Weekly Links 26-21

the hidden cassettes — Excerpts from secret recordings her dad made, click the What?! for Emily’s explanation. For something inherently unpleasant, these are charming.1 My Life as a Sex Worker at a Nevada Brothel — Interesting2 What is PCOS, what are the symptoms and treatment, and why is it being renamed PMOS? (IA) — The Guardian PCOS Is Officially Renamed, After Decades of Misinformation — ScienceAlert Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, the new name for polycystic ovary syndrome: a multistep global consensus process — The Lancet Some Women Are Obsessively Testing Their Vaginas to Optimize Them — I suspect that the less seriously someone has been taken by the medical establishment, the more attractive home tests like this will seem. Personally, I can also see the “for funsies” appeal. What Not Having Mental Imagery Implies for Psychoanalysis, Trauma, and Our Sense of Self1 — I have aphantasia, I see nothing, and I also have mild face blindness, and a terrible autobiographical…