Altgirl Wannabe

23 year old queer woman with a disability

[dramatically-existing]

Reblog if The Hex Girls made you gay, goth and/or a witch.

[my-pixie-aesthetic]

So, I’ve engaged in this discourse on Instagram...

I know I shouldn’t have because it’s only going to be tiring, but I was hoping people would hear me out. The post was an embroidered piece that read “the future is vegan” and I pointed out that veganism is ableist and classist. I’d even go as far to argue that it’s racist because food deserts are real and they are often racially motivated. And I said all this in a polite manner and told the person running the account that I love their work, but I find this particular post exclusionary. Now they are saying that everyone who disagrees with her or points out inherent flaws in veganism is being aggressive. No one was aggressive in their comments aside from the person who made the post and other vegans. I suppose that’s what I get for engaging in discourse on the Internet.

[chronicpain09]

“Rate your pain on a scale from 1-10″

[perseid-haunt]

psst, my legs are a dumb bitch, pass it on

[painkillersandicecream]

psst, my legs are a dumb bitch too, pass it on

[my-pixie-aesthetic]

My legs are also dumb bitches

[chronicillnessmemes]

Doctors: Don’t rely too much on [pain] medication!

Me: WHAT MEDICATION? You won’t give me anything!

[my-pixie-aesthetic]

My doctor says as he decreases the dose of my non-opioid pain medicine by 200 miligrams...

[dad-arts]

Chronic Pain - Mixed Media

03.30.2019

[gncfag-moved]

i know its been said b4 but growing up suicidal and then reaching an age you never planned to live to is extremely stressful and terrifying, and we deserve more credit for not killing ourselves and THEN having to make up for the time we spent not caring if we lived or died and not doing work to improve our lives.

[gncfag-moved]

i feel behind in life because i spent the last 7 ish years not giving a shit about my future because i assumed id be dead before id have to deal with that, and now i have to start making decisions that many people started considering years ago.

[gncfag-moved]

i just feel like. suicidal people dont get credit for firstly, how stressful life is while suicidal, how difficult it is just to do simple tasks, and secondly, how hard it is to recover from years spent not caring once a person is no longer actively suicidal or no longer having suicidal ideations.

[my-pixie-aesthetic]

“Why are you a wheelchair user? If you don’t mind me asking”

Ya know what. I do mind. And that doesn’t make me a bitch, thanks for asking.

[standingcowrrdly]

do my dark circles and deteriorating health make me look hot

[librarydweller]

I did not choose the sick life, please don’t bill me for it.

[my-pixie-aesthetic]

Why “wheelchair-bound” is not okay

Tonight someone casually mentioned to me, while I was in my own wheelchair, that they had a friend who was wheelchair-bound. This is a very ableist thing to say because without our wheelchairs a lot of us would be bedridden or in pain or otherwise struggling to live life. Wheelchairs are not binding. Wheelchairs are freeing!

[impotsiblelife]

I wish that I had given myself permission to get a wheelchair or mobility aid when I was at my sickest. I thought that I wasn’t “disabled enough” to use them, which wasn’t true. Anyone who’s quality of life will be improved by wheelchairs or mobility aids can and should use them. Don’t let the fear of being judged stop you from using the mobility aids that could help you live a fuller life.

[kipplekipple]

Paincrastination: putting something off in the idle hope that you might be in less pain tomorrow.

[my-pixie-aesthetic]

Paper due Sunday, but here I am paincrastinating

[ogrefairy]

CripplePunk self-portrait 

[image description: a digital artwork depicting user ogrefairy - a fat  light-skinned wheelchair-user with a “The Future Is Accessible” crop top, surgery scars on her knees, reddish-purple lips, thin framed glasses, a dark brown bob cut, and a floral tattoo on her wrist. She is giving a peace sign and a gentle smile while sitting in a manual chair that has been decorated with purple and black zebra patterned tape. Matching forearm crutches sit behind her backrest. The background is Art Nouveau inspired abstract pale purple with a floral wreath of princess lilies and has flowers that match those on her tattoo. The whole image gives off a gentle, soft tone with layers of maybe assertive resilience built in.]

[openyoureyeslove]

I wish more people talked about the guilt disabled children feel for being such a financial burden to their parents, because even with the best parents and great insurance it sucks to know how much money you cost the family

[my-pixie-aesthetic]

I was born with cerebral palsy and went on to develop other disabilities and I cannot express how much this shame impacts me to this day

[adudeandhispetdisabilities-blog]

The other day I saw a family with a toddler who was walking, a little unsteadily, while (presumably) the child’s mother pushed an empty stroller. And I started thinking how normalized this is, the idea that a little kid can *walk* but can’t walk *long distances,* and so we accommodate for them. Yet so many of the same people want to start yelling accusations at ambulatory/part-time wheelchair users for having the exact same problem.

[thefibrodiaries]

Disabled members of the lgbt community deserve love and respect