I decided to start the AIP diet after reading about connections between chronic inflammation and repeated pregnancy loss. I've had two miscarriages in the last seven months, and am wondering if an underlying inflammation issue may be contributing. I've not had a previous autoimmune diagnosis, but wanted to see if following the diet would produce positive effects that might lead to a successful pregnancy in the near future.
I'm on my second week. Following the diet hasn't been terribly difficult (I've done Paleo/Whole30 in the past), but I've been surprised at how constipated I've felt since the first day. I've also noticed my sleep quality has become really poor. I used to have no problems falling asleep and staying asleep through the night - now it takes me much longer to feel sleepy, and the sleep I do get feels "thin". I don't feel rested when I wake up. I've also somehow gained weight, even though I'm eating fewer calories (but a still healthy amount, I'm not hungry when I'm going to bed).
My meals have mostly been meat + 2 AIP-approved veg, reaching 30 g of protein per meal, snacks are usually fruit and jerky, and I'm still drinking caffeine (black tea/oolong/green tea in the morning until ~ noon, but not after). I'm drinking ~120 oz of water a day, a lift weights 3-4 times a week, and play tennis 3x a week.
Any advice (especially for the constipation)?

I was assaulted last March, which resulted in a pregnancy. I kept my baby, and when she was born in December my parents kicked me out. I had some money saved from when I was working. But I am completely out now. I have no help taking care of my baby and can’t work until she’s put in daycare. I will start working once I somehow save enough money for her first month of daycare. We are currently living in a homeless shelter. And I feel hopeless. She’s outgrown all of the clothes I could afford to buy her. A few weeks ago I prayed and found this contest called super mom. I need you all to just vote for me. I realize that people scam so I won’t ask for money. Please just vote, it’s free and you get one vote a day. Share this if you can. Winning this would get me $20,000 I’d use that money to get my baby into daycare and move into an apartment. I’d then be able to work again and not have to worry about having enough money to feed her. Please keep us in your prayers and vote!

https://www.reddit.com/TwoXIndia/s/liPwhI9XlA
After our fight, I made sure to ignore my husband and only reply when asked questions. He didn't apologize but kept his tone normal with me and after that incident, whenever he used to say anything that would hurt me, I would straight away go out of the room or put headphones or else I would reply back to him.
When I posted the above-mentioned post, I had already conceived, and I missed my periods, so I decided to take an at home pregnancy test. It came out positive.
I informed my husband about my pregnancy test, and he was shocked at first. Then, he kept on questioning if the child was his because this was something we weren't planning. I told him several times(mind you, I was practically shouting at a point), and I am not sure if he believes it or not, but he doesn't ask any more questions.
I am still looking for a job and gave some interviews, waiting to hear back from them. I have decided not to abort the child. I can not do that.
My parents are very happy and my mother strictly said to me to take care of myself even if no one does. She also told me not to tolerate any BS, and if things go rocky, then I should come to India.
My MIL is happy. This is what she told me, but now is concerned about her daughter as my SIL is also expecting a baby. She is like, "Who will help her. She will be all alone." My MIL wants to come here, i.e. in the country we are living right now, but her visa was rejected a few times before. She also told me to go find work at supermarkets. When I told her the news, she was more concerned about her daughter and me not earning rather than the happiness of having a baby.
My husband, on the other hand, told me to take care of myself and, surprisingly,listen to me. He will make sure I eat healthy and on time and not eat cold food. When we visited the doctor, he also asked questions regarding my health. Yes, he does tells me to do certain things like talk to people ( I am very reserved type), engage in conversations but now he is not shouting at me but talking with me in normal tone.
Also, my MIL once told me that we want a boy child only at first, and when I asked the same question to my husband, he said that it didn't matter to him whether it would be a girl or a boy. It would be our baby.
I am sure I am a bad person for saying this, but I don't want my MIL to be present here cause she has some weird notions about periods and pregnancy. When I was in India living with her, she would not let me come near when she was making pickles if I was menstruating. Now, she is telling me that if two pregnant women live together, then one would lose their milk and would not be able to breastfeed. This is the reason my SIL and her husband will be living separately. She also says that if a pregnant woman craves sweet, it would be a boy and many other things.
I have already heard these things and a guessing game of a boy child or a girl child at the time of my SIL, and now, I can not go through this again during my time. I am sure I will blast and say something to her.
For my sanity, I don't want her here. I am ready to face all challenges and do everything for my baby, but not this. This does make me a bad person, but I can't help it.
I am sure that having a child will not change the dynamics between my husband and I, and I can not process things right now. I really need a sisterly advice please.

Apologies in advance for the novel...
I work 10pm to 6am Monday to Friday. For the past few months I've also done 6am to 6pm Sundays. So my sleep schedule was already fucked up. Then my little sister passed away last month. I keep having panic attacks every day before bed cuz of that. Then my bosses boss started micromanaging us really bad the past few weeks... After a particularly bad email from them last night, I sent an email saying I'm done with all overtime effective immediately. Then I got home and now I have two things to panic about.
So it's 5 hours past my usual bedtime and I can't sleep at all. Melatonin didn't do shit. So I called out sick. Doctors notes are required if we take more than 3 days. I haven't had a two day weekend in 3 months, besides when I got covid. Then I got the news of my sister on the 4th day of that. 1 day of bereavement and then back to work... What do I say to a doctor to get a note? I have a bipolar diagnosis and I take 150mg Lamictal. I know I'm overthinking this but could use a voice of reason or 3... Thank you

Hi all! Had my first pregnancy, an ectopic, in march. Treated with MTX in the beginning of april. After MTX my HCG dropped from 3100 in the beginning of april to 6 two weeks ago. Had a period when my HCG was about 400. Last weekend i’ve experienced some brown spotting and cramping. Today is cycle day 31, so I tought my period was coming (even tho I knew I didn’t ovulate this cycle by using BBT). The spotting lasted for a couple days, but the cramping is still bad. Took an ovulation test on monday and it came back very positive. If that’s true, I’m gonna notice it in my BBT tomorrow I think. I’ve never had ovulations this painfully before and this much spotting. Is that something that’s happening after an ectopic pregnancy? Does anyone else have the same experience?

