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my mom's bf ""joking"" about how I'd need 2 for my toes cut off because I was born with clinodactyly (curled fingers or toes) in my 2 ring toes (is that the name for them?). he'd also find it funny when little kid me would start crying at those ""jokes"". luckily he stopped those ""jokes"" but they still hurt and made me insecure.

This is deformimisia. What a horrific thing to joke about.

#deformity #limb deformity #deformimisia #clinodactyly #toe deformity #tw parental abuse #tw parental issues #tw mutilation

I'm busy with a painting inbetween the homework of my writing classes I just started. However, then I remembered that post @vespersposts shared once on the topic of AI art and disability. More specifically of how certain artists who were paralyzed started painting with their mouths. There is one in particular, Huang Guofo, who paints with the combination of BOTH his mouth and feet. Something most people, not even in real life, know about me, is that I was born with congenital claw toes, a toe deformity that resulted in all of my smaller toes growing in a curled way. Only my big toes are normal. As a child, I had already noticed my claw toes allowed me to do certain things with my feet instead of my hands with more ease then you normal toed tolk. Like using the remote control with my feet. I've tried typing with my toes too on my keyboard-because I'm not used to it I am slow and it's difficult for me to see which keys I am pressing unless I put my laptop to the ground but I can fully type with my toes. So then I was like, 'Why the fuck am I not learning myself how to paint with my feet?! Why not actually use my deformity to show to the world what claw toes are capable off?! I've gotten jokes about it all my life, a remark about my feet was literally the first thing my aunt ever said about me according to my mom, I have gotten injured so many times with my feet because I cannot afford to get shoes specially made for my feet. Yet I am not even allowed to join the Body Positivity movement according to fat activists because I am a size 4. Despite everyone always wanting to make me feel so insecure about my deformed feet... Well, you normal toed people, SCREW YOU.' So now I'm trying to learn how to paint with my feet! My first attempt wasn't downright terrible, nor was it good. I'm definitely sticking to working with both and retouching my painting wherever it gets too messy with my hands, but it's not too terrible that I am getting discouraged.

#art #painting #self made art #self love #self empowerment #deformity #claw toes #toe deformity #a curse might be a blessing in disguise sometimes #painting with hands AND feet #people are bitches to the deformed #the deformed community deserves more love #I love my toes #please love your deformity #you're okay just the way you are

the fact that we can't talk openly about our toe deformity (+ potential spine deformity) without people hating or assuming we're faking because we "look" normal and can hide our deformity. we hate it a lot. we just want to be able to talk about stuff without giving "proof" of it.

we don't owe anyone medical records or photos or whatever as "proof" of our deformity.

This is deformimisia, and very relatable to me (and my system.)

#deformimisia #deformity #anti beauty culture #physical disability #ableism #physically disabled #angry cripple #torso deformity #torsal deformity #limb deformity #toe deformity

Alright this one is a bit light hearted and funny.

I know it is technically deformimisia but luckily for myself, it didn't make me feel bad and still cracks me up to this day.

My ring toe on my right foot it tiny and deformed, its about half the size of my pinky toe and barley has a nail.

So I was running arojnd barefoot as a kid, and some other kid saw my toe and fucking screamed at the top of his lungs cause for whatever reason he thought that I had just at that second got the tip of my toe cut off somehow. There wasn't blood or anything he just decided that's what happened.

I still giggle about it, it was so dumb

This is deformimisia.

#ableism #deformimisia #deformity #limb deformity #toe deformity #foot deformity

Claw Toe Appreciation post

I mentioned before I was born with congenital claw toes, a toe deformity. I recently answered a few questions from @evelhak which included a question about shoes where I mentioned that the muscle area in my feet is different too and this causes a lot of problems with shoewear. However, there is one advantage to my feet that I didn't mention in regards to shoewear. Its flip-flops. I cannot relate to finding it hard to run on flip-flops AT ALL. Especially when they're the cheap rubber ones from the likes of the Primark. Bitch I LIVE on rubber flip-flops during the summer, I've done so since childhood and you're looking at the person who used to be that active kid who'd walk to the next village for a fun trip. It's literally one of my favorite perks of the summer season. My teachers used to warn me about running on my flip-flops when I was a kid, only to show them time and time again that there was nothing to worry about as I never got injured. I still haven't. You know why? It's the muscles and joints I talked about that are different, according to a quick Google search to get the name right, it's what you call your 'toe knuckle' which is extended in my feet. I've always preferred to walk tip-toed and when my feet are unrestrained I even have a tendency of not using the entire arch with every step and you can spot me occasionally just going from the tip of my feet to the next when running. That's all because of my superior toe knuckles and the ease I have landing on mine. I also mentioned before how my toes' bend shape has its perks when it comes to grabbing stuff with my feet. When you combine a better grip on flip-flops with running mostly on ones toe knuckles, its actually pretty easy to run on flip-flops. Sure, even my feet don't have a 100% ratio and sometimes I lose one if I run but even that rate is small. I thank the universe for my mother, who doesn't have claw toes but also swears to cheap rubber flip-flops during summer season (though she is less inclined to run in hers). She even walks barefoot on rare occasions and always allowed me to do the same. Because people with autism often like to walk on their tip-toes most people who know me never questioned me about the way I walk and assume its an autistic trait of mine when no, its just my bigger toe knuckles who hate shoewear. Have I already mentioned I cannot wait until its summer so I can start wearing my flip-flops again?

#tetsutalk #claw toes #toe deformity #toe knuckles #flip-flops #when there are plus sides to having a deformity

I am here sharing how my toes look like and how I hold my painting brush when painting with my feet in case anyone is actually curious about how it looks like.

This is how claw toes look like

(Side view so you can see how my toes curl)

This is how I hold my brush. If I keep my toes completely still it's quite the iron grip. The biggest difficulty for me so far, is the control over my leg. It's much more difficult to keep my leg suspended in the air to paint then using my arm, so I am still a bit shaky when it comes to painting with my feet

(PS, congenital claw toes is a symmetrical deformity, my other foot also has my toes like this, each of them curled to the same degree as this foot)

#painting #Toe deformity #Claw toes #Using my curled toes for a superior grip #I literally just need to wedge a brush between them for a stable grip

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