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Gender Fluid, 21, I like to tag kinda systematically. Finally Started drawing again. BATIM GlassmemoAU at affixedRadifyer.

[institutionalized-gaming]

October can’t come soon enough

IT IS AUGUST

[its-an-ear-hat-john]

This has been in my likes since last year. It is time.

[bedhead-queen]

This is the 21st night of September skeleton. He only appears once a year.

[zohbugg]

So last night was my first welding class and the second i walked through the door the teacher said “hey you’re zoe right” and I started to panic because how does the teacher immediately know who I am fuck did I have this teacher before how come i don’t recognize him fuck fuck i’m a terrible person

turns out i’m just the youngest person in the class by about 30 years so the deduction wasn’t that hard

anyways, apparently people keep taking the welding class over and over again and the wait list is like 100 people long and so it was by some act of providence of pure dumb luck that I managed to get a spot. This also means I was the only person there who hadn’t welded before.

I’m stationed at a big center table where the teacher can keep an eye on me, and everyone else is in booths on the surrounding walls each making their own projects. And these are impressive looking projects. One guy is making a side table, a woman is making a giant metal rocking chair, and another guy was making a wind chime out of old compressed air canisters. 

The elderly gentlemen in the booth right behind me introduces himself to me as Jim and asks me if this is my first time and I say yeah and he smiles at me and tells me I’m gonna love it and how this class is so fun.

Immediately Jim becomes my new best friend. He comes over whenever I stop to take a break and asks how I’m doing and even helps me take the welding mask off when I couldn’t figure out how to do it myself. 

at one point i see Jim and another old guy talking to the teacher and i catch the old guy pointing at me. now being pointed at is usually never a good thing. the teacher has had me welding edges of scrap metal together so I can get a feel for the equipment. The teacher comes to check on me and I jokingly as him if those seasoned guys were making fun of me. 

Turns out I’m super good at welding and the old guy didn’t believe it was my first time welding ever and Jim was trying to convince him I was a newbie. :D

So for the entire 3 hour long class, like 15 middle aged and elderly people would periodically come by my table and check in with me, making sure I’m having fun and asking me questions about my life, and things like, do you know where the drinking fountain is, making sure I’m taking breaks, looking out for me and that kind of thing, all while being completely kind and supporting and complimenting me on my welding skills. 

and that’s how a community center welding class gave me 15 new grandparents. i love them all and this class is going to be amazing

[zohbugg]

important addition 3 years later because I forgot:

the other elderly gentleman’s name is Gino and spoke with a thick Italian accent and took to calling me Bella for the rest of the semester. Jim made sure to always take the booth closest to me. 

Another guy in the class named Mike did salvage diving as a hobby and always showed me pictures of the cool stuff he’d found. He also made very cool sculptures out of spoons, forks and knives. I at one point made an offhand joke that I was moving soon, and was jealous that Mike had all this cutlery to spare to make sculptures out of. (I was going to be moving in with my boyfriend and neither of us really had a lot of kitchenware) The next class he brought in an entire cutlery set insisting that he was trying to clean out his house because he had so many and wouldn’t take no for an answer. We still have them to this day :)

They had cupcakes waiting for me on my birthday and on the last day they had framed picture of me with my final project because “it’s important to celebrate your successes” and encouraged me to give it to my mom (which of course I did, along with my cattail sculpture)

long story short I would die for each and every one of them and there’s a group email chain that we all still keep in touch with and as of a few months ago it was Gino’s 85th birthday. 

[beyonce-knowles-carter]

Come, wayward souls And wander through the darkness There is a light, for the lost and the meek Sorrow and fear are easily forgotten When you submit to the soil of the earth

Grow, tiny seed You are called to the trees Rise till your leaves fill the sky Until your sighs fill the air in the night Lift your mighty limbs And give praise to the fire

OVER THE GARDEN WALL (2014)

[mooniicorn]

“If autism isn’t caused by environmental factors and is natural why didn’t we ever see it in the past?”

We did, except it wasn’t called autism it was called “Little Jonathan is a r*tarded halfwit who bangs his head on things and can’t speak so we’re taking him into the middle of the cold dark forest and leaving him there to die.”

[iamthethunder]

Or “little Jonathan doesn’t talk but does a good job herding the sheep, contributes to the community in his own way, and is, all around, a decent guy.” That happened a lot, too, especially before the 19th century.

[rosslynpaladin]

Or, backing up FURTHER

and lots of people think this very likely,

“Oh little Sionnat has obviously been taken by the fairies and they’ve left us a Changeling Child who knows too much, and asks strange questions, and uses words she shouldn’t know, and watches everything with her big dark eyes, clearly a Fairy Child and not a Human Like Us.”

