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Body Neutrality for Females with Dysphoria:

Are you dysphoric? Are you sick of body positivity? Are you female? Here are some affirmations that you can try out to counteract your negative internal monologue.

Whenever you think a negative/dysphoric thought, tell yourself one of these affirmations. If it feels corny or dumb, that’s a good sign. It means you’re challenging your brain’s self-hatred. You are redirecting your brain and challenging your usual thought patterns.

General body:

My body allows me to perform the tasks I need to survive

My body is worthy of respect

This form is the product of years of human evolution

Uterus:

Thank you uterus, for providing structural integrity and support to my bladder, bowel, pelvic bones and organs

Period:

Cramps are temporary

Periods are a natural, normal biological function

Ovaries:

Thank you ovaries, for helping me regulate hormones and stay healthy

Feel free to add any that you come up with!

Ilustración: Peer Jongeling (IG)

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No porque no exprese la feminidad (hegemónica) significa que soy menos mujer.

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The Hubble telescope has captured an image of an unusual edge-on galaxy, revealing remarkable details of its warped dusty disk and showing how colliding galaxies spawn the formation of new generations of stars. The dust and spiral arms of normal spiral galaxies, like our own Milky Way, appear flat when viewed edge-on. This Hubble Heritage image of ESO 510-G13 shows a galaxy that, by contrast, has an unusual twisted disk structure, first seen in ground-based photographs.

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NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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NGC 602

The small and large Magellanic clouds in the Southern skies are dwarf galaxies that orbit our own Milky Way. They are both also home to a large number of clusters, both open and globular.

NGC 602 is an open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a group of new blue giants can be seen in the centre. These stars formed from the gas and dust now visible around it, but when the stars ignited, the radiation of the stars pushed back the dust and gas, creating a shock wave. In doing so, it concentrated the elements and gravity has begun to form additional stars in the elephant trunks surrounding it. 

In time, those new stars will have a similar effect, having already produced 3 bursts.

Out of the nearly 3,500 Medal of Honor recipients, only one was a woman. Dr. Mary Walker was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war, and surgeon. 

Mary’s parents encouraged her to pursue an education and in 1855, she graduated as a medical doctor from Syracuse Medical College. In fact, Mary was the first woman to ever graduate from the college. Then when the Civil War broke out, she wanted to join the army as a surgeon. However, since she was a woman, she wasn’t allowed. Instead, Mary volunteered for the Union Army, working for free at the temporary hospital set up in Washington D.C. In 1863, Mary’s medical credentials were accepted and she moved to Tennessee where she became a War Department surgeon. Then the following year, Mary was captured and held as a prisoner of war for around four months. Mary was finally released during an exchange of prisoners of war.

In addition to her efforts during the war, Mary was also an advocate for women’s rights. At the time, women weren’t allowed to wear clothing that was supposedly designed for me. Mary started to wear whatever clothing she wanted and was arrested for “impersonating” a man. During her arrest, an officer twisted her arm and asked her if she had ever had sex with a man. Mary opposed to women being expected to wear long skirts and petticoats, arguing that they spread dirt and dust.  Mary wasn’t well liked by leading suffragists such as Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott who claimed she was giving the “wrong image” for her clothing style.

Then in 1895, Mary was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Andrew Johnson despite the fact Mary was a civilian who had never been a commissioned officer in military service. That’s why in 1917, Mary’s medal was rescinded. Mary refused to give up her Medal of Honor and continued to wear it until she died two years later. Sixty years later, Mary’s Medal of Honor was restored.

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