Links: the more you know

[sonia]

I didn’t mean to become a counsellor by Sonny Hallett, via andrewducker. "I was asked to talk about barriers I encountered training as an autistic counsellor, though I also speak more broadly about the experiences of trainees of other minority groups, and what this means for counselling more generally."

How the sports bra continues to revolutionize sports and women’s rights: ‘No sports bra, no sport’ by Megan Feringa, via musesfool.

The Animals That Exist Between Life and Death by Phil Jaekl.

“These little animals, which had appeared to be completely dried and lifeless, were restored to motion upon the addition of water, as if they had never suffered any harm,” van Leeuwenhoek wrote. Microbiologists would later find that some species of rotifers are able to reanimate after up to nine years of desiccation.

Comments

Thanks for sharing the intrigue

[jesse_the_k]

...and I really appreciate your going to the effort of separating these from political topics.

Re: Thanks for sharing the intrigue

[sonia]

Glad it's helpful!

[silveradept]

I'm not surprised that it turns out counseling is meant more for the neurotypical to help the neurotypical, and the presence of someone with different perspectives challenges the safe spaces therapists think they are good at creating. And also, I'm not surprised that the therapists seem to have reacted to the idea that there's a problem with the patient, instead of a lack of understanding from the therapist.

Sports bras are necessary inventions, and I am glad that there is at least some amount of trying to move forward with them to make them better at what they're supposed to be doing.

Rotifers seem to be one of those things that reminds us that our understanding of the universe is still incomplete and that several of our conventional models don't actually work in all situations.

[sonia]

Sonny's experiences resonated for me to some extent with bodywork training, and I'm glad I didn't pursue training as a therapist, because I would not have fit in that normative box. I had sensed that, but their article brought it into focus.

[silveradept]

It's often very helpful to have someone who can put it into perspective and into words. Makes the cognitive parts easier.