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Do you watch educational TV shows or documentaries? What makes these shows watchable or interesting to you? Are there particular ones that spoke to you?

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2026-01-20 02:17 pm
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Moontime began around midday today. I was cramping, and the herbal sanitary pads came in clutch. So so glad Instagram targeted me for these.

I've had an ultrasound done, and they found a fibroid sitting in my uterus. Getting the blood test to screen for PCOS proved more complicated because most major hospitals here don't have a PCOS package and add each test individually, which turns out prohibitively expensive. They all say they have a Gynaecology department but it's all pregnancy and childbirth, no menstrual health. This includes the hospitals that call themselves a 'women and children's hospital'. Hell, there's a whole hospital just for fertility and childbirth here, called The Birthplace. But nothing for menstrual health! It makes me so angry. Even the gynaecologist who diagnosed me, is one I consulted online because her specialisation is menstrual health whereas all the gynaecologists in my city specialise in fertility.

Since this is a fasting blood test I wanted to go to a hospital nearby. That didn't work out because they're obsessed with me giving birth when any woman who chooses to give birth does so for a much shorter span of her life than the span she spends menstruating!!!! *angry noises*

So I called Proactive For Her (through whom I'd had the online consultation with the gynaecologist who told me my periods are definitely abnormal). They said they only opened at nine, so I went and waited. Turns out they don't even have their own clinic space and they're sharing space with an IVF clinic (fucking fertility again). At least they have a presence in my city! I wouldn't have been able to get tested for PCOS if they didn't! They had a comprehensive PCOS panel for 5000 rupees. The other hospitals were charging 30,000 rupees because they didn't have an existing package and were adding each test individually!

No wonder so many women get told to just go have a baby whenever their periods are giving them trouble. It's because the gynaecologists telling them that haven't been trained for anything else. And it's not like the hospitals offer comprehensive testing, either.

What this experience drove home to me is that I never had the chance to get diagnosed earlier anyway because Proactive For Her only started three or so years ago, opened first in Bangalore and came to my city only recently. They do offer fertility and pregnancy related care, but they equally offer menstrual healthcare and women's sexual healthcare. They're the only gynaecologists I know here who screen for vaginismus, for instance.

Now I'm waiting for my report. Can't wait to get some answers!

On a lighter note (or more creepy note), Instagram is already targeting me for PCOS supplements. On the one hand I haven't been diagnosed yet, on the other hand I have a hunch I will be, on the third hand Instagram is sooo spying on me because it knows just from me mentioning being tested for PCOS aloud, on the fourth hand perhaps being spied on is worth it if it's serving me up useful information because I wouldn't know where to go hunting for supplements and this way I have all the choices in front of me, and on the fifth hand I use Instagram as a shopping and jobsearching site and not a social media one anyway so it's fineeee.

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #10

2026-01-19 03:19 pm
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Introduction Post * Meet the Mods Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 * Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 * Challenge #9

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #10 )

And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

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Hi,

welcome to the weekly chat corner. Have anything SW-related to talk about? Come and tell us.

~ ~ ~

Do you ever interact with Star Wars fans who aren't shipping-fandom fans? What has it been like?

I have a coworker who's a SW fan, and it's weird. He knows a lot of the lore, especially the older EU stuff, so I've had some really good talks with him, but the amount of times I did a tire-screech stop in the middle of saying something because oh SHIT, nope, that's shipping fandom, I will not openly admit to the guy I've read erotica about his favorite character...! XD

tree silhouette

2026-01-18 08:50 pm
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My favorite photo from my trip home during the holidays.


Snowdrops

2026-01-18 01:33 pm
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The snowdrops are starting to flower, I am so excited.
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Event: Traumatic Experiences
Event link: [community profile] traumaticexperiences
Pinch hit link: Current Pinch Hit Post
Due date: February 10th at 8PM PST

[community profile] traumaticexperiences is a (psychological) trauma themed multifandom exchange. You must write a fanfiction that is a minimum of 1000 words. We have 14 initial pinch hits that are due on February 10th at 8PM PST.

