if you made a blog for mainly your own enjoyment- not to cater to others, your blog can be inaccessible as fuck, I see blogs the same as diaries or sketchbooks, you don't have to show them to anyone or everyone, decorate them how you want to, you aren't expected to add braille to your diaries or notebooks- even if you publicly share them! So why the hell are you considered the devil and ableist for not providing image description, plain text or even inclusive language in your post? I'm sorry, but my blog is for my enjoyment first and foremost, if you happen to come across it and enjoy it, great! if it isn't for you, it isn't for you! If the theme isn't for you? ITS NOT FOR YOU, if its inaccessible? ITS NOT FOR YOU! if it uses language you don't like? ITS NOT FOR YOU! Accessing my blog isn't a necessity! You don't NEED to access my blog! I promise you, you will do fine without my blog!
And yes, I get wanting accessibility, that is more then fair! And those who are willing to put descriptions, not theme their blog, or do other small sacrifices, good! Great even! but the moment you DEMAND someone to brush aside how to theme their own diary/sketchbook/blog? Especially if you deem them ableist? that's where the issue rises.
(as an extra: why its not ableist to not make your blog accessible? because if your blog is not catered for other people- and is mostly if not entirely for yourself, it exists for YOUR enjoyment first and foremost, its a hobby, and for someone to ask you to quit your hobby for them because they can't access your specific instance of that hobby is plain wrong! And no, you can't demand them to just private their blog/hobby either, if they want some people to access it, then it is what it is)
So kindly, to those who have bad vision, need screen readers, or anything else that causes them to need image descriptions, plain text and/or more? With plenty of annoyance from me, stop villainizing people who decide to theme their blogs and/or not provide image descriptions, if its not accessible, its not for you, and its ok, you'll find another enjoyable and accessible blog, you'll be fine! just stop fucking villainizing people who have hobbies!
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