Unstructured Queer Blurb

[aurel-prezentuje]

This is what christianity did to me.

Fabrics, yarn, Barbie doll, plastic, foam, tissues, plastic rose.

[shingojira]

the fuck you lookin at keep scrollin

[bedbugbiting]

My therapist said “I have to show you something on my phone!”

It was this:

[youngchronicpain]

burning pain? check! throbbing pain? check! aching pain? check! stabbing pain? check!  screaming nerves? check! weird numb sensation? check!

looks like the gang’s all here! 

[chronicallyjessica]

“Your test results came back as normal”

[ID: Gif of Legolas saying “Why doesn’t that surprise me?”]

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Read more here:

Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop

"You are no longer licensed to use the software," Adobe told them.

[awsomelink]

Friendly reminder that GIMP does pretty much everything Photoshop does, and it’s 100% free. Fuck DRM and the license culture, we have plenty of open source options available to us as a consumer.

[socialistexan]

Lightworks is a freeware video editor on par with Premiere

Blender is an excellent freeware 3D renderer,possibly better than After Effects

Lightzone to replace Lightroom

Inkscape to replace Illustratr

Audacity to replace Audition (I also received a free version of Pro Tools with my Scarlett Solo audio interface)

If Adobe is going to be greedy shitheads, then fuck ‘em. Don’t use their stuff. Freeware can be just as good, if not better, than Adobe CC.

[radiqueer]

im deliberately making this post waayy before pride month so that y’all remember to work to make your pride events accessible to disabled people this year

[magpiemistakes]

There’s a very strange connection between having EDS and dysphoria.

I was aware of my dysphoria and being trans long before I was able to pinpoint my symptoms to hEDS. I don’t like the idea that many cis people have about being trans: that we’re stuck in the “wrong body”. There are a lot of reasons it’s misleading; even though my body had things wrong with it, it was still mine. It’s the only body I’ve ever inhabited. Unless we rapidly develop some sci-fi tech to transplant someone’s consciousness into another body, it will the only body I ever inhabit.

I work hard and pay dearly to make it a body I am comfortable in, from a dysphoria standpoint and a disability one. I am uncomfortable a lot of the time. My dysphoria has lessened dramatically since I a) got top surgery and b) stopped giving a fuck about other people’s perceptions, but it’s still there. I also have chronic pain, gastric issues, dysautonomia, etc.

Do I want my body to look different? Yes. Do I know that working out is the healthiest way of getting there? Yes. Does that mean I can or will? No. I can’t work out to change my appearance, so I have to accept it, come to terms with it, and find ways to love my body.

My body is disfunctional. It’s broken and shaped inconsiderately and hurts. But it’s my body. It can still be amazing. It regenerates, it connects by internal life with the world, it has freckles. Do I wish my body were different? Yes. But that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

[lebeaucercle]

💓💗💓💗💓💗💓

[ukheather]

A small example of what it is like to live with chronic illnesses like mine

[purplesmartass]

“what surgery are you getting?”

my dumbass brain trying to remember the word “laproscopy”: uhhh… uhhh..

[purplesmartass]

UHHH..

[chasing-asterion]

Shoutout to disabled people with “ugly” symptoms. 

To spoonies with

gas

colostomy bags

chronic diarrhea

catheters  

constipation

gurgling stomachs

canulas

profuse sweating

rashes

acne

limps

stimming

flapping

rocking

trembling

twitching

word slurring

wheezing

adult diapers 

incontinence pads

braces

weight problems

bloating

accents

scars

You’re not ugly, shameful, dirty, or infant-like. 

You are a strong, wonderful, important adult.

I believe in you.

[whatsuprubberduck]

Huh?  Interesting.  Turns out you CAN’T cure your chronic illness(es), by convincing yourself you don’t have chronic illness(es)

[memepants]

[purplesmartass]

me on a weekly basis

[astro-ados]

les signes astrologiques selon le cinéma québecois

bélier: les boys taureau: c.r.a.z.y gémeaux: 1981 cancer: mommy lion: bon cop bad cop vierge: incendies balance: à vos maques… party! scorpion: j’ai tué ma mère sagittaire: sarah préfère la course capricorne: tu dors nicole verseau: monsieur lazhar poissons: la mystérieuse mademoiselle c

[neoliberalismkills]

if you’re not a sex worker, then there’s a few things you should know.

1. you can’t be pro sex worker and anti sex work. you can’t want to take away our means of surviving and then claim to care about us in the same breath.

2. decrim is what will work for us. literally arresting our clients for being clients does not, in any fucking way, help us. arresting us for working is in no way “saving us”. 

3. when it comes to sex work, listen to sex workers. this’ll blow your mind, I’m sure, but sex workers know more about sex work than non-sex workers. surprise!

4. intra-community issues, such as lateral whorephobia, are NOT for you to stick your nose into. they are none of your goddamn business and you aren’t helping anyone. at all. don’t reblog those posts. don’t comment on them. period. idc how informed you think you are. none. of. your. business.

if you truly want to be an ally to sex workers, then shut up, listen, and educate yourself. by educate yourself, I don’t mean “ask non-sw what they think about sw”. at my resources page, I have kindly done half the work for you and put together many links so you learn some shit. 

[spoonie-humour]

“You’re too young to be so sick!”

“You’re too young to be using a mobility aid!”

“Why do you rest so much? You’re so young!”

[gif: Hades from Disney’s Hercules saying “I know! I know. I know. I got it. I get the concept” while his hair flares from blue to red]

[sunflower-cane]

Your illness has not made you ugly

Your feeding tube has not made you ugly.

Your ostomy has not made you ugly

Your cane has not made you ugly

Your wheelchair has not made you ugly

Your oxygen has not made you ugly

Your wig/your bald head has not made you ugly

Your teeth or lack of has not made you ugly

Your body has not made you ugly

Your medications has not made you ugly

Your rashes, blemishes, scars and bruises has not made you ugly

Not being able to shower has not made you ugly

Flashbacks and paranoia has not made you ugly

Changes in your body and brain has not made you ugly

Having seizures has not made you ugly

Your trauma, depression and anxiety has not made you ugly

Your hallucinations, brain fog, and confusion has not made you ugly

Your lack of control over your body, brain, mood and life has not made you ugly.

Please never feel ashamed or ugly about what your illness has done to you, no matter what it has changed it can not change the beauty that you have, so even if you feel like youre not beautiful right now, please remember,

You are beautiful and your disability can never take that from you.