Social Justice Mage

Xeno. 22. nonbinary. bi/aceish. autistic, mad, neurodivergent. they/them/their. let me know if you need me to tag anything i'm not tagging (or tagging well) or if there's other ways i can make my blog more accessible

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ice cream asks

chocolate: when was your first kiss?

french vanilla: how old are you?

cotton candy: three places you want to travel to?

strawberry: a language you wish you could speak?

coffee: favorite cosmetic brands?

mint chocolate chip: indoors or outdoors?

cookie dough: do you play any instruments?

rocky road: favorite songs at the moment?

butter pecan: favorite songs for life?

cheesecake: what's your zodiac sign?

toasted coconut: the beach or the pool?

chocolate chip: what's your most popular post?

bubblegum: books or movies?

pistachio: manga or anime?

salted caramel: favorite movies?

birthday cake: favorite books?

moose tracks: favorites for manga?

orange sherbet: favorites for anime?

peanut butter: favorite academic subject?

black raspberry: do you have any pets?

mango: when and why did you start your blog?

mocha: ideal weather conditions?

black cherry: four words that describe you?

neapolitan: things that stress you out?

raspberry truffle: favorite kind of music?

chocolate marshmallow: favorite brands of candy?

toffee: a card game that you're good at?

lemon custard: do you eat breakfast?

dark chocolate: turn ons?

fudge: turn offs?

peach: how do you relax?

praline: a popular book you haven't read yet?

superman: do you like sweaters?

cherry: do you drink tea or coffee?

dulce de leche: an instrument you wish you could play?

blackberry: have you ever laughed so hard you cried?

ginger: a new feature you wish tumblr could have?

blueberry lemon: favorite blogs?

almond: favorite mean girls quote?

butterscotch: what color are your nails right now?

cinnamon: have you ever been confessed to?

blue moon: have you ever had a crush on someone?

cappuccino crunch: do you take naps?

mint: the most embarrassing thing you've ever done?

brownie batter: do you like sushi?

key lime: where do you want to be right now?

red velvet: do you wear prescription glasses?

green tea: favorite flavors of ice cream?

[rockpaperscissorsglue]

Welcome, 2017. Rise up.

[thehopefulhello]

[dragonheartftherpays]

I did a very quick, sketchy comic because I was extremely inspired by this post. (Credit to @pinkdiamondprince for the original post.)

The entire analogy was just fantastic and so, so accurate, and I wanted to make a comic for it, even if it’s very sketchy because my attention span is nil.

[spongebob-autisticquestions]

To other autistic people, when you’re going through sensory overload, or a meltdown/shutdown, what is it that usually helps you to feel calmer afterwards?

[butterflyinthewell]

I need things to slow down, stop or get quieter while I collect myself. Sometimes I have to create that by covering my ears and / or closing my eyes.

[natureautie]

I have to separate myself from the stim. Physically I have to get away. During that time I don’t want anyone near me. Stimming helps.

[13faeinapenguinsuit]

All of the above. Plus I have often have to navigate SIBs, which involves deliberately replacing the SIB with another stim that covers for both the SIB and the initial trigger stim.

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also comfort music and (light, comedy) tv, food if i'm hungry (being hungry makes overstimulation and irritability much worse), maybe gentle nonintrusive hugs and presence of a person i'm close with depending on how i feel

[spongebob-autisticquestions]

To other autistic people, how do you personally feel in environments such as airports or busy railway stations?

[butterflyinthewell]

noisenoisenoiseNOISENOISENOISE Loud.

[13faeinapenguinsuit]

Tooooo much make it stop stop stop stop.

[natureautie]

I love trains totally and absolutely. Because of this, train stations are fascinating to me. Airports, malls, loud parties… not so much.

[13faeinapenguinsuit]

OH MY GOSH THAT IS WHY I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH AIRPORTS SPECIFICALLY PLANES WERE A SPECIAL INTEREST GROWING UP!

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i feel really stressed if there's not enough time and as a trans person i HATE airport security (i get patted down and asked invasive questions every time) but other than that i actually kind of enjoy airports and train stations as liminal spaces. airports are cool to explore and i'm finally able to stop feeling guilty about being online or reading for pleasure or whatever cause there's no work i'm supposed to be doing, all there is to do is wait.

