#Deaf Blogger

[joshiesworld]

One of my greatest wishes is to get a company or business to ship their stuff or an invite to a restaurant so that I can do a review on them. They are looking for as many bloggers who do reviews as they can get, but only the ones with decent or large numbers of followers, which is understandable. I am truly passionate about this, and it's one of the things I'd love to do with my JoshiesWorld website. I've already written several reviews but paid for them, and I'd like to start getting them through them instead. 🤞🏻

If you are a company, business, corporation, restaurant, etc. And be willing to ship something or send an invite to the place (such as a restaurant or service). Here's a link for more info. https://www.joshiesworld.com/want-your-stuff-or-business-reviewed/

Joshie.

#Hashtag to get this post to reach some people searching for a subject/topic.

[writing2changetheworld]

In your most recent post, you suggest in response to people saying that captioning takes time that it only takes about 1-5 minutes to do so.

This may be true for shortform content (only a few minutes long, at maximum) that follows a script (that one could easily copy and paste, then sync to the video) but I don't think your critique that it "only takes 1-5 minutes" holds up for longer content and/or unscripted content, of which you talk about frequently on your blog (i.e, Smosh).

Say I make a video that is about 45 minutes long after editing it down from an hour or an hour-and-a-half of footage. Say this is all unscripted, too---I now have to go through the footage, figure out what all the speakers in the video are saying, and then accurately type that all out and then sync it. Then I have to go back and make sure I didn't mishear anything and that my spelling is correct. After all that (you would have to be very talented to get everything right in one go, without having to consistently pause and rewind) you've already added on a few hours of labor to your video.

The website 3playmedia says that "[a] trained transcriptionist will usually take around 4 to 5 hours to transcribe 1 hour of audio or video content. On the other hand, a first-timer to closed captioning could take anywhere from 20 to 100 hours to transcribe the same amount of content from scratch."

For shortform content, yeah, one would obviously have a much easier/shorter time captioning their videos. But I think it is important to keep in mind that the longer one's video is, the more time-consuming the process of captioning is.

Obviously, people should have access to accurate captions if they need it: but it is also important to keep in mind that captioning is a learned skill that takes time to master. It's why one can go to school and make a professional life out of being a transcriptionist. With just about anyone having the ability to record a video and upload it to a platform such as TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube (among others) I don't think it is reasonable to suggest that *all* users must have professionally captioned videos.

Perhaps this issue could be solved through community captions (like YouTube used to have) where people could volunteer their skills, but then you open the doors to amateurs who will likely have errors. Or, even worse, people who purposely put inaccurate captions for the sake of making jokes or trolling (which sucks).

It isn't a suggestion. It takes me (a deaf human being who doesn't type well all the time and who scripts nothing of my social media content) 1 to 5 minutes at the most.

I also say at the beginning of my article that it was written with social media (aka shortform content) in mind.

But if you want to bring Smosh and YouTube into it: correct captions can be included before posting (ideally on the actual video). After it's filmed captions can be worked on. Then captions are already there when it's posted.

No one has to be a professional in anything to be inclusive. If someone is able to read (and maybe type) they can include captions. Before this post, I have never said anything about "professionally captioned" anything.

[jaydoiron]

I am who I am. I do what I love. I love what I do. Being vlogger is my life.

[heavenangelly]

Why you keep on failing

The most simple answer is: your reliance on the 3d.

Bloggers can say multiple times that imagination creates the 3d and that you should just know you have it in imagination, but you, the student, will still not understand unless you APPLY.

It doesn’t matter how many posts we make, if you don’t understand and don’t have experience with actually applying, it will fall on deaf ears.

There is nothing that you are not currently seeing that isn’t accepted internally in imagination. The 3d is a mirror of you/imagination. It cannot show you what you aren’t in imagination.

You have to be willing to change. You have to WANT to be different. You can say you desire something, but do you actually? Enough to change? Enough to actually apply no matter what you see physically? Enjoy it within regardless of everything?

The law is SO simple it actually makes me laugh. But as soon as you look to the 3d for VALIDATION, you fail. YOU ARE THE VALIDATOR. YOU’RE GOD. YOU VALIDATE THE 3D. I don’t know how many times I have to say this, but if you don’t have it within, you never will have it. And if you’re not fulfilled / secure within with the fact you have it, even if it manifests, you’ll still assume failure.

