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@feralismyheart
Our community is mourning the loss of Mel Baggs, writer and activist, who passed away unexpectedl… Samantha Crane needs your support for Remembering Mel Baggs
Mel Baggs’ death is a huge loss to the autistic community. Mel’s loved ones still need help preserving Mel’s work & dealing with expenses related to hir death — please give or share if you are able.
sorry I fell off the face of the earth for a long while. my various disabilities have fucked me up for a while and make me really fatigued, and over the years, language-based things -- reading, writing, talking with mouthparts -- have gotten really difficult. my life mostly revolves around dealing with chronic illness stuff & other disability stuff while in a wonky living situation, & trying to distract myself a lot (music, TV, movies, instagram, etc), & taking naps with my dogs.
I keep planning to finally assemble the new mental health compilation zines I got all the submissions for, Mumbles & Flickers (which is on altered states of consciousness / psychosis / whatever you wanna call it), and Wish I Could Stop (which is on OCD), but I just haven’t had the energy yet. (I also haven’t done anything for either zine...) I’m sorry for the super long delay - I know contributors are still waiting & waiting, since I periodically get emails asking what the statuses of the zines are. I feel like shit about this, tbh. I’ve got the contributions in my email still, I just have to come up with image descriptions etc and edit everything together... but yeah... just thinking about things like this makes me tired... but maybe I can do things bit by bit.
if things can magically get better with my level(s) of fatigue, and/or if I can find more people to help out with the zine, at some point I’d love to do a third issue of No Missing Pieces Zine, since currently I think NMPZ is the zine project I’m proudest of having done.
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jordan
Rest In Peace, Mel Baggs <3
I didn’t know Mel Baggs well, just through tumblr posts, and then hir contributing to the first issue of my Autistic compilation zine (started on tumblr in #actuallyautistic), No Missing Pieces Zine. Partly since I love hir poem, and partly because sie wrote a great, fairly extensive contributor bio to go along with it, I thought I would share the poem sie contributed in hopes y’all will love it as much as I do.
Rest in peace, Mel. You are so very missed. Thank you so much for everything. <3 <3 <3
If you reblog this, please leave this post in tact out of respect for Mel and to credit the zine sie was a part of.
(Note - I’ve added periods to break up hir contribution a bit on here & break it away from the rest of the post for accessibility & to have it stand out more. Otherwise, no edits.)
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Contributor Bio: Mel Baggs is 34 years old. Sie was born in the redwoods of California, grew up in San Jose, lived in the redwoods again as an adult, and moved to Vermont in 2005, where sie currently lives. Hir biggest hobby is crocheting, and sie always has several projects going on at once. Sie has been involved with the autistic community since sie was almost 18 years old, and has seen a lot of history and changes even over that short period of time. Sie has also been involved in other aspects of the disability rights movement: The psychiatric survivor/consumer/ex-patient movement, the mainstream (mostly physical) disability rights movement, and the developmental disability self-advocacy movement. Sie is not one of those people who is always finding a movement or community and feeling as if sie has come home for the first time. But if sie had to pick one of these movements, sie would pick the developmental disability self-advocacy movement. Sie has been in the developmental disability service system hir entire adult life, due to severe problems with daily living skills. This may make hir more emotionally connected to the experiences of people in general with developmental disabilities, rather than autism in particular. Sie has a number of disabilities and chronic health issues that make hir more aware of autism as it fits into a broader concept of the landscape of disability, rather than being a unique condition that is different from disability somehow. Sie also loves cats, and lives with an elderly and amazing cat named Fey. Hir experiences as an autistic person, particularly hir perceptual differences from the norm, are highly meaningful to hir and sie would not change them even if it meant sie would be more ‘independent’.