Avrobio - Deep Value Arbitrage Potential on Reverse Merger With Tectonic Therapeutic $AVRO
After a very lengthy strategic review process beginning in July 2023, Avrobio announced in January 2024 that they would pursue a reverse merger with Tectonic Therapeutic.
The shareholder vote for the proposed merger is on June 11th, 2024, and the merger is expected to close shortly after (before the end of June).
The deal is priced with Avrobio bringing $65 million cash at closing, and in turn current shareholders will own approximately 22.3% of the new company listing under the ticker symbol TECX. If Avrobio closes with cash greater than $65.5 million, the ownership percentage will increase, and Avrobio estimates they will bring $65 to $75 million at closing.
Tectonic has raised or entered agreements for a $130.7 million private placement, and these investors will own 37.9% of the new company, with current Tectonic shareholders owning 39.8%.
Avrobio shareholders will receive CVR’s for all existing IP, should the new company be able to find interested parties.The full merger prospectus can be viewed here
Value, Arbitrage, & Upcoming Catalysts
Avrobio had a closing price of $1.23 on May 10th, 2024. The new syndicate of investors bringing $130.7 million are effectively buying into the company at a 39.3% premium to what Avro is trading at today.
There is a high likelihood based on Avrobio’s Q1 2024 financials that they will bring closer to $75 million cash at closing, swelling the premium that the new institutional investors are paying. Avrobio had over $90 million cash at the end of Q1, with a burn rate of ~ $7m in the quarter.
I expect this discount to narrow or close entirely should the deal close successfully, with the possibility that Avro trades at a slight premium to the private placement due to shareholders receiving CVRs on existing IP.
Tectonic Therapeutic is planning to release confirmatory Phase 1A data mid 2024 for their lead asset TX45, and I would expect this data to be released very shortly before or after the completed merger and listing of the new company.
Eli Lily, also working on a competing biologic of Relaxin, is releasing P2 data sometime in Q3 of 2024. Tectonic’s Relaxin has early indications of being best in class, so should Lily’s data be promising, this could be a major external catalyst for Tectonic.
CVRs
Avrobio shareholders at the time of closing will receive CVRs for all existing assets, and there is always the potential that there could be an unexpected pay day in the future should Tectonic’s management find a buyer.
In June 2023, Avrobio sold their Cystinosis Gene Therapy program to Novartis for $87.5 million along with a 12 month license to their PLATO platform.
The Gaucher gene therapy program was at a similar stage of development prior to Avro announcing that they were seeking strategic alternatives, so should any of their remaining gene therapy programs have value, it would likely be Gaucher.
They also have earlier stage gene therapy programs for Hunter syndrome, Pompe, and Fabry.
There isn’t a lot of evidence to support the idea that these programs will find a buyer, but the potential is always there.
The Plato platform may actually deliver some value however, as Novartis’s license to use it expires in June 2024, so there is a chance that they either purchase it or re-license it to continue with their Cystinosis program.
I don’t personally assign a lot of value to the CVR’s, but there is a non-zero chance that they may deliver significant value in the future to Avrobio shareholders.
About Tectonic Therapeutic
Tectonic’s management is composed of top talent with a strong history of success both in drug approvals and exits.Tectonic is a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of therapeutic proteins and antibodies that modulate the activity of GPCRs. The discovery of biologics that can modulate GPCRs has historically been quite challenging. Tectonic has developed a proprietary technology platform called GEODe™, with the aim of addressing these challenges to enable the discovery and development of GPCR targeted biologic medicines that can modify the course of disease. Tectonic focuses on areas of significant unmet medical need, often where therapeutic options are poor or nonexistent, as these are areas where new medicines have the potential to improve patient quality of life.Tectonic’s lead asset, TX000045 (“TX45”) is an Fc-relaxin fusion molecule that activates the RXFP1 receptor, the GPCR target of the hormone, relaxin. Relaxin is an endogenous protein, expressed at low levels in both men and women. In normal human physiology, relaxin is upregulated during pregnancy where it exerts vasodilative effects, reduces systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance and increases cardiac output to accommodate the increased demand for oxygen and nutrients from the developing fetus. Relaxin also exerts anti-fibrotic effects on pelvic ligaments to facilitate delivery of the baby. It has long been hypothesized that these unique dual aspects of relaxin biology may offer therapeutic potential in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, the development of a viable therapeutic has been challenging, primarily because of relaxin’s very short half-life. Tectonic believes TX45’s pharmacological profile, the direct result of applying Tectonic’s protein engineering capabilities, has the potential to overcome the limitations that have impeded previous attempts to develop relaxin as a therapeutic protein. To interrogate the therapeutic potential of relaxin, Tectonic has identified Group 2 Pulmonary Hypertension (“PH”) in the setting of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (“HFpEF”) referred to as Group 2 PH / HFpEF hereafter, as the initial disease setting. Tectonic hypothesizes that in this setting, treatment with relaxin could improve hemodynamics through effects on vasodilation and potential remodeling in both the pulmonary vessels and the heart which could translate into a clinically meaningful improvement in exercise capacity in these patients. Clinical trials are planned to confirm this hypothesis. Despite this belief, Tectonic’s business carries substantial risks, including Tectonic’s limited experience in therapeutic discovery and development, and the risk that that the platform may never result in the regulatory approval of a product candidate.
Conclusion
Purchasing Avrobio at current pricing offers a very significant discount to the valuation private placement investors are assigning to the new company Tectonic.
With a high probability of the deal closing, the risk/reward on Avro is quite attractive both from an arbitrage and catalyst vantage point.
Should the deal fail to close, Avro investors would still likely profit in the event of liquidation, though the process would be time consuming and the potential upside is significantly less than what the merger offers.
Disclosure
Author owns a long position in Avrobio shares

I wasn’t sure where to post this. My twin sister got married in March of 2022. We all thought oh she will have a baby and it won’t take long to conceive. Well fast forward I got married in August of 2022 and decided to TTC in January of 2023. I ended up having a positive pregnancy test April 2, 2023. Flash forward to now. I have an almost 6 month and they have tried egg retrieval and I guess none of the eggs were good. Then recently they tried again, I don’t know all the details but they got bad news on mother’s days. My brother in law basically made it sound like they won’t be able to have kids. But through all this, my sister has been super sensitive about any mention of any pregnancy. Which I can’t even begin to imagine what she is going through as I got pregnant pretty easily. But I just wish she would come to me and say I’m really struggling. Like I don’t need details. I found out from my BIL that they have been going to therapy. She keeps it all bottle up and then freaks out. I want to be there for her. I just don’t know how. I started to TTC earlier than I wanted because I thought it was going to take time. I just really want to be able to offer her support. I even said I would donate my eggs to her, but I have to finish breastfeeding first. I really wanted to go for longer than a year, but if it mention my sister could get pregnant and have a baby it would be worth it. But also I thought about TTC for baby number 2 and I know breastfeeding eventually may end while pregnant because you can dry up. I was hoping maybe to have 3 babies, but if it meant helping my sister to get pregnant I would be okay with 2. We are also about to be 36, so time is on our hands. Sorry if this is all over the place, but I could use some advice. Thanks so much!

