#cass studies

[fromtheatretopsychology]

02.01.2023 | this account has been inactive for a while and I am here to come back alive! :0 it has been only three weeks and I've never had so many assignments in a semester. let's hope for my motivation to stay strong this semester!

how have you been? :)

listening to: borderline ; Tame Impala

#academics unite #studyblr #study motivation #student #study tips #studyspo #study #study notes #productivity #workspace #college #first year #cass studies

[tasenwrobots]

...and then they hugged

I imagine this frequently, might as well animate it.Not me animating for the first time without knowing shit about even the basics 💀

Based of this post of cass apocalyptic series made by the dude the myth the legend @somerandomdudelmao . You have inspired me to make my first ever animation thingie :]]

#JUST BECAUSE MY LAPTOP IS NOT WORKING DOESNT MEAN I CANT ANIMATE ON MY PHONE #(no but send help pls i cant live without my laptop #MEAJAJEAHAHA i should be studying dammit #was legit animating in the bathroom cuz i dont have time #maybe i dont know how to animate. but i do know how to draw #tmnt #rottmnt #cass apocalyptic series #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rexdraws #donatello rise #f!donnie #future donnie #future donatello #rise donnie #casey jones jr #casey jr #rottmnt casey jr #rottmnt movie #save rise #artists on tumblr

[adoxarchived]

Listen I know he would never but

Cass Apocalypse Series : @somerandomdudelmao

#another flame Leo joke #he’s just so funny to me #I have a huge test in a week I’m supposed to be studying for #but when the idea hits #tmnt #rottmnt #cass apocalyptic au #future rottmnt #future Donnie #rottmnt casey jr

[fantastic-nonsense]

utterly delighted to open up a WIP doc I haven't looked at in months and go "is this mine? did I really write this?" about a paragraph that fucks severely but I don't remember writing

#this is about my Cass character study/artistic expression WIP btw #personal #my writing

[keelanrosa]

started reading the cass review because i'm apparently just Like That and i want everybody crowing about how this proves sooooo much about how terfs are right and trans people are wrong to like. take a scientific literacy class or something. or even just read the occasional study besides the one you're currently trying to prove a point with. not even necessarily pro-trans studies just learn how to know what studies actually found as opposed to what people trying to spoonfeed you an agenda claim they found.

to use just one infuriating example:

Several studies from that period (Green et al., 1987; Zucker, 1985) suggested that in a minority (approximately 15%) of pre-pubertal children presenting with gender incongruence, this persisted into adulthood. The majority of these children became same-sex attracted, cisgender adults. These early studies were criticised on the basis that not all the children had a formal diagnosis of gender incongruence or gender dysphoria, but a review of the literature (Ristori & Steensma, 2016) noted that later studies (Drummond et al., 2008; Steensma & Cohen-Kettenis, 2015; Wallien et al., 2008) also found persistence rates of 10-33% in cohorts who had met formal diagnostic criteria at initial assessment, and had longer follow-up periods.

if you recognize the names Zucker and Steensma you are probably already going feral but tldr:

There are… many problems with Zucker's studies, "not all children had a formal diagnosis" is so far down the list this is literally the first i've heard of it. The closest i usually hear is the old DSM criteria for gender identity disorder was totally different from the current DSM criteria for gender dysphoria and/or how most people currently define "transgender"; notably it did not require the patient to identify as a different gender and overall better fits what we currently call "gender-non-comforming". Whether the kids had a formal diagnosis of "maybe trans, maybe just has different hobbies than expected, but either way their parents want them back in their neat little societal boxes" is absolutely not the main issue. This would be a problem even if Zucker was pro-trans (spoiler: He Is Not, and people who are immediately suspicious of pro-trans studies because "they're probably funded by big pharma or someone else who profits from transitioning" should apply at least a little of that suspicion to the guy who made a living running a conversion clinic); sometimes "formal" criteria change as we learn more about what's common, what's uncommon, what's uncommon but irrelevant, etc, and when the criteria changes drastically enough it doesn't make sense to pretend the old studies perfectly apply to the new criteria. If you found a study defining "sex" specifically and exclusively as penetration with a dick which says gay men have as much sex as straight men but lesbians don't, it's not necessarily wrong as far as it goes but if THAT'S your prime citation for "gay men have more sex than lesbians", especially if you keep trying to apply it in contexts which obviously use a broader definition, there are gonna be a lot of people disagreeing with you and it won't be because they're stubbornly unscientific.

