March 2012
657 posts
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Aromanticism: Not The Same As Touch Aversion
eateroftrees:
metapianycist:
writingfromfactorx:
I am so, so sick of seeing otherwise good asexuality articles define aromanticism as “not wanting to be touched.” The current one that set this off includes the line “[aromantics] often shirk away from physical touch,” for fuck’s sake. (Not linking because I’m opting to leave a polite comment at the source in an attempt to create dialogue and...
pieces of magic
fragilediaries:
wintersbones:
a closed wardrobe with forgotten winter coats hiding a magic world
a dusty attic filled with memories
a train to an unknown place
carols
chiming bells
fairy lights
glitter
glitter globes
golden compass
icy fingers and inked knees
letter sent to strangers
lost keys
music boxes
paper snowflakes and cotton clouds
silver locket
telescope
...
NO ONE has the responsibility to survive, or meet...
tegidsystem:
harrycryirk:
rawr grrrr rawrgle.
Still, ideally one would make sure any children, etc., for whom they are responsible are in good care.
But yeah, we firmly agree.
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NO ONE has the responsibility to survive, or meet...
draggle:
alienjournal, Tumblr is being a jerk and now my last response is gone and I can’t quote you. What I said was
“But that has nothing to do with your rights. If someone were hurting you and you tried to stop it, but were constantly met with ‘YOU’RE TOO INCOMPETENT TO UNDERSTAND’ or ‘YOU’RE SOCIALLY DISABLED, SO YOU CAN’T PERCEIVE SOCIAL SITUATIONS’, then that would be dead wrong.”
I’m...
TL;DR: So a question for people with platonic... →
kazaera:
writingfromfactorx:
physistorian:
Or zucchinis or whatever you like to call them:
How exactly did you get together? Because I can’t for the life of me figure out how to platonically ask someone out.
Really awkward conversations about the state of the friendship? Involving, in one case, increasingly less…
I wish all of tumblr (well, not the trolls) to know that that awkward...
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“There have been about 514 Leap Years since Caesar...
Good to know, the wrld has already ended, in fact no one of us is actually alive.
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“TRIGGER WARNING, EXTREME ABLEISM, HATE:
Name one contribution you have made to...”
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Some guy actually said this to me. I may have the words slightly wrong because this was years ago but the guy was really being that blunt. The topic of conversation was why it would have been better if I never existed. (via youneedacat)
In the now immortal words of Neurodivergent K, “Sweet...
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“MASSIVE TRIGGER WARNING MENTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE, ABUSE:
Please...”
– Letters From Guantanamo.
Shaker Aamer has been detained in Guantanamo for the past ten years without committing a single offence. “Fears are growing for the welfare of Mr Aamer, from south London, who is now 45 and has a wife and four children. He has never met his youngest son. His lawyers are...
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“You would be surprised what people will say when they think they are in the...”
– Barb Rentenbach (via youneedacat)
PLEASE HELP →
liveloveandmath:
andromedalogic
postmodernismruinedme:
fuckyeahsexeducation:
duessa:
gimpunk:
Earlier today fuckthedisabled closed her blog saying, “At this point it is entirely too frustrating, and I do not believe that my presence here is productive.” and then wrote me privately informing me she was committing suicide.
I have been trying since then to find any way of contacting her or...
"Real" blog fodder.
sherlocksflataffect:
For autism ridiculosity month I try to write scathing awesomeness, or at least thoughtful awesomeness, on my real blog.
I’m feeling a touch burned out & it’s manifesting as inability to think of things to write about. Last year I reposted stuff from my old blog mostly, & did “Autism Is”, but I want to do better than that this year.
Real blog is Radical...
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(D'ont click this link, TW Ableism of... →
youneedacat:
sherlocksflataffect:
deaf-autie:
jokunibe:
This really hits home for me. The last data showed 1 out of 110 children in the US who were diagnosed with autism and now CDC has estimated 1 out of every 88 children with autism. Autism can now be considered an epidemic! Take time to read the article and become aware of the increasing numbers and educate yourself.
If you have time,...
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eateroftrees:
Oh shit I need to get my laundry done so I can be sure to have orange to wear for Fuck Autism Speaks Like Seriously day. (Or “autism awareness day” as they like to call it.)
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[TRIGGER WARNING: transphobia,...
jemimaaslana:
[TRIGGER WARNING: transphobia, institutionalization of trans people] ]Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal
absquesetentia:
thatfeministdyke:
transawareness:
The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she...
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Autism Awareness Day is April 2nd!!
sherlocksflataffect:
deaf-autie:
sikk-wid-it:
I challenge everyone on tumblr to wear blue and post pics of themselves that day and submit it to my tumblr at sikk-wid-it.tumblr I would like to see how many people will do this! Please reblog, repost ect. Let’s see if I can get 50 people to do it..
No.
Counterchallenge:
People who respect autistics, even a little, wear anything BUT blue...
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Five hundred new fairytales discovered in Germany →
swangirl:
endofmarch:
Collection of fairytales gathered by historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth had been locked away in an archive in Regensburg for over 150 years
My heart actually skipped a beat!!
Aaaah this is the best thing I’ve heard in such a long time!
This Is Awesome!
