𝐸𝓁𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒘/ 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆* 𝑭𝑹𝑨𝑮𝑰𝑳𝑬Ig: _meinirsblush

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𝐈𝐠. _meinirsblush

https://instagram.com/_meinirsblush?utm_medium=copy_link

[sonhodehibisco]

Flowers by Irving Penn

[childoflamb]

[super-sootica]

With so many elections coming up worldwide it's probably a good time to remind everyone that tumblr once got infested with agents trying to convince everyone not to vote, or not to vote left because the candidates weren't morally pure enough.

Also a reminder that they were better at tumblr than most of us, comrade interloper was great at memeing. Like, the talent!

Anyway don't fall for it. There is no morally pure option.

[twilight-blaze]

and since I still regularly come across the argument of "those blogs couldn't have been psyops, they were leftist minorities who posted about activism," here's a reminder that the people behind these blogs will position themselves as whoever they need to be to get the most credibility in the space they're trying to infiltrate, and they will post whatever they need to post in order to establish that cover

they will do a lot of that, actually; most of their posts are usually a mix of popular memes (since that's what gains followers) and reasonable-sounding posts about social and political issues (since that's what "proves" their legitimacy and establishes their cover), and in between all of that is the occasional post about how voting is useless and the progressive candidate is Just As Bad, Actually

these blogs are meant to be indistinguishable from real people in left-leaning communities because that's the entire point

so this is also a reminder that you cannot use someone's identity or sociopolitical views as a substitute for thinking critically about what you're reading, especially now that we know for a fact that this has happened here before

[meinirsblush]

𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐲...

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𝐈𝐠. _meinirsblush

https://instagram.com/_meinirsblush?utm_medium=copy_link

[fardf150]

i hope straight trans men who thought they were lesbians and straight trans women who thought they were gay men know that they're valid and wonderful

[crpl-pnk]

hey if you’re disabled or chronically ill & have a hard time standing i want you to know that it’s ok to sit down when able bodied people wouldn’t or aren’t. not just in the context of using a wheelchair but just like. whenever. pull up a stool in front of the stove when you make mac & cheese. kneel on a chair in front of the sink when you’re washing the dishes. going outside to smoke/wait for a cab/whatever? pop a squat on the sidewalk/curb/stoop. get a shower chair. it’s not weird or shameful to minimize your pain & it’s not worth wasting spoons just because “normal people would do it standing up”

[crpl-pnk]

which isnt to say dont stand up if youre needing to get the exercise of standing when you can but if you’re working with a limited energy budget & dont need to cause yourself that extra pain. you dont have to

[bluegone]

Are y'all really this self-conscious? I’m “able”, but I’m also fucking lazy. Like, able people aren’t like, “I can stand, so I will!” Just, some don’t feel like sitting or just wanna stand. Me, though, I’ll sit down to do anything if I can. Just cuz.

[crpl-pnk]

i never explain my posts to abled people as a general rule bc theyre not for you but you caught me in a real good mood & i actually feel like diving into it

so

that self consciousness is forced into us. before i got sick i had no qualms about sitting when i wanted to sit. even in public. i was known for it. hell i once took a nap on the sidewalk outside the local hangout spot while my friends guarded me

i didn’t start to become anxious about sitting “too much” until i got sick. disability is seen as something shameful, & sitting when others wouldn’t called attention to my shame. add a cane to a teenager sitting on a stoop & suddenly you’re not a punkass kid, you’re a fucking tragedy. disabled people are also constantly, unrepentantly accused of being lazy & not trying hard enough, not doing enough, taking the easiest way at the expense of our dignity. sitting when i wanted to seemed to confirm that i was exactly the lazy asshole everyone said i was. & while you can say you’re lazy with no reprecussions, disabled peoples supposed “laziness” is used to deny us accommadations, benefits, medical care & basic human decency. people (although not as many as it first felt like) stared in a different way when i sat in odd spots in public than they had before i had the cane with me. vague amusement & slight annoyance gave way to disgust & pity. the stares were either far longer or broken by awkwardly averted eyes- everyone wants to stare at the cripple, but nobody wants to be caught doing it

plus, honestly, the thought of using a stool to cook or a chair to do dishes never even occurred to me for the longest time, simply because People Don’t Do That

& i’m not even going to start to unpack the stigma behind the shower chair, because that’s a post of its own

ultimately though, these feelings don’t very often lead to me forcing myself to stand when i can’t… but only because my whole thing is analyzing & rejecting the roots of internalized ableism. i’m the original cripple punk for fucks sake. however, i know that if i’m even feeling them that other disabled people must be struggling too, & probably really need to hear that it’s ok

so i’m telling them that it is

tl;dr: the reason you have no problem sitting whenever you want is because you don’t have to & therefore there is no socially enforced stigma surrounding it for you

[leirathemartian]

Also, there’s another component of shame if you’re a fat disabled person, because then you’ve got the double “you’re just lazy” stigma. So it’s really hard to feel ok sitting down even if you really want to.