Also Zucker is pro conversion therapy. Yes, pro converting trans people to cis people, but also pro converting gay people to straight people. That doesn't necessarily affect his results, i just find it funny how many people enthusiastically support his findings as evidence transitioning is… basically anti-gay conversion therapy? (even though plenty of trans people transition to gay? including T4T people so even the "that's actually just how straight people try to get with gay people" rationale for gay trans people is incredibly weak? and also HRT has a relatively low but non-zero chance of changing sexual orientation so it wouldn't even be reliable as a means of "becoming straight"? but a guy who couldn't reliably tell the difference between a tomboy and a trans boy figured out the former is more common than the latter + in one whole country where being trans is legal but being gay is not, sometimes cis gay people transition, so OBVIOUSLY that means sexism and homophobia are the driving factors even in countries with significant transphobia. or something.) anyway i hope zucker knows and hates how many gay people and allies are using his own study to trash-talk any attempts to be Less Gay. ideally nobody would take his nonsense seriously at all but it doesn't seem we'll be spared from that any time soon so i will take my schadenfreude where i can.

Steensma's studies have the exact same problem re: irrelevant criteria so "well someone ELSE had the same results!" is not exactly convincing. This is not "oh trans people are refusing to pay attention to these studies because they disagree with them regardless of scientific rigor", it's "one biased guy using outdated criteria found exactly the numbers everyone would expect based on that criteria, i can't imagine why trans people are treating those numbers as relevant to the past criteria but not present definitions, let's find a SECOND guy using outdated criteria. Why do people keep saying the outdated criteria is not relevant to the current state of trans healthcare. Don't we all know it's quantity over quality with scientific studies. (Please don't ask what the quantity of studies disagreeing with me is.)"

Steensma also counted patients as 'not persisting as transgender' if they ghosted him on follow-up which counted for a third of his study's "detransitioners" and a fifth of the total subjects and. look. i'm not saying none of them detransitioned, or assuming they all didn't would be notably more accurate, but i think we can safely treat twenty percent of subjects as a bit high for making a default assumption, especially when some of them might have simply not been interested in a study on whether or not they still know who they are. Fuck knows i've seen pro-trans studies which didn't make assumptions about the people who didn't respond still get prodded by anti-trans people insisting "the number of people claiming they don't regret transitioning can't possibly be so high, some of the people who responded must have been lying. (Scientific rigor means thinking studies which disagree with me are wrong even if the only explanation is the subjects lying and studies which agree with me are right even if we need to make assumptions about a lot of subjects to get there.)"

and this is not new information. not the issues with zucker, not the issues with steensma, not any of the issues because this is not a new study, it's a review of older studies, which in itself doesn't mean "bad" or "useless" -- sometimes that allows connecting some previously-unconnected dots -- but the idea this is going to absolutely blow apart the Woke Media, vindicate Rowling and Lineham, and "save" ""gay"" children from """being forcibly transed""" is bullshit. At most it'll get dragged around and eagerly cited by all the people looking for anything vaguely scientific-sounding to justify their beliefs, and maybe even people who only read headlines and sound bites will buy it, but the people who really believe it will be people who already agreed with all its "findings" and have already been dragging around the existing studies and are just excited to have a shiny new citation for it.

the response from people who've been really reading research on transgender people all along is going to be more along the lines of "……yeah. yeah, i already knew about that. do you need a three-page essay on why i don't think it means what you think it means? because i don't have time for that homework right now but maybe i can pencil it in for next semester if you haven't learned how to check your own sources by then."

#cass review #lgbt #transgender #transphobia #science #'tldr': *writes three-page essay* 'but i don't have time for a three-page essay rn' #also: holy run-on sentences #but seriously this is not going to change the mind of a single person who would be influenced by reading scientific studies #the studies already existed and have BEEN being used by terfs who think ZUCKER of aLL PEOPLE #is a good gotcha against anyone saying 'reputable studies indicate detransitioning is pretty uncommon actually' #but the responses i find truly fascinating are the ones along the lines of #'ohohoho i bet all those people who criticized jkr will be reeeaal quiet now' w. why. #if past studies didn't convince them the Special Collector's Edition of past studies won't #y'all don't have a monopoly on Scientific Knowledge just because y'all think your Fisher-Price level Gender Definition is the best #sometimes. other scientific information exists. and trans people and allies can even read that scientific information. #i know a weird number of y'all think we run on vibes and liberal propaganda but i promise a ton of us are absolute DORKS

[ohmystarrynight]

RRRREHEHEHEHEHEHE Cass & Clark but make them toon-ier >:)

#concept art #illustration #digital art #pilot's art! #pilot speaks! #color study #50s #vintage #retro aesthetic #retro style #retro #1950s spy movie but make it so queer coded #spy #Cassius takes laser tag waaaaayyyy too seriously #idk what Clark expected bringing his spy-boyfriend to laser tag as a date #Clark is an honorary spy but only because he’s Cass’s boyfriend. no other qualifications. #pilots ocs!

