Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@widepipe Omg I’m sorry! 😅 you can actually turn RTs off for any profile. Just click on the three dots on the top right and click “turn off RTs”. I’ll try to chill I kind of just RT and share anything I read and it’s prob too much haha — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @wsbgnl: I do think there are a number of people who are terrified at the prospect that they might have to pretend to care about the pan… — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @new_orleansjazz: Ummmm. https://t.co/XOESbiyjV9 — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @atthecrosswalk: so, i’m getting asked to write pieces for disability pride month. if i google you and watch an instagram story of you u… — PolitiTweet.org

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Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@MaxJordan_N @awgaffney @wsbgnl I'd encourage u to learn more abt these illnesses and how they've been dismissed, and follow people like @exceedhergrasp1 @meghanor @realLandsEnd and others who often speak on all of this much better than I. I'm tapping out for the night, but appreciate u sharing ur perspective🙏🏻 — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@MaxJordan_N @awgaffney @wsbgnl When docs w large followings use their platform to imply that Long Covid (which shares similarities to ME/CFS, many w/ LC have ME/CFS), is caused by mental health issues or anxiety, given the history of the dismissal of similar conditions I'm sure u can understand why ppl get mad — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@MaxJordan_N @awgaffney @wsbgnl Right, no one would dispute that. The issue is here very serious often debilitating/deadly physiological health issues that overwhelmingly affect women being dismissed by medical leaders/the media as "anxiety" or a "mental health issue". — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@MaxJordan_N @awgaffney @wsbgnl That’s encouraging, but rn unfortunately there’s no known cure and ppl have suffered for decades and continue to suffer bc the condition was/is dismissed/misdiagnosed as psychosomatic. Rest of my previous thread here — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @RMac18: the limits to shitposting when running a country https://t.co/yvyzKzJssS — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @calebsaysthings: straight guys get tagged in an instagram post once every 3 years. its impossible to do recon on these people. they hav… — PolitiTweet.org

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@MaxJordan_N @awgaffney @wsbgnl ? — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@MaxJordan_N @awgaffney @wsbgnl https://t.co/O9unCRQWPe — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@MaxJordan_N @awgaffney @wsbgnl That's why these communities are so quick to bristle at doctors who jump immediately to mental health as a cause for their conditions. Especially when these conditions primarily affect women, who consistently have serious health problems misdiagnosed as "anxiety" — PolitiTweet.org

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@wsbgnl @awgaffney 💯 — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@MaxJordan_N @awgaffney @wsbgnl There is no good treatment for ME/CFS rn *because* it was dismissed (misdiagnosed) for so long as a mental health issue. So patients were subjected to things like GET which leave them worse off, specifically bc doctors refused to recognize the physiological nature of the disease — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@MaxJordan_N @awgaffney @wsbgnl That's great that you personally do that, but traditionally many people w very serious medical conditions such as ME/CFS have been denied adequate care because doctors considered the root of their problems to be psychosomatic. Same w/ Long Covid, that's a huge problem. — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@awgaffney @wsbgnl Again, that's not what's happening. Instead of nit picking over semantics, I hope you can recognize why these narratives can hurt patients ability to get adequate care https://t.co/U8qTwKhnmn — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@awgaffney @wsbgnl I use the word dismissing, because these patients are being dismissed, there's no follow up, they're told "it's all in your head, get over it." Patients w/ serious physiological issues are given anti depressants or sent to a therapist and stigmatized as "anxious and crazy" — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @chrisgeidner: Any time a journalist tells you they "just report the facts" or "go where the story leads" them, ask them how they chose… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PostScottWilson: ‘Nothing feels safe’: Americans are divided, anxious and quick to panic, @mffisher writes https://t.co/co8haObxxq — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DanEggenWPost: As some Democrats grow impatient with Biden, alternative voices emerge By @AshleyRParker @mviser https://t.co/ntUyrhbp0j — PolitiTweet.org

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@awgaffney @wsbgnl "deservedness" is not the issue, the issue is medical professionals dismissing physiological issues, such as organ damage, serious infections, etc as psychosomatic, thus denying patients adequate treatment. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LongCOVIDNatl: Time for our monthly #LongCovid media round-up! There were so many interesting articles on Long COVID and pandemic equit… — PolitiTweet.org

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@awgaffney @wsbgnl I didn't say that. I think if u understood more abt the history of how certain chronic illnesses have been dismissed as psychosomatic, & how serious LC issues continue to be dismissed as psychosomatic, u may have more understanding of why ppl bristle at u emphasizing those things — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@awgaffney @wsbgnl Rn most ppl underestimate Long Covid's effects b/c the ppl dominating the conversations online & in the media continue to minimize LC. That's a huge problem b/c, as u know, those ppl then often turn to dangerous home remedies, fall victim to anti vaxx narratives which are rampant — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

@awgaffney @wsbgnl I think what people seem to take issue w/ is ur focus on claiming psychosocial factors leading to long covid. Given the history of so many major illnesses being dismissed as psychosomatic, I'm sure u can understand why ppl in those communities take issue w/ any emphasis on that — PolitiTweet.org

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