olg describes

they/them or no pronouns. I offer accessible, inclusive, and intersectional content. Safe space (though you ultimately decide if I am one). DMs and asks open, just give me time to reply because I'm not online daily. ⚠️ Content warning: (re)blogs may contain mentions of transphobia, state-led violence, heavy politics, sexual themes (no porn, I promise), and suicide. I put CWs in each of my posts and image descriptions. Agender, transmasc, HRT 2022-11-24, demi/bisexual, age 20's, UTC+8. Full bio: https://olg6328.carrd.co. ID of header: the top of a box of Instant Vortex Plus Air Fryer with a big, encircled printed text in all caps saying "Fry Me To The Moon". End ID. ID of profile icon: an illustration of an astronaut flipping their bike mid-air in the dark space, in front of a full yellow moon with purple shadows. End ID.

[olg6328]

My former colleague and I were bored at work and so I showed them some of the things that I do during my free time, such as editing random photos.

[ID: Unedited photo of a paved open space beside an old European-style building. The space has a lot of people standing around the area doing random things. One of them is an individual wearing a gray leather jacket and a pair of jeans, who is looking, smiling, and walking towards the camera. End ID.]

[ID: The same photo, but edited so that the whole background is erased and only the individual in gray is visible. The background is replaced with a barren, brown, unpaved open field with no humans, buildings, trees, and other objects around it. Far behind the field is a huge explosion with fire shards flying straight across different angles. The individual is walking away from the explosion, smiling contently at the viewer. End ID.]

My colleague then told me, "you're a scary friend to have..."

My frequent tags:

#accessible meme (just to show how much of a scary friend I can be, just kidding)

#accessible comics (CW: heavy topics such as transphobia, discrimination, and murder)

#accessible art (frequently overlaps with accessible comics so the same CWs apply)

#accessible news (CW: heavy topics such as violence and genocide)

#accessible infographics (including maps, charts, and stuff)

#accessible cringe (so far empty and waiting for the first cringe that deserves to be shamed by all regardless of disability)

#IDs for beginners and #IDs 101 (After all, I once was a beginner in writing image descriptions. Thank you to the wonderful individuals who help us beginners get started!)

P.S.: This pinned post used to have a longer bio, but i decided that this random post tells more about me than any bio that I could ever write. I've moved the longer bio to olg6328.carrd.co (this link is also in my Tumblr blog desc).

[turtles-on-turts]

mai te awa ki te moana 🤍

[turtles-on-turts]

Hi! if you'd like a print of this piece, I have this linoprint up on my ko-fi shop.

All money raised after platform fees will be donated Anera, who do incredible work in Gaza through providing urgent humanitarian aid.

[tortiefrancis]

[ ID: Digital artwork of a black keffiyeh pattern against a white background, with a black olive tree branch over it. /End ID ]

[syd-beads4aid]

I'm selling beaded earrings to fundraise to help a Palestinian family evacuate! Please share and donate if you can!

[camofrogadier]

[image description: 2 pairs of beading earrings. The first pair look like slices of watermelon. The second pair are in the colors of the Palestinian flag. End ID]

[assignedmale]

[olg6328]

[ID: A comic by Sophie Labelle (@assignedmale).

Panel 1 of 4: Hilary Cass leans casually on a dining chair with coffee on the table and says "I was advised not to travel on public transport for my own safety after publishing the Cass Report."

Panel 2 of 4: Stephie, alone in this panel, addresses Hilary Cass with a sarcastic expression and says "Do you want to know all the things trans people can't do since you published it?"

Panel 3 of 4: Stephie and an adult companion stand with grief below umbrellas on a dark, rainy day at a cemetery. A speech bubble points towards Stephie, saying "Do you want to know all the lives and dreams you've already broken?"

Panel 4 of 4: Stephie, returning to her sarcastic expression, is being cornered and threateningly held by an arm which is pulling her shirt forward. She says "Do you want to know all the violence you've unleashed and legitimized? But yeah, so sad about your morning commute being disrupted, Hilary."

