queer

devin • 23 • they/them • disabled

[mxdevin]

[destroymylife]

[filmsploitation]

[mxdevin]

juneteenth reparations, y’all ✊🏾💛

venmo: mxdevin

cashapp: $mxdevin

just a Black disabled queer (who is trying to get by) showing pride and joy ✨💛

[absolutely-feral-deactivated202]

you know what i find infuriating? when you see a healthcare professional, you have to walk a very thin line as you talk about your symptoms and conditions

if i don't baby myself down and use smaller words or talk as if im unaware of parts of my condition (which i am very knowledgeable about) they will dismiss my concerns, assuming im a "google doctor" hypochondriac rather than an intelligent disabled person

i asked my intake nurse at an urgent care today (waited 3 and a half hours for a uti diagnosis btw) what specialist she would recommend for my joint dislocations because they were staying out longer and it hurts

she looked at me and said "Oh I don't know sweetie. I thought you were going to say arthritis, but there's a very long word for what your joints are doing."

ma'am....i know what a subluxation is i just wanted a provider recommendation

honestly as soon as you let them know you're disabled they assume you are just a dumb sweet little baby and the moment you demonstrate any medical understanding of a condition YOU HAVE they get combative and will actively work against your attempts to receive adequate care

and in this case, i apparently did not act "stupid" enough, because they failed to tell me a word i already knew, or that my lab results even confirmed my uti, much less that it was severe enough to be with hematuria- i had to ask for confirmation after she rattled off the prescriptions she was sending and read my discharge papers for my full diagnosis

tl;dr Healthcare providers: stop treating chronically ill and disabled patients like they are not smart enough to be engaged with like the adults that they are

(this includes people with mental and learning disabilities too)

[varandra-deactivated20230907]

imagining moving in with a lover and mixing my books with their books in our bookshelves... might faint

[forgetmenots-and-inkstains]

"My ancestors weren’t hippies, cotton

precluded fascination with flowers.

I don’t remember communes, I remember

ghettos. The riots were real, not

products of hallucinogens. "

-Thylias Moss

[thatgirlwithadhd]

I was getting groceries the other day and the cashier asked, “Aren’t these those things for babies?”

Well, yes.

This is the kind of thing I was buying:

Fruit and veggie pouches are a lifesaver for me. Yes, they are primarily intended for babies. No, I don’t care. They are an easy way to trick myself into eating healthy foods that I normally can’t due to sensory issues, because they’re all puréed and the texture is no longer an issue.

So if you have trouble with eating stuff in the “colorful plants” category (fruits, veggies), maybe try these! Look for ones with vegetables as well as fruits, and less added sugar. I like the Peter Rabbit Organics ones, but there are lots of good brands. (There are also juices, but I’ve found the healthy ones tend to taste too bitter for me.)

[catnippackets]

return of the happy stim

[theprideful-deactivated20251201]

why closed captioning should always be provided on every video:

Deaf People Exist

auditory processing disorder is a Bitch

people with ADHD can find it hard to concentrate on what is being said without the words in front of them

^autistic people for the same reason

autistic people may also find it hard to interpret verbal messages within the context of the video, so it's useful to have written alternatives to fall back on

do you know how painful it is to be excluded from every joke, every video, every conversation because others just Can't Be Bothered?

some people live in a conservative household or with family who don't share the same ideals, and they may not have privacy to view things on their own, so they may need to watch things with the volume extremely low or muted

We Want To Watch Videos In Public, Dammit

feel free to add on!

as always, ableism will get you blocked (:

[alpha-tequila-uncle]

Able-bodied Fuck: If your pain is chronic, shouldn’t you be used to it now & basically not feel it?

Me: If I never stop punching you in the face, shouldn’t you get used to it & basically not feel it??

[yet-another-autistic-blog]

[mxdevin]

hey y’all!

i recently started working with this awesome CBD company called CBD Essentials USA — we sell tinctures for a bunch of different things, sleep support gummies, pain relief topical cream, massage oil, and even CBD dog treats!

i wanted to let you guys know because i know that personally CBD has helped me *so* much with my chronic pain and severe anxiety, luckily i have a discount code for 10% off that anyone can use at checkout (just use the code “mxdevin10”!) 😊

please let me know if you have any questions at all about any products in particular and i’ll do my best to answer! 💛

Home - CBD Essentials USA

[mxdevin]

my body is my body is my body. with every roll and scar and stretch mark and ache and pain and tremble, it becomes more “mine”. it is the childhood home i will always live in but never finish renovating. it is warm brick. it is soft clay. it is melted amber. it is mine, and it is perfect. i haven’t always treated it like you should treat a home. i haven’t always felt welcome inside the walls i’ve always spent my days within — i still don’t, in some ways. however, in a world where my body is in danger for simply being *my body* — a body made up of so many beautiful things that hateful souls can’t fathom cherishing — i refuse to be one of those hateful souls. i’m tired. i’m angry. i’m worthy of the love i’ve deprived my body of — my *soul* of. my body deserves more than shame, more than judgment, more than starvation, more than profiling, more than guns, more than tear gas, more than murder, more than violence, more than silence. my fat, queer, trans, disabled, BLACK body deserves so much more than that. we deserve more. #BlackLivesMatter #BodyPositivity https://www.instagram.com/p/CAz7oj2gsqI/?igshid=11qjlvlzjtd3g

[shackelfordspeaks]

Imagine one sunny day, you’re driving downtown to get some groceries. You didn’t go over the speed limit. You didn’t break any laws. But after a while of driving, you hear the familiar sound of a police siren. You tense up, hoping it goes past you, but of course, it’s behind you. So you pull over, and when the cop comes up to the driver’s side window, you ask him what you did wrong, like anyone who did nothing wrong would. You obey everything he asks you to do: you get out the car, you put your hands on the roof, but suddenly you hear him raising his voice. Still, you obey. Even when he draws a gun, you obey. But one moment you’re obeying, and the next, you’re dead on the ground, bleeding out on the pavement.

[spidaerman]

To all my black followers and friends, stay safe.

Also, I would like to add that black lives have always mattered, will always matter.

It’s awful that we even have to say that because it should be a given. However, we need to say it loud and clear for the racists.

We cannot be silent. 

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

Euripides, tr. by Anne Carson, from An Oresteia; “Orestes,” publ. c. 2009