What a lot of people also don’t understand is that imagination is INSTANT. It’s the only true reality, the reality that YOU create and then it’s reflected physically by the mirror/3d. Since it’s the real reality, you literally have manifested your desires. Instantly. If it’s in imagination, you have it.

I can say that and you’ll accept that it’s done in imagination, but then you’ll look at the 3d and ask where it is. Don’t do that😭😭. The 3d WILL conform, but you shouldn’t even notice the lack in the 3d when you have it in the real reality (imagination). You should be so fulfilled in imagination that you don’t actually care that the 3d hasn’t conformed yet.

Once you fully understand that you already have it (in imagination; the REAL reality) you literally don’t care abt the 3d. You literally already have it, so why would you care about the physical confirmation? You must rely on your imagination and yourself. I know some people are like, “but I want it in the 3d!!” THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IMAGINATION AND THE 3D. It WILL come. It’s LAW.

You just have to rely on imagination more. Make it your heaven, your proof, your love. Practice manifesting and confidence within yourself and your ability to create. Know who you are.

[fiamat12]

Seems you have more than one blogger obsessed with you, Fia. Why do they think you need endless curiosity about something you figured out with a high probability? Nobody knows anything? We actually kind of do. Those who can't see Nic had a baby by Luke and it could pretty much only be Luke, are blind deaf or dumb, and we were all but told the stuff with Antonia was NDA based if the legal patterns weren't glaring enough. Then! PR that is supposed to help isn't good? "Confusing" PR only makes sense for misdirections for privacy or to keep mystery or anticipation. It would not be designed to torpedo what you built your career on or make fans dislike you.

Hmmm. Not sure who my obsessors are lol but I've said I won't hesistate to block haters or faux shippers and those who follow them. 🤷🏼‍♀️

You know my 3 non negotiables didn't come from thin air and anyone who'd rather have a million different baseless theories can think whatever they please! Imo, they likely either 1- haven't done the research (most often the case), 2- don't have the time or critical thinking skills to come to proper conclusions and/ or (and this is to no fault of their own) 3- are newer and have limited capacity to understand what they didn't experience in real time.

As for the PR... I mean, it doesn't necessarily have to be good to be helpful but the Anon who mentioned it, didn't claim that. What we agreed on is that it prob wouldn't look like borderline career suicide. Lukola was on a high/ didn't need to fix what wasn't broken so something that would be *purposely* detrimental to their career(s) doesn't fit - and if they were simply trying something new that didn't work it wouldn't have caused the mental anguish we've seen in both L &N and it would've been quickly aborted, not hammered in over & over again.

[mythalism]

i think, anecdotally, canadians love to use land acknowledgments and Diversity(tm) a bit more than americans do, and have a degree of always pointing at the us and being like "well at least WE didn't do anything that fucked up! we're so much more enlightened and respectful 😌". and so any acknowledgment that racism exists, or that necessary societal change is often only brought by unpleasant disruption, or specifically that indigenous people live in terrible conditions because of colonization, is bracketed with this type of "but it's very complicated, and who's to say if there's a solution? we're thinking about it really hard, and holding space, and listening and learning, and maybe we will get to fixing it in like 50 years if people ask nicely" rhetoric. and there's a degree of apprehension that "land back" is a call for ethnic cleansing of settlers (somehow, despite this being both physically not possible and not actually anyone's demand) and that any movement towards that will be bad and overly radical.

which maps directly onto how bioware writes elves specifically haha. they'll sympathetically show how they're oppressed and living under the boot of a catholic church-esque entity, but then... ahhh noo, actually they had a very problematic pre-colonization culture, and they're too impractically fixated on the past and that prevents them from moving forward, and the church employees are sometimes trying their best and making amends, and the demands of the elven leadership are just too out there and violent... so really, it's very complicated. maybe it could be better to keep the status quo and only have Incremental Change, forever.