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Me: Everyone deserves to feel good about themselves.

Others: Yes! Omg, yes!

Me: Even fat people.

Others: Ummm

Me: Even fat people who are unhealthy.

Others: Errrr

Me: Even unhealthy fat people who don't want to lose weight deserve to feel good about themselves.

Others: Wow no.

[waxingpoeticbinarythinking-deac]

i’d like to add that when it comes to mentally ill people and disabled people it’s construed as a choice between homelessness and institutionalization. i am so fucking sick of hearing people say “wow, sure are a lot of homeless schizophrenics, maybe we should bring the institutions back???“ like fuck you, as if the only two options are letting us die in the streets or locking us away in an institution. as if there isnt an option where we get to be included in society and treated like people

[innocencelives]

shoutout to people with simultaneously great and terrible memories. like oh yeah i remember in perfect detail that random story you told about the banana costume from a year ago but all of novemeber? completely blank.

[theartofanimation]

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[zanabism-deactivated20200529]

Chelsea Manning has only 10 days to secure 62k more signatures on her petition for the commutation of her sentence and release. please take a moment to sign. you do NOT have to be american to sign the petition.

[slowtistic-deactivated20180406]

like not to be negative but yr not gonna get someone’s sentence overturned or commuted with a whitehouse.org petition

[zanabism-deactivated20200529]

Chelsea Manning’s legal team filed for a formal commutation of her sentence on November 14th. you can read the full application here. while the petition is not the sole basis for her release, it is being used to expedite the process of assessing her eligibility for commutation while obama is still in office and the acting president. 

comments like this are not only a little irritating but they’re also just totally misinformed. like political prisoners rely on petitions a lot to gain local, national and eventually international support and have been effective in the past in expediting their release process. this defeatist “nothing will ever change oh well” attitude is such a waste of time and kind of pretentious. like i can understand the cynicism and pessimism–but it would be worthwhile to recognize that there is no better time than right now to campaign for her release. this is the most optimal time period to apply pressure to the obama admin to commute her sentence. sign the petition. 

[saintsoup]

“hey i’m emotionally unstable and not good at texting do you wanna date me”

[justsomeantifas]

New York Times: “Michigan students say that before the election, attitudes were less intense….”

“…Now tensions are heightened. According to a campus wide message from Mark Schlissel, the university’s president, bias incidents on both sides have been reported. A student walking near campus was threatened with being lit on fire because she wore a hijab. Other students were accused of being racist for supporting Mr. Trump.” (x)

Ah yes, both sides. One is threatening to light someone of fire due to their religious beliefs and the other called people racist for voting for a racist bigot. Very comparable. Both sides, indeed. 

[arthurmorgans]

[womanh0od]

No, the DAPL is not dead. No, we didn’t win. No, no, no. It’s a trick. The Army Corps of Engineers has declined to grant the easement for Energy Transfer Partners’ drilling under Lake Oahe. This isn’t the same as denying it outright. What it means is that they will do a limited Environmental Impact Study before allowing the drilling. The EIS could take months, by which time Trump will be president and they hope all the water protectors leave so they can finish the pipeline quietly with no media attention.

Rax Symelich (via

womanh0od

)

Work has been halted. Some good has been done. But it doesn’t mean it’s over yet! Stay woke!

(via realraven)

This is what I’ve been afraid of. If they go quiet for months and the protesters & media all go home, they can do whatever they want once the spotlight’s off.

(via foulmouthedliberty)

Really, figure anything we protest will have to continue until Jan 2021 without break.  Otherwise they will just continue each project, look how action died out for Flint since the last Candidate appearance.

(via iammyfather)

THE MEDIA OFTEN PUBLISHES STORIES OF “WINS” SO PEOPLE DIE DOWN ABOUT PROTESTING. DO NOT BE FOOLED.

(via sushinfood)

[snorlaxatives]

[itsmygoddamnboat]

I’m tired of ~diversity~ meaning the core white people are safe while the poc get cycled in and out and tortured and sidelined, the lgbt characters can’t have happy relationships and the women can’t interact for more than five minutes. I’m tired of white people and straight people and men patting themselves on the back for regurgitating the same bullshit tropes and calling it art.