living in fiction

I read a lot. I watch too many shows and I play a lot of games. Painting makes me happy. I write. Coffee keeps me alive. I think I might be in love with my cat. Spoonie: bipolar, fibro, migraine, PTSD, anxiety. Bisexual. Married to my favorite person.

[take-some-vampire-money-bro]

@ all trans people about to attend online school:

This will visually remove your deadname from any webpage. Obviously switch it off if your parents wanna check up on your work, but yee here's the link fam!!!! BOOST THIS!!! SEND THIS TO ANY TRANS PERSON YOU KNOW WHO WILL NEED THIS

Deadname Remover

An easy to use Google Chrome plugin to automatically remove and replace deadnames

[a-lot-of-ace-archive]

This is really awesome!

[zero-bean-deactivated20241210]

i....hate my school.  they blocked this. like, wtf?

[connorsok]

If your school has blocked this I recommend using ‘InteractiveFics’. Its originally used for changing Y/N to your own name but it has a separate option where you can change any word/name to what you want.

It has a less likely chance of being blocked so I thought I’d mention it.

[catboymettaton]

WordReplacer II works as well, though it’s not specifically designed for deadnames

[stjudy]

later he said they’re getting two rats

[thefibrodiaries]

I didn’t think the world we live in could get anymore ableist than it already was, I mean the UK has been investigated TWICE by the UN who came to the conclusion that there were serious human rights violations against disabled people which has forced us into poverty at a disproportionate rate and they also concluded that disabled people have been dying as a direct result of austerity. That sounds like it’s the worst case scenario right? I figured it couldn’t get any worse for us and the only way was up but then the covid pandemic happened and everyone, both the public and the government, reached terrifying new levels of ableism.

Disabled people in the UK have been dying from the coronavirus at a disproportionate rate (60% of covid deaths have been disabled people), you’ve got the public casually expressing hatred towards the vulnerable and calling for us to be locked up so they can continue life as normal - and some are expressing outrage and hatred towards the vulnerable instead of the government. They are preaching about how the pandemic is impacting their mental health but then they say that the vulnerable should be the only people having to take precautions and go on lockdown for the foreseeable future because it isn’t like we have family living with us who would be affected, it isn’t like we need a social life or to go to work and earn a living right? There isn’t any thought to our mental health. disabled people have nothing to live for in their minds.

Covid is also being used as an excuse to take away accessibility. in the summer, entire pavements were blocked off so businesses could run outdoors (a wheelchair user in my hometown could not leave his home because of this and the council responded by saying taking pavements away was necessary for surviving the pandemic) and measures were not put in place to make essential tasks like shopping accessible for us - which is summed up (x). Our deaths are being justified because according to many we were going to die anyway - people lack the understanding that people with preexisting conditions can live perfectly normal lives (like someone who is asthmatic) and you might not even know they have a health condition, we are not all at deaths door and even if our quality of life is impacted. Disabled people, mainly people with learning/developmental disabilities, are being forced to sign DNRs or being given them without consent as a blanket approach, this was an issue at the start of the pandemic but the government claimed it was an ‘error’. Social care and benefits are continuing to be cut and after this, we can expect even bigger cuts. It’s been proven that measures for distanced learning and working can be done after not allowing this for disabled people for years, which isn’t anywhere near as bad as the other examples I’ve listed but still disheartening for people who had to give up their jobs and education because we were told this wasn’t possible.

 I’m honestly so tired of this, I’m sick of being an afterthought, I’m sick of  being made to feel like my life doesn’t matter and I’m sick of life as a disabled person continuously getting worse even after you think you’ve hit rock bottom. Nobody is fighting for us, we have to fight for ourselves. I feel uncomfortable after seeing the true colours of many of the general public, including some people I know, who are boldly expressing their ableism and are more than happy to throw us under the bus. I’m sick of feeling like our lives have no value and would be considered an acceptable loss just because we are disabled.

please check on your disabled friends, we are not okay. 

[guerrillatech]

[tina-snow]

Texas Resources (updated)

y’all things are actually serious here in Texas, tons of people are without power and temperatures are at record lows. it’s supposed to snow again tonight and a lot of people are stuck where they are with limited, if any, resources, food, and water.

I’m linking a few mutual aids below, please consider donating if you’re able and/or share this!! if there are other orgs y’all know feel free to add them!

