fractalalia

Ramblings about #DisabilityJustice and #TechJustice. Reblogs are absolute chaos.

[catboybiologist]

Not "It's a product of it's time" as a way to excuse its problematic undertones but rather "it's a product of it's time" to say that the issues it tackles were relevant then and its stances that now seem milquetoast were radical then, and that heavy handed, cheesy driving home of those viewpoints was sometimes necessary, and our acceptance and normalization of those viewpoints is in large part because of media like it normalizing those viewpoints and imagery, and watching it in the modern day turns into a loving study of history of the masses and public opinion

Yes this is about the original star trek

[thisarenotarealblog]

broke: it's a product of its time

Bespoke: Our Time Is A Product Of It

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

the weird thing is, when I view my job as some sort of background extra it becomes much more palatable. people go to a library and see me shelving a stack of books in my cardigan and glasses (now with glasses chain!) and they go "yeah, that's exactly right. that's how it's supposed to be in a library." and for some reason, that's comforting? the work is whatever, and the customers are customers, but sometimes it feels like I'm being paid just to make sure this places looks right, and I find that very fun.

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

stop being funnier than me on my own posts

[fractalalia]

This is the most autistic thing.

[quitblamingnarcissism]

Your parents are not "narcissists". They're typical authoritarian assholes who treat you like their property because society allows them to.

Your ex boyfriend is not a "narcissist". He's a typical misogynistic douchebag who treats women like shit because society allows him to.

Your boss is not a "narcissist". They're a typical classist dipshit who thinks workers' entire purpose in life is to generate profit because society allows them to.

And even if they happen to be a "narcissist", that's not what gave them the power to get away with abuse.

So stop blaming mental illness and start blaming society's normalization of abuse. Stop acting like someone has to have a mental illness in order to do something cruel when ordinary people have been doing atrocious things since forever.

[catgirlforeskin]

Pathologizing abuse, whether it’s in the home or the workplace, whether it’s physical or emotional or sexual, stops us from being able to recognize the hegemonic structures that make abuse so universal. It is not aberrant, it is completely normal, and that should spur you to action

[livseses]

Something that's been brewing for a while about our system (and broadly mental health stuff, or broader still a bunch of our life):

We're being a system on purpose

No we didn't make our system. We aren't a created system. We've been this way for as long as any of us can figure, and it just seems like how our brain works.

But so much of what makes us better/healthier/happier has been intentional stuff. Switching on purpose to spread the load. Talking about where our headmates are from to distract from the bad thoughts. Working on undoing and challenging the internal rules. Accepting, inviting, and seeking out the strange because it's fun. Building a headspace because we wanted one.

And like, there's a lot of ways this shakes out in other places in our lives. Being trans on purpose. Autistic on purpose. Adhd on purpose. Ace on purpose.

It really blurs this line between identities chosen and ones embraced. There's goals that we work towards intentionally. Which makes it easier to drop the pretense of doing it the "right" way and doing it the way that works for us. Grasping (in the "embracing" sort of way) the why and how of what we're doing. Looking for the steady bits of improvement and inches towards those goals, and dropping or tweaking what isn't getting us that direction. Trusting that when the progress isn't coming that we'll be able to navigate from there; either giving it more time or finding a new strategy.

There's this emphasis Roki puts on doing that we've been applying here since before he showed up, that he's put into eccentric but apt words. Turning existing from a passive process to an active action.

Doing it on purpose.

[fractalalia]

Definitely team "born this way" robs me of agency and I am an abomination on purpose.

[transfaguette]

it is crazy how “if this childrens show doesn’t kill their villain at the end it’s irredeemable media” became such a popular opinion here. like people were calling steven universe fascist apologia. and to be clear I don’t even think that would be the case for non childrens media, either. perhaps holding every single story up to the same standard of “does it follow the acceptable narrative path or is it evil propaganda” isn’t the most anti-fascist thing, either. maybe.

[bemusedlybespectacled]

"you are morally obligated to murder your enemies" is also perhaps not the most anti-fascist thing

[deramin2]

"The death penalty is the only true form of justice" is not actually something I think children should be taught.

[r2x2]

[moth-grrrl-mavis]

Abandonware should be public domain

[fractalalia]

Killer Metaphors

Flowers

Must consume

Death to bloom

Oh! Pray we learn

We have never been flowers.

- RMW

[fractalalia]

Registration is open for the next Hacking Executive Function Webinar. This session is focused on Executive Dysfunction experienced by teachers in the classroom, particularly in post-secondary education.

This session will be on October 24th at 11am eastern. Registration form at:

https://tinyurl.com/teachexe

[Image is a yellow folder emitting multiple shapes over a purple background captions "Teaching with Executive Disfunction". Tuesday, October 24th at 11am ET. Details in registration form: https://tinyurl.com/teachexe. For more information, contact Rua M. Williams @fractalalia or [email protected]]

[fractalalia]

The Tasks(tm) will continue until morale improves.

[crossroadsbishounen]

I have this picture of sasuke on my phone that chase and I call “safe for work sasuke” and it’s because it’s the tallest picture in my camera roll so whenever he sends me any nsfw stuff when I’m in public I just send sfw sasuke and he takes up the whole screen

[narutoheritageposts]

january 30, 2016

[sisterreisaid]

Safe for Work Sasuke and Loadbearing Silver the Hedgehog are our protectors

[fractalalia]

Why is it

that the people

everyone says

are so kind and so caring

have smiles

that hide knives

behind their teeth

And the people

everyone says

are rotten with anger

are the only ones willing

to stop you

from being eaten?

[fractalalia]

Only someone devoted to the system can watch you trying to dismantle it and assume you are being self-destructive

Me: *carving strategically placed graffiti into load-bearing bones of the institution*

Them, standing over the now unstable pylon after I told them to move: "I'm worried about you!"

[pr0cyon-lotor]

"You can't just make every character you like trans"

Actually I can. What are you? Afraid of joy and whimsy? Coward

[fractalalia]

I thought the egg crack challenge was about trying to see how many friends' gender you could trans.

I was going to win :<

[shofarsogood]

[blessphemy]

[ID: screenshot of a post by Rua M. Williams, @[email protected], text reads: This is not an email I ever expected to receive or send.

Attached screenshot of an email: “The AI design of your email is clever, but significantly lacks warmth. Would it be possible to be contacted by a human being moving forward instead of AI? Many thanks.” The response: "It’s not an AI. I’m just Autistic. See you next Friday. Sent from Proton Mail mobile." /end ID]

[fractalalia]

Hi everyone! It's me! Not an AI. :3

[manicpixiedckgirl]

just like me fr

[fractalalia]

Heh heh. It's me. No really. That's my face. Which is *checks notes* the face of a vampire Jerma Dr. Who

[animentality]