(they sort of didn't do this in the masked empire, but as always they had to throw in a bit about how Rude And Mean the dalish are. plus the ridiculously evil chevalier lore of each one randomly executing a few elves as a rite of passage, and then never mentioning that aspect again bc i guess it wasn't relevant to michel's story. as well as the insanely underwritten premise of what briala and celene's relationship actually was. there's ~toxic lesbians~, and then there's "extremely rich and powerful white noblewoman calls her younger servant class gf ugly for being dark skinned, lies to her for years, has her family and then entire community killed, then tries to seduce her back when she gets angry and leaves" lmao. i think weekes was going for a tragic morally grey starcrossed lovers to enemies vibe, but to me it was more of a horrific one-sided exploitation that the author did not seem to realize they were writing.)

and in veilguard i suppose they tried to avoid the entire issue by mostly removing those aspects of the setting, so you no longer even have the somewhat well-observed depictions of oppression combined with Justin Trudeau Moments, it's just kind of empty.

anyway thank you for appreciating my very long ted talk! i left tumblr after the whole "popular bloggers mass reporting pro-palestine people for terrorism" thing (i can get that treatment for free irl, don't need that extra stress from the Fandom Webbed Site haha). i've just been drifting back to look at dragon age posts bc i was curious about veilguard. i didn't expect much from bioware but it was surprising that they just went even further into tone-deaf bizarre race allegories rather than reading 1 (one) nonfiction book in the years since dai, or hiring anybody from a different background who could weigh in. :')

wow this is seriously so fascinating and insightful and truly does give me a better understanding of both canada and bioware LMFAO so thank you so much for sharing seriously. you are welcome in my inbox for more ted talks anytime and now im just gonna leave this here to marinate on it further and hope other people read it because its fantastic. xoxo

[safety-pin-punk]

Punk History Resources: Vol 2

This is a compilation of resources found and recommended by various alternative bloggers, each of whom are credited for their contributions. This started because I was getting SO MANY asks about resources such as videos, books, and websites to use to learn about punk history. Admittedly, my own list wasn't that long, so I thought it was best to reach out to some others and share their knowledge with everyone. Now, I'm hoping to make this an annual occurrence, where we all share our knowledge with each other. So thank you again to everyone who helped out with this!!

Link to Volume 1

@whatamibutabutteredcroissant @unfriendlybat @ghost--in-a-machine @mushroomjar

YOUTUBE:

Part 1 of The Decline of Western Civilization (It recieved mixed reception from people in the scene) (whatamibutabutteredcroissant)

Part 3 of The Decline of Western Civilization (Focuses on the gutter-punks of 90s LA) (whatamibutabutteredcroissant)

BOOKS:

Some Wear Leather Some Wear Lace by Andi Harriman and Marloes Bontje (It's mostly goth/horror rock/post punk/deathrock but I feel like it's adjacent enough for it to merit a read) (unfriendlybat)

Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag by Stevie Chick (whatamibutabutteredcroissant)

Kids of the Black Hole: Punk Rock in Postsuburban California by Dewar Macleod (whatamibutabutteredcroissant)

We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk by Marc Spitz and Brendan Mullen (whatamibutabutteredcroissant)

Left of The Dial: Conversations with Punk Icons by David Ensminger (whatamibutabutteredcroissant)

The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth by John Robb (A comprehensive history of Goth) (whatamibutabutteredcroissant)

Punk Zines by Eddie Piller and Steve Rowland (whatamibutabutteredcroissant)

The High Desert by James Spooner ( A graphic novel memoir of how the authro came into the scene) (ghost--in-a-machine)

Let Fury Have The Hour by Antonio D'Ambrosio (About the band The Clash) (anonymous submission)

MOVIES / DOCUMENTARIES:

Masque (A 10 minute doc about the Masque club in LA) (whatamibutabutteredcroissant)

ARTICLES:

History of Anarcho-Punk and Peace Punk (mushroomjar)

Late 80s and Early 90s Puerto Rico Hardcore Punk (mushroomjar)

The Jewish History of Punk (mushroomjar)

Japan's Impact on Punk Culture (mushroomjar)

The Forgotten Story of Pure Hell, America's First Black Punk Band (mushroomjar)

The Black Punk Pioneers Who Made Music History (mushroomjar)

Why Poly Styrene is Punk's Great Lost Icon (mushroomjar)

Alternative to Alternatives: The Black Grrrls Riot Ignored (mushroomjar)

