Amy Beth 👩🏻‍⚕️ (she/ella/they)

@amybeth.medsky.social

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Chicana Med Student 🇲🇽🇺🇸 | Former Librarian 📚 | Interested in #TripleBoard #ChildPsych #Peds #Psych 🩺💉| #HealthLiteracy #HealthJustice #HealthPolicy 🗳️⚖️ | #SocialJustice #AntiFascist ✊🏼| Opinions mine alone.

Long-haired black cat with green eyes
Woman with brown hair reads Babel by RF Kuang on a train
Laptop with color coded spreadsheet open surrounded by full storage room materials
Cover of audiobook Disposable by Sarah Jones
Picture of digital gate display showing Washington DCA destination
Refer to Help. Some people are afraid to share the suicidal thoughts with a medical or mental health professional because of fear of being put on a mental health hold. dontcallthepolice.com offers alternative crisis resources instead of calling 911, and is searchable by city.
Just Ask! If you are worried that someone you know is thinking about suicide, ask: Are you thinking about killing yourself?
Just Ask
Woman leans out of car window holding sign on poster board that says “Sex is cool, but have you ever fucked the system?”
Be as courageous as you can.
Marble hallway in state capitol building
Quote: “This was what he wanted: a smooth, even path to a future with no surprises. The only obstacle, of course, was his conscience.” RF Kuang, Babel
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt
Crowd of people gathers to protest fascist Trump regime in front of CO capitol building in Denver.
Poster: We the people Reject hate Reject ignorance Reject oligarchy Reject fascism Reject Project 2025
Meme : Latinos over image of Selena Quintanilla, Latinos for Trump over image of Selena’s murderer Yolanda Saldovar
Chapter 9 - Be Kind to Our Language Avoid pronouncing phrases everyone else does. Think up your own way of speaking, even if only to convey that thing you think everyone is saying. Make an effort to separate yourself from the internet. Read books.
2 - Defend Institutions It is institutions that helps us to preserve decent. They need our help as well. Do not speak of “our institutions” unless you make them yours by acting on their behalf. Institutions do not protect themselves. They fall one after the other unless each is defended from the beginning. So choose an institution you care about - a court, a newspaper, a law, a labor union - and take its side.
Stack of “To Be Read” books: - On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder - How To Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine - The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels - Babel by RF Kuang - The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates - Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk & Theodore Van Alst - In Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet - Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond - To Repair the World by Paul Farmer - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Church Conflicts by Kasemann - Reclaiming Your Community by Majora Carter - Just Action by Richard & Leah Rothstein
Sugar and spice and everything nice is so yesterday. Instead be salty, defiant and extremely noncompliant
Do Not Obey In Advance: most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.
“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws” MLK Jr
In now deleted post Anne Applebaun states “In the Absence of TikTok, maybe people will have to read books. Or go outside.”
Laptop with floral sticker saying “cultivate what matters” next to open First Aid for Step 1 book.
Laptop with Step Prep video on screen on top of table surrounded by First Aid for USMLE Step 1 book and package of colored highlighter markers.
Warm lines that don’t call the police: Call Blackline: 800-604-5841 Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 Wildflower Alliance: 888-407-4515 StrongHearts Native Helpline: 844-763-8484 Thrive Lifeline: 313-662-8209 LGBT Help Center: 888-843-4564
Sugar plum and creme brulee flavored chewable multivitamins
View of buildings through plant adorned window
Meme with image of Tejana singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez labeled “Latinos” and her murderer, Yolanda Saldívar, labelled “Latinos for Trump”… unknown originator of this meme.
Cover of The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien