evilmindatwork

I just found this show and forum and I'm jumping into this very late but couldn't resist. Apologies. I know a lot of foreign educated doctors so wanted to contribute my knowledge of the process (first gen from an immigrant family so it comes with the territory). The people I know, unlike refugees, planned their immigration tend to be have some degree of economic privilege. Usually foreign educated take a series of licensing exams (most the same as American educated doctors) and then apply for residency. I know one person who had to apply for multiple residency rounds over 3 years but she ultimately did get one in a rural area (anecdotally speaking most people I know got a residency within the first application round). Two friends from high school-- who were born and raised in the US-- deliberately went to a medical school in their parent's native country. They came back every summer to do preceptorships and, I believe, take exams. They made this choice because they knew they wanted to be doctors and didn't want to spend 4 years studying for an unrelated degree and wanted to go to medical school right away. Completely agree that my experience is more anecdotal though and that your study is likely more representative of the average person's expereince. The fact that doctors like this exist and are very common is a very good reason for it show up in a medical show. It is a very common experience for women who have diseases particular to the female anatomy. I've expereinced doctors like this as well as friends and family-- people tend to treat doctors as gods who can do no wrong especially when it comes to their work, I think it's important for them to be shown as flawed and sometimes bad at their jobs.

why would he train for a career at this point though? he has a career-- it's mtv. he's making far more doing a reality show than he would at a normal job. i think we all need to stop expecting this show to be canceled, it's gone on for 10 years now. even if the show gets canceled, they'll shill stuff for insta-- they all have dedicated fans who'll buy those products. sadly (i'm an old so i think it's ridiculous) that is a lucrative career path these days

I love them, I do. But I was hoping Michael and Ash would be one of the OTPs because Shazad Latif is gorgeous and I just want to see his face.

The Souls of Black Folk was published in 1903. I'm not black but I am an ethnic minority and my experience is that we code-switch: the way people talk about their group to outsiders isn't always the way they refer to themselves with insiders.

I'm honestly so mad about this and it's interesting that it's obvious that the cast didn't seem to have much solidarity for her.

Yeah, I don't think this episode has really aged well. Getting him deported. He sucks because he was stalking the owner's daughter and taking peeping tom pictures but getting him deported for being essentially anti-war is not something I can really be gleeful about.

No, I'm talking about s3 episode 5 "President Evil." I don't really have a problem with Veronica accusing Weevil or Logan, for that matter, but how that suspicion is never dealt with or addressed. With Logan-- it happens a lot less after the middle of season 2-- and she's his significant other so we see the reasons why he would be forgiving of that trait. With Weevil it's a very unequal relationship where she's usually on top and I don't know why Weevil would put up with that treatment.

I also think there's just a lot of weird racial and economic aspects of the show that show alludes to but doesn't explore. Like the ways in which Veronica will instantly and openly jump to conclusions about Weevil (like with the casino mugging) that she won't about Logan or even Dick. And even though Weevil sometimes does call her out on it, he will also help her or forgive her without any discussion of herr previous offenses. Also while Veronica considers herself an outsider to the 1% in Neptune the show never really explores why she has a marked preference for socializing and dating within that class. While they're willing to show the excesses of rich Neptuners, the more middle or lower class inhabitants of Neptune are definitely thought of as not good enough for Veronica which is a bit of a contradiction to the message of the show or even Veronica's self-professed ethos I thought. The message of the show is very anti-rape/ misogyny and the unfairness of the class privileges but I think the story-telling often contradicts what the message is supposed to be? Are we just supposed to forget that Dick was planning to date-rape Madison with the GHB? Veronica is much angrier at Madison than she is at Dick and while Madison is a terrible person, she didn't purposefully drug Veronica while Dick/Logan were the ones who procured the drugs. I think Rob Thomas does better with minority characters in iZombie but I also wish he'd explore Wallace in a way that didn't always make him a less intelligent extension of Veronica. Veronica is like the star investigator of the university and a straight A student but Wallace is stuck struggling to balance a class with basketball? It's just weird. I do really love this show a lot but maybe I'm more sensitive to these messages because I'm watching it for the first time as an adult.

Yeah, I came to the show recently and maybe it's becasue I'm not the target audience but I don't like his acting or Logan's character at all. I was really surprised because I remember friends in college who watched the show live would rave about him. But I find him unattractive physically and his character is emotionally abusive and sometimes physically too(though obviously some of it is learned behavior from his childhood). The other thing really unsettled me is how willing people are to dig deep into and redeem wealthy white male characters in a way that they don't do for a character like Weevil. Someone like Logan can learn and grow because he's perceived to be intelligent (and is given many chances) but Weevil who probably had to support himself from a very young age is just pitiable.

I have PCOS and I really don't think Maci does. I think it's a condition she lightly googled when she needed to lie about her pregnancy and now she has to stick with the storyline because it's out there in the world.

I use SoCal, Nor Cal also. I don’t know Cali just sounds cutesy to me, maybe? I’ve personally never heard it used by locals @Mkay isn’t LL Cool J from NYC? It’s fine in music, I guess. Language is relaxed in music for the sake of rhythm etc. Anyway I’m not really a hugely nit picky person, and honestly didn’t really mean to attack anyone with the post. I was just talking about my personal preferences and what I’ve observed.

Does anyone actually from California use Cali? It drives me nuts when my non-Californian friends use it and I usually gently tell them not to. I don’t think it’s shame to use SoCal @GreatKazu? I think it’s lingo that we locals use? When I’m too lazy to type out California, I just write Ca, I don’t know Cali just never sounds right. Haha. Yes! I’ve been dating or thinking about dating after a divorce and for the most part, I opt out of the market.

Javi is a band-wagon jumper! I’m a lifelong Bay Area resident and I’ve always supported the Warriors, even through the hopeless years. What is he jumping on our fandom for? Where even is he from? Somewhere in Pennsylvania? Just because he has mtv connects and reality show fast money he can get good seats at games and he thinks he’s all that. Eta: I wouldn’t care normally but Javi annoys me so I’ll take anything I can to roll my eyes at him.

And, Javi has a child and has been through a divorce. You'd think he was over that phase of his life and would have developed better habits about keeping his private life private. .

Lol. She’s about 4 years YOUNGER than me and I look like a teenager compared to her. She’s had kids and I haven’t though, so maybe I should give her some leeway.