xxp yea the clinician cheerleading too
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 5 July 2015 21:16 (eight years ago) link
the perspective of the somewhat older dude who admitted its really tough to gauge/appreciate irreversible changes as a young-er person was interesting, like that juxtoposed w the eagerness these kids have to take hormones is def kinda unsettling― johnny crunch, Sunday, July 5, 2015 4:16 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the perspective of the somewhat older dude who admitted its really tough to gauge/appreciate irreversible changes as a young-er person was interesting, like that juxtoposed w the eagerness these kids have to take hormones is def kinda unsettling
― johnny crunch, Sunday, July 5, 2015 4:16 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yes, and you have to contrast this perspective with the fact (?) that undergoing these hormonal treatments in adolescence can make the transition easier than undergoing them in adulthood.
what's interesting to me is the seeming consensus among psychologists that gender dysphoria is a "thing"--that is, some kind of irreducible, discrete, empirically observable phenomenon that can't be reversed or placated. which it might be, but the psychiatric profession has a history of deciding such things when they turn out to be, at least, much more complex.
there's also the issue--which wasn't really broached in the documentary--about the relationship between gender and sex. is it just that people who have a sexual dysphoria inevitably express it in terms of the dominant cultural signifiers of that gender?
the mix of culture and biology here is so fraught....
― wizzz! (amateurist), Sunday, 5 July 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
that is, is it possible to desire to be another sex w/o assuming the dominant cultural characteristics of the gender generally associated with that sex? or does the desire to change one's sex (via hormones, surgery, etc.) follow from the desire to achieve those characteristics?
i'm not a hardcore cultural constructionist though and i'm comfortable with the idea that some of the cultural manisfestation of gender are a more or less natural, or rather evolutionary, extension of sex. but that assumption definitely flies in the face of some of the more radical implications of the queering of gender that a lot of activists have been invested in for a long time.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Sunday, 5 July 2015 21:33 (eight years ago) link
If you're interested in the topic, Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree has a chapter about transgender kids (and their parents). The book is indispensable as an empathy-generating force. It's really great.
― La Lechera, Sunday, 5 July 2015 22:43 (eight years ago) link
heeeeey http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/immigration-2/rape-in-the-fields/female-farm-workers-awarded-17-million-in-florida-abuse-case/
― La Lechera, Thursday, 17 September 2015 22:12 (eight years ago) link
Exxon that climate change was real in 1977. Hope this expanded into a full hour-long episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppfpFZ92JAY
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 18 September 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link
Inside Assad's Syria is on in just a few
― goole, Wednesday, 28 October 2015 01:41 (eight years ago) link
RIP Robin Poor Bear/Kind Hearted Womanhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/robin-poor-bear-1977-2015/
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 December 2015 22:03 (eight years ago) link
Oh wow, so sad.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 3 December 2015 22:09 (eight years ago) link
i know, i can't stop thinking about itif you haven't checked out David Sutherland's other documentaries, they are all great. i've wondered and worried for years about the kids in Country Boysi hope Robin is at peace
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Thursday, 3 December 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link
Oh nooooo :(
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Friday, 4 December 2015 01:12 (eight years ago) link
Shit.... :( :(
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 5 December 2015 06:55 (eight years ago) link
I'm trying to watch "Separate But Unequal" about the resegregation of public schools, and I know I should be able to at least listen to this as I fold laundry but I just want to punch every one of these white men in the fucking face.
― If authoritarianism is Romania's ironing board, then (in orbit), Sunday, 20 December 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
you should occasionally glance at the screen so you know what they look like -- that way if you see them irl you can punch them in the face :)
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Sunday, 20 December 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
Did anyone watch the one about Netanyahu?
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
this supplement one was good & like theyre doing a gambling/fantasy sprts ep
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 24 January 2016 02:20 (eight years ago) link
its cool they have the entire transcript - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/supplements-and-safety/transcript/
― johnny crunch, Monday, 25 January 2016 17:05 (eight years ago) link
I haven't seen a Frontline episode in a few years. I eat chicken seemingly every day so I will not be watching that, lol. Netflix used to have many episodes, but I've seen them all. Are they shown anywhere else, like Hulu Plus or something?
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Monday, 25 January 2016 17:49 (eight years ago) link
The Frontline website has them all, or at least almost 200.
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Monday, 25 January 2016 17:50 (eight years ago) link
They also post transcripts for virtually all of them there too. It helps my students take notes while they watch.