Sie has a poetry blog at: http://ameliabaggs.wordpress.com/ Sie also has a blog at: http://ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/ Hir tumblr is: http://withasmoothroundstone.tumblr.com/
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In 2000, a group of autism parents decided to hold a rally in Washington D.C. to “raise awareness” for an autism cure. They did not consult with autistic adults anytime during the process. They did collect as many pictures of autistic children as they could, to show how many of us existed. And worst of all, they called the rally “Hear Their Silence,” the message being that only parents could talk about autism, autistic people were silent and only fit to be present as silent faces on posters. The following poem is my response to the title of their rally:
You Can’t Hear My Silence
They told the world to hear our silence Hear the silence of the mute autistic people Who will never have a voice of any kind Presumed, by them, to be all of us Or all of us who matter And they, of course, would speak for us All of us At all
I wish they could hear silence I wish they could listen to silence until they heard it
Silence is The gap between your words Silence is The void between you and me Silence is The place where everything begins Silence is The place where the universe hides Silence is Everything there is, and nothing Silence is Where I’d rather be Silence is Where you’ll find all of me that matters
But you’ll never hear my silence Because you don’t know how to listen To things you can’t hear
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“I see the word has gotten out that we've lost a great activist and amazing human being today :( But Mel lives on in a powerful legacy of ideas and of values. (This is Laura Tisoncik, posting on her account)”
Mel Baggs, a visionary autistic writer and advocate, has died. Mel was a pillar of the autistic community; ASAN, and neurodiversity as we know it today, would not exist without hir. We are heartbroken. Our thoughts are with Mel’s loved ones.
Over the last few years, Mel documented hir struggles with a service system that would not meet hir independent living needs. ASAN was working with Mel on this issue. It is a massive systems failure that Mel’s needs went unmet in hir last years. Sie deserved so much better.
We don’t know yet what caused Mel’s death. We do know that hir legacy will live on. Mel shaped the way our movement advocates for the rights of autistic and developmentally disabled people, and hir work will continue to do good in the world for decades to come. You can read Mel’s groundbreaking writing here and here.
Thank you, Mel. You will be so, so missed. Rest In Power.
Rest in peace & in power, Mel <3 You are sorely missed.
after i finally put together & start printing the two mental health zines i’m doing, would anyone be interested in submitting to, reading, helping to edit, etc another issue of No Missing Pieces Zine (the Autistic compilation zine i do)? and should it have a theme, or be kind of “open” (?) like the two previous issues? just floating ideas out.
i will definitely super need help editing it though cuz chronic pain & other chronic illness kicks my ass & i don’t have energy to read through, decide on, minimally edit as needed (just for accessibility), lay out, etc zines anymore, especially NMPZ which tends to get the most submissions. so if any of you want to be coeditors on potential future issues of NMPZ, that’d be great :) no prior experience with zine-making needed.
No Missing Pieces Zine to autism centers???
so, my unfortunately now former psychiatrist, who specializes in working with autistic people (but she’s good about it.. hates Autism $peaks, ABA, knows about & likes ASAN, etc), is super happy to know about the Autistic compilation zine i put together, No Missing Pieces Zine.
she said it’d be a really, really important thing for various allistic professionals to read since they don’t get enough info about actual life experiences with being autistic & they need to know this stuff, since autistic people are the only real experts on autism -- that’s so good to hear from an (i guess) allistic person!
so she said i should make more copies - i’m trying but chronic pain & being fatigued all the time gets in my way of doing stuff i want and need to do - & send them to autism centers. but like.... how do i do that? where do i send copies? who would i send them to? anyone have any ideas?
anyone have any interest in helping me put zines together?
(sorry i’m taking so fucking long putting zines together. i really really appreciate peoples patience!!)
so, i need help with coediting stuff
- no experience with zine-making needed!