Not sure if I chose the right flair, but anyway… I commented on a post the other day about how my period is due on my wedding day and someone has mentioned that there is a pill to delay it. Which I had seen being an option in wedding subs. But with that being said, I’m in Canada and not sure it’s necessarily available here.
So what are my other options? I know birth control can help, but I’m 38, never used it and not sure if there’s even a point for me now considering we’re not far off of potentially trying for a baby after the wedding anyway. And I realize my age is a factor for pregnancy so is there a point to the extra hormones for a short amount of time?
I do have an appointment with my doctor next week, but I’m just trying to arm myself with as much information before I meet with her.

I have a 3 year old and a 2 month old. The toddler is in daycare full time and I dread the weekends or days when the daycare is closed and feel absolutely awful about it. I used to look forward to them prior to the baby's arrival. I loved to spend time with the toddler and I missed her terribly when I was at work. If I could have been a SAHM with just her, I would. She is a great little girl and so much fun to be around. Yes, she is exhausting but not in a bad way. Now, I feel so overwhelmed when they are both at home even though I get a lot of help from my husband and my mom. I am a lot more irritable and impatient with her and I feel like she gets ignored a lot more. Whenever it is just me and her doing something like old times, I love it, but I find it really stressful to manage the baby and her when they are both together. I miss my toddler and I feel like I am failing her in some way. I have the baby in a carrier, but I find it so physically challenging and cumbersome to run around or play on the floor with the toddler while having a 12 lbs baby strapped to me. It kills my back and pelvis (which is a issue that was re-aggravated with the second pregnancy).
The baby is sweet and cute (though not a good sleeper), but at least I spend a lot of time with him during the week. Having said that, I am not a fan of the baby stage (I didn't enjoy it with my daughter either). I know it will get better in a year, but that's a long time to dread weekends. I just hope my toddler will be ok until I get the hang of this.
Parents with 2 kids...was your oldest ok in the long run while baby got more manageable?

Hi☺️ I've had acne for almost 2 years now, there's nothing remarkable/noticeable in my blood and I simply don't know why I got acne.
I've been to the derm a couple of times and I've tried every single topical treatment there is (glycolic acid, salicylic acid, zinc, niacinamide, azelaic acid, vitamin a, toners, skin refiners etc and I also got prescribed antibiotics but nothing seems to help.
I've spent a lot of money on those products and while the last antibiotic seemed to help at first, I had to stop taking it for a while and my acne came back.
My skin gets better, then worse, then better etc - my skin is now a lot better than it was 2 months ago but I know it's just a phase and it'll come back eventually (rn I have a lot of red marks on my face but no pimple or anything - two months ago my face looked horrible and hurt badly)
Two derms have recommended trying vitamin a (isotretinoin if I understood it correctly) since I've tried so many different products and none seemed to help
however: to take this I need to be on birth control (or something similar but birth control would probably be the best option) - the problem is that I don't want to go on bc. I know I won't be having sex during this treatment (I know) and my acne isn't hormonal so taking it just puts me at risk of getting other side effects like gaining weight etc. I could get it prescribed and just not take it because I know for a fact that I won't sleep with anyone and I know that if I do get pregnant, I wouldn't be able to keep the baby.
Since men can also take vitamin a, the bc is just for preventing pregnancies and has no interaction/correlation (?) with the isotretinoin - at least that's what I've read.
My question is: My acne is ok now although it's been bad in the past two years (I've been diagnosed with acne vulgaris). Right now I just have red spots (less than before but still visible imo) but I don't use any products right now, not even a moisturizer because I'm so scared that my skin will get worse.
However, if I don't take it, I don't know what could possibly help my skin ... I know that a lot of doctors just want to prescribe something and get it over but if two derms said that this seems like the only option, would you take the risk? I've heard that isotretinoin (I assume that's accutune in the US) also has a few side effects but I think I could live with those (I just hope I don't gain weight because that would be bad for me right now) Would you take it without birth control and just "lie" about taking it?
I'm fully aware what will happen if I get pregnant but I don't have a boyfriend and I know I won't just hook up with anyone (never did and never will) - they said that I'd have to take a pregnancy test every month just for safety measures (which I'm ok with since I won't have sex with anyone)
Would appreciate your advice because I really don't know what to do.. I've seen worse acne on reddit and in photos and my skin doesn't look awful rn but my skin has been worse and I know that nothing will change if I don't take the isotretinoin.. and I feel like my acne will be worse again..if I wait until it's bad again, a few months will pass and maybe I could've solved this problem a long time ago but I keep waiting and waiting as if something is going to change overnight
I hope this doesn't get deleted, I'm sorry for the long text. I'm from Europe if that matters

I am convinced I am pregnant despite not having a lot of the stereotypical early signs. I did spot with discharge for 4 or 5 days last week, which I've never experienced before. That is my main "big symptom". Other than that, everything else has been more murky on if it is or isn't pregnancy. I had cramping on and off for 2 weeks, I've been extraordinarily tired and mostly slept 2 of the last 3 weekends, I've had 2 or 3 nights where I wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep, I am bloated and have slight pains all lower back/stomach, and am peeing a lot despite normal liquid intake.
I keep getting negative tests and my husband thinks its all in my head, but I swear I am. In the past , I have taken a test as an assurance I wasn't and it was all weird pms but this time I just am convinced I am. And I can't fully explain why? Does that make sense? It's only been 5 days since the spotting stopped.
I guess I am wondering how long I should maybe keep taking tests at home and if anyone else has felt this way? And if it turned out they were right? I have seen that some people with PCOS feel great while pregnant, and that hidden pregnancies are more common for those with PCOS, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little concerned it will be weeks before a positive test shows. Or if I'd need an ultrasound to convince myself I wasn't.
I just don't know why I am so convinced fully. I also am holding off on my adhd meds and myoinositol supplements while I wait and see if I am right just in case. And we weren't trying to conceive though it'd be nice.
Also I used the fertility flair because it seemed the closest but if I need to change it to general advice, please let me know!

