February 2012
174 posts
youneedacat:
Moniquilliloquies.: The connection between self-help fanatics and people who build walls of jargon.
saynathespiffy:
jewelweed:
mnome:
kiriamaya:
youneedacat:
I figured out something I couldn’t explain before about the way some people use social justice jargon.
A long time ago there was this time period when I’d keep meeting people who said they were really into...
I Honestly Don't Really Care How Otherkin Want To...
swanblood:
suntooth:
grumpyhispanic:
Alright, so there’s been a bunch of debating and arguing about otherkin around the net recently. Otherkin seem to feel belittled and made fun of by others. My thought on it is, hey, you aren’t hurting me, do what you want. I DON’T CARE. I DO NOT GIVE A MINISCULE DOUBLE THRUST OF A FUCK. You can think of yourself as whatever you want. End of story....
(TW: Ableist slur) Being racist is not being...
fourloves:
flutterflyinvasion:
stogucheme:
secretsofthedisabled:
thetaylordetroye:
iamabutchsolo:
In class today we were talking about all of these cases of race-infused violence in the south during the Civil Rights Movement, and Emmett Till came up. And of course we talked about how brutal his murder was - he was beaten, shot in the head, drowned, one of his eyes was gouged out. There...
What is ableist discourse according to Feministe?
allies-person:
The Feministe Comments policy contains this clause:
We will do what is possible to prevent publishing comments that are racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic, or transphobic. (Italics in original)
I’m hardly the first to point out that this often does not happen. (Moreover, sometimes the bigoted comments are from the original post.)
I have repeatedly pointed out that mainstream...
eateroftrees:
Oh god I just saw someone talk about how otherkin are mocking science.
I kind of want to reply by saying “Your failure to understand the distinction between ‘science’, ie the epistemological framework, and ‘currently excepted theories’ ie the result of science, is making a mockery of a Serious Rigorous Discipline; please stop.”
(…not that I actually think science is SERIOUS...
Third and final part of our Blogaround Recap!
theloudhandsproject:
First part here, second here. The blogaround is over, but every single post is worth revisiting!
The final two posts of the blogaround were done by Twitchy Woman and Paula. Twitchy Woman talks about the tension between passing and living (see our call for video clips if you want to get involved there,) saying
So lately, as I’ve been becoming more and more “out” in various...
Sane Old Same Old- Musings: Tumblr Autism... →
youneedacat:
saneoldsameold:
How do you guys feel about the line between PDD-NOS and Asperger’s? The line has been shown over and over again to really be left up to individual physicians to draw, so I think of them rather similarly. In my mind, the difference has nothing to do with symptoms and everything to do with your…
My shorter answer: No. That is not even close to appropriation.
My...
Grumble.
youneedacat:
Okay here’s the thing when some people think that being disabled must be wonderful because you “don’t have to work”. Okay there’s a lot of problems with that idea, not least of which is that all the stuff we have to do to function all day is at least as draining as a job would be to most people. But one specific thing: If you’re unable to work because you’re disabled, you’re also...
5 tags
“Society has a problem with female nudity when it is not … ”—Badu pauses to get...”
– Erykah Badu: June/July Cover Story [Pg 1] | VIBE (via sexisbeautiful)
Yes, perfect.
(via alienshexv)
BADU!
(via newwavefeminism)
“When you talk about a revolution most people think ‘violence’ without realizing...”
– Angela Davis, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (via younggiftedblaq)
Please sign this petition calling on the Canadian... →
miseengarde:
According to a government statistic, young Indigenous women in Canada are five times more likely than other women of the same age to die as the result of violence. The Native Women’s Association of Canada has documented more than 580 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, most within the last three decades. Because of gaps in police and government reporting, the...
For swanblood. One more story to make it true.
swanblood:
tolivealifeinflame:
The Seasons rote a storybook about sans and songs. They wrote it for all the swangirls hidden in plain view, they wrote it for all the other people too. They wrote it for the wolfboys and the ghostgirls and the tigerpeople. They wrote it for the fae and the angels and the other people who might have a bit of them inside. They wrote it for everyone But it was a...
Enabling [tw: SI, alcohol]
swanblood:
youarenotyou:
“Enabling” is a term that goes two ways.
It’s (generally) bad if it means making excuses for, and supporting someone who is being abusive or otherwise harmful to themselves or others.
But it can also be a positive thing in the sense of accommodations. To mean supporting people as they are, rather than attempting to force them into normative, more socially acceptable...
Disabled cats vs. cat books
youneedacat:
Yes I’m writing a lot. I think because I’m nervous about my dad.
