Laundry List

[afreaknamedallie]

Yo #brettkavanaugh this pro choice abortion clinic escorting shift is dedicated to you you #assbutt. . #prochoice #notokavanaugh #protectwomensrights #fightforyourrights https://www.instagram.com/p/Bng8klQFxU2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rfk4us4d6ysy

[afreaknamedallie]

Burger Rain. The only rain in LA for the next 3 months. @theaquabats #theaquabatskickstarter #burgerrain #punkrock #bringbackthesupershow (at El Rey) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnNEp3qgKSF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1swlqa11lqgf4

[afreaknamedallie]

Of course I went. ▪ Look. There's a lot to be said on this and related topics. But the nitty gritty is we have an inhumane policy that is over sentencing a misdemeaner committed by people fleeing political and social climates that are in NO small way impacted by American hawkish actions in the 70s and 80s. Forcing kids who are too young to feed themselves on their own to represent themselves in court is as dystopic as it is comic-book-villian cruel. If #alllivesmatter was really true, this wouldn't be a god damn discussion. ▪ There were a lot of variations on a theme, I saw a lot of women in olive green making a directed rebutted to #floutus. There were many amazing signs. The last two photos are of mine. The final photo was a "star struck" moment for me. #AdyBarkan was in the middle of being interviewed as he came into the rally space at the end of the march, and for some reason that hit even more home for me how all of the different factions of activists in LA come together, even more so than when I saw the #Fightfor15 marchers at the start. ▪ ▪ ▪ #familiesbelongtogether #losangeles #istandwithimmigrants #strongertogether #meltingpot #endtrumpconsentrationcamps #jeffsessionsiaaracist #abolishice

[sufferingsappho-deactivated2017]

Like, 90% of infomercial style products were designed by/for disabled people, but you wouldn’t know that, because there is no viable market for them. THey have to be marketted and sold to abled people just so that any money can be made of off them and so the people who actually need them will have access.

I think snuggies are the one example almost everyone knows. They were invented for wheelchair users (Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a coat on and off of someone in a wheelchair? Cause it’s PRETTY FUCKIN HARD.) But now everyone just acts like they’re some ~quirky, white people thing~ and not A PRODUCT DESIGNED TO MAKE PEOPLES DAY TO DAY LIVES 10000X EASIER.

But if at any point you were to take your head out of your own ass and go “Hey, who would a product like this benefit,” that would be really cool.

[swamp-spirit]

This makes informational make so much sense now.

Like… of course there’s no reason for that guy to knock over that bowl of chips. However, the person it was actually designed for has constant hand tremors that would make this pretty rad, but since we don’t want to show that in a commercial, here’s an able bodied guy who can’t remember how gravity works.

Shit. Those commercials suddenly get a lot less funny when you realize it’s pretty much just people ineptly trying to mimic disability.

[xtremecaffeine-deactivated20181]

Or like the thing for the eggs? Like, oh, it cracks eggs perfectly, you only need one hand? IT WAS DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO ONLY HAVE THE USE OF ONE HAND. Or the juice bottle pourer? For people who’re TOO LAZY TO POUR THEIR OWN JUICE? Or FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY BEARING WEIGHT IN THE HANDS.

[bettheriver]

It’s amazing how with just a few words by a few people, my whole perspective on something can shift entirely. 

[fumblingcuriosities]

I feel so ignorant for never having realized this before.

[robotsandfrippary]

Most people I know who own infomercial products are elderly, disabled and poor. 

[yobaba]

thank you - best public service announcement I have seen in a really long time

[the1janitor]

This is literally not true tho?

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/business/media/27adco.html?_r=2

[afreaknamedallie]

Being #archaeologist af right now, taking advantage of a target sale to buy 2 new chambray shirts to wear in the field. Also a #flashbackfriday to when my last chambray shirt was absconded with by a kitten at my crazy site from the fall. Over the course of two days we had two kittens get found IN (!) the excavator engine compartment. Friendly reminder that it's kitten season and to watch out for them in weird places! #kitten #kittenseason #watchout #monitoring #crm #chambrayshirt #whosaidarchaeologistsarenotfashionable

[straightwhiteboystexting]

for context…..im a political science major 😂

[afreaknamedallie]

My real problem in the dating scene.