[minnow-doodle-doo]

Based on the time my little sister and my dad got drunk at a family reunion and she convinced my dad to wear a crop top and die his hair.

#sadly i wasnt there since I was studying abroad :( #dc #batman #batfam #dick grayson #tim drake #red hood #my art #also cass is the one taking the picture

[livewire11211]

this started as me exploring how Cass aka @somerandomdudelmao has such quick confident brush strokes by just kinda trying to imitate it/trace it over their art, and then it quickly turned into me playing around with the Water Bleed Blender brush again and having a fun time.

Anywho the way these 2 pages mirror each other drives me insane, Casey and Uncle Tello make me so fucking happy, and Cass' apocalyptic au makes me froth at the mouth its so good. Ty for this story Cass, it brings me genuine joy.

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #cass apocalyptic series #art study?? #idk #I was just having a fun time #and i genuinely admire cass' comic and their work sm

[runraerun]

Y’ALL THE OFFICIAL SUPERNATURAL INSTA JUST SPELT CAS’ NAME CORRECTLY

what is happening and how can we read it as a clue for the s16 announcement

#I need ideas people #has this happened before #also #which one of you is running the official cw_supernatural insta account??? #and what do you know #I feel like I’m studying EVERYTHING so closely lately #trying to sniff out clues for the revival announcement #did we finally convince them that it’s Cas and not cAss? #castiel #supernatural #tell me #show yourself fan who’s behind this account #you know damn well they’re on Tumblr #spn #I have a lot of thoughts

[caitlynmeow]

Question time with the Dimitrescu sisters!

Q: Who is most likely to start listening to Christmas music in October?

Bela: October is a little too early for Christmas...

Daniela: All of October and a bit of late September is fully dedicated to Halloween! We aren't into jumping to another holiday before the whole of October season is over. Cass would never let it slide.

Bela: It's Halloween for October, then Cassandra's birthday in November, so that's about two or three weeks-- Hmm, just in time for Christmas. *nods*

Cassandra: Let's just say we like to pace ourselves with all the festivities around the end of the year.

Q: Who is most likely to cry at animal adoption commercials?

Bela & Cassandra: Daniela.

Daniela: Shut up, I saw Cass cry over a dog adoption show!

Q: Who is most likely to panic about failing and then receive an A?

Bela: Cassandra for sure. For all we know, she is always actively failing all of her classes.

Cassandra: Because it's true. How do you know you're not failing everything?

Bela: If you know the material then it makes sense that you will not fail.

Cassandra: Sounds optimistic. Fake.

Daniela: Do you see why you were the most stressed in school? Just be like me~

Cassandra: I dunno how you live with yourself.

Daniela: I never failed anything, and I wasn't half as stressed.

Cassandra: You remember that you have homework due the night before.

Daniela: So? It beats me doing it as soon as it's assigned and spend the rest of the week polishing it and worrying about every small detail.

Bela: You both are insane. It's either too much or too little with you two. Cassandra worries about nothing and it's just downright unhealthy. Daniela is too careless I have no clue how she never failed a single class--

Daniela: Mama helped me with homework.

Bela: You mean did it for you.

Daniela: It's usually past bedtime and I need to be asleep.

Bela: How convenient for you.

Daniela: *shrugs*

#q&a with the dimitrescu sisters #house dimitrescu #resident evil village #bela dimitrescu #daniela dimitrescu #cassandra dimitrescu #resident evil 8 #re8 #headcanon #alcina dimitrescu #yes alcina would do daniela's homework because her daughter needs to be asleep #and daniela seems to /purposely/ forget that she had homework due the next day #or a project #she doesnt let her sisters know tho #bela would kill her #and cass is just not there because girlie is busy studying and doesn't have the time/energy to deal with her sister's negligence

[r0ryy]

more them 🐟💞🛹

#r0ryy art #cassmako #guy who just drew cass three times in a row: ah gotta pay the blorbo tax yall know how it is #i really like doing these little pose/expression studies after big pieces

[spite-and-waffles]

Jack Drake is Tim's Dad. Not Bruce. It doesn't matter what you think of him or Bruce. Canonically Tim's entire career up until Identity Crisis was about wanting to tell Jack who he was, and to gain his understanding and approval and pride. His murder, just when Tim finally got all of them, fucking broke him.

