tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100452276682801125.post3016836246858438853..comments2024-02-14T06:42:21.988-06:00Comments on Context and variation: Tag-teaming research blogging: Me and Sci do it up, PMDD-styleKateClancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266484364483890008noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100452276682801125.post-56095987485186250832011-02-23T15:43:44.900-06:002011-02-23T15:43:44.900-06:00I find it extremely cool how you tag-team approach...I find it extremely cool how you tag-team approached this issue. This way you have two brilliant minds working on one issue instead of just one. I was very intrigued to read all of the insight into PMDD. I personally suffer from it and treat it by taking Zoloft regularly. This post has made me wonder whether or not my Zoloft is as effective in treating my symptoms as I previously had thought, especially if there might be a stronger link to my body's hormones than simply just my serotonin reuptake. I also admire your ability to see through all of the cracks in pieces of research in order to obtain a better perspective on the data. I personally hope to strengthen my own personal ability to do so.Laura Carroll (ANTH 249)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100452276682801125.post-9024446531424812342011-02-23T14:48:24.365-06:002011-02-23T14:48:24.365-06:00I like that this post clearly shows how important ...I like that this post clearly shows how important it is to really critically look at data to understand just how reliable it is and what types of conclusions can really be made. I agree with Anna that it would be very beneficial to have an understanding of the differences between PMS and PMDD. PMS is a very overused term. Men can blame a woman's mood on it, as opposed to considering that she has a legitimate reason for being upset (or that she's not even moody at all). On the other end of the spectrum, I had a friend in high school who completely took advantage of what she perceived as an excuse to be moody and was just a complete nightmare to be around for one week a month. However, if there is a medical condition that actually affects certain women (albeit, a small percentage), then they deserve more info about it.Jamie Sukowicz (249)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100452276682801125.post-58003191143243519002011-02-23T14:36:22.386-06:002011-02-23T14:36:22.386-06:00Being a student and reading this it really brings ...Being a student and reading this it really brings to light, even just some of, the issues that can come about in this sort of research. It is nice to start an internal list of "no no"s when it comes to writing for scientific research. I also wanted to say that I agree with Courtney's comment above. I think it absolutely needs to be brought to the general public's attention that not all women become extremely moody once a month. And I also appreciate that Professor Clancy made an adamant point that the "reproductively-aged women" are only a small faction of the entire female population. One thing that I was curious about while reading this review was the distinct differences between PMS and PMDD. I think that a lot of women are confused about this and it is something that would be beneficial to have a better understanding of.Anna Lowenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100452276682801125.post-64679861884646697572011-02-23T13:17:48.510-06:002011-02-23T13:17:48.510-06:00I liked that the posts emphasized that PMDD does n...I liked that the posts emphasized that PMDD does not effect all women, and that there is a lot of variation between women in how they are effected by things like hormonal changes around the time of their menstraul cycle. I feel that society as a whole tends to generalize women's behavior during "that time of the month," and write's off bad mood's as "just that time of the month." I feel that the general populations understanding of women's biology and reproductive cycles is lacking and everyone would benefit from more studies on how hormone shifts can effect women of reproductive age.Courtney Getz (249)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100452276682801125.post-10191132982109071492011-02-22T19:14:54.093-06:002011-02-22T19:14:54.093-06:00Both posts were great. I loved how you got into th...Both posts were great. I loved how you got into the sexism "where any female behavior that deviates from the pleasing and passive risks eliciting THAT question" and the 8% incidence rate. To write about a disease that is debilitating by definition, and start off with a teasing joke is pretty rough.<br /><br />Also, I don't get offended when people say "is it that time of the month?" because hardly anyone ACTUALLY says that, and when they do, it's true. I don't get offended because my mind is sensitive to annoying people sometimes.Captain Skelletthttp://www.aschoonerofscience.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100452276682801125.post-28257097604524153792011-02-21T22:29:14.988-06:002011-02-21T22:29:14.988-06:00Seconding Ed - I loved this! Whatever "this&q...Seconding Ed - I loved this! Whatever "this" is called, it should happen more often.annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01332724729809686398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100452276682801125.post-90042602585466343012011-02-21T08:10:13.219-06:002011-02-21T08:10:13.219-06:00OM NOM NOM, yer BRIANZ.
I also had a lot of fun w...OM NOM NOM, yer BRIANZ.<br /><br />I also had a lot of fun with this, and I thought it was great how we both picked out different parts of the paper to focus on, and brought different comments and expertise to the article, creating two entirely different posts and sets of criticisms.<br /><br />And I'm not gonna break it up, I'm just gonna cross post the comment cause I'm lazy...scicurioushttp://scientopia.org/blogs/scicuriousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100452276682801125.post-80199654716592415642011-02-21T08:00:41.307-06:002011-02-21T08:00:41.307-06:00Ha, thanks! I think our tag-team approach worked o...Ha, thanks! I think our tag-team approach worked out really well and am so pleased to have gotten to do this with Sci. I would love to see more coordinated efforts by other bloggers, and to do this again. It was a wonderful experience.KateClancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10266484364483890008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100452276682801125.post-26185594270170105192011-02-21T07:12:07.865-06:002011-02-21T07:12:07.865-06:00Thanks for laying everything out so clearly. And b...Thanks for laying everything out so clearly. And both of you, I LOVED this approach. It's the sort of thing that the blogosphere does very well and I can only think that it's going to be more important in the future as interdisciplinary science gets more (Comment continues at Sci's blog) ;-)Ed Yonghttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketsciencenoreply@blogger.com