I’m so embarrassed and ashamed to be writing this but I’m truly panicking. I had an abortion in March of this year I chose not to get the iud they offered as I have a history of bad reactions to birth control (I’ve tried the pill, implant and shot) previous to this pregnancy I used just condoms for over 5 years with no issues. That pregnancy was a result of me allowing a guy to not use a condom as we didn’t have any I thought he would pull out, he didn’t. So I figured if I went back to condoms it would be fine. Well I had sex with I guy I had recently started seeing about 2 weeks ago, we had a few drinks and during the interaction he removed the condom without my knowledge (i realized this the next day after replaying the situation in my mind) now my period is two days late when I’m very regular. I’m horrified at the idea I could be pregnant again as I just went through this. On top of that I don’t have many supportive people in my life and I can’t imagine they would still be supportive if I told them this is happening again. Obviously I have stopped contact with the guy due to his actions and I’m not open to reaching out to him. Has anyone else gone through this? Am I a terrible person? I have no idea what to do

This is more for my peace of mind but today I had a few episodes of diarrhea and have thrown up once so far with stomach pain. Even after throwing up I still feel sick. Having thrown up, I am now anxious about pregnancy.
I take the combined pill and also use condoms every time I have sex along with pulling out. I did take a late pill late a few weeks ago (I missed it in the evening and took it as soon as I woke up the next day). Could these symptoms be pregnancy or is it most likely food poisoning/the stomach flu?

Edit: If you are going to comment on the length of this post, please don't. This is not a simple snark but rather an actual critical think piece about feminism and Taylor Swift.

Introduction

Pertaining to Taylor Swift, "Female Rage" has deviated from its intended meaning after Swift debuted a new performance of The Tortured Poets Department during the Eras Tour. Now, according to Swift's use of the phrase, female rage is interpreted as public backlash against Swift's dating choices rather than as a response to the broader injustices against women and women's rights. This post examines Taylor Swift's flawed feminism, philanthropy, branding, and the controversial trademark petition for the phrase "Female Rage: The Musical". Swift's background as an entertainer, indeterminate politics, and alignment with capitalism over feminism pervades her legacy, again threatening her public tolerance as not just an individual but as a brand.

Once Upon a Female Rage...

If you were cognizant in the early 2010's, you've heard countless jabs at Taylor Swift in the media. Magazines, radio, or online. Music critics did not take her seriously as a songwriter; parents put a woman on an unrealistic pedestal as the ideal role model for their children; she dated too much and used men as lyrical fodder. No matter the story, it inevitably spread, conjoined with everyone's respective opinions, and you'd be left to wonder, "Why does everyone hate this girl so much?"
Taylor's target demographic has always been young or adolescent girls, more so when Swift herself was one. She made music that spoke to the awkward misfit, cultivating a para-social relationship with fans on MySpace, then later twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, where Taylor posted relatable vlogs showcasing the life of a homegrown American girl. Taylor had a delayed public "growing up" and, compared to her female pop contemporaries, Swift never "gratuitously sexualized her image and seems pathologically averse to controversy" (and, apparently, never even had a sip of alcohol until she turned 21). She was more than happy to spin this narrative to allude to an inherent moral superiority above other women in the industry (Better Than Revenge, heard of it?), engaging in the very slut-shaming that she herself endured (the Madonna and Whore archetypes). The victim complex arose with the need to prove Taylor as a different type of pop girl. Based upon her holy and clean image, Swift had been dubbed "a feminist's nightmare", and that "[To Swift] other girls are obstacles; undeserving enemies who steal Taylor’s soulmates with their bewitching good looks and sexual availability." Feminism and Tennessee-Christian country values don't exactly mix, it seems.
Years later, Swift befriended Lena Dunham and thus experienced white feminism osmosis, where Dunham taught Swift that real feminists defend rapists, makes insensitive jokes about rape and abortion, and prioritize all-white casts. Swift then declared herself a feminist in 2014, saying,

"Becoming friends with Lena – without her preaching to me, but just seeing why she believes what she believes, why she says what she says, why she stands for what she stands for – has made me realize that I’ve been taking a feminist stance without actually saying so."

I suppose the male-centric songwriting subject that permeates Swift's discography contained covert feminism and that we just didn't see that. Perhaps, the "Bad Blood" song and music video were written only in jest and not about poor Katy Perry, for Swift, as a feminist, would "never make it a girl fight" or tear other women down (though all Katy did was date your terrible ex-boyfriend and allegedly steal three backup dancers from your tour). In 2013, Swift said, in response to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's joke towards her serial dating, "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."
There was that time in 2015 Taylor said that Nicki Minaj was "invited to any stage [she is] on" (as if Taylor expects to have access to every stage, award, and platform that Nicki might not otherwise have as a black female artist...yikes!) in response to Nicki's criticism of the white + thin VMA nominations. Later, Nicki responded with confusion, as Swift continued, "It’s unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot..". Of course, this 'beef' was 'squashed' when Nicki performed with Taylor at the VMAs, with Nicki quite literally only having 38 seconds of stage time without Taylor. Maybe all that parading around with a legion of famous white women - similar to the way Taylor might've done with her numerous 1989-era handbags - was in fact a stance against gender inequality, and that this display of "girl power" should be enough to constitute Swift as a feminist icon.
Even while Swift says that Dunham informed her feminist outlook, she dances around the exact contents of those beliefs: "what she believes, what she says, what she stands for" is not exactly insightful towards what beliefs Swift might have inherited. Taylor never broaches women's rights topics such femicide, FGM, forced pregnancy & marriage, sex trafficking, women in slavery, women's financial and political oppression, women's educational rights, women's health, or women's autonomy, so we can assume she only gives a fuck about "girls supporting girls" (whatever that fucking means).
Despite some questionable (and sometimes vindictive) behavior, Taylor as a young woman did not deserve every media lashing that she received. We cannot deny that most headlines and criticisms perpetuated a misogynistic rhetoric which has plagued Swift for a majority of her career. Acknowledging events such as the development of her ED, her sexual assault trial, "Famous" lyric and MV depiction of Taylor, and the explicit Twitter deepfakes, for example, as both disgusting and unfortunate things that happened to a young woman in Hollywood does not negate the fact that Taylor is mostly a performative feminist.

