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i wasn’t “socialized female” or “socialized male” actually i was socialized autistic and therefore I’m sexy, thank you very much.

Does my heart feel cold because I'm anemic or because I'm depressed and lonely?

#I googled my symptoms

autisticexpression

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vickytokio

This is the sweetest, best, funniest thing ever! I love it so hard!

digital-magus

This is great, but I feel like I’m missing part of the joke. I understand the puzzle piece but why is the rest of her outfit a playboy bunny?

autisticexpression

I’ve got this question a few times and I was hesistant to answer it because I don’t like explaining jokes but the autistic youth of today deserve to know their enemy:

This is Jenny McCarthy.

In 2007, this piece of work announced that her son had been diagnosed with autism. She said she was an “indigo mom” blessed with a “crystal child” whatever tf that means. (1)

Experts have pointed out that her son’s symptoms (which included siezures) actually sound more like Landau-Kleffner Syndrome which is often mistaken for autism. McCarthy had denied claims of misdiagnosis. (2)

In 2007, she published a book called Louder than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism. She served as a spokesperson for the hate group Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) from June 2007 to October 2008. (3) Note that autism is a genetic tendency, a mere variation in brain activity and therefore impossible to cure without eugenics.

In a 2008 appearance on Larry King Live, she argued that vaccines can trigger autism because of course she would. (4)

In 2014 she reported success! Her totally not misdiagnosed kid was cured of autism!

“He doesn’t meet the diagnostic characteristics for autism. He definitely has quirks and issues from the seizures. He has a little bit of brain damage due to his seizures. He doesn’t qualify for any more services, but he does have issues in his school.”

Yeah I bet he does… (5)

Though she denies being outright anti-vax, Jenny McCarthy has done irreparable damage to the autistic community by popularizing the harmful myth that autism is a curable disease brought on by “vaccine injury”. She is in the public face of the movement and a human embodiment of anti-autism pseudoscience.

So yeah, fuck this chick.

sandersstudies

I’m going to say something that may seem a little “gross” if you’ve never experienced, depression, executive dysfunction, or disability. But this post isn’t for you.

This is for everybody who has watched their plates grow mold in the sink. Had no energy to even look at what’s in the back of the fridge. Had clothes get mildewey from sitting so long. Closed whole rooms because it’s the sight of how messy it is makes you feel worse. Can’t remember their last shower Just can’t summon the motivation to begin, because how can it ever end?

I see you. I see your struggle. You’re still a valid and valuable human being, and your difficulty caring for yourself is not a moral failing. You are not an evil person because of a struggle partially outside your control. I hope that you get help in the forms you need it, and can feel at peace in your space again.

combine-the-kitchens

Thank you

yellowtonkatrunk

I found bugs living in mold under my bed when I was finally put on medication and felt alive enough to clean. It was gross. But it happens sometimes and honestly, it’s okay. Everyone that has mental illness deals with something. There may have been bugs and mold under my bed but I’m still alive and getting better. Be kind to yourself.

sandersstudies

If you and your partner practice frequent, non-sexual consent, your relationship will be healthier and easier.

“Are you comfortable with me ranting about my day for a few minutes?”

“Oh, this is your poetry? Would it be okay if I read it?”

“Do you mind if I use your phone for a few minutes?”

“Wow, your meal looks awesome. Could I try some?”

It will save a lot of grief, especially in a developing relationship. Eventually, with consistent “yes’s” and “no’s” you can figure out more permanent boundaries and guidelines.

“I need to ask before ranting about my day or taking their food, but my partner is okay with me using their phone whenever. However, my partner does not like me reading their poetry unless they offer first.”

sandersstudies

And this goes for friendships too! Even just stuff like “do you mind if I leave this door open?”

doomhamster

…I never fully realized it before but this is a big part of why my relationship with my husband is so conflict-free. Both because him doing this all the time made it easy to trust him, back when we were a new item, and because it helped ME break out of the toxic idea that you should never ask about a partner’s preferences because if you Really Loved Them you should be able to intuit what they want, all the time, about anything.

tygermama

my one son is autistic so I ask ‘hug or no hug?’ I always knock and wait to be acknowledged before opening my sons’ bedroom doors (not just because I respect their privacy but because they’re teenagers and I don’t want to walk in on any personal activities) I don’t go into their rooms without asking I don’t touch their phones without asking (I’ll pick one up to take to them if I find it in another room but I won’t go through it) yesterday, my younger son walked into my room, stopped, said sorry and walked out to the hall and knocked on my door ‘because if I have to knock on his door, he has to knock on mine’ because their trust is important and I want them to know I respect their privacy

sophygurl

Consent is not just for sex. Consent is not just for sex. Consent is not just for sex.

leotheloafus

!!!!!!!!!!!!! Growing up, there wasn’t a lot of boundaries respected by my parents and it warms my heart to see a re-blogger practicing this with their kiddos 💖 So important for every relationship in life.

browneyedophanim-deactivated202

We do this with my daughter as well. We ask if we can give her a hug or kiss and if she says no we say “okay. I love you!” She’s still learning on her end because she isn’t yet two but making great strides.

thereissomethinginthecorn

#Horror is so cathartic #Currently listening to Earth Break #Its good

dirbyagnesvarda

me after waking up from an unrealistic romantic dream

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flowerais-deactivated20211031

Things that take time & many tries to get right:

learning to be a good friend/partner

healing from depression, failures or heartbreak

becoming amazing at an art or skill

overcoming anxiety, insecurities and low body image

overcoming the need to isolate yourself

changing self-hating thoughts to kinder ones

making a real connection with someone

overcoming self-defeating and self-sabotaging thoughts

learning how to study effectively

finding a sense of stability and calmness at your core

quitting habits or addictions

leaving people and behaviours that turn you into the worst version of yourself

getting used to healthier coping mechanisms & mindsets that feel fake

treating yourself like you truly care about yourself

becoming the person you always wanted to be

dog-teeth

dog teeth #114

hayleyolivia

Tailtorial

So I got the flu, and Ive been in bed for like 9 years. So naturally I decided to draw a lot of butts in order to go on a rant about tails.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk. I have to tag this as nsfw anyway, so here is a pin-up tiefling lad.

hayleyolivia

Tumblr, if you wanted naked creatures with tails, all you had to do was ask.

dzamie

tailbutt

memecucker

“bi vs pan” discourse is objectively one of the knockdown stupidest discourses on the internet. It’s either people creating definitions of bisexual that I have never seen a self-proclaimed bisexual use ever not even once or it’s even nuttier self-identified bisexuals talking about how people that are self-identified pansexuals are evil biphobic bigots for using an alternative term for bisexual (which is really weird bc in their view pansexuality is some horrible bastardized word for “bisexuality” but they always talk about them as a total outgroup) and it’s like shut up just shut up it’s obvious what people mean when they say they’re bi or pan there is no conspiracy

dingdongyouarewrong

i know “bigger problems exist” isn’t a real argument because you can care about multiple things at once, but whenever i see people with functionally identical sexualities tearing each other apart over minute questions of terminology it really makes me want to just say There’s People That Are Dying Kim