Willow Melody

a rambling mess given form 27, she/they (any except he/him tbh) aggressively gay in most things

[neirorien]

[datasoong47]

[linguisticparadox]

[r5h]

Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2609/

[bralsra-deactivated20250108]

theres ALWAYS a relevant XKCD for everything huh

[thisshitaintnothintomeman]

just found out i can enter buildings without asking if i just drive my maserati through the front door. weve never been so back

[polarity-disturbed]

big fan of when a character metaphorically sweeps something under the rug, but you can feel them flinch every time they walk over it and feel the crumbs beneath their feet

[lowpawly]

tumblr kinda lives in a weird paradox where lemon demon is cringe drivel but neil cicierega is cool and respected

[triangleguy]

[chilewithcarnage]

this is the second case ive seen of a black child going missing and then found lynched, what the fuck is going on

[glamygdala]

Her name is Juliana Nzita.

[d1anna]

Donate in MEMORY OF JULIANA NZITA, organized by Bueia Umba

Hi, my name is Bueia Umba and I am fundraising for Juliana Nzita. It is with deep sorrow… Bueia Umba necesita tu apoyo para Donate in MEMOR

her family’s gofundme!!

[thewardenisonthecase]

storytelling wise. we need more marriage as horror

[thewardenisonthecase]

you'd think that because the first word in this post is "storytelling" it would make the point that im talking about using marriage as a story device/framework and not talking about the real life institution of marriage. and yet some notes in this post say otherwise.

[tripp-pants-sora]

time to break this out again

[teaboot]

I call it “soft queerphobia”. It’s when you come out to your family and they don’t reject you OR encourage you, they just forget every few months again. I have come out to my father nine times

[prinnay]

2016:

2026:

I'd like to think I improved a little bit over the last decade ;u;

[laterkiss]

happy pride to my favourite post on reddit

[goldcrescent]

I also think that the strength gap is at least partially manufactured women would in fact be stronger overall if little girls were encouraged to do physically taxing games and activities and eat their fill while they’re growing vs having to constantly diet and be sedentary indoors (or god forbid do intense cardio while under-eating). The amount of adult women honestly afraid to lift weights bc they think they’ll get bulky as though bulking isn’t a full time job that athletes have to spend all their time on and anyone on earth gets shredded from just using their adult muscles for their intended purpose, girl your bone density 🥀

[goldcrescent]

if you say women are intentionally nerfed from birth in 2026 people look at you like you’re insane and start condescendingly telling you about how women are just better at different things (but not during their periods haha) but this was a completely basic feminist talking point I grew up with like “girls can do it too! [shot of little girls climbing and running with boys]” nickelodeon commercial tier base level I hate it how is everyone suddenly dumber than the average 7 year old

[cryptotheism]

You deny your weapon it's amazing digital purpose

[voidambassador]

[marauders4evr]

The thing that abled people who advocate for the disabled community don’t get is that there are times when disabilities/accommodations clash. Horribly.

Like I spent years having to come up with a solution to get therapy dogs into a series of residence halls. Why years? Because we had to decide who got to stay and who got to leave: the people who needed therapy dogs or the people with severe allergies to animals. Who got the alternative housing? 

Things like fidget toys might seem great for some disabled people but having them in the room could be distracting/overstimulating for others. The same goes with stimming. It can’t be helped but neither can the anxiety that another person in the room feels as they watch/hear it. Additionally, something like a weighted blanket might immediately calm one kid down and send the other one into a panic attack due to the claustrophobia it causes. (*Points to myself*)

Every Metro bus in New York City has a series of seats at the front that can be lifted up to accommodate people in wheelchairs but if I’m in one of those spots then someone with a cane/walker has to journey even further to sit down.

The flashing lights of a fire alarm are there to help deaf/hearing impaired but if they’re not properly timed, they can also cause a person to have a seizure.

The worst part about all of these is that there is rarely a concrete solution that makes everyone happy/safe. And I’m not here to offer any because I don’t know them. I’m just here to remind you all that as you’re taking your education/health classes, as you’re reading your textbooks, as you’re preparing to go be an advocate, just remember that there is rarely ever such a thing as a one-size-fits-all solution to advocacy and that something you do that can help one disabled person might actually hinder another.

Food for thought.

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

I have heard this referred to by some in the disability advocacy profession as “duelling disabilities” and it’s definitely something I wish people would be more mindful of when discussing accessibility.

[startledoctopus]

another useful term is “competing access needs” or incompatible access needs.

[startledoctopus]

i just came across the term “access friction” that was coined as an extension of the “competing access needs” to remove the idea of competition, winning and losing

Access Friction Explained - Calling Up Justice!

Calling Up Justice is creating a resource on access frictions because there are multiple meanings and applications of the term. Access frict

[kelpforestdwellers]

This is also one of several good reasons the phrase ‘fully accessible’ means nothing without further context. Your venue is fully accessible? To whom?

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Reblogging this version for the excellent turn of phrase, and the link that goes with it.

Also, while I was reading this, a slogan popped into my head:

The best accessibility is flexibility.

[casgirl]

Characters who are like “let’s run away together let’s get away from all this” when it’s already too late!!!!!!!

[lezbi0nic]

Its so hard to take bunnies seriously when they're mad. Like okay, yes you're upset but you're also wiggling your nose and stomping your little foot. That's not threatening in the slightest.

[babushkaat]

[babushkaat]