The Myth of the Changeling child, a human baby apparently replaced at a young age by a toddler who “suddenly” acts “strange and fey” is an almost textbook depiction of autistic children.

To this day, “autism warrior mommies” talk about autism “stealing” their “sweet normal child” and have this idea of “getting their real baby back” which (in the face of modern science)  indicates how the human psyche actually does deal with finding out their kid acts unlike what they expected.

Given this evidence, and how common we now know autism actually is, the Changeling myth is almost definitely the result of people’s confusion at the development of autistic children.

[vicecommanderhijikata]

Weirdly enough, that legend is now comforting to me.

[neddythestylish]

I think it’s worth noting that many like me, who are diagnosed with ASD now, would probably have been seen as just a bit odd in centuries past. I’m only a little bit autistic; I can pass for neurotypical for short periods if I work really hard at it. I have a lack of talent in social situations, and I’m prone to sensory overload or you might notice me stimming.

But here’s the thing: life is louder, brighter and more intense and confusing than it has ever been. I live on the edge of London and I rarely go into the centre of town because it’s too overwhelming. If I went back in time and lived on a farm somewhere, would anyone even notice there was anything odd about me? No police sirens, no crowded streets that go on for miles and miles, no flickery electric lights. Working on a farm has a clear routine. I’d be a badass at spinning cloth or churning butter because I find endless repetition soothing rather than boring.

I’m not trying to romanticise the past because I know it was hard, dirty work with a constant risk of premature death. I don’t actually want to be a 16th century farmer! What I’m saying is that disability exists in the context of the environment. Our environment isn’t making people autistic in the sense of some chemical causing brain damage. But we have created a modern environment which is hostile to autistic people in many ways, which effectively makes us more disabled. When you make people more disabled, you start to see more people struggling, failing at school because they’re overwhelmed, freaking out at the sound of electric hand dryers and so on. And suddenly it looks like there’s millions more autistic people than existed before.

[grace-and-ace]

“…disability exists in the context of the environment.”

[coldalbion]

Reblog for disability commentary.

[oockitty]

That last paragraph is absolutely important.

[hazeldomain]

“How come nobody ever heard of ‘dyslexia’ until widespread literacy became a thing?”

[number6bitch]

What Would A Mediocre White Man Do? (new mantra to live by!)

[sonatine]

this is SO REAL both the specific case and the broad case in the specific case: if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you I tell this to every woman I talk to job hunting about APPLY ANYWAY THE MEDIOCRE WHITE MEN ARE DOING IT (via @galwednesday)

[eve-made-the-right-choice]

“if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you”

I really needed to hear this. I had never thought of it this way. This literally never occurred to me, I’ve just spent my whole adult life thinking I was underqualified for everything. Thinking I’m not good enough for anything because the “minimum requirements” are so high.

I need specifics. I wanna know what I can get away with. I wanna know what they really mean by “minimum.” I wanna know how much I’m actually worth.

[hellanahmean]

As someone who worked in hr, this is true.

True to the point that if someone was extremely unqualified, but because of timing we were desperate, we’d bend rules to get them hired. And the only people taking advantage of this were guys.

[needshisbones]

[djsoliloquy]

if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you

this made so much click in my head. because this was literally it–spend half the time being unqualified for everything and just not applying. and the rest of the time being qualified and not getting hired. because ahahaha fuck you, you’re too expensive now/we’re too worried you’ll jump ship and leave us because of how qualified you are! guess we’ll just hire this shitty dude to do it !? ?

[stagemanagerssaygo]

I debated posting this here but WWAMWMD? He’d post it. #girlgogetyours

[appolsaucy-deactivated20260202]

It’s way more than “if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you” 

The reason they couldn’t afford you is that if you meet 100% of the requirements, you’re ready for the next position up.

Career strategy 101: The most valuable employees are always learning. Every company wants employees who won’t stagnate, i.e. sit in one role doing the same thing ever year and continue getting annual raises. A company wants to hire you for one thing at one salary, and then move you up through higher positions over the years, i.e. they keep getting new benefits for the additional money they’re spending on you.

A good company will offer you development opportunities, either within your role or in addition to it. So when the company interviews you, they want to see that you can learn what they need, and you want to see that they can teach you new skills. Companies know that the best applicants are interviewing them in return and that if they don’t offer development, they will lose those applicants to better jobs.

Companies structure positions this way intentionally and they assume you know it.

So not only should you apply to jobs you aren’t 100% qualified for, you can use 100% qualification as an indicator that you’re overqualified and should look for the next job up.

[bryntwedge]

This started funny but became really important to know. 