[hintretro]

La Belle et la Bête, dir. Christophe Gans 

[meinirsblush]

Abandoned place i miss dearly...

Ig. _meinirsblush

https://instagram.com/_meinirsblush?utm_medium=copy_link

[pathologising]

dreamy ♡

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𝐈𝐠.. _meinirsblush

https://instagram.com/_meinirsblush?utm_medium=copy_link

[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

I noticed that the same trait that one person finds annoying is something others will find endearing or admirable. for example, a funny and confident person can be judged by a few people as annoying or loud. but others will admire your confidence and ability to make them smile and laugh! shyness can be seen as apathetic and boring, but others will enjoy your quiet company, and admire your amazing ability to listen & say thoughtful words. whether it’s due to insecurity or incompatibility, there will always be someone who will dislike you for being a certain trait, but there are so many more people who will love you for it. if you feel the need to hide and isolate yourself, it means you haven’t been lucky yet or havent met enough people. it does NOT mean you’re not lovable!!!!!!!! I promise!!!

[ancientsstudies]

By CottagecoreWear. x

[fairynests]

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𝐈𝐠.. _meinirsblsuh

https://instagram.com/_meinirsblush?utm_medium=copy_link

[nepenthel]

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

the best way to support libraries is to use libraries. go get a card, check something out. not a big reader? they got movies. they got games. yes, like botw and fallout and let’s go eevee. they also have cds that yes, we workers know you take home and rip to your computer. we also do it. 

if you have a well funded library you might even have access to maker spaces that have 3D printers. or video/audio recording equipment. libraries aren’t these tomb silent homes for books any more. they’re community spaces. they’re full of life and things. 

put a middle finger up at jeffrey bezos and support your local library

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

did i mention we have printing services that are significantly cheaper than anywhere else? printers are evil, let us handle them for you.

[queenqueso]

Library worker here and can confirm all of these! I’m at a small-to-medium library and we offer ALL of this:

- wifi hotspots that can be checked out for weeks so you can have internet on the go or at home

- CDs, DVDs, blurays including usually multiple copies of new stuff

- A tech lab with a 3d printer, computers for graphic design and game dev focus, VR headsets, and a soundbooth for recording

- Study rooms for solo or groups

- Printers, copiers, faxes, and scanners for just about anything you need taken care of.

- Including a new printer big enough to make giant posters, maps, and business-grade ads.

- A seed library, both floral and food-related.

- A computer lab programed to erase your data and reading history so you’re never at risk while visiting sites like domestic abuse hotlines

- Laptops pre-programmed with Adobe and Office software so you don’t have to buy them

- Monthly author visits

- Ebooks including comics on tons of various platforms

- Classes for those who want to learn how to or better their computer skills

- Art you can check out to hang on your wall for as long as it’s available, including the work of local artists who get paid for their art, especially if it gets popular and we want even more of their stuff.

- Monthly papers ranging from local newspapers to multi-national magazines on just about any topic you can imagine.

- We used to offer food and drink at a loss but You Know ©

- Notaries with extensive legal knowledge including renters rights, getting you in contact with immigration protection, and contacts with pro-bono lawyers.

- A connection with all the libraries in the state, so if we don’t have something, we can have it shipped to you within a matter of days.

- Books translated into multiple languages

- A donation bin for old books/DVDs/VHSes that often turn around and get sold for two or less dollars

- A food donation site for local food banks

- A “suggest a purchase” section on our site where you can support your favorite indie writers/musicians by suggesting their work if we don’t already have it

- We’re growing butterflies this year, and in prior years we hatched chickens! \o/

- An outreach program for the elderly and disabled who hand-deliver almost everything I’ve just mentioned

That’s a huge list and again I have to stress that I work at a library that’s not considered to be very large. And one of the biggest things we get rated by is not how many books we own but by how many people use all of those services I mentioned. They exist for YOU! Use them!