I may have lost my mind, isn’t it wonderful?

20s — they/them — pan/ace this blog has no theme, prepare to be subjected to my latest hyperfixation

[ive-lost-my-trash-can]

[into-the-strattosphere]

“fate whispers to the warrior ‘you cannot withstand the storm.’ the warrior whispers back ‘i am the storm.’”

except it’s eva stratt and the world-ending climate change do you see the vision

[liberaljane]

[ive-lost-my-trash-can]

having a conversation with a friend, want to test a hypothesis:

disabled people, is the word “lame” ableist?

yes, it is ableist

it has ableist history but is no longer ableist

it is not ableist

other

Voting ended onJul 15

(poll for not currently disabled people in reblog)

[ive-lost-my-trash-can]

not currently disabled people, is the word “lame” ableist?

yes, it is ableist

it has ableist history but is not currently ableist

it is not ableist

other

Voting ended onJul 15

please reblog for larger sample size!

[headpainmigraine]

Sample sizes are hugely different right now (46 vs 5) but these results are... interesting

I wonder if this would be different if 'disabled people' were split into physical vs non physical disability

[wheelie-sick]

seconding prev about splitting results between physical and nonphysical disabilities. "lame" as a word came from a descriptor of physically disabled people. it's not a word that every disabled person gets an opinion on

*physically* disabled people, is the word "lame" ableist?

yes, it is ableist

it has ableist history but is not currently ableist

it is not ableist

other

see results

Voting ended onJul 18

[ive-lost-my-trash-can]

having a conversation with a friend, want to test a hypothesis:

disabled people, is the word “lame” ableist?

yes, it is ableist

it has ableist history but is no longer ableist

it is not ableist

other

Voting ended onJul 15

(poll for not currently disabled people in reblog)

[ive-lost-my-trash-can]

not currently disabled people, is the word “lame” ableist?

yes, it is ableist

it has ableist history but is not currently ableist

it is not ableist

other

Voting ended onJul 15

please reblog for larger sample size!

[ive-lost-my-trash-can]

a friend of mine uses the word “lame” all the time, generally meaning bad/boring (eg “it’s so lame you won’t come to the party”).

i’m curious what y’all think of that?

disabled people, is the word “lame” ableist?

yes, it is ableist

it has ableist history but is no longer ableist

it is not ableist

other

Voting ended onJul 15

(poll for not currently disabled people in reblog)

[insidestory1]

When you tell someone about being mistreated because of your disability, there is a common response that goes something along the lines of, "But did you explain to them properly why you can't do x thing?" "Did you make sure they understood why you need x accomodation?" "Maybe they just didn't understand?"

For example: "Did you properly explain that the reason you don't do hugs is because of your autism?" or "Maybe they don't really understand how bad fibro fatigue is and that's why they got upset at you for concelling plans."

I hate these kind of responses. They give me the same vibe as being asked, "Yeah, but what were you wearing when you got catcalled?" They put the responsability for the problem onto the person who was discriminated against, instead of the one doing the discriminating. Disabled people should not be expected to go through grueling explanations or justify their needs before those needs are respected.

[positivity-rocks]

I hope July is kind to you. And I hope that this July, you are kind to yourself.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

I love being an adult who always puts my hand out to shake when I meet a kid! every single time their face is like "no one does The Adult Greeting Ritual with me, is this a sign of respect or is this man simply unhinged" and then of course as we talk they realise it's both

[creatingblackcharacters]

‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ trust me, if white people know you aren't safe to be racist around, we'll notice! Your ACTIONS will speak for you!

[dykecadence]

periodic reminder that the queer liberation library is an awesome non-regional library you can add on libby to access hundreds of queer titles. NO LIBRARY CARD NEEDED. i just found an audiobook for a pretty new release on there with no waitlist. also everyone use libby for your local library too NOW

Libby Access — Queer Liberation Library

[queerliblib]

free!!! queer!! books!! for anyone, anywhere in the USA!

you can browse the collection here

sign up for a QLL card to check ebooks & audiobooks out

& if you love what we’re doing you can toss us a few bucks here so we can keep doing it <3

[blessherhearttx]

OMG - really?

[queerliblib]

really!!! we’ve got 501(c)3 status and everything! turning 2.5 years old next month <3

[pussyhoundspock]

joining the war on kids reading any book they want on the side of kids reading any book they want. simply you will be fine. it's even good to be confronted with things you don't understand and even find upsetting, uncomfortable and difficult. it's a surprise tool that will help you later.

[nonevahed]

prev tags:

literally ok so not a funny story but kind of funny? when I was nine I encountered rape in a book and I was like hey mom what’s this mean and she explained it and I was like oh. gross. and then like two weeks later a girl on the bus abruptly disclosed her csa and we were all like ????? what ???? but I was like wait hang on there’s a word for that ☝️🤓 and explained what it meant and that it was illegal and that you could talk to a teacher or my mom if it had happened to you and everyone was like ohhhhh I see I see and very somberly comforted the girl (she was safe she was removed from her home and living with my neighbor at the time so it wasn’t Urgent)

[zarohk]

And this is a perfect illustration of why it is important for kids to read or variety of things, and why abusers don’t want them to.