End ID.]

[emooz-8]

I believed in you and your love. Please do not let me down and save my family from this war. Take them out of Sudan so that they can enjoy some stability and security.

This is my house after it was bombed in June and we are inside it

Donate to Our home bombarded and destroyed, organized by Eman Abdelrahman

Hi, my name is Eman Abdel Rahman, I am a 25 years old from Sudan. My family are curr… Eman Abdelrahman needs your support for Our home bomba

Save my family please🙏

[emooz-8]

Please support and share my campaign to reach out to many people across the world to have quick donations 🙏💔please consider the situation 🙏

[olg6328]

[ID: Three photos of the same heavily bombarded house in Sudan. The first photo shows what used to be the front porch, where only a single window and small portions of walls, ceilings, and pillars remain. The second photo is a close-up of the first photo showing collapsed walls and ceilings leaving behind a pile of bricks on the ground. The third photo is a wide-angle photo from another part of the house under an open sky. While this photo shows more intact walls, the ground is full of fallen bricks and plywood. No ceiling is visible. End ID.]

[sephezade]

Reminder on today...

[aspirationatwork]

[Image Description: a top-down photograph of a cake with white frosting, rainbow sprinkles around the edge, and green frosting in the center that reads "No one should be in prison for weed." End Description.]

[sam-scribbler]

writing be like

[sleepyowlwrites]

I guess not today satan

[rhikasa-archived-deactivated202]

[Image ID: A message from a user named Satan (they/them) on Discord that reads: Deep breath. I have finally written a sentence. A follow up message sent 20 minutes later reads: Update - I have deleted the sentence. /end ID]

[catcrumb]

[crunchyorangeleaf-deactivated20]

[ID: a simple line drawing of a chubby kitten with tiny legs, a triangle tail, and closed eyes. its mouth is open and it has long whiskers. an arrow points to it with the caption, "very strong, very brave, very new" with a grey catcrumb watermark on the kitten's back. end ID]

[olg6328]

beginner image describers be like

[malwarechips]

yknow i never noticed the sheer rareness of images having ids or alt text on this website until i started adding alt text to my art (and trying to remember to add it to any images i post in general, especially text screenshots) and that makes me kinda sad

[wolfisblank]

I feel like a lot of people just don't know how to do it or are intimidated by the prospect. I was too, actually, and I couldn't find any good guides on how to do it (beyond basic formatting) and most guides boiled down to "just describe what you see and important details!" I really wanted to add alt text bc accessibility is important to me, but I would always get kinda stumped on how to do it.

But then I saw this image, I think in a discord server, and I immediately started doing it. It kinda broke the ice for me

[internetkatze]

Something that's really important to remember when it comes to alt text is that a) conciseness is everything; someone using a screenreader doesn't want to listen to a giant paragraph of rambling when it's an image a sighted person would scroll past in 2 seconds, and b) don't get bogged down in Visual Descriptors. Sighted people tend to prioritize, well, seeing, but that can be alienating to Blind people, especially those Blind from birth who have no way of even conceptualizing things in a visual way.

The above template is fine for most uses, but try to think about what the purpose of the image is. How do you make someone *feel* it without visual input? If it's a meme with a funny punchline, describe it like a joke! Don't let the emotion you see disappear.

I really recommend reading this essay about inclusivity written by John Lee Clark, a Deaf-Blind person, but to shout-out this bit about image descriptions:

I cannot count the times I’ve stopped reading a video transcript because it started with a dense word picture. Even if a description is short and well done, I often wish there were no description at all. Get to the point, already! How ironic that striving after access can actually create a barrier. When I pointed this out during one of my seminars, a participant made us all laugh by doing a parody: “Mary is wearing a green, blue, and red striped shirt; every fourth stripe also has a purple dot the size of a pea in it, and there are forty-seven stripes—” “You’re killing me,” I said. “I can’t take any more of that!” Now serious, she said it was clear to her that none of that stuff about Mary’s clothes mattered, at least if her clothes weren’t the point. What mattered most about the image was that Mary was holding her diploma and smiling. “But,” she wondered, “do I say, Mary has a huge smile on her face as she shows her diploma or Mary has an exuberant smile or showing her teeth in a smile and her eyes are crinkled at the edges?” It’s simple. Mary has a huge smile on her face is the best one. It’s the don’t-second-guess-yourself option.