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Monday, 25 January 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
I just watched a couple on MRSA-type infections in hospitals while doing repetitive work at work, but found them to be kind of thin... could not bring myself to watch the ISIS ones though, despite strong interest in the subject. Too grim. Which is silly of me, since, you know, Frontline.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 25 January 2016 19:39 (eight years ago) link
Frontline also podcasts the audio of their episodes with the descriptive subliminals. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/podcasts/
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 08:29 (eight years ago) link
ok i'm watching the one about supplements and the first lady they interview (Purity First) is so -- i don't even know. when she was asked about her husband's medical background, she said "he was a chemist in college and then he went to chiropractic school" which, let's be honest, does not suggest a promising future in chemistry. i look forward to the hucksterism/snake oil on display in this episode!!
also -- the podcasts are the most terrifying, no question, and audio ISIS might be insomnia material
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Thursday, 28 January 2016 00:43 (eight years ago) link
"I've got these incredible bleeding scales on my head and I can't go to work" --Purity First customer
wowowowowowowi thought this one might be boring but no
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Thursday, 28 January 2016 00:46 (eight years ago) link
there is a free PBS iOS/appleTV app that has at least the most recent season, maybe more
― gr8080, Friday, 29 January 2016 18:25 (eight years ago) link
the one about supplements was so goodperfect for a lesson about snake oil or a casual hour of lol/wut?!
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Friday, 29 January 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link
Ha, didn't even think to check if they had a website, thanks.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 02:38 (eight years ago) link
Two things -- 1) Frontline is going bananas with the microcephaly photos/stories about the zika virus2) I recently wondered if somewhere there is a porn parody called Frontloin but I am not googling for it from work or ever
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Friday, 5 February 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
Zika is total Frontline bait though, there's no way they wouldn't go all in on it!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 5 February 2016 19:08 (eight years ago) link
frontloin would +/- = 'gunt' i guess?
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Friday, 5 February 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
Also I have a Pavlovian pizza-craving response to Frontline, even today.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 5 February 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
not googling "gunt" either!
waiting for ZIKA ON ICE
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Friday, 5 February 2016 19:18 (eight years ago) link
I had my co-worker google frontloin; results 0% salacious. I asked him to do it because his search history is already guaranteed to get him fired if anyone happens to look at it. Mine will just show that my interests, while work-appropriate, are worryingly obsessive.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 5 February 2016 19:21 (eight years ago) link
hahahagood move
seriously the one about supplements is unintentionally hilarious, really recommend for lighter fare
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Friday, 5 February 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
I am absolutely going to watch that this afternoon while taping receipts!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 5 February 2016 19:35 (eight years ago) link
the one about fantasy gambling was good from what i saw of it (only watched half) not a heavy topic, but somewhat interesting insight into what happens among groups of friends that i will likely (hopefully) never be a part of. the reporter was fun to watch too. trip to curaçao, don't mind if i do…
also saw the one about heroin. very thorough and focused, informative. depressing.
received an email from frontline today with subj head: In Case You Missed It: Heroin, Pot, Zika, and South Sudan and i loled :-/
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Friday, 26 February 2016 17:23 (eight years ago) link
lol thanks frontline
― gr8080, Friday, 26 February 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
I have never seen this tech before, but it is incredible:
https://www.facebook.com/frontline/videos?fref=photo
Basically allows a totally immersive view of the sites described in the doc in real time. Like, the Chernobyl one, as they narrate you view through your camera and can totally look around, down, up, etc. Really quite amazing, and the first of this stuff that feels game changing to me.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 April 2016 12:24 (eight years ago) link
wow, that's cool! my students are working on their frontline final papers again. one of them has a pretty severe speech impediment and he struggles to talk in class, but he could not contain himself about the kids and the bats in the doc about ebola. he uses a lot of gesturing to communicate and he re-enacted the whole bat story when we were brainstorming earlier this week. it was pretty great.
maybe i'll show them the chernobyl site if the computers can handle it...
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 28 April 2016 12:49 (eight years ago) link
I think you're actually supposed to watch on your phone/device! We were watching in the kitchen this morning, walking around, turning around, etc. It was fascinating
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 April 2016 13:14 (eight years ago) link
Oh ok that's perfect bc most of them have phones even though our school computers are crappy.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 28 April 2016 13:30 (eight years ago) link
The one about flood insurance really digs into the disgusting profit margins of government-backed insurance companies thanks to relentless questioning from reporter Laura Sullivan. I also found it amusing how lovingly the camera followed her in the b-roll (?). She's always wearing fabulous boots.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 13:47 (eight years ago) link
The one about the birth of ISIS was also really good.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 25 May 2016 13:48 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjZERszWYAECR-f.jpg
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 26 May 2016 16:37 (eight years ago) link
flood insurance one was good. laura sullivan is one of the people on npr i like. awesome voice. i feel like a frequent poster on npr threads to talk about npr people i hate so i have to say something positive.
― #amazing #babies #touching (harbl), Friday, 27 May 2016 01:01 (eight years ago) link
Liked the Flood Insurance one quite a bit. I've always liked Laura Sullivan on NPR - A+ side-eye she gives the national flood insurance program director when he admits that he's never looked at insurance company profit structure.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 13 June 2016 10:28 (eight years ago) link
In spite of feeling pretty mentally/emotionally strong atm, I don't think I can handle BEING MORTAL Did anyone watch it?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 22 June 2016 14:20 (seven years ago) link
will there be trigger warnings before a flurry of images of college-age donald trump flood the airwaves? watch and see! http://apps.frontline.org/clinton-trump-keys-to-their-characters/#home
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 16 September 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
you posting that link is a microaggression, prepare for my followers to mob you
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Friday, 16 September 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
jk i will hella watch that! Can't tell what the air date is...?