Just about every book on cat care I have ever owned says not to adopt a cat if the cat appears sick or disabled in any way. This really pisses me off because this has to mean that a lot of disabled cats die in shelters, if they weren’t killed just for being sick or disabled to begin with.
The thing is that, like...
draggle:
Me: Are you sure ‘Rose’ wasn’t the answer to the granddaughter question? Cleverbot: I’m sure I don’t know. Me: So how long will my lineage last? How many centuries or millenia? Cleverbot: Three weeks. Maybe.
This is scary.
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draggle:
Me: How many kids do you have? Cleverbot: I have 4 kids. Me: What are your kids’ names? Cleverbot: I don’t have any kids.
Oh, by the way draggle, thank you for introducing me to Cleverbot.
sex and violins?: I fucking hate art students. →
youneedacat:
downdowntogoblintown:
But earlier today I hung out with some and I gotta rant for just a second.
Hi, my name is Emma and I have no formal training in any kind of art whatsoever. Actually, that is a lie. I have exactly one year of art school under my belt. I dropped out. I couldn’t afford it, the school I went to was…
I don’t know you at all, was just going through random tags...
Call for video clips
theloudhandsproject:
Call for video clips
The Loud Hands Project, an initiative of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, is planning a video which looks at the impact of passing and the demand to pass on Autistics who can or are forced to attempt to mask their autistic traits. We are also interested in exploring the impact on autistic people of being told that they don’t “deserve” to qualify...
“11. Bring consent out of the bedroom. I think part of the reason we have trouble...”
– Holly over at The Pervocracy with an excellent 101 post on Consent Culture. Read the whole thing.
(via a-bayani)
Even out of the micro-“lunch table” type examples, the idea of non-consent is so pervasively intertwined in western/north american culture. it is cousins to the “i know, better than...
a large, fruit-eating bat.: meh →
youneedacat:
megachiropteran:
i read a post about someone being upset that their friend is no longer the same person because they’ve experienced an injury that has changed their brain function and left them helpless in a hospital. and while i’m sure the person meant it to be a very personal thing (and if you are reading this,…
Warning to whoever the OP is responding to: You may not want to...
My Little Witchy
draggle:
troubletail:
Fanart/request art for Draggle of her namesake from the original MLP series as a G4 pony, altered from this base by Liamb145.
There are a few scrobbly bits where PNG transparency weirdness lost the original’s black outlines and I had to try to recreate them by mouse, but the rest of the edits (even the horn) went surprisingly well, and I had a lot of fun playing with...
draggle:
Faux News: My Little Pony Pushes Interdependence Message
Well, actually, they just say it’s super girly and how dare males ever enjoy it, but if Faux had existed in the ’80s, they’d say that type of thing.
Yeah, in fact they are great to make me want to see movies and show!
Still waiting for “The Muppets” not yet on theatres in Switzerland and France
I want to see...
“in fact, my son identified with animals more than humans because of not having...”
– Cybermaurn
I couldn’t find the time she and I talked about it. But as I recall, her son had been typing long vowel strings in between English words, and only after she asked what that was about did he tell her they were Siamese cat words.
And of course yet more proof that the empathy/autism thing...
youneedacat:
sometimes davids autism really bugs me
allies-person:
draggle:
ghostspoons:
draggle:
ghostspoons:
draggle:
ghostspoons:
ghostspoons:
he doesnt care about people
like
911 - doesnt give a shit, he didnt know them, why should he care?
famine in africa - same as above
homeless people on the streets - same as above
also he`s racist, he is equal opportunity racist...
sometimes davids autism really bugs me →
draggle:
humainsvolants:
draggle:
ghostspoons:
ghostspoons:
he doesnt care about people
like
911 - doesnt give a shit, he didnt know them, why should he care?
famine in africa - same as above
homeless people on the streets - same as above
also he`s racist, he is equal opportunity racist tho, he hates everyone, including those of…
he`s my husband, its kinda hard not to hang out...
sometimes davids autism really bugs me (Now... →
draggle:
ghostspoons:
ghostspoons:
he doesnt care about people
like
911 - doesnt give a shit, he didnt know them, why should he care?
famine in africa - same as above
homeless people on the streets - same as above
also he`s racist, he is equal opportunity racist tho, he hates everyone, including those of…
he`s my husband, its kinda hard not to hang out with him….
also, i should...
I do kind of find it funny when I hear "Oh, I... →
draggle:
deaf-aspie:
Or, alternatively, “Um, if you don’t like it, don’t reblog!”
First of all, you published it, publicly, on a public forum, on a public blogging service which doesn’t limit who can see whose blog. That’s like asking for privacy while you scream your conversation in the middle of a crowded NYC sidewalk. Uh huh, soon as we all turn off our senses and get rid of our blogs, you...
