The Dark I Know Well

24. Alex. Pan. Gender is somethin. Who knows really.

[probably-voldemort]

my uncle brought his one night stand to meet me in the hospital when i was born

i guess they’d just gotten back to his house when he got the call from my dad and they detoured to the hospital before i would assume going back to his place

but like imagine your otp

“i know we just met like half an hour ago and we definitely came here to hook up but like my brother just had a baby so would you mind putting this on pause for a bit?  you can come meet her too she’s probably a really cute baby”

[probably-voldemort]

when my sister was born, apparently my parents just ran into him in the lobby of the hospital

they thought he’d somehow magically found out my mom was in labour and he thought they’d gotten his message to come pick him up

he’d possibly broken his arm playing beer pong apparently and was very drunk

apparently there was a confusing conversation in the lobby before my uncle decided to skip the x-rays he was supposed to be heading for and sit outside my mom’s delivery room and occasionally bring in vending machine snacks

i guess there was a minor panic probably considering he didn’t actually make it to x-rays until a few hours later after deciding labour was taking too long and the people at x-rays were really concerned on how long it’d taken this drunk guy to make it from the er to the x-rays

anyway, he made it back to my mom’s hospital room after my sister was born with a cast and the x-ray tech’s number

[random-reblogger-298-deactivate]

Your uncles got mad game dude

[ranger-truth]

Guys, guys, let’s get back into Animorphs!!!

They are all free to read with Applegate’s permission on the animorphs website!

Oh yeah babey

[radicalclownfriend-deactivated2]

[gravityofstars]

She has also written some absolutely amazing books recently.

These are just a few of them. I read The One and Only Ivan to my students every year (and there’s a sequel coming out in May!).

Every one of her books I’ve read has been beautifully written. Yes, they’re written for children, but you won’t regret reading a single one of them. Applegate is hands-down my favorite middle grades author.

Read. Her. Books.

[gravityofstars]

Also this

[ophidahlia]

Animorphs says trans rights

[solarpunkcast]

I will say this again to the other millennials who grew up with Harry Potter: it’s time to move on y'all, we have so many other books to read.

[theconcealedweapon]

[fluxbird-deactivated20210510]

i think a lot of neurotypicals misunderstand what “routine” means in the context of autistic ppl needing routine. they seem very fixated on the idea that routine means doing the same thing at the same time every day (eg always eating at 12, always showering at 7, idk, stuff like that) and they don’t seem to get that while yes, those are a kind of routine that some autistic ppl need/like, it’s not the only thing. 

like for me, for example, it is way more important that the songs i listen to play in the right order and that the right kind of audio is on in the background when i do different tasks than it is that i do said tasks at a specific time of day. the routines that are important to me are about how i do things, not when. but nt ppl don’t understand this. 

why is this important? bc i have had So. Many. neurotypicals tell me that the reason i’m depressed/anxious/not feeling well is that i don’t have enough of those when routines in my life. that obviously if i made sure to always shower at the exact same time of day i wouldn’t be depressed. that obviously if i made sure to always get up at exactly the same time, no wiggle room of even a minute, then i wouldn’t be anxious. “because you’re autistic!” they say, “and routines are important for you! you’ve even said so yourself!”

and then they proceed to not take the actual reasons why i’m feeling unwell seriously, because obviously if an autistic person isn’t living minute by minute according to a schedule that dictates their every move then that has to be the cause of all their problems. 

[vassraptor]

reblogging this not for the NTs who misunderstand, but for other autistics reading this and going “wait, what i am doing is… a routine?”

[brainscrewz]

tbh if someone just handed me a pressure washer and set me loose in the streets i would go into a trance and just start hosing shit down indiscriminately. it's not a question of how much i could clean, but how long until i get hit by a car and die

[waepenwifestre]

mike’s hard past couple of months

[cockmcstuffins]

bella was lucky she didn’t have a cell phone of any kind because you know ya boi edward would be blowing up that phone 24-7 going “saw a snail today…. effervescent” or some shit equivalent

[silly-slacker-person]

Posts that changed the timeline

[fleetwood-mac-andcheese]

I’m so mad that somewhere down the line the use of effervescent will have changed so much that dictionaries have to adapt the definition and some poor etymologist will have to cite “cockmcstuffins”

[gatite-crayon]

Columbo would have seen thru Kira’s bullshit right away. And after all we don’t even know his first name do we? That’s right, we don’t. The lieutenant is always prepared

[youhavethewrong]

via @seafoamplant​​

[gatite-crayon]

via @armchair-factotum

couldn’t agree more

[gatite-crayon]

Im dying @doritoprincess

[75orchids]

The pandemic decimated workers so hard that there literally isn't enough longshoreman to unload boats which is leading to an internal collapse of the supply chain. It seems that ignoring covid because only 1% of people die was a completely idiotic and downright homocidal idea that has done nothing but kill laborers and ruin the economy.