Abandoning The Ear? Punk and Deaf Convergences Part II (mushroomjar)

Race, Anarchy, and Punk Rock: The Impact of Cultural Boundaries Within The Anarchist Movement (mushroomjar)

Street Medic Handbook (safety-pin-punk)

ZINES:

Sticking To It (safety-pin-punk)

So You Say You Want An Insurrection (safety-pin-punk)

All Power To The People (safety-pin-punk)

How to Survive a Felony Trial: Keeping Your Head up through the Worst of It (safety-pin-punk)

Collectives: Anarchy Against The Mass (safety-pin-punk)

Social War on Stolen Native Land: Anarchist Contributions (safety-pin-punk)

A Civilian's Guide to Direct Action (safety-pin-punk)

Critical Thinking as Anarchist Weapon (safety-pin-punk)

Security Culture: A Handbook for Activists (safety-pin-punk)

Betrayal: A Critical Analysis of Rape Culture in Anarchist Subcultures (safety-pin-punk)

ETC:

The Anarcho-Stencilism Subreddit (people upload stencils for others to use for free) (mushroomjar)

I would love to make a Vol. 3 post next year, so if you have resources and want to share, PLEASE message me!! (Preferably DMs)

[biancasaidstfu]

Too many people feel way too confident in their self righteousness…that’s what immediately always rubbed me the wrong way about the tiff and co crew, the patronizing was/is out of control…who died and gave you anymore info than the rest of us have bc I’m positive you are sitting on the same info that I am.

These blogs are literally designed to share/read other people’s opinions…and the best part is you can choose who to follow and who to ignore or, better yet, block. You can build your whole follow list with people who think just like you! What does it really accomplish to come onto someone else’s page and start arguing with everyone about their opinions or naming bloggers as problematic?

Thankful for this community you’ve built and that you continue to share your opinions with us 💛

Thank you, anon. I appreciate your kindness.

You are also correct in that these blogs are designed to answer questions and give opinions to followers who value and want that content.

Why people chose to try and combat opinions they feel are wrong is beyond me. I don’t go to other blogs to drop condescending, tone deaf anon asks and it’s baffling why some people do.

Generally, if you don’t like something or don’t agree with an opinion, you just keep on moving, yeah?

The problem is everyone wants to be right. At this point, most people who run a blog like this has their own opinions formed and they’re unwavering, as well as the majority of their frequent commenters.

Popping in to someone’s inbox to trash talk them does NOTHING.

Absolutely NOTHING.

[crippled-peeper]

RE: “AITA for pretending to be deaf even though I’m just neurodivergent”

yes you are. you are not deaf. you don’t care about deaf liberation. you have no deaf friends. yall are not involved in any deaf activism. you have no fucking clue what it like to be deaf or navigate society as a deaf person. and yet you think it’s appropriate to make these stupid fucking polls.

I am so sick of the “I’m an abled neurodivergent and I know what every disabled person ever goes through” hegemony on this site. shut the fuck up. you are not adding anything useful to any conversation. all you are doing is advertising to deaf bloggers that you’re a stupid pile of shit who doesn’t care about anyone but themselves

I sincerely mean this: nobody cares that you think you would be better at being deaf than an actual deaf person. you fucking suck actually and you wouldn’t. get over yourselves

[joshiesworld]

The groups for the Deaf content creators!

Hello, Deaf and Hard of Hearing content creators (bloggers/journalists, vloggers, reviewers, social media, influencers, photographers, artists, musicians, videos/movie production, writers, streamers, and more - anyone who creates any form of content)! In case you haven't seen or heard, there is a group here on Facebook, Reddit, and Linkedin for Deaf/hard-of-hearing people who are content creators! Here are the links to the Deaf Content Creators group on Facebook, Reddit, and LinkedIn:

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/deafcontentcreators Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DeafContentCreators/ LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13083009/

The deaf content creators groups are a great place for deaf/hoh content creators to network, elevate/support each other, and help each other with advice, tips, feedback, strategy, and more! Also, joining the group will help the audience/fans to find the right one of us to follow instead of getting scammed by others who are impersonating us. Fans, followers, or audiences can come over to the Deaf Content Creators group on Facebook, Reddit, or LinkedIn and find us who are authentic instead of searching a list of many profiles/pages with the same name as ours to be scammed. Because the Deaf content creators' groups will NOT accept fake/scammer ones, it will be easier for people to find the real us by looking into the Deaf content creators' group on Facebook, Reddit, or LinkedIn!