Bruce is a father figure to Tim, and Bruce loves him like a son. But they have a far more complicated relationship than just father and son. When Tim thinks of "Dad", he thinks of Jack Drake, the same way Dick thinks only of John Grayson as his Dad. Even Cassandra, horrifically abused by David Cain, will never not think of Cain as her father, because that is what being a child means. You are not wired to reassign the emotionality of that role, no matter how much they hurt you. Ironically, Jason is the one who can't help but see Bruce as his Dad, no matter how much he doesn't want to, which is what breaks him so much.

There's a reason they all except Damian call Bruce "Bruce". A mentor, partner, guardian and refuge more than a father, but still a father in all the ways that matter. But more importantly, the shadow that eclipses everything else in their field of vision, with his own well of gravity trapping them in orbit.

Families of choice, adopted parent-child relationships and human relationships as a whole are incredibly complicated. When you try to force it all into a nuclear family model with traditionally assigned roles, you're flattening the characters and refusing the rich tapestry of the human experience.

#this is about preboot #its a shame the DCU ended in 2011 #tim drake #jack drake #bruce wayne #dick grayson #john grayson #cassandra cain #david cain #jason todd #batfamily #dc canon #bat meta #bruce and tim #bruce and dick #bruce and jason #bruce and cass #relationship study #spite waffle

[gncrezan]

@ladamebrunette IT’S ME!!!!! I WAS YOUR WAYFARER EXCHANGE PARTNER!!!!!!!!! thank you so much for posting so much about cass cause it was such a goldmine of symbolism to use for this piece <3 i hope you like it, and thank you again to the @wayfarer-exchange mods for hosting 💕

#cassander inteus #wayfarer game #wayfarer #my art #the only thing i wish i could have done are some treats #i just was not able to get anything out cause of uni . because i am a director this year OTL #studying animation will make you want to eat glass #ANYWAYS THANK YOU FOR ALL THE REFS FOR THIS IT WAS SO FUN TO WORK ON!!!!!! #based off how u said cass would be the page of cups #and the water falling is in the shape of the coast (IM FORGETTING THE EXACT PLACE) from his backstory/origin #i believe its vodena and the coast around it? and the river that leads to the delta ?? #and how that water feeds the fire lillies at the bottom and flame rises from that as well!! #and the background was kinda gutting me but its fine i think it turned out alright!!! #again such a fucking blast to include details like that ! #queue #and being a bit cheeky and timing this for hong kong timezones cause i know i'll forget in the future #ive got a dissertation due LMFAO #anyways MWAHH!!!! ENJOY!!!!

[cepheusgalaxy]

replying to a comment you left on a different post where comments got disabled. a double blind study is where they give half of the people real medication and the other half fake medication (without telling whos getting what) and the doctors studying them also dont know whos getting real medication. horrible thing to test on trans people tbh.

Ohhh makes sense thanks

#cass review #asks #anon #double blind studies

[claracrystal]

thinking about my film theory class where I learned one definition of ideology as the evidence we choose to ignore. anyway i hope all the beautiful trans people are taking care of themselves today

#this is about the cass report throwing out 102 of 104 studies to be clear

[drowsemp3]

carmina is my wife but shes not My wife she's cass' wife. cass is my oc and shes not me but im her. you understand.

#it makes such an almighty sound #cass is like ..... okay so imagine ur parents are professors several times over. imagine they want You to follow in their footsteps. #ur childhood and teenage years are so regimented and regulated and hinge entirely on ur performance in school #yeah sure u can study what u like but u have to be The Best at it and some subjects are always going to be more favoured than others #so u do what ur told and u do what they want and u get the grades and u dont rlly have many friends or go out that much but its fine. #its fine! u like studying and u like learning and reading so its fine. #and then u go to uni and u have space but its more of the same bc u dont rlly know anything else. u mostly just keep to urself an #do ur work and get the grades bc u have come too far to start failing Now. #and then u dont know what else to do and hr parents still want u to Be Better so u go to grad school #and somewhere along the way u started reading abt greek myth and hellenism and dionysus and the maenads. #and u think about how Free it must be. to go out jnto the woods and not have to think or talk or argue or write or anything other than Feel #and u cant stop thinking about it. u cant focus on ur research anymore bc all u can do is look out of the window and think about it. #and then im not sure what happens. but she ends up in the entitys realm tearing ppl apart with her teeth and her bare hands LOLLLLLLL