mood change once a month can be diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

Women are also significantly more likely than men to be prescribed psychotropic medication known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as Prozac, given electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), or hospitalised for psychiatric illness.

But this doesn’t mean that women are more mad than men. They are simply more likely to be labelled as such when they express discontent or distress with everyday life. Or when they fail to live up to the unrealistic ideals of the perfect wife and mother.

”

- DSM-5 helps perpetuate the myth of women’s madness (via isay)

Well right now she's with her father in Boston & then in about a month she's going to go down to Napa & work at the winery pouring her father's wine, he's an ex baseball player with his own brand. I'm not sure which vineyard she's working at, yet.

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:48:48 -0400

Turns out Alex will still be working there though the injury she just got is fairly serious. That’s cool her Dad has his own wine.

awkwardsituationist: acid attacks in pakistan. here is how you...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:02:50 -0400

awkwardsituationist:

acid attacks in pakistan. here is how you can help.

i was finally able to track down the photographer. her name is izabella demavlys

A barbaric practice reinforced by a religion that doesn’t honor women but considers them chattle. Nothing is noted about what happened to the men who did this… jail? torture? or high five?

Thoughts and truths

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:41:28 -0400

1. When a tornado strikes, there is no one to blame. It is simply so sad. I keep thinking of how it must feel to drop your kid off at school and never see him or her alive again.

2. We dropped of my granddaughter in Napa. She starts her internship at a fancy winery. Hard work but great background and probably connections.

3. My niece is now divorced. It ended well, as I suspected it would at some point. I am happy for them both. It’s always sad to end a relationship…no matter what reason… but I think this is a good thing and that both will be happy and get along well too.

4. I gave my son my copy of the Patti Smith book along with my collage of his high school graduation. He’s 50 now.

5. My husband’s birthday was yesterday. I did nothing..not a cake, not a birthday song.. nothing. I’m such a loser!

merfology: bryanthephotogeek: Here you go Will. cue...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:31:50 -0400

merfology:

bryanthephotogeek:

Here you go Will.

cue crying

oh my… tears…..

drawing-bored: womaninterrupted: ragbag: discardingimages: fl...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:28:18 -0400

drawing-bored:

womaninterrupted:

ragbag:

discardingimages:

flying penis monster

Decretum Gratiani with the commentary of Bartolomeo da Brescia, Italy 1340-1345.

Lyon, BM, Ms 5128, fol. 100r

flying penis monster auto-reblog enabled.

This is of interest to people.

falcor?

I am a strong believer in past lives and actually recalled being a scribe and doing drawings like this…. and other pornography within the books I illustrated. I’ve never seen one until today… suddenly I am vindicated for my memories which seemed so weird. But then again, we are talking about young Catholic priests…sooooo I could have guessed.

My cousin sent me this darling photobooth shot of my Mother. ...

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:09:07 -0400

My cousin sent me this darling photobooth shot of my Mother. The fact that it was hand colored makes me think that someone actually posed people in them and then took the images and colored them! She’s so completly darling in this photo!

"Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive."

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:06:38 -0400

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.”

- Hafiz (via loveyourchaos)

I am trying to apply this.

lglarios56: #Eclipse #Sun #Moon #Collage #Colors #Beauty works...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:06:14 -0400

lglarios56:

#Eclipse #Sun #Moon #Collage #Colors #Beauty

works totally.

The cute little thing is my mother. I was born about 2 1/2...

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:25:01 -0400

The cute little thing is my mother. I was born about 2 1/2 years after this photo was taken. She was a great mother and the perfect foil for my Dad’s more strict and controlling nature. I adored her and still do. I still think of calling her. I would love to share my feeling about the family I have now with her. She would listen and empathize … and also admire.. and praise, … and never criticize. Wonderful woman! I am lucky I think.

I really need to re-stage some family photos!

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:03:29 -0400

I really need to re-stage some family photos!

Tuesday truth

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:39:05 -0400

1. I’m a little over the edge tonight… well all day actually. I feel like I have too much on my plate.

2. I haven’t been to downtown Los Angeles (except to go to a Laker game) since about 1990.

3. No sex since forever, it seems like.

4. My son told me he wants to have me over..or take me out for Mother’s Day. I have to watch my grandson. Maybe I can still do it… without too much annoyance.

"I saw a guy in Brooklyn once with a handlebar mustache, pierced ears, a fedora hat and jodhpurs. He..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:23:32 -0400

“I saw a guy in Brooklyn once with a handlebar mustache, pierced ears, a fedora hat and jodhpurs. He was a collage of sartorial attempts at evading himself. It looked as if he were interrupted during a shave in the mid-1850s and had to grab some clothes and dress quickly while being chased through a time tunnel.”

- Marc Maron

My friend Marc Maron, whose new TV show Maron just premiered on IFC, wrote this great piece for the Times about finding the perfect pants. And just living your life.

(via putthison)

Paging tloth

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Untitled by *EltonTurkey

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:26:04 -0400

Untitled by *EltonTurkey

Last night I found out that a ‘friend’ of mine had betrayed me. She had pretended to be...

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:05:30 -0400

Last night I found out that a ‘friend’ of mine had betrayed me. She had pretended to be my friend, asked for help which I gave freely… and then she got better (apparently)…. got more friends and now doesn’t and won’t talk to me. Treason…. an enemy.

It really made me feel bad because it was completely unexpected. I found out from someone else who mentioned her and how wonderful they were ..etc etc etc. ugh..

Roses in my yard… taken with a Lensbaby on my Nikon D800

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:08:37 -0400

Roses in my yard… taken with a Lensbaby on my Nikon D800

And regarding another grandchild...

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:27:49 -0400

My first grandchild, ‘A’, came back to California from NYC because she was going a little crazy there. (she said so herself… and needed help).

She got better and was happy re-connecting with old friends and feeling like her life was going someplace again (she’s 24). She even danced in a performance and she hadn’t done that for a long long time.

Now she is back in NYC for about two weeks and her ‘boyfriend’ is wining and dining her, treating her to places and things…to sort of win her back. Not that she left him… but she should.

He is horrible for her… seriously bad. We don’t interfere…but she needs to get smarter about this man who is a manipulator.

Oh and yeah… as I’ve said, I’m convinced he is gay… and probably not admitting it to himself yet. But who knows. I worry about her too.

I worry so much about my grandson. His Dad is now away working on a film and B is at home with his...

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:20:55 -0400

I worry so much about my grandson. His Dad is now away working on a film and B is at home with his Mother. B tells anyone who will listen that he doesn’t like his Mother. When I ask why, he only says, ‘because I don’t like her’. He is 3 3/4 years old.

I have never ever known a child who says this. Yes, once in a while a kid will say “I don’t like you”…or even ” I hate you” to his Mother….but to generally and often say to others, “I don’t like my Mommy”, is so weird to me. I worry. What is she doing or not doing? What is it about her? Is she harming him in some way… verbally…or otherwise.

Yes, I worry.

Sad thing...

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:16:08 -0400

My grandson: I’m going to miss you so much when you leave.

Me: I will miss you too. I love you so much.

My grandson: I want to live at your house.

Me: But your parents would miss you.

My grandson: *brief pause …. then… No, they don’t.