There are some things that are impossible to convey 1:1 to someone who doesn't have the same senses as you, and that's okay. The most important thing when it comes to accessibility is understanding what that person actually *wants* to access, instead of prioritizing what you think they should experience just like you. That goes for me too, as a sighted person, but I really hope this helps someone understand.

[pathos-logical]

[Image ID copied from alt: A guide to writing alt text on images. At the top, it says "Writing Alt Text" in big white text. It then lists off five major steps to writing alt text. Identify who, expression, description, color, and interesting features. It then shows an image of a capybara, with a sample alt text that reads, "A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on top of the capybara's head." with each block of text color-coordinated to show which of the five steps it corresponds to. At the bottom of the image is the word "Puzzle" stylized into a logo. End ID.]

[olg6328]

[ID: The former cover page of the constitution of Tocantins, one of the states of Brazil. All text in it are in Portuguese, typed in all caps using the font Impact, which is characterized by its narrow characters and sharp, boxy corners. They are styled using Microsoft Word's WordArt function, which is notorious for its over-the-top and almost unreadable designs with questionable professional suitability.

The first paragraph reads "Assembléia Legislativa / Estado do Tocantins" (Legislative Assembly / State of Tocantins). The bottom leading line of "Assembléia Legislativa" is shaped like an upward dome, while the top leading line of "Estado do Tocantins" is shaped to follow the bottom leading line. The whole paragraph has bright blue fill, thin white outline, and thin solid maroon shadow, set at a lower right diagonal angle with a reasonable distance from the main paragraph.

A wide white space follows, and then the second paragraph reads "Constituição Estadual" (State Constitution). The whole paragraph has narrow, tall, tightly spaced characters. Its WordArt style is like a water wave, with bright blue fill, thin dark blue outline, and thick solid dark blue outline that is set at an upper right diagonal angle weirdly apart from the main paragraph.

A wider white space follows, and then the third paragraph reads "Diretoria de Área Legislativa / Diretoria de Documentação / Palmas 2002" (Legislative Area Directorate / Documentation Directorate / Palmas 2002). The whole paragraph is in the same WordArt style as the second paragraph, except that its characters are short, wide, and less tightly spaced. Its thick solid dark blue shadow is set much more weirdly apart from the main paragraph such that viewers can tell apart each character in the shadow.

The rest of the cover page is just white space.

End ID.]

[brooke2valley]

Sometimes people can surprise us ☺🏳️‍⚧️

Ironically while working on this i ended up having car issues lol. If you want to and have the ability i would really appreciate any help

https://www.patreon.com/Brooke2Valley Thank you all so much

Get more from Brooke2Valley on Patreon

Truly, One Of The Women Of Time!

Kayla made the background for the 5th panel find her here! @kaylasartwork

[olg6328]

[ID: A comic by @brooke2valley. Content warning for misgendering.

Panel 1 of 11: Brooke is driving her car wearing a cap with the colours of the trans pride flag, with a she/her pronoun pin attached on the cap's side. The panel is captioned: "*Me, very early in my transition* *taking a pleasant drive*".

Panel 2 of 11: The caption continues, "When suddenly—". A *loud snap* emerges from the car's trunk, illustrated as a square speech bubble snapped broken into two. Brooke looks at the source of the loud snap and gasps, "Oh, sh*t."

Panel 3 of 11: The caption reads, "Later at a car repair shop". Brooke is standing in front of the counter of the car repair shop. A staff member tells her, "Psh, yeah sounds like your power-steering belt just snapped... but we can get it fixed in 2 to 3 days—".