[michonnegrimes]

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world. Do you know why? It’s the only thing that ever has.

[maykitz]

the persecution of lefthandedness is insane to think about because it was so intense for so long, in some places still is, without any clear profit motivation. sheer love of the game. as late as the 70s at least they were smacking my stepdad's hands for it with a wooden ruler at school, to this day he's in weird ambidexterity situation where he's not great with either side and notably clumsy due to poor hand-eye coordination. just wtf

[seeingteacupsindragons]

It is fascinating to me that people also think of handedness as an example of bigotry that just...went away. As you note, it...hasn't in some places. I know people who grew up in the mid-late 90s who still had this problem.

But also, and this is really important to keep in mind regarding bigotry that still causes in many ways larger problems, that the structural problems are not actually fixed.

If you go to any computer lab or public library, the mice will be on the right side of the computer. Sometimes they can be moved. Sometimes they can't. Many computer mice are curved to only fit in right hands.

It is impossible to find lefthanded scissors without going to a specialty store, because most scissor makers don't even make them. And it's not just a matter of grip; the slicing side of the blades is obscured if you use righty scissors in your left hand, so your cut is off.

All those signing pads with the little chained styluses? Almost always on the right side, often not even long enough to stretch to the left. Makes signing for lefties extremely difficult.

I caused actual muscular problems in college having to twist around in order to write at right-handed desks in college when there weren't enough lefty desks--and there never were. Some classrooms didn't even have a single one.

I could go on.

But the point is, bigotry isn't just a mindset shift. People can't just decide they're not bothered by that particular difference anymore and everything's fine, because society is still structured and designed to cause problems for marginalized people. And they're never even going to notice all the little ways their life is bent to convenience them that inconveniences others.

[imviotrash]

"Kill them with kindness" Nah, fuck that, CRICKET BAT 🏏 🏏🏏🏏*SMACK* 🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏*SMACK*🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏*SMACK*🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏*SMACK*🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏*SMACK*🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏*SMACK*🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏

[the-haiku-bot]

“Kill them with kindness”

Nah, fuck that, CRICKET BAT 🏏 🏏🏏🏏*SMACK*

🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏*SMACK*🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏*SMACK*🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏*SMACK*🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏*SMACK*🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏*SMACK*🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[ive-lost-my-trash-can]

[hemipenal-system]

queer allies as a rule have got to get more normal about the idea that trans women can have periods

[hemipenal-system]

keep in mind i am not a biologist in any way but my understanding of it basically goes

the period is all hormones. if you have the hormones but not the uterus you can still get everything except the bleeding from the uterus. yknow because your body can't detect that one peripheral but the rest of the program still works

the actual cramps and pain aren't from the uterus they're from the muscles around the uterus squeezing it, which you have even if you don't have a uterus

so if you're a trans girl you can't shed the uterine lining obviously but you can still get things like fatigue, cravings, mood swings, back cramps, and breast tenderness

this isn't really a thing common to trans women either. there's a bunch of ways cis women and other uterus havers can have bloodless periods too (stress, diet, birth control, anovulation, apparently thyroid issues sometimes) no matter what some terfs on reddit want you to think lmao

[papercranesandpride]

I think this is a lot easier to understand when combined with the knowledge that trans men usually don't get periods at all, but generally do still ovulate. T does not stop that. It doesn't stop the actual fertility cycle that periods are supposed to be a symptom of—it just stops the period itself. Without E, even though we still release an egg, our bodies don't build a uterine lining, don't do cramps, don't do PMS, and all the rest.

So not only do you not need a working uterus to have periods, you can have a working, fertile set of ovaries and a uterus, but without estrogen, they still won't do periods, even if they're doing all the stuff required to actually get pregnant. And we know they do this because trans men on T get pregnant all the time.

If you put these two experiences together, it becomes clear. What you were taught in school was wrong. Having a period is not caused by having a functional uterus, functional ovaries, or the ability to become pregnant; it's caused by having an estrogen-dominant system. Lots of people, including but not limited to trans men, have all three of those things, but their bodies are testosterone-dominant, and so they don't get periods. Meanwhile, lots of people, including but not limited to trans women, don't have one or all of those things and yet still do get periods, because their bodies are estrogen-dominant and that's what actually triggers periods. Sure, fertility is the purpose of a period, for lack of a better term, but that isn't actually the biological thing that triggers that set of symptoms. Estrogen is. That's why trans people without uteruses still get monthly menstrual symptoms, and that's why other trans people who haven't had periods in years can and do still get pregnant.

(All that said, while you can get pregnant on T, it's still advised to go off it if you're actively trying to conceive, because we don't really know exactly how it impacts fertility and also because testosterone is harmful to fetal development)

[glitchedlad]

reblogs were turned off for this one but i want it on my blog too