black lives matter

gray (they/them) 30. democratic socialist. white. tme. autistic. ocd. eds. art enthusiast. dog lover. among other things. this blog is pro LGBTQ+. no terfs or exclusionists allowed ask me for my SPOP/ATLA blog

[catgirlapologist]

happy sad catgirl saturday

[cantabilechaos]

People show even the slightest bit of humanity towards people from impoverished rural areas challenge

[cantabilechaos]

Average internet leftist think for two seconds before condemning every Appalachian redneck or impoverished southerner as dumb as dirt three-toothed nationalist caricature challenge

[cithaerons]

via https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html

With Roe Overturned, How State Abortion Laws Are Changing

The New York Times is tracking abortion laws in each state following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

[yuri-alexseygaybitch]

Really the main problem is politicians have forgotten they can be killed

[finalgrrrl]

donate to an abortion fund rn <33

[finalgrrrl]

USA

a list of state-specific funds

national network of abortion funds

indigenous women rising; abortion fund

national abortion federation 

women’s reproductive rights assistance project 

INTERNATIONAL

international planned parenthood federation

partners for reproductive justice (africa, asia, the americas)

fondo de aborto para la justicia social (mexico)

mabia (ghana)

bangladesh women’s health coalition

abortion without borders (poland, uk, the netherlands, germany)

women help women (based in the netherlands, buts works internationally in europe)

abortion dream team (poland)

[finalgrrrl]

bringing this back :////

[sawasawako-archived]

i want freedom to stop being a constant struggle

[toastbutteregg]

[expensivemagiccc]

[biglawbear]

I am a GUEST and I do not DESERVE to use the good normal cups, I may only use the worst cup you have

[tytoalbion]

Counterpoint, I am a guest and I DESIRE to use the WORST possible cup I can find that you have hidden away

[valtsv]

enough feminist retellings where the princess saves herself from the dragon. we need more feminist retellings where the princess and the dragon are a con artist duo scamming the knights of the realm.

[fluffycloudhead]

You mean Peach and Bowser?

[valtsv]

obsessed with the implications of this actually

[catgirlapologist]

we don’t talk enough about how freeing a diagnosis can be. it gives you an explanation for the symptoms you experience, it helps you find a community full of people like you, it results in you getting the exact treatment you need. whenever i tell people about finally getting my diagnosis they act like it’s bad news but it couldn’t be more of the opposite. it fills me with so much relief that i’m not alone in this and there’s an explanation for why i struggle with what i struggle with. it genuinely helps me a lot and it makes me sad people treat it like it’s something bad

[powerburial]

i love all that old testament stuff where god was like i dare you to kill that baby

[southlandghost]

The autistic urge to break into an aquarium at night just to be there by yourself, listening to music on your phone and watching the fish for hours

[sagihairius]

no phone i did not “miss a call” i watched it ring the whole time

[yellowmonday-deactivated2022120]

i think janitor should be the highest paying job in a society

[evilnicegirl]

what they dont tell you about those little hand baskets in the grocery store is if you put enough things in them they get heavy

[jedi-valjean]

You know that tweet that’s like “3 year-olds are convinced they have perfect communication skills and everyone around them is a just little bit stupid?” That’s just the lifelong autistic experience

[papasmoke]

Yeah Hillary. We should hold everyone responsible for hospital bombings accountable.

[luxlightly]

While I agree that there are more things nowadays to overwhelm autistic people specifically than in past times in history, I think that's not the main reason that we're seeing such intense rates of autistic burnout. To the point where it's becoming difficult or impossible for many otherwise highly independent autistics, like myself, to hold standard employment without incurring serious damage to our minds and bodies.

Burnout is not exclusive to autism, of course. It's the expending of too much mental and physical energy over too long a period of time until periods of rest can no longer make up for it and the body and mind basically just give up completely. Autistic burnout is specifically related to the extra energy that autistic people have to expend in order to "mask" and try to function in neurotypical society and to deal with overwhelming sensory input

I don't think that the rates at which autistics are burning out (and by extension, being diagnosed more often since diagnosis is often withheld from anyone able to manage their symptoms) is because that sensory input is just so much more intense nowadays or really anything to do with it being worse now for autistics in particular.

I think the working world, especially within the millennial and older gen z generations, is on the brink of total burn out. Autistic people just are hitting it a bit earlier due to the added factors of normal autistic stressors. That extra expending of energy pushed us over the edge into burnout but the rest of the world is not far behind. Allistics are running on the energy that autistics had to spend already but it can't last very long and I think it won't be long until we have an entire workforce that's functionally completely disabled for an indeterminate amount of time.

The world of employment is rapidly becoming completely uninhabitable and autistic people are the canaries of this particular coal mine.