- you should be disabled in some way though (bonus points if you’re lgbtqi+ some kinda way but i don’t care all that much i guess?)
co-editing needs:
- possibly help with reading through text contributions to: 1) reading through & figuring out contributions go where in the zine / layout stuff?; 2) writing or editing trigger / content warnings (as needed); 3) writing & double-checking image descriptions
- while the end result of making zines is nice and cool and stuff, the process of making them is A Lot for me due to various disabilities i have making it really difficult
- you’ll get full credit in the zine & on any website i might put the zine on as a co-editor, however you want to be credited (if you want that)- i don’t have money to pay people to help me, nor do submitters get paid: any money i make from the distro (when people buy zines from me) goes right back into running the distro. (frankly i’ve lost money on it.) so if you help me, it should just be cuz you’re into zines or you’re interested or whatever. if you don’t like co-editing, you can stop any time.
if you’re interested or have questions, you can email me: feralismyheart (at) gmail (dot) com , and/or send me an ask on here. (i don’t seem to get notifications of chat messages :\ )
do any of you have back issues of Pink Mince that are now sold out (1, 3, 4, 5, 8) that you might wanna trade me for something?
(gonna xpost this but send me an ask or message me at @stimmycore plz & thx)
It’s time for ZineWriMo 2017! Here a list of things you can do.
SUBMISSIONS OPEN
A new digital zine is starting, and looking for submissions. The name is COSMICORE, and it will feature exclusively creators with disabilities, including: - physical disabilities - invisible disabilities - mental illness - neurodivergence The theme of the first issue is LUMINOSITY. Submissions may be as literal or abstract as you deem necessary. Soft deadline is November 15th, as we’d like to have the first issue out by January 2018. If you consider yourself disabled and produce art, writing, or comics that you’d like to be featured, please send submissions (or any questions) to:
Submissions for MALAISE are NOW OPEN!
Malaise is a short story anthology for all types of horror from marginalized creators. We’re looking for 13 horrific short stories to showcase all things that go bump in the night. We seek to promote those with voices often unheard, particularly in this genre. What we hope to share are scary stories that are unique - especially to those writing them - exploring concepts and stories that echo deeper than simple jumpscares.
This is an open call for pitches from all marginalized writers!
Our application period will run from October 31st to November 17th, with the final list of contributors posted on November 20th. For more information on this project, please see our homepage [HERE] and our submission guidelines [HERE]. No previous anthology or publishing experience is required, and we encourage all creators over the age of 18 to join!
OUR SUBMISSION FORM CAN BE FOUND [HERE].
We look forward to seeing your pitches and hope you’re as excited as we are! As always, we are open for any questions you may have. Feel free to shoot us an ask here, or an email over at [email protected]. Jessamine Press can also be found on Twitter & Facebook.
Thank you for all your support thus far! We ask that you help us a little bit more with our project by reblogging and sharing this post!
Jordan I would like to know which part of your country you come from and whether you think there is something non-autistic people like myself could do to inform ourselves of everything within the autistic spectrum and get rid of our ignorance. Thanks for reading. Yurena from the Canary Islands
hi Yurena,
i’m from the east coast in the US.
something you & other nonautistic people can do to educate yourselves about autistic people is to find work that’s by a/Autistic people rather than stuff that’s just nonautistic people talking about us and check out (read, listen to, watch, etc - whatever’s accessible) -- but also be careful to respect when autistic people want space just for us (including online spaces) and to leave those, and respect when we want space where it’s us communicating and nonautistic people just receiving that without commenting back if that’s what we want.
but all that said, nonautistic people (maybe who aren’t similarly developmentally disabled, probably) will never totally get rid of their ignorance about autism, because they’re not autistic so their experiences won’t be the same and neurology isn’t necessarily the same so they’ll never really understand.
i appreciate your question :)
uh how do you submit things to you for the zine...
shit, i completely missed this ask... i’m sorry! i dunno which zine you were asking about submitting to, but the submissions deadlines for the most recent ones (wish i could stop, and Mumbles & Flickers) have past and all contributions are in. sorry! :\
for submitting to any of the zines i put together in the future, it’s best for people to email them to me: feralismyheart(at)gmail(dot)com
feral is my heart zine distro plans
i’m in the process of gradually changing what zines will be in my distro, which is why there’s currently only No Missing Pieces Zine #1 in my etsy shop (which you can find here - link).
