Andrea Parrish
@tinytall
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Inland Northwest based communications nerd living on a mini farm. I adore questions, and help others ask more of them! Consultant and public speaker. She/her.
Spokane, WA
Joined June 2008
RT @CUNA: 2019 #CURockStar Andrea Parrish, the top-rated speaker of CUNA Digital Marketing School, returns for #CUNADMS 2022. Register now….
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I'll be live-tweeting this event today! No drawings this time, but plenty of great information.
Today's the day! Our event revealing the first insights of 100 directors starts at 12 noon. Register to attend at or follow along with #BetterBoardsInitiative to see our live tweets.
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RT @bewhipsmart: You read the How to Win at Social Media guide, now get to planning with digital marketing consultant Andrea Parrish's Week….
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RT @bewhipsmart: Download and stream these Indigenous-focused apps, podcasts, and series centering Indigenous experience: .
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RT @bewhipsmart: Got creative kids? Check out creARTe, a FREE art program for kids grades K - 8 from Tieton Arts & Humanities: https://t.c….
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RT @kentcdodds: You 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 it's 𝒸𝓊𝓉ℯ to 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 your tweets and usernames 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖆𝖞. But have you 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 to what it 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 with assistiv….
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RT @BradshawWrites: My first (very sad) attempt at the #PillarPennyStackChallenge . Thanks for the inspiration, @tinytall! #CUNADMS https:/….
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I grew up in Idaho, and volunteered at the Idaho Potato Expo as a kid. Baked potatoes are a way of life. So you can imagine my horror when I just discovered my roommate puts olives on her potatoes. She insists this is entirely defensible. I am horrified. Who is right?.
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Every single time I slide back in to disorderd eating, I get congratulated. This thread right here is 100%.
I want to talk about what it’s like to claw yourself out from the depths of hell of an eating disorder relapse and become fat again, only to be told by family and medical providers that it seems like you’ve now “went to the other extreme.”.
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Which is really just a long, ranty way of saying that hey, medical shaming has yet another hidden self-fulfilling prophesy factor. Fat people don't need repeated warnings about how we are horrible. We need real, compassionate medical care. (Fin).
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Yet now that I've been self monitoring my blood pressure, surprise surprise, it's rarely measuring *above* 120/82. And I'm realizing how much the stress of medical trauma is likely contributing to my in office BP measurements. (11/n).
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In doctor's offices as an adult, my BP has rarely measured below 145/95, and I've gotten The Lecture that almost all fat purple can recite by heart. This happens at all weights, no matter what they've asked about my "lifestyle," and no matter what the issue is. (10/n).
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Personally, 1998 or so is also when my family doc got *very* worried about my teenage weight, and I went on some pretty powerful drugs that caused lifetime issues for me. And I started getting medically, in addition to socially, shamed for my weight. (9/n).
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Which feels very similar to the change made in 1998 where suddenly 25 million Americans became "obese," and opened the door for even more medical shaming and mistreatment. (8/n).
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In other words, what is considered "normal" by one standard has, since 2017, been considered reason for "intensive counseling on lifestyle changes and possible medication" by the other. (7/n).
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The European Society of Cardiology calls anything over 140/90 hypertension, and under 120/80 as "optimal." (6/n). Comparison:
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But the standard most US doctors use is from the AHA. In 2017, the chart was restructured, with anything over 130/80 classified as "hypertension" (high blood pressure). This increased the number of people with HBP by 14%. (5/n).
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