Get Your Fucking Ass Up and Be a Philanthropist, It Seems Like Nobody Wants to Be a Philanthropist These Days

In 2013, Taylor Swift cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Taylor Swift Education Center at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee. The donation amount - $4 million - was the largest individual artist gift ever donated to the Country Music Hall of Fame, which is, of course, mentioned on Swift's website. The two-story facility features three classrooms, an instrument room, and an interactive children's exhibit gallery. Swift also performed at "All for the Hall" charity shows and has donated numerous artifacts from her career (such as notable guitars, tour costumes, etc) to the museum.
This was over 11 years ago, and it is still the only notable philanthropic contribution Taylor Swift has made.
For a woman of her net worth and stature, and a woman who recognizes the difficulties for women in film and music, you would think that Taylor Swift might establish a scholarship program for women to study the arts or something. Perhaps Swift might even consider becoming a member of organizations that support female artists, or one that supports LGBTQ+ causes (since she is now proudly an ally), yet she remains superficial with her graces. Broader philanthropy, such as donating relief aid to Palestinian women or women impacted by violence and discrimination will probably never receive any financial support from Miss Swift because then she'd be using her money towards philanthropies involving anyone but white entertainers.
She even says herself in Miss Americana, "My entire moral code as a kid and now is a need to be thought of as 'good'." Well, she's certainly thought of as good, though her actions say otherwise. She's more than happy to do a vaguely altruistic song and dance for a clip-worthy interview quote and mass appeasement, then fuck off to one of her mansions on a 20 minute private jet flight, rather than actually contribute to anything pertaining to the causes she has endorsed. Yet, far too many people continue to give a woman such as her their money, time, and energy, and she hoards these resources to herself.

I Like Some of the Taylor's Songs, But What the Fuck Does She Know About Feminism?

Swift continued with her self-proclaimed feminist campaign, positioning herself as a political activist and LGBTQ+ ally in the Miss Americana documentary. The primary focus of the documentary consists of the sexual assault trial, Andrea Swift's cancer diagnosis, Taylor's ED and body dysmorphia, media scrutiny, and, largely, finally speaking up about her politics publicly, mostly her opposition to the 2018 Tennessee Republican senate candidate, Marsha Blackburn, and Blackburn's beliefs. Swift says, following a scene discussing her experience during the trial,

"I just couldn't really stop thinking about it. And I just thought to myself, next time there is any opportunity to change anything, you had better know what you stand for and what you want to say."

We must ask ourselves, though: when has Swift ever spoken up to change anything? Okay, pulling her entire catalogue from Spotify because they didn't pay their artists enough and similarly pulling her catalogue from Apple Music are changes that she leveraged due to her revenue potential and power, but they are not pertinent to the average woman's rights. Moreover, these are issues that directly impacted Taylor's income, which was enough reason for her to protest in the first place. Swift has sold the most units for a female artist in first week sales, is the first female artist with 100k monthly Spotify listeners, is the first female artist to win the Album of the Year Grammy 4 times, and is the first female artist to do X, Y, and Z, all while being inoffensive and family-friendly to boot. The actual Taylor Swift seems unwilling to compromise the brand of Taylor Swift by contributing in meaningful ways to feminist causes, especially if it is for women outside of America and Hollywood.
The reason political anthems such as "The Man" and "Only the Young" of the Lover era feel disingenuous and corporate is because, well, it is. Taylor has taken every opportunity to advance her career or public image at the expense of other women. What is truly genuine to Taylor's outlook on other women is vying for male attention, taking down female competition, and vocalizing feminist injustices only if they directly impact her and her money. Some will argue that it's satisfactory for a woman with such a huge platform to even TALK about feminism, but that just isn't enough. It's even less impressive when you candidly look at the scope of her feminist lens: "If I was the man, then I'd be THE MAN", or "I really resent the ‘Be careful, buddy, she’s going to write a song about you’ angle, because it trivialises what I do", and, of course, "We all got crowns". Feminism, but only when it happens to me. It gets worse when you look at Taylor's track record of copying other famous women and removing other female artists as potential threats to her pop prowess.
It's good for PR to align yourself with certain blanket feminist and political beliefs, therefore good for branding, therefore good for ticketing and merchandise sales, therefore good for business. And Taylor Swift is a business.
She's not a feminist. Taylor Swift is a capitalist.

I Can't Pay Those Sweatshop Workers a Livable Wage or Benefits! How Else Would I Make My Billions?

Recently, Taylor's team filed to trademark the phrase "Female Rage: The Musical" after Taylor said during Paris N1 of the Eras Tour,

"So you were the first ones to see The Tortured Poets at the Eras Tour...or as I like to call it, 'Female Rage: The Musical'."