my plan for the distro right now, in terms of paper zines, is:
No Missing Pieces Zine #1 (also available online)
No Missing Pieces Zine #2 (PDF version online, hopefully more completely online soon)
Quiet Riot AKA Shy Kid Sober Zine
Mumbles & Flickers
wish i could stop
Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet (radical left politics + BDSM and kink)
(hopefully zines by my friend RVL-M, but i’m not sure which specifically)
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haven’t printed NMPZ #2 yet. i have only 5 copies of NMPZ #1 available right now in my etsy shop. need to make more copies of Quiet Riot AKA Shy Kid Sober Zine. haven’t started copying Bound to Struggle yet. haven’t put together Mumbles & Flickers, or wish i could stop, yet, but all the contributions are in (except for my own stuff, of course, because lolz at time management).
if you make a zine & want me to consider adding yours to my distro, email me (don’t message me on here because i’m unlikely to see it): feralismyheart(at)gmail(dot)com
please be patient with me with responding to you - i’m chronically ill and have very limited energy
etsy shop: No Missing Pieces Zine #1 restocked
there are 5 paper copies of No Missing Pieces Zine #1 available right now in my etsy shop, which is here (link to shop)
I've got 5 paper copies of No Missing Pieces Zine #1 available in my distro right now - but only 5 at the moment.
I'll put those NMPZ #1 copies up on my Etsy shop soon, but probably not until after Hurricane Irma has gone since I'm on the East Coast (in Maryland) & I'm not sure how bad the storm will be here.
I AM A CHRONICALLY ILL/MENTALLY ILL, DISABLED, RECENTLY JOBLESS, TRANS GUY THAT NEEDS YOUR HELP TO LIVE!! Okay so I’m at about $370ish and I need at least $2,000 to be able to survive for like three weeks to a month (im applying for everything but that takes WEEKS and usually months to kick in even if they accept me..) so I’m no where near where I need to be to not be homeless (Rent is 500$ not including electricity) and have all my meds (ridiculously expensive) and dr.s appointments (that I need to literally survive) and that’s not even including necessities.. I’m working as hard as I can and hustling. So please get my story and link going around. I appreciate EVERYONE who has donated and supported/helped me, I love you. I have a long ways to go and when I (hopefully, goddess willing, get at least close to my goal to even survive and be ok and healthy) will let everyone know and keep everyone updated. Please If you get a chance or have some time post my story and link on Facebook so it can have a chance to get around ! Message me if you donate or repost so I can thank you personally. I love you all ♥️ I hope I get through this time of hell.. If ANYONE of you can even donate 2$ I’d appreciate it. If everyone of my followers donated 50 cents I’d be okay… so please boost as much as you can. mii'gwetch from the bottom of my heart.
-yves
Signal boost this !! I need your help! I don’t want to be homeless!! Please
I OWE RENT TODAY AND AM ALREADY LATE ON ALL MY PAYMENTS SO PLEASE BOOST THE HELL OUT OF THIS SO I CAN ABVOID BEING EVICTED !!!
please help me out so I can survive, I need my community to help me out right now
c’mon, y'all, help Yves!! his paypal link is at the top! also, reblog this!! put this on facebook!! it’ll stick more than on tumblr where stuff flies by so quickly and gets lost!
I put this on my Facebook and Twitter, but I will keep trying! Signal boost please. Donate if you got a few extra bucks, everything helps in the end.
Please keep this going so I can get to my survival goal and be safe and healthy and on my feet and ok!! Repost, reblog and boost as much as possible ! I’m a third way there !
I still need a lot of help, I still don’t have any resources and I’m all on my own
i can’t donate, so I’m reblogging and sending my love! Good luck, I wish I could do more to help :(
I appreciate it ♥️ thank you
only like 2 of my followers have reblogged this. y'all can do better than that. signal boost!!
