June 2013
15 posts
“Except you can’t show a topless woman on TV - and you can’t defibrillate a woman in a bra. So victims of heart attacks on TV are always male. Did you know that a woman having a heart attack is more likely to have back or jaw pain than chest or left arm pain? I didn’t - because I’ve never seen a woman having a heart attack. I’ve been trained in CPR and Advanced First Aid by the Red Cross over 15 times in my life, the videos and booklets always have a guy and say the same thing about clutching his chest and/or bicep.
And people laugh when I tell them women are still invisible in this world.” —
And people laugh when I tell them women are still invisible in this world.” —
Things I did not know, but should.
(via elfgrove)
This is a post that might save a life.
(via str8nochaser)
My mom worked for 25 years as an ER nurse and is convinced that a lot of women die simply because folks only know heart attack symptoms that occur in males.
(via darkjez)
Society thinks our bodies are so scandalous that it’s better to put our lives at risk than to show us how to stay safe
(via callingoutsexists)
Whoa.
(via westburrowbattitschurch)
May 2013
82 posts
Your mouth
could do
brutal
things
to my
heart
but you’re a
risk
I’m willing to
fuck
because I have a feeling
your hands
would do
beautiful
things
to my
thighs.