[75orchids]

Because of all the mass death, labor is seeing a surge in its power, but at what cost truly. I hope w/ the coming wave of strikes there is finally some grappling with the fact that millions of people senselessly died so that the ruling class could continue exploiting poor workers. There wasn't any sacrifice, this was mass murder.

[addamatic]

Not just mass death, also mass disabling. Someone who works in an office at a desk is going to have a more manageable time returning even with reduced lung capacity and stamina than someone in intensely physical jobs like being a long shoreman. I keep seeing people saying that the 600,000+ dead aren’t coming back to the labor market, which is true. But it leaves out a vast number of people who aren’t dead and are also never coming back to work.

[normal-horoscopes]

There is a small child in this cafe writhing and screaming with such violence and rage that they keep running out of breath and coughing. The source of her rage? Her mom asked her to eat a single grape.

[normal-horoscopes]

Mom, in a completely normal voice: "Sabrina it's okay you don't need to eat the grape."

Sabrina:

"AAAAAAUGHUNUUAH"

[headspace-hotel]

[rnavka]

modern Seinfeld episode where elaine gets terf bangs by accident and worries shes not going to be recognized as a trans ally any more 

[rnavka]

[pomsephone]

Reasons a person who regularly uses a mobility aid might not be using them at any given time:

It is broken and they don’t have a choice

They have conducted a risk/benefit analysis and realized it would be more work to bring it (non-accessible venue, not going too far, no extra baggage to carry) 

They cannot transport it properly

They are with a trusted person who can help them if they need it

A unique, short-term injury prevents mobility aid use

They Ubered or drove in and got to cut the commute

They started a new medication that allows them more freedom

They are scared of how people may judge them for their physical attributes (overweight, “looking healthy”)

They are with someone that restricts access to their mobility aid, or makes them feel unsafe using it

They are going to an interview and don’t want to disclose their disability 

Their physical therapy regimen requires some unassisted exercise and this was the only suitable time

They are having a “good” day

and I cannot stress this enough

They are having a bad day and don’t care if they get hurt because honestly mobility aids are exhausting not only because they require work to use most of the time, but because there is a constant emotional, mental, and physical impact from using it. Sometimes, even if they know it’s not the best decision to make, they’d rather not have people stare at them and give unwanted advice or commentary on their every decision. So maybe just leave them alone, because it’s none of your business anyway.

[funnytwittertweets]

[sandersstudies]

Green flag for a heterosexual man is being able to order Starbucks like a person.

If he goes “hi could I get a venti iced white mocha and a venti pink drink please?” He’s gonna pull up to the window with flowers for his wife in the passenger seat and he’ll tip.

If he goes “okay so I have a bit of a crazy order here this is for the wife - she says she wants something called a white mocha with skim milk, no whip, and oh- she’s not done! AND caramel drizzle. What size? Uh, whatever you guys call the large, I guess. Hot or iced? I don’t know, however you usually make it. For me, just a black coffee. Just regular, normal, none of that fancy stuff for me.” He’s gonna pull up to the window and start complaining to me about his wife for literally no reason.

[sandersstudies]

Both of these exact situations have happened to me.

[sandersstudies]

It’s like misogyny and toxic masculinity have associated Starbucks with women and femininity and pumpkin spice lattes to the extent that even men who aren’t openly shitty still feel the need to preface their order with “yeah this is for my girlfriend” or “my wife told me to get-“ and men who are able to order without this extra step distancing them from the “femininity” of ordering a blonde vanilla latte or a strawberry refresher are probably dudes who (at least kinda) respect women and are comfortable in their masculinity.

[themushr000m]

stop humiliating fat children/fat teens/fat young adults/fat adults/fat folks in general. stop questioning/speculating on our food intake, our energy out put, how our individual bodies must feel, what our health is,etc.

[tastefullyoffensive]

[kaijuno]

used to date a guy who was 6'4 and I'm 5'2 and one time we were arguing and he took a picture of me from his eye level to show me what I looked like from his perspective and honestly that was so disrespectful