“Once a young woman asked me,
“How does it feel to be a man?”
And I replied,...”
– Hafiz (translated by Daniel Ladinsky)
Autism can now be considered an EPIDEMIC →
sherlocksflataffect:
deaf-autie:
jokunibe:
This really hits home for me. The last data showed 1 out of 110 children in the US who were diagnosed with autism and now CDC has estimated 1 out of every 88 children with autism. Autism can now be considered an epidemic! Take time to read the article and become aware of the increasing numbers and educate yourself.
If you have time, please donate...
PLEASE HELP
bloodybionicbones:
gimpunk:
Earlier today fuckthedisabled closed her blog saying, “At this point it is entirely too frustrating, and I do not believe that my presence here is productive.” and then wrote me privately informing me she was committing suicide.
I have been trying since then to find any way of contacting her or her sister to no avail and I am left needing to ask publicly if anyone...
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❧: codeman38: With the new CDC estimates, this... →
draggle:
codeman38:
With the new CDC estimates, this Autism Awareness Day is going to be even more painful to deal with than usual.
I think I’m going to need a lot of virtual hugs come Monday.
*whimper*
Agreed, so will I.
*hugs in advance*
Not to mention, the accusations of causing autism…
Hugs in advances to both of you… I hope that at least on the internet all our fellows...
swanblood:
pantherahugs:
museanity replied to your post: museanity replied to your post: [TW: ableist…
I suppose, but in terms of slurs, insane is pretty tame. I mean, I hate assholes, but I wonder if we as a society are going too far with calling something a slur. Not that people should feel oppressed, but a line needs to be drawn.
Why does a line need to be drawn?
Why can’t people...
PLEASE HELP →
sherlocksflataffect:
draggle:
gimpunk:
Earlier today fuckthedisabled closed her blog saying, “At this point it is entirely too frustrating, and I do not believe that my presence here is productive.” and then wrote me privately informing me she was committing suicide.
I have been trying since then to find any way of contacting her or her sister to no avail and I am left needing to ask...
PLEASE HELP →
draggle:
gimpunk:
Earlier today fuckthedisabled closed her blog saying, “At this point it is entirely too frustrating, and I do not believe that my presence here is productive.” and then wrote me privately informing me she was committing suicide.
I have been trying since then to find any way of contacting her or her sister to no avail and I am left needing to ask publicly if anyone has any...
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“Except you can’t show a topless woman on TV - and you can’t defibrillate a woman...”
– distractedbyshinyobjects
re: feministing - for women, heart attacks look different
Things I did not know, but should.
(via elfgrove)
(via ultralaser)
They put up some awesome billboards in austin a few months ago showing the signs of a heart attack that women will feel. And I know they...
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“All the adults are saying, ‘We need to improve science in the world. Let’s train...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, on America’s lack of science literacy (via theatlantic)
Oh yes, this…
Even if I don’t think that everyone has the obligation to learn a lot of science (but if they don’t they have to recognize it and the impact of this)
swanpinions: About "phantom limb pain". →
swanblood:
Okay, so, it seems this gets said enough, that it needs a post.
I sometimes experience pain in my shoulder blades, and sometimes spreading to my other joints. This pain is sometimes bad enough that I have gone to a physical therapist (who didn’t help, though they tried… they were not a bad…
Click on Swanblood to read more.
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draggle:
To think three people might not be alive were it not for my heart attack seeming “male” and were it not for a hospital knowing I’d called them out on not checking for appendicitis and other bullshit in years prior that almost cost other family and friends’ lives.
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eateroftrees:
Cabbage: “I like all the pairings”
Me: “Even Hagwig?” [Hagrid/Hedwig]
Cabbage: “I don’t do het pairings.”
Wow, Hagwig looks awesome!
I love Hagrid and Hedwig.
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“Action alert: “Calling all Lakota men on the Pine Ridge Reservation to come to...”
– CENSORED NEWS: Lakota arrests underway halting XL pipeline trucks (via milkeemountainmama)
Short hair is fucking overrated.
draggle:
justmeranting:
Oh, look at you and your short hair; you’re so fucking edgy and androgynous. How mysterious and alluring.
No, bitch. Look at MY hair. It is shiny and thick and past the middle of my back when it’s straightened, and it’s just plain awesome when it’s curly. I can do bitchy hair flips. I can do hairography. I can whip my hair back and forth.
My hair is awesome, and you...
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Obama's Transgender Nanny's Life Threatened in... →
izythequeergirl:
The transgender woman who served as Barack Obama’s nanny for two years while he lived with his mother in Indonesia, is now in serious danger of losing her life.
She has been attacked repeatedly by Indonesian soldiers, including having her hair shaved off and being burned with cigarettes. Since discovering a transgender friend murdered, she has begun presenting as male in an...
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We are all made of stars: Lakota Activist and... →
loreniuxtamayo:
Monday, March 5, 2012Lakota arrests underway halting XL pipeline trucks Lakotas arrested halting Keystone XL pipeline trucks By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Lakota grandmother and activist Debra White Plume being arrested in Sept. protesting Tarsands and Keystone XL pipeline at the White House. Lakotas Alex White Plume, Debra White Plume,...