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

ya’ll ever see old Disney World costumes? let’s change that

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

ADSLKFJLSDKF i WILL turn off submissions you little shits. 

someone just sent me doofenshmirtz x perry mpreg art, it’s not even the worse thing i’ve seen today

[biblicaaly-accurate-angel]

dr doofenshmirtz is WHAT

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

oh yeah, doofenshmirtz is trans-coded. there was a good post about it a while back

at first glance it passes for mildly sexist humor (him growing up being treated like a girl) but the creators are pretty progressive so i wouldn’t be surprised if that was their way of sneaking in a trans character. 

i know this solely bc i saw it on my dash months ago. this has no relation to the terrible art in my inbox, or the fact that perry is drawn as a horrible blue humanoid strongly resembling Handsome Squidward

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

that’s FALSE, actually! and a common but dangerous misconception, which i’ll get to in a minute.

it blows my mind that i have accidentally found myself in a discussion about dr  doofenshmirtz’s theoretical hrt status, but he canonically cannot grow facial hair & has an unusually high voice, so it doesn’t sound like he’s been through testosterone based puberty. not all trans people choose or are able to go on hormones, and plenty of people discontinue or take a break from hormone therapy (for person, medical, financial reasons etc).   

also he does have a daughter in the show. idk if it’s confirmed that she’s his biological child but plenty of trans people have kids, before or after transitioning. 

an important fact to know about trans health is that afab people who are on testosterone or have been in the past can still get pregnant. (some trans parents pause hrt in order to do so.) though in most cases testosterone lowers fertility, these changes are not necessarily permanent and hormone therapy is not a form of birth control (the last is true for both testosterone and estrogen therapy). If you’re having the type of sex that can result in pregnancy, talk to your doctor to make sure you’re using the right precautions. and whatever your assigned sex at birth, if you think you may want kids in the future be sure to talk to your doctor about fertility issues before starting hormone therapy. you shouldn’t have to choose between your transition and your ability to have children, if you want them. 

again, i cannot believe i’m having this conversation in regards to a kid’s cartoon character, but trans healthcare education is piss poor in my country, so we take opportunities where we find them

thanks to everyone in the notes for pointing out the platypus is also trans

[mercuryinfusedhatter]

i…. i learned about trans healthcare through a post about  doofenshmirtz x perry mpreg art

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

yep, welcome to hell! no one asked, but Perry is also trans (he sweats milk and doesn’t have the poisonous barb typical of male platypodes), and has canonically dated a male panda. stop telling me to post the art you utter clownmunchers

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

on second thought, i’ve reevaluated. 

for $3 i’ll post the art, for $7 i’ll refrain

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

the $7 ransom has been paid but it turns out i’m an accursed liar! here’s the “art”

Keep reading

[fanningsistersdaily]

[kydrate-deactivated20210224]

boost boost boost boost boost

[sushinfood]

oh my god this is such an important movie oh my god

im shaking so hard

and crying

i hadn’t seen the trailer until tonight like

i’d heard so much naysaying from tumblr users who just

dont understand

how good

how progressive

how fucking progressive everything about this fucking movie is

it needs to be received

now.

this movie could have spared me YEARS of pain. me and thousands of others like me.

[ikilihayir]

i’m in shock, i’m shaking, oh my fucking god there’s a movie about me and it’s beautiful, i can find myself in a character this is amazing

[your-local-god]

Boost the fuck!

[samthekoalabear-deactivated2018]

GUYS

@prinxietys @analogical-trash @thatsthat24

[analogical-trash]

Omg yessssss

[fanders-family-tree]

This isn’t actually a misreblog, but this needs to be boosted because it’s so hecking awesome and everyone deserves to see this movie ❤️

[jackjames-exe]

I’m actually bawling this is so important and beautiful

Theres a movie about being transgender

About being a transgender man

About family

About the struggles that come with it

This is so important

This is amazing

This is beautiful

[gay-emo-quotes]

It wasn’t loading so I was like ?? What is it and I was getting excited then I just saw a clip of him doing sit ups and I went THREE GENERATIONSSS

This movie is so wonderful omg guys

[littlebagoflemons]

I thought this is on netflix but YES! THIS!!! BOOST THIS!!

@vldrocketeer @itsyaspacedad

[anxiousdemifaemess]

AAAAHHHHHHH I WANNA WATCH THIS SO BAD!!!!!! @felinedetached @balentay @bemusedlybespectacled @evanownsmyass @dragonpyre @definitelynotaminion @kaleid369 @lesbiannaruto @pitviperofdoom @raendown @realisticallycynical @skygemspeaks AND WHOEVER ELSE YALL WANNA TAG BC IM GONNA SIGNAL BOOST THE FUCK OUTTA THIS!!!!!!