Panel 4 of 11: The staff member then refers to Brooke as "sir". The word is written in big, bold, all-caps text on the lower part of the panel. The whole panel turns dark and it focuses on how Brooke is reacting in her inner thoughts, looking down and feeling disappointed.

Panel 5 of 11: The caption reads, "Two days later". On a bright and clear sunny day, Brooke is standing outside the Tire Shack. She sighs and then says, "Let's just get this over with."

Panel 6 of 11: Brooke enters the Tire Shack. A staff member speaks outside the panel, "Oh hey, last-name is here! Will someone drive HER car to the front?" Brooke then stands speechless... She then thinks, "Her?"

Panel 7 of 11: The panel turns dark as it returns to Brooke's inner thoughts. She closes her eyes and points her index and middle fingers towards each side of her head to think hard. She thinks, "How did they know I go by she and her? I didn't tell anyone here... Think Brooke..."

Panel 8 of 11: The panel lightens up and neurons fill the background as Brooke opens her eyes in a realization. She thinks, "Hold on. Did I...?"

Panel 9 of 11: The caption reads "2 days earlier, arriving at the shop". Brooke had just stepped out of her car wearing her trans-coloured cap. When she was about to close her car's door, she says, "Oh wait. I should probably leave my hat out here."

Panel 10 of 11: She slams her car door shut, leaving behind her trans-coloured cap inside her car. Brooke walks away, half-visible at the edge of the panel. A caption reads "*scared of being harrassed*" with an arrow from the caption box pointing towards Brooke's half-visible body.

Panel 11 of 11: The caption reads, "And there it was—". Brooke stands just outside the open door of her car, happily looking at her trans-coloured cap sitting on one of her car seats. She says, "I guess they saw this... that's sweet."

End ID.]

[crystal-clear-crystalline]

フレフレ!

[ ID: A digital drawing of Cure Yell from Hugtto! PreCure! She's drawn from the knees up, smiling at the viewer as she waves her pompoms in the air in front of a blue sky with a rainbow. White flower petals surround her and the train to the bow on her skirt extends out into glowing wings. On her skirt is the artist signature "Crystalline." /. End ID ]

Originally completed on June 25th, 2021

Running around my files again and remembered this lil piece. She's such a sweetheart <3 I love her

[elegyofthemoon]

April 15th: Global Strike

Bisan has called for a global strike on April 15th

"*April 15 is a day of global strike*.. No schools, no movement, no work, no electronic payment, no gas stations. Make more noise and disturb the peace of terrorist politicians in America and IsraHell."

[just-browsing1222-deactivated20]

[ID: Two sceenshots from Bisan's Instagram post regarding the April 15th strike.

The first image shows a photo of Bisan, a young woman with dark curly hair and light skin. She is wearing a dark coat and holding a camera up to her chest, ready to take a photo. She is turned to the left of the picture, and her expression is fierce. Behind her are refugee tents, cobbled together from pieces of metal roofing, dusty-red fabric, and blue tarps.

The second image is a screenshot of the same post's caption. It reads:

"The terrorist Israeli occupation, after half a year, is still insisting on entering Rafah, which is the last city that still contains most of the population of the Gaza Strip.

80% of the Gaza Strip is destroyed and suffers from continuous military invasions, the movement of the Israeli army, besieging hospitals, commit massacres, destroy and blow up residential neighborhoods. And besieging the population and starving them.

The terrorist occupation is committing these crimes in front of the world, and is trying to have more time to destroy the hopes of the displaced to return and kill them with hunger and disease, and make the world get used to what is happening in Gaza and reduce media coverage and solidarity with Palestine, in addition to causing more destruction and strengthening the presence of the Israeli terrorists in Gaza in preparation for stealing the land.

Be smarter than them, and do not leave us to be killed and forgotten. *April 15 is a day of global strike*.. No schools, no movement, no work, no electronic payment, no gas stations. Make more noise and disturb the peace of terrorist politicians in America and IsraHell.