This trademark petition was filed last week on Saturday, and news comes about just as numerous unofficial fan-made merch designs have cropped up with this phrase plastered on Fruit of the Loom basics. I'm of the opinion Swift's team motioned for a trademark so that they can send out cease & desists to all those that make knockoff merch, which disrupts potential sales for Bravado, UMG's choice merchandising company; however, since it was filed earlier, perhaps Swift has bigger plans with the bizarre use of the gendered phrase. One Swiftie referred to the phrase "female rage" as "a funny Eras Tour joke". Could it be a possible fourth version of the Eras Tour Movie? Whatever the reason, the motion to capitalize off of such a concept is disgusting, but not unsurprising, for a woman that profits on her vain feminism.
Swift, through her company, TAS Rights Managements, has also trademarked over 200 phrases, including "1989", where she owns the property rights to this calendar year on keychains, phone cases, sunglasses, stationary, bags, beverage ware, clothing, entertainment services, your subconscious, and, of course, Christmas ornaments.
The vapid consumerism in Swiftie culture is, frankly, disgusting. Bravado's sustainability statement is non-existent, the quality control is abysmal, and the materials they use are horrible. The materials, such as acrylic and polyester, are made from petrochemicals. This means they are non-renewable, shed microplastics, and are quite toxic in production. The manufacturing process to make all of those lazy-rushed Eras Tour logo graphic tees is a huge blow to environmental well-being. Apparently, though, Swifties don't give a fuck. They sell out products in seconds and either have to face the manufactured scarcity or buy from a scalper that resells for 200% of the already ridiculous retail price. This doesn't include the environmental impact of vinyl records, CD, and cassette production, of which Taylor produces many variants that sell unsustainable amounts.
If we're talking about women's rights violations, why is no one acknowledging the women that work in the inhumane sweatshop conditions that have to pump out fugly t-shirts and hats? The millions of plastic microfiber dander they are inhaling, or the toxic dyes that touch their bare skin? Are they being compensated fairly for their skilled labour and are they in safe working environments? Do these women have minimal bargaining power, and do they have authority over their worker's rights? Is Taylor Swift female raging at their injustices? Does Taylor Swift ever feels bad that her wealth was built on the backs of women of color, disadvantaged by the demands of the global economy and garment industry? Do you think she ever says a little white feminist prayer for them before she goes to sleep at night?
What's even crazier is not that Taylor herself doesn't care, it's that Swifties don't care. There CANNOT BE ethical billionaires. You only make a billion dollars if you are exploiting other human beings for capital gain. Based on public perception of the possible "Female Rage: The Musical" trademark, it seems like Swifties are already asking for merch with this phrase. "If Taylor made it, I'd buy it." Oh, cool. So not only do you champion Miss Swift's avarice and billionaire status, but you also are unashamed to admit to your blind consumption of her music and merchandise, no matter where they might originate in production or sincerity. Just as Swift takes and takes and takes, Swifties' consumerism of Taylor Swift cannot be quelled.
The tortured artist's most vulnerable and sincere poetry...available now in 21 different versions!

I Am Tortured Poet, Hear Me Whinge

Look - even if Taylor's intention is to characterize TTPD as more "tortured" and "angry", the main thread of the album is "I was ghosted by my decade-long situationship with a controversial indie boy and my fucking stupid fans wrote a 'Speak Up Now' open letter prompting me to drop him" anger, which is adequately expressed in the lyrics and performances. The extent of Taylor's "female rage" on TTPD is on tracks such as "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?", which contends with relentless media scrutiny; "But Daddy I Love Him", where Swift firmly states she'll date whoever she likes no matter how "Sarahs and Hannahs" may react; and "The Albatross", a track mythologizing her reputation and the consequences of dating her. Of course, these coincide with deep psychological wounds that formed during Swift's early years in the media, and so, from her feminist perspective, these subjects tackle the misogyny and double standards that she faced.
Yet Taylor Swift still has no grounds to be claiming that TTPD best exemplifies female rage and therefore she, in the context of this album, is female rage incarnate. As the daughter of a stock broker and mutual fund marketing executive, Taylor was born into wealth and allowed privileges like trips and subsequent relocation to Nashville all so that she might get a record deal. Her father even invested at least $120,000 into the then-fledgling label, Big Machine Records, which ensured Taylor's place with Borchetta after leaving her dead-end development deal with Sony. The fact that her parents were able to buy her a fucking brand new guitar for Christmas and pay for music lessons says so much about the financial security and safety of her childhood.
Money is privilege and protection, and despite Swift's experiences with misogyny and loser boyfriends, she does not know what female rage is.
Her rage is derived from her frustrations with her obsessive fans pulling the moral superiority card on Taylor in response to her rebound with Matty Healy. That's literally it. She's just pissed that the monster she created is no longer obediant, it's become a feral, sovereign entity that depletes the world of its natural resources and thinks it is more intelligent than it actually is because it's mommy has started to talk to it with big words. Apparently, 'illicit', 'elegy', 'nonchalant', and 'precocious' are considerably big words for the oafish monster, and I find it strange that this level of literacy is present in a group of fans that allegedly have GPAs of 3.5 or higher, but I digress.
Taylor Swift has never been one paycheck away from destitution. Taylor Swift has never experienced racial discrimination. She may have instances of gender discrimination, but she possesses the ideal white, blonde American beauty standard and therefore reaps the benefits of being a conventionally attractive woman. Taylor Swift has sufficient social capital. Taylor Swift is a billionaire woman prolonging her victimhood though she, as a woman, has mostly had control over her image and music (unlike her contemporaries). Taylor Swift is NOT entitled to be championed for her "female rage", nor should she be. Taylor Swift has never even been the struggling artist, for fuck's sake. I don't give a fuck if she's trying to fill the empty lunch tables of her past. Taylor Swift purporting herself, her unpolished album, and her lukewarm feminism as a musical bleeding with female rage is asinine.

Sigh Try and Come For My Job, Poors

Out there in the world right now is a 23-year-old woman, a recent college grad, who works as a barista. She has to wake up and get ready to go into a minimum wage job because she cannot get a job in her field. She doesn't have healthcare benefits or sick time, so she has to go into work no matter how she's feeling. All day long she is berated by vicious customers and creepy men, and, exhausted from being on her feet, she knows she has to go home to her shitty roommate that never does the dishes and her roommate's shitty dog. To comfort herself, she considers getting a treat, but thinks against it when she remembers that matcha lattes cost $15 and they taste like milky dirt. She knows that she needs to buy groceries this week, and so the woman resolves to go home, but notices that her gas tank is low. She goes to put gas in the car, but the pump stops at $27.86 because that's all that she has in her checking account. The woman, bereft and reeling, sinks into the driver's seat. "Well," she thinks, her head in her hands, "at least I don't have Taylor Swift's job. I just couldn't imagine."
Fame is somewhat of a choice. If at any moment Taylor feels that she is misunderstood, misconstrued, or overwhelmed by public opinion, she can LEAVE the public eye - Lord knows she has the retirement fund and residuals to do so. In "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart", the TTPD song about meeting the demands of your career-zenith mega-tour while in the relationship trenches, Taylor ends the song by rambling,

"You know you're good when you can even do it with a broken heart...you know you're good...and I'm good, cause I'm miserable, and no one even knows!...try and come for my job."