Assignment Requirements

PH 1 - Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023), Metal Fight Beyblade | Beyblade Metal Saga, Teen Titans (Animated Series)

PH 2 - Dredge (Video Game), Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008), 間の楔 | Ai no Kusabi (Anime)

PH 3 - The Pitt (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, Mission: Impossible (Movies)

PH 4 - Runescape (Video Games), MacGyver (TV 1985), Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Cartoon), MiSide (Video Game)

PH 5 - Dial M for Murder (1954), Home Before Dark (1958), The Country Girl (1954)

PH 6 - Given (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Wind Breaker (Anime), Outlast (Video Games)

PH 7 - Four Assassins (2011), RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993), Half-Life (Video Games), Crossing Jordan (TV 2001)

PH 8 - The Defenders (Marvel TV), Charmed (TV 1998)

PH 9 - Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat, Death in the Spires - K. J. Charles, Society of Gentlemen - K. J. Charles, Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard, The Will Darling Adventures - K. J. Charles

PH 10 - The A Word (TV), I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game), 崩坏:星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game),

PH 11 - Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga)

PH 12 - Doctor Who, Doctor Who (2005), Crossover Fandom, The Pitt (TV), Legally Blonde - Hach/O'Keefe/Benjamin, The Bear (TV 2022), Marvel 616, The Umbrella Academy (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series)

PH 13 - The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, The Fall (2006)

PH 14 - The End Of The Fucking World (TV), Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

For more details/to claim, view the pinch hit post.

Happy things

2026-01-18 04:50 am
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Currently spending a few days with a(n otherwise lovely) person whose approach to "keeping informed" doesn't jibe with mine, and I Am Not Thriving! \o/

So a bunch of happy things:

1. Someone in my Dreamwidth circles shared delightful, gorgeous fanart an artist made of their fic. This reminded me of meeting an old fandom friend again after several years. At some point, we were looking at each other's phone background because what was it? A cute pet picture maybe? A partner or kid photo? Nope! It's art that we were lucky to receive for our respective stories! Haha. What a gift. She used a stunning scene based on a Yuri on Ice fic of hers, and mine is this peaceful, joyful piece from [tumblr.com profile] fluffyblaire for the Sheep Farming AU.

2. Woke up too early, but I got 30 minutes of cat cuddles for my trouble!! Biscuits then full purring engines the whole way through. She's resting against my foot now, using it as support while she begins the daily ablutions.

3. I'm writing a hurt/comfort fic for Spring Thunder that is scratching exactly the right kind of id for me right now. I can barely explain why except that it just works and it's like immersing myself in a rose bath every time I go back (*). And the advantage of waking up too early is that I should get to spend a couple of hours in there before getting on with the rest of the day!

(*) DISCLAIMER: I have never taken a rose bath. I imagine it to be gently scented, but not overwhelmingly so. The bath water would be Just Right the entire time, too. The petals would stay artfully placed above the water as well.

4. Hm... Can I get to 5? I would like to get to 5. I would also like to write, though. Let's pretend I'm holding onto the other two for SUSPENSE! Oh no wait I have another one: I had a tasty cup of coffee while I was gearing up for wakefulness, and now I'm going to brew a delicious cup of tea before settling in with words in my mental sanctuary.

5. EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED A HAPPY JOYFUL THING MAY BE MENTIONED LATER WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT

Feel free to mention joyful things on your mind in the comments, too! Big and small, I will gorge myself on them all. Also do share about rose bath experiences. I'm interested.

Just Create - Flip Edition

2026-01-17 08:47 pm
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What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?
 
Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype? I've been neglecting Dreamwidth - tell me what I'm missing!
 
What do you just want to talk about?
 
What have you been watching or reading?
 
Chores and other not-fun things count!
 
Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky.

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Event: A Hand in the Hole Flash Exchange
Event link: A Hand in the Hole
Pinch hit link: Fandoms Requested: Creator's Choice of Fandoms
Due date: 6 PM CST, January 19th

If claiming, please email the mod at themonstersoflove@gmail.com.

Signal boost: Ukraine

2026-01-17 06:37 pm
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[personal profile] dolorosa_12 wrote a post about the Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure which includes helpful suggestions for concrete action.

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials

2026-01-17 06:24 pm
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Agatha Christie's Seven Dials on Netflix was excellent.

It doesn't star Hercule Poirot, nor Miss Marple, but a young lady played by the delightful Mia McKenna-Bruce. <3

Apparently, these characters also appear in an earlier novel, so I hope they'll adapt it too.

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #9

2026-01-17 08:01 am
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Introduction Post * Meet the Mods Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 * Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 *



Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #9 )

And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

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Speak Up Saturday

2026-01-17 03:45 pm
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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

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