In the picture, me after half a year of documenting the genocide and surviving it daily without being sure of surviving the next day, and I will not stop until this genocide ends and I sit in the middle of my city feeling safe while I help my people rebuild Gaza."

END ID]

[mothergoddessofmadripoor]

[bakudanma]

[ID: a tweet made by twitter user ari⁷🍉 (@/Palestinianbts), the text reads: "it all started oct 7" look at the date of this tweet. Attached to the tweet is another tweet made by the same user on May 5th, 2019. The tweet reads: People in Gaza have been preparing for Ramadan with enthusiasm and happiness just like every Muslim around the world. But Israel had to come and blow up the city and kill Innocent people (and kids) one day before the holy month. My condolences go to their families. Fuck Israel. Attached to the tweet is two photos of an illuminated crescent moon, in the second photo the moon is destroyed. /End ID]

[vash-o-vision]

READ A BOOK ToDAY

[nonbino-chaos-fox]

[Image description: a painting of a person sitting cross-legged while they read a book and from the open book a beam of light is shooting out and covering their head. In the light beam the only thing visible is their skull with its jaw open and streaks being pulled back in the direction that the light beam is headed in. Beneath the person is text written in all capital letters and in red which is "ahhhh" with the final 'H' being cut off by the edge of the canvas. /ID end.]

[kreativekopf]

Illustration by Sara Khateeb

[worthyofmygrace]

[Image ID: Illustration of a figure waving a Palestinian flag on the roof of The Dome of the Rock. Beneath is a conglomeration of people raising their arms. "Palestine" is written in both english and arabic on top and bottom of the image respectively. The image is framed as if it were a postcard stamp. End of ID]

[mr-viwick]

Sharing this here too

I do not usually make posts like this but recently I have seen a lot of content on Instagram, Twitter and I think tiktok too misunderstanding the meaning of intrusive thoughts, which may cause people experiencing them to be upset.

I have tried to shortly explain the difference of impulsive and intrusive and hope it will help people to understand and use the words correctly.

Reblogs are very much appreciated!

[accessibleaesthetics]

[Image Description: Comic about intrusive thoughts. A person with glasses gestures to toward the words: "Intrusive thoughts do not equal impulsive thoughts. Learn the difference." The person then points toward three illustrated examples of a person smiling mischievously as they contemplate three different impulsive thoughts:

I could jump into that water.

I could throw food at my friend.

I could take a bite out of the soap.

The person points at these and says, "These thoughts are impulsive! They are being considered and the person finds them to be fun. Or enjoy to some degree." The person continues, "Intrusive thoughts, on the other hand, are unwanted! They can take many forms, and usually go against one's morals, making them distressing. People with intrusive thoughts do not want to act on them! Their thoughts do not make them bad people!" Text at the end reads: thanks for reading. End Image Description.]

[accessibleaesthetics]

Also to add on to this for my fellow people with OCD, I want to clarify that this comic doesn't 100% cover our situation.

For us, compulsions do often go hand-in-hand with intrusive thoughts, but not in a 1:1 way.

For example, if the intrusive thought is "I'm going to burn the house down," your compulsion isn't going to be setting fire to the house, it's going to be checking that you didn't leave the stove on for the 12th time in the last hour.

This might sound harmless on the surface, but if you're already halfway to the store at this point, "giving in to the the intrusive thoughts" is going to look like you driving all the way back despite logically knowing this is a waste of time, and checking the darn stove yet again. And it's off, of course it's off, but you had to check.

That's not usually what people who talk about "giving in to their intrusive thoughts" mean though.

I explain this because this whole "people who have real intrusive thoughts don't actually want to act of them" can get confusing for people with OCD, and I wanted to clarify that your intrusive thoughts are still very real and valid. Funnily enough, impulsive thoughts can become intrusive with OCD, so it's just a big gray area.

This cartoon is for people who think that those with intrusive thoughts about bad things want to actually do those bad things, which is pretty much never the case.