[straightwhiteboystexting]

polarbearsmashattack

And they say romance is dead.

[afreaknamedallie]

Dating in a nutshell

[afreaknamedallie]

Before the #foxnews spin gets a chance to claim otherwise, let me tell you want I saw today in #DTLA. Kids. Scared, angry, frustrated, politically aware kids. Some had doting parents hanging back taking pictures, some clearly took a few forms of public transit to get to #pershingsquare on their own. But all of them know what their signs and and meant. Not one looked coached or confused. •• Y'all we got to remember they have more access to information than any of us ever had, including us #millenials that grew up through the birth of the internet. #GenZ knows their shit, and they have Google to help them know more about the world than I ever did at 14. Don't trash them for being too young to be political. I was political at that age, but these kids give me a run for my money. •• By and large, Gen Z makes me hopeful. These kids are tough, and I'm proud to see them taking no shit. ▪ ▪ ▪ #marchforourlives #marchforourlivesLA #thekidsarealright #gunreform #alsoirealizemysignhasamispelledword (at Los Angeles City Hall)

[afreaknamedallie]

Found in the South Bay #guncontrol #grafitti #politics #losangeles #thesekidsarealright

[afreaknamedallie]

Imma let you Diehard fans finish, but this is the best Christmas movie of all time. #merrychristmas #diehard #longkissgoodnight #samuelljackson #geenadavis #spymovie #christmasmovies

[afreaknamedallie]

I am happy to report 3 of the foster kittens I have been watching over are now with their forever families! 🐺🦊🐱 It was almost poetic, as I drove out of my neighborhood to head out to Colorado with them, the first song that came on the radio was Semisonic's Closing Time. I'm sad to see them go, and it's been so wonderful getting to watch them grow up from tiny chicken nuggets into real kitties, but I'm so happy they have loving forever homes! #kittens #catsofinstagram #fosterkitten #foreverhomes #imnotcryingyourecrying #newbeginnings

[afreaknamedallie]

Now that I am back in #LA I am kinda missing the mountain air. Me and my dad went up to his 1800s claim in the #Rockies, and of course we took the dogs. This is Murray, the stray he found while he was on his last deployment in Pakistan. He was likely severely beaten as a puppy and has limited use in his lower spine, but he refuses to let that stop him. He and the other two dogs love going up to the claim, they run around chasing anything and everything. #rockymountains #dogswithdisabilities #dogsonwheels #mansbestfriend #adventuredog #murrayundaunted

[afreaknamedallie]

So I have been mostly keeping pictures of the foster litter at my house offline, but OMG I have to share. This little man is my buddy, he follows me around and snuggles with me more than the rest of them. #kitten #crazycatlady #fostercat #orangecat #lookatthatcuteface

[tombraiderempire]

Lara Croft Graffiti Art 

[afreaknamedallie]

I am finally starting #BillNyeSavestheWolrd. First episode is about #ClimateChange, and I am reflecting about the teeny tiny unexpected site visitor I met yesterday. How can this little guy protect himself against a force so many people refuse to understand is real? #billnyethescienceguy #greenfrog #macroshot #nofilter #climatechangeisreal #scienceisreal #archaeology #fieldsite #smallvertibrate #cellphonephotography #totesalmoststeppedonhimbeforehejumped

[thegrillzonfire]

they put it into words… <3

[afreaknamedallie]

This was shared in a group I am a part of. I just wanted ya'll to know this picture pretty much sums up how the archaeology community is handling the current political climate. We're just following in big footsteps really. #archaeology #indy #indianajones #nazisfuckoff #ilovemyprofession