Houseless Organizing Coalition Feed the People Dallas Mutual Aid Kick The Cold - Austin Mutual Aid Mutual Aid Houston Mutual Aid Houston is requesting ppl direct their contributions to @cs_rescue and @hochtx (both on twitter) Southern Solidarity

UPDATE: CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES (I will continue to update this post, please check the replies for additional info)

CROWDSOURCE RESCUE

DFW AREA: CLICK HERE for a doc with info on warming shelters, hotels, grocery stores, etc. that are open!! if you need help finding a warming shelter, need food and water, etc. call 211 or visit 211texas.org. you can also follow @feedtheppldfw on twitter, their venmo: @feedthepeopledallas and cashapp: $feedtheppldtx

DENTON: the city has issued a boil water notice (as of 2/17) due to low water pressure. IF YOU NEED WATER Denton County Brewing Co. has a tank of pre-filtered water and will be open between 10am to 5pm tomorrow (2/18). bring a container to the brewery and they will fill it!!

RESOURCE FORM for those in DALLAS OR HOUSTON who need shelter, food, etc.

AUSTIN: AUSTIN MUTUAL AID now has 2 venmos: @austinmutualaidhotels and @austinmutualaid (via their ig: @austinmutualaid) follow them on instagram for updated resources and information. @whenwherewhataustin on instagram is also posting resources and updated info

SAN ANTONIO: Para Mi Gente mutual aid org – @para.mi_gente on IG for updates. venmo: @pmgmutualaid and cashapp: $pmgmutualaid Trinity Mutual Aid – venmo: @trinitymutualaid

LIST OF WARMING CENTERS THROUGHOUT TEXAS

TEXAS WEATHER CRISIS ASSISTANCE DOC

MARCH FOR OUR LIVES TEXAS (IG page)

TEXAS POWER OUTAGE RESOURCES (via @gcdric)

[cute-overload]

[pan-positivity]

[Video description: a man holding a small chocolate box is wearing a orange plaid shirt, he is mostly bald but has a beard and small amount of hair on his head. The man also has tattoos on his arms.

Man: you know, momma always said having kids was like a box of chocolates

You never know what your gonna get

(the man opens the box and pulls out a small note with the word pansexual written on it)

Man: thats a good one!

(pulls out note with bisexual written on it)

Man: i like that one too!

(pulls out another note with asexual on it)

Man: thats a good one!

(pulls out card with gender fluid on it)

Man: yes!

(pulls out card with non binary on it)

Man: oh, yes!

(pulls out card with trans gender on it)

Man: definitely!!

(pulls out card with straight on it)

Man: thats a good one

(pulls out card with gay on it)

Man: i like that one!

(pulls out card with lesbian on it)

Man: and i like this one too!

There isn’t anything in this box that i dont like!

The video ends and is credited to princess dad @/ourdadnow on tik tok

End description]

[notebooks-and-laptops]

this is so wholesome it made me fucking tear up

[loveerran]

I’m reblogging this because it truly made me cry. If you’re LGBTQ+, and maybe having a bad day, please listen!

[aaronstjames]

[hippie-nerd]

[sdfjkhladshfjaehefkahf]

note that i, a person with siblings, don’t want incest shippers to interact with my blog. If you find this offensive please consider that perhaps you don’t know how siblings work at all, and should try to reevaluate your views on those bonds.

This goes for all incest shippers, but ESPECIALLY incest shippers who have siblings. kindly don’t interact with me. Period.

thanks.

Please do not reblog unless you agree with this.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[sayonarabanana]

[sandersstudies]

ASGDKFHSKDHKS

[blog-sliverofjade]

"Let the elderly/disabled/immunocompromised/anyone-who-has any-condition-that-I-don't die" is eugenics.

[embodiedfutures]

Black is not a dirty word.

Click here for 200+ free social justice and mental health resources. Follow @bfpnola for more!

And please remember, Black is good is a radical concept, but radical concepts are what create change. Keep fighting.

[thenatsdorf]

[traegorn]

Don't talk to me about "reaching out to conservatives."

They spent the last four years mocking people in danger and in pain.

Those fuckers need to reach out to us and ask for forgiveness, not the other way around -- and we are not required to grant it to them.

[redshiftsinger]

A-fucking-men. You don’t get to spend years being a bully and then turn around and cry when things don’t go your way and demand that everyone you hurt should just immediately forgive you. Forgiveness is to be earned, and to be dispensed at the discretion of the injured party. In 2021 we are upholding healthy boundaries and not allowing ourselves to be gaslit into coerced forgiveness toward the unrepentant. 

[alisonzai]