[xakumi]

I’m fucking sobbing right now this needs to be boosted

[strawberry-lemonade]

@midnight-spectrum-again @thatspectacularpigeon @thehugwizard @official-lucifers-child

[the-only-useful-lesbian]

Wait I didn’t finish the trailer what’s the movie called?

[the-b0g-deactivated20220225]

IM GONNA CRY IM GONNA FUCKING CRY

[collapsingintojupiter]

This just added like 20 years to my lifespan

[flowercrowns-n-punks]

@lavenders-loveforthings LOOOK

At this

[lavenders-loveforthings]

I CRIED WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS OH MY GODS IM CRYING NOW THIS ALREADY CAPTURES HIW HARD IT IS FOR ME TO TRANSITION W JUST BEING OPEN ABOUT ITTTT

[voidmongrol]

The movie is called “3 Generations”

And its on all of these platforms!!!

[the-fbi-agent-in-your-phone]

While I may not be transgender I feel that this may make others happy so enjoy and spread.

[socrates-is-here]

Yes yes yes

[ratherinterestingmilkshake]

Is it out on DVD? I NEED this on DVD

[cheese-greater-official]

This is so cool!

[slytherhoes]

I’m crying, this is so sweet🥺🥺

[flickering-starlight]

🥺🥺🥺

[apex-star-deactivated20201125]

BRING IT ON WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[remedytherat-deactivated2023072]

Starbucks funded the police in Atlanta so here’s their recipes

[everthefractal]

do you have a link to the images cause they’re a little small and compressed

[remedytherat-deactivated2023072]

Here’s the tweet I got it from

[lowkeysaurus]

Found these when going through the notes, so unashamedly reblogging.

[fearlessbandito]

everyone must watch this rn

[askbelgie]

Buckle Up I Made My Own Drawing Meme

Send me an emoji + a character of mine!

Style:

… 👔 in formal attire! … 📌 in their work clothes! … 💍 in a wedding dress! … 💋 in sexy attire! … ⛄ in winter clothes! … ☀ in summer clothes! … 😴 in their pajamas! … 👗 dressed for the club! … 👤 in goth attire! … 😎 in punk attire! … 🥇 dressed for their favorite sport! … 🐶 in a kigurumi! … 🎤 as a pop star! … 📝 as a student! … 💪 as a Greaser/Soc! … 🐴 in a horse mask! … 🕍 in Victorian attire! … 🛀 in nothing but a towel! … ✌ as a 1960s hippie! … ☝ in 1990s grunge attire! … 😬 in something they would never wear!

Magical:

… 🐟 as a mermaid! … 🦇 as a vampire! … 🐺 as a werewolf! … 🐲 as a dragon! … 😇 as an angel! … 😈 as a demon! … 🌼 as a fairy! … 🖤 as a witch! … 🦉 with their familiar! … ⚔ with their weapon of choice! … 👻 as a ghost! … 🌠 as a cosmic being!

Fiction:

… 🍥 in a cosplay! … 👑 as royalty! … 🏹 as a JRPG class! … 🎲 as a D&D class! … 👓 as a superhero/supervillain! … 😺 as an animal! … 👽 as a species from another show/movie/etc! … 🤖 as a robot! … 🐯 as a furry!

Headcanons:

… 👶 as a child! … 👪 with their family! … 👯 with their best friend! … 👎 with their enemy! … 🐹 with their pet(s)! … 🗺 in an outfit of their cultural heritage! … 💐 surrounded by their favorite flowers! … 👴 as an elderly person! … 🎶 to a song that I associate with them!

Special:

… 🙃 with the mun! … ✍ in the style of another artist! … 🖍 in the drawing style of my muse! … 🌀 as a fusion with another OC! … ☢ as a different fandom interpretation! … 💩 as a meme! … 🕐 as an old interpretation of the mun’s!

[geekandmisandry]

@rippledragon linked this to me and a good time is being had.

[mollymawks]

Visit Original Link

i did a meme

(background music is Glue70 - Casin, “vocals” by Kevan Brighting, based on this)

[piarata]

yOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE LINE

[cherribalm-deactivated20140609]

site that you can type in the definition of a word and get the word

site for when you can only remember part of a word/its definition 

site that gives you words that rhyme with a word

site that gives you synonyms and antonyms

[bumblebeebabie]

THAT FIRST SITE IS EVERY WRITER’S DREAM DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I’VE TRIED WRITING SOMETHING AND THOUGHT GOD DAMN IS THERE A SPECIFIC WORD FOR WHAT I’M USING TWO SENTENCES TO DESCRIBE AND JUST GETTING A BUNCH OF SHIT GOOGLE RESULTS

[archivestorystuff006]

OMG

[artisticradifyer]

[artisticradifyer]

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