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YOU hates terfs

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made this to distract from the fact that it feels like someone took a baseball bat to my knees

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Tumblr for years on end: You can't use that word to describe yourself, it's a slur! Don't say that word, some people find it triggering. That word's actually a slur too. Thst one isn't but the way you're using it is. If you've ever used this word, I don't trust you. Support marginalized people!

A Mentally Ill Person: Could people maybe consider not using my disorder to mean "abuser," and/or not telling people with the disorder that their mental illness makes them evil?

Tumblr, disappointing but not surprising:

(Names left on because fuck 'em, they deserve for people to know that they're Like This, but if I catch any of you going out of your way to pick a fight I'll eat your fucking skin.)

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Tonight is the first day of Hanukkah!!!

HAPPY HANUKKAH TO ANY OF MY JEWISH FOLLOWERS YOU GO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY OF LIGHTS AND DREIDELS AND LATKES LIKE THE AMAZING JEW YOU ARE!!!

(people who arent jewish are totally invited to reblog this)

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“You’re all doomed!”

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rb if ur back hurty

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I think the reason that nonbinary people choose “weird” names is because it’s easier to identify with a word that hasn’t been given any gendered context, rather than picking one that is in the ever changing realm of androgyny. So, more traditional names like Rylee, Alex, Max, Terry, and others deemed to be gender neutral get pushed aside because it’s either Alex in a boy kind of way or Alex in a girl kind of way and people usually just default to your assigned gender at birth. However names like Teeth, Socks, Meat, and Off are a lot harder to assign a gender to since they’ve never been used as names at all. We invented language for ourselves when the world didn’t, and we chose our names to be completely original and personal. It’s beautiful really, it reflects the unique experience of disregarding a system that limits you. And I love that.

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Antivaxxers were stood outside my school today for about an hour with signs & the teachers had to tell kids not to walk home where they were stood cause they were trying to talk to minors.

They got real mad when I asked them if looking like a pedo was really the best way to get folk to believe their BS.

Maybe don’t wait outside schools for kids to come out to try & talk to them if you don’t wanna be accused of being a nonce 🤷🏻

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Hey all! Recently gotten into a debate with someone about why it’s not a particularly lovely idea to make jokes about “those attention seekers” that use crutches or joint supports...

Can you do me a favour and like or reblog this if you have ever had rude comments made to you (as a disabled person) about your supports/mobility aids that has made you feel uncomfortable or self conscious?

Trying to prove a point that “well we only say it about the actual attention seekers!” absolutely does not work as you have no way of knowing why someone needs an aid.

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You know how wheelchair user is the appropriate term for someone who uses a wheelchair. Is it still okay to use “bed bound”? For someone who is no longer safe / appropriate for them to be moved from their bed? E.g. someone with MS who has paralysis from shoulders down.

If it’s not appropriate, what is the correct terminology?

I haven’t talked to many people in said situation, so I don’t feel I would be able to give an appropriate answer based on a lack of proper knowledge.

But I’m sure there’s others that are that could give you a better answer, I’d try looking at some of the disabled tags on tumblr or Twitter :)

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That or “Wheelchair user”.

Not so friendly reminder to stop calling wheelchair users, “Wheelchair Bound”.

They’re not fucking chained to their wheelchair, they’re not being held hostage by some invisible force to stay in the chair. Wheelchairs are not a prison for their users.

Wheelchairs are lifesavers, not some evil thing stealing away innocent people’s mobility because wheelchairs give those users their mobility back.

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[Image Descriptions: A tweet from Alice Wong saying: "The delights of being disabled: I found out the BiPap machine I use at night and day (both models) are RECALLED (US only). Due to disintegrating foam inside!! That people...who need respiratory support...are breathing in." A retweet from Erik Ekins (QueerlyAutistic) saying: "The fact that people are finding this out through Twitter, about the machines that literally help/enable them to breathe."]

SIGNAL BOOST for anyone who needs to see this:

Here's a link to the recall page:

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happy pride month! here’s a reminder that we won’t have true marriage equality until disabled people are able to get married without losing their benefits. don’t exclude disabled people from your activism!

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"When I said [ableist joke], I didn't mean disabled people! I meant everyone else!"

Yeah, that's kinda... part of the problem.

Like, you consider disability justice to be so irrelevant & you think about it so little that you continue to normalize ableist language, concepts, & practices.

And then you turn around & say that you weren't talking about us. You didn't specifically mean us.

Of course you didn't mean disabled people. Because you never think about disabled people. We're not part of humanity to you. We're outside the narrow capacity of your consideration.

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Being “gender critical” (a transphobe) is now legally protected under the fucking equality act in the UK.

The hashtag “sex not gender” is trending in the UK too.

Being trans in the UK is so bleak. I don’t understand why people hate us so much.

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less “if you see a man and woman together at pride be nice! they could be bi/pan/trans/ace/aro” and more “stop gendering strangers to harass them anywhere, but especially at pride holy shit”