Yeah, obviously we wouldn't know, you recently passed the billionaire threshold and are the most famous and in-demand performer in the world right now. Taylor Swift makes an estimated $10 to $13 million dollars A NIGHT on the Eras Tour. Furthermore, the Eras Tour movie grossed $261.6 million globally, (which, as the producer, Taylor takes home 57% of the ticket sales) not counting the streaming revenue from Amazon Prime Video and the estimated $75 million deal that Disney paid to have it on Disney+. We're not even considering the income from cheap plastic popcorn buckets and drink cups plastered with colored squares in her Era-specific likeness.
It's funny. Taylor Swift often said that being famous wasn't hard, that she "isn't complaining". I'm sure it is difficult to always have to present in a good mood, else you'll end up misrepresented in the media, and I'm sure it's invasive to virtually have no privacy or semblance of anonymity. Still, Taylor Swift shows up each night of tour and performs. For a majority of her career, she has penned her sad songs while on the road. Most of "Red", her breakup album, was written in the thick of the Speak Now World tour. Now, some Swifties say they almost "feel bad" for attending the Eras Tour with Swift's revelations in this song, that they have had a 'dimmed experience' upon hearing Taylor's misery whilst performing. Despite the fact that Taylor said that "this was the happiest she's ever been" at Gilette Stadium in May, the lyrics "boohoo, woe is me, smile for the cameras and make the fans happy!!!" are jarring for Eras attendees.
While Taylor Swift was making double-digit millions a night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and feeling miserable, Ana Clara Benevides Machado passed away due to heat exposure. The concert promoters, Time For Fun, are now the subject of a criminal investigation due to their lack of adequate hydration and safety. Taylor Swift cancelled the Sunday show that was to follow and offered VIP tent tickets to Benevides Marchado's family, which was a kind gesture, but perhaps incongruous to the incident of which they were offered as consolation. Everyone grieves differently, of course, but I'm not sure attending the very show at the very same venue that my daughter or sister passed away in two days prior, where the singer CONTINUED the show despite her death, would be healthy for closure.
There was no female rage at the show as Swift never saw Benevides Machado pass out. There was no female rage towards the disregard for fans as humans while Swift elected to proceed with her Brazil tour dates despite the country being in historic heatwaves (at risk of overheatting herself). If Taylor Swift was so shaken by touring with a broken heart or a fan's passing, she wouldn't have added an additional North American leg of Eras just two months after the Matty breakup. She's brokenhearted but willing to mend the cracks with your money and move onward with her worldwide female rage induced pillaging.
No matter what happens, even if you die at a Taylor Swift concert, Taylor collects a big fat check and flies away. She doesn't know you as anything other than a conversion rate or earning potential despite what her nearly 20-year long parasocial relationship with fans might otherwise indicate. She knows that, while some Swifties are without disposable income, they feel obligated to spend on a "48 Hours Only!" exclusive vinyl variant instead of necessities because they are so entrenched in Taylor Swift's intoxicating celebrity, they'll prioritize materialistic fandom before their needs. This is good enough for her because this means she can expand her real estate portfolio and finance her cat's lavish lifestyles. They're worth an estimated $100 million dollars. Her three cats could pool their net worth and solve world hunger.
While you and I might be denied bereavement leave and barely surviving the current political and economic climate, Taylor Swift has to, instead of gets to, perform for stadiums at full attendance for three nights in a row across the globe. You and I might be replaced by AI at our longtime jobs, but Taylor Swift is threatened with losing more and more money each time you listen to a "Stolen Version" of her songs. If we don't buy every variant of all of her albums, then who is going to pay for the fucking cats?
It is tone deaf to spend as she spends and lives as she lives in this economy, but this is her reality. She was able to donate $100,000 to all of her tour truck drivers, and that's wonderful, but it leads me to wonder about the ethos of the 2020s where one woman can hoard such life-changing amounts of money. Remember in 2014 when she gave a fan $90 ($120 in today's money) to get Chipotle because she had no fucking clue how much it cost? This is a 34-year-old woman who is increasingly out of touch with the reality for working class people and women in general. Normal everyday adults must wake up and go to their thankless jobs, and yet Taylor Swift, despite all her riches, incessantly references the lows of her life and career as a public figure and entertainer to farm sympathy and drive sales. And still, the corporate women have latched onto "I cry a lot, but I am so productive! It's an art!" as their cubicle battle cry.
Do you think that, from up in her private jet, Taylor Swift gazes at the world through her poetic, tortured eyes, and thinks, "All the little people, in their cars, walking, going about their lives...all those girls that don't support girls...do they know that I've made an album about female rage?"

Conclusion/TLDR

Thank you for reading. I would love to hear your critical insights towards this entire ordeal: TTPD, the trademark, the implications of it all.
TLDR: Taylor Swift is a bad feminist and is delusional to think that the TTPD eras set exemplifies female rage at women's injustice.

Theories are fine but one I’ll never understand is so many team blacks desperately wanting Alys Rivers in any relation to team black, especially the theory that Alys will seduce Daemon.
From a team black perspective I guess that’s cool, but when you peel it back it’s just nonsense. For one, it’s abundantly clear given what Galye Rankin has said that this is a green character. In her most recent interview Alys was described as a powerful force for the greens and Gayle has been a pretty avid supporter of them on social media (she even followed an Aemond fan account at one point).
Additionally Sara Hess has said in an interview released today that in relation to Daemon, there’s definitely no smoke babies and it’s more about Daemon hallucinating in Harrenhal than anything else. Given the way smoke babies are conceived, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that Sara is all but outright telling audiences that no one is having sex here. On top of that Alys’s audition script leak is her taunting and mocking him…like come on…
If you just look objectively what could she possibly gain from that? Gayle said that she can see the future, so Alys presumably knows she’ll end up with Aemond in the end so why would she sleep with Daemon when she could just conceive a child with Aemond? Especially considering that Aemond is a young man while Daemon is aging and has erectile disfunction, if she solely wants a targ prince for his seed what kind of witch would look at Daemon and say “Yup, that’s the best option”?
Its just so strange watching team black stans first call Aemond stans delusional for liking Alys and say their son will die young, then pivot to ridiculous theories of Daemon sleeping with Alys because she used her witch powers to look like Rhaenyra and is impregnated by him. I mean really? By that logic Alys’s pregnancy lasted 2+ years and at no point did Aemond question why she would be already heavily pregnant by the time he got there?
Just let it go…the kid is Aemond and Alys has no allegiance to the blacks.

Hello,
I have been experiencing pain while sitting, itchyness after using the bathroom. When I wipe there is blood on the toilet paper. It’s not every time, but when I feel the pain during my bowl movement I almost know I will have blood on the TP. Of course when I look online, there’s two reasons, 1 is hemorrhoids and 2nd is colon cancer which is horrifying. I had a baby in late September 23. I read pregnancy could cause this too? Ugh my overactive brain goes to the worst places. Yes I will call my doctor.

Hi lawyers of reddit!
I'm 24f with Crohns disease, Ulcerative colitis, and Narcolepsy type 2.
I spent the last few years of my life doing paralegal work (funny enough) and recently went back to school for extra certification. Working full time at a law firm with uncertain hours (small firm) did not fit my life style, so I switched to doing opthalmology technician work while I finish up school. (Set schedule, good pay, new skill acquired) My job is to do pre and post op work on LASIK and cataract patients. We're also responsible for handling "call" ( all medication refills, PA'S, and medical questions that are called in.)
During my time here I was diagnosed with all the stuff listed above. I didn't have my first "flare" till last year and I'm still in it. I've failed most typical treatment plans. I've had to be on and off steroids for the past year. Last week I started throwing up blood and was sent to the ER by my GI. I've had to get multiple blood transfusions, had hospital stays, etc. My job requires me to obviously move around a lot and sometimes my body just can't handle it. The medication I take for the crohns and UC is an immunosuppresant (I get sick easier and stay sick longer).
I asked my job about accommodations. We have 8 different locations, a call center, and corporate office. I stated I would be okay transferring positions. Having to find a new job, while dealing with all of this, on top school would be a great deal of stress. Our call center had an opening (which they work from home.) I applied and didn't get the position. I submitted an official ADA form requesting the ability to do the "call work" from home. Our clinic is assigned once a week when there's only 2 doctors in office. I also requested to be able to do that work at home when I'm sick.
I'm having a hard time meeting what the position requires. I know reasonable accommodations can't cause the company undue hardship, but I feel that my request is reasonable since I've offered to change positions and even applied for the "work from home" slot (which I wouldn't need any accommodations for)
Do you think this is something they'll be able to fire me over? I used all my FMLA during my pregnancy and I'm out of PTO and UPTO. I work in an at will state, but all of my absences have been medical related with doctor notes. Any legal advice would help. Thank yall!

Hi lawyers of reddit!
I'm 24f with Crohns disease, Ulcerative colitis, and Narcolepsy type 2.
I spent the last few years of my life doing paralegal work (funny enough) and recently went back to school for extra certification. Working full time at a law firm with uncertain hours (small firm) did not fit my life style, so I switched to doing opthalmology technician work while I finish up school. (Set schedule, good pay, new skill acquired) My job is to do pre and post op work on LASIK and cataract patients. We're also responsible for handling "call" ( all medication refills, PA'S, and medical questions that are called in.)
During my time here I was diagnosed with all the stuff listed above. I didn't have my first "flare" till last year and I'm still in it. I've failed most typical treatment plans. I've had to be on and off steroids for the past year. Last week I started throwing up blood and was sent to the ER by my GI. I've had to get multiple blood transfusions, had hospital stays, etc. My job requires me to obviously move around a lot and sometimes my body just can't handle it. The medication I take for the crohns and UC is an immunosuppresant (I get sick easier and stay sick longer).
I asked my job about accommodations. We have 8 different locations, a call center, and corporate office. I stated I would be okay transferring positions. Having to find a new job, while dealing with all of this, on top school would be a great deal of stress. Our call center had an opening (which they work from home.) I applied and didn't get the position. I submitted an official ADA form requesting the ability to do the "call work" from home. Our clinic is assigned once a week when there's only 2 doctors in office. I also requested to be able to do that work at home when I'm sick.
I'm having a hard time meeting what the position requires. I know reasonable accommodations can't cause the company undue hardship, but I feel that my request is reasonable since I've offered to change positions and even applied for the "work from home" slot (which I wouldn't need any accommodations for)
Do you think this is something they'll be able to fire me over? I used all my FMLA during my pregnancy and I'm out of PTO and UPTO. I work in an at will state, but all of my absences have been medical related with doctor notes. Any legal advice would help. Thank yall!

Hi lawyers of reddit!
I'm 24f with Crohns disease, Ulcerative colitis, and Narcolepsy type 2.
I spent the last few years of my life doing paralegal work (funny enough) and recently went back to school for extra certification. Working full time at a law firm with uncertain hours (small firm) did not fit my life style, so I switched to doing opthalmology technician work while I finish up school. (Set schedule, good pay, new skill acquired) My job is to do pre and post op work on LASIK and cataract patients. We're also responsible for handling "call" ( all medication refills, PA'S, and medical questions that are called in.)
During my time here I was diagnosed with all the stuff listed above. I didn't have my first "flare" till last year and I'm still in it. I've failed most typical treatment plans. I've had to be on and off steroids for the past year. Last week I started throwing up blood and was sent to the ER by my GI. I've had to get multiple blood transfusions, had hospital stays, etc. My job requires me to obviously move around a lot and sometimes my body just can't handle it. The medication I take for the crohns and UC is an immunosuppresant (I get sick easier and stay sick longer).
I asked my job about accommodations. We have 8 different locations, a call center, and corporate office. I stated I would be okay transferring positions. Having to find a new job, while dealing with all of this, on top school would be a great deal of stress. Our call center had an opening (which they work from home.) I applied and didn't get the position. I submitted an official ADA form requesting the ability to do the "call work" from home. Our clinic is assigned once a week when there's only 2 doctors in office. I also requested to be able to do that work at home when I'm sick.
I'm having a hard time meeting what the position requires. I know reasonable accommodations can't cause the company undue hardship, but I feel that my request is reasonable since I've offered to change positions and even applied for the "work from home" slot (which I wouldn't need any accommodations for)
Do you think this is something they'll be able to fire me over? I used all my FMLA during my pregnancy and I'm out of PTO and UPTO. I work in an at will state, but all of my absences have been medical related with doctor notes. Any legal advice would help. Thank yall!

I just did my first shot of Follistem yesterday. I'm 34 and my AMH is sky high- 13. I've been working with an RE since last April and my one and only pregnancy happened naturally (while waiting to start IVF) and resulted in an MC this past February. It was horrible and took FOREVER for my body to return to baseline. This has been the hardest journey of my life and I'm filled with dread since my MC. My mental health has sank to depths I didn't know I was capable of. I'm filled with anxiety and can't stop reading horror stories online. Could really use some encouraging PCOS stories. TIA!