I look forward to you joining the Deaf Content Creators group on Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn, or all three! The Deaf Content Creators group on Facebook allows both profiles and pages. If you want to join with your page, please switch to your page and then join Deaf Content Creators! You are welcome to join using both your profile and page as well!

Please share this post. By doing that, we can reach out to more Deaf content creators and let them know about the Deaf content creators groups they can join!

Joshie.

[writing2changetheworld]

New article!! About why refusing to include captions is ableist. Check it out and tell me how you include captions!

[charl0ttan]

no more music suggestions. we on mm food MF DOOM lockdown now

HIIIIII H SORRY H MM FOOD CLASSIC ALBUM BLOGGERS TYPING ALL IN OUR EARS LIKE WERE DEAF HIIIIIIIII

[kidspawn]

*I don’t say any of this assuming you don’t understand this, just getting my thoughts out.*

I’m back! I was originally going to write this but left it out because it would be too long. With songs like lie to girls, sharpest tool, and manchild - just to name a few - Sabrina has a history of addressing themes about how fraught her relationship with men is. Men disappoint her and she’s makes excuses for them. To others, but more importantly to herself. The push and pull between desiring men, wanting to be in a relationship with them, wanting to experience romance, but ultimately getting hurt by them, being treated as insignificant, and being disrespected by them. In the end, the desire for love and companionship causes her to try over and over again despite the fact she keeps losing herself to them. “Allowing” herself to be treated this way. The Manchild video speaks to this. And so does the album title/cover, Man’s Best Friend.

If people want to understand how Sabrina has used satire and humor in the best, it’s plain for them to see if they actually try to find it. These ideas and tones are to be found within her work even if the album hasn’t been released yet. There IS context to all of this. I guess I’m just frustrated because all of these things are to be found in her work. But because random twitter user/blogger #3838488 doesn’t know anything about her, they make assumptions and think they can put intentions on her.

They view her as a sexual bimbo, they never even assume that she knows what she’s doing. It’s either she didn’t know how this would come across :( or yikes, she’s just so tone deaf and isn’t thinking about the current political climate. Maybe she did know how it would come across! Maybe she thinks our political climate demands conversations about the subservient positions that men have historically placed women in! While I have greater context to her satirical nature, there definitely is context that we will only get once the album is out. But the knee jerk shaming she’s receiving is not productive.

Droves of people assuming she doesn’t know her own intentions with her own art is not the feminist take they think it is. Why everything has to automatically be assigned feminist or anti-feminist, idk. To a certain degree I get it. If all you ever see and hear of her is about sex, then that’s going to influence your perception. You’re not listening to her lyrics outlining her criticisms of men and the harm they’ve done her. But at the end of the day, that’s not her fault. As she addressed in The Rolling Stones interview, she offers many other things. Just because sexual suggestion goes viral doesn’t mean that’s all she does. But it DOES go viral because people want sex but aren’t willing to admit it. That just goes into what you were saying before about people hating to see a woman being affirmative of liking sex and their sexuality. To many, it means that she can’t have anything interesting to say. Why assume a woman knows what she’s doing when we can just easily assume that whatever it is is intended for men just because it is sexual in nature?

I can’t claim to know what the album will say, other than what she’s already said on Manchild or many other songs in which she’s addressed on her dynamics with men. But why can the public never give young women the benefit of the doubt? Because she’s committed the heinous crime of liking sex with men and owning her sexuality?

I agree quite a bit with what you've said in this ask, actually, and want to focus specifically on the: "it DOES go viral because people want sex but aren't willing to admit it." I mean, it's a rock and a hard place, isn't it? Women are not taken seriously when they discuss sex or wanting sex or embracing eroticism. In the same vein, in pop culture its impossible to be heard or make it big unless one ages themselves up and produces content that appeals to the masses who crave sexuality in their media. (But not too sexual!! Just enough! And it can't be too strong! And it can't be focused on female pleasure, remember! Because then you're a slut, which society has deemed a bad thing and you're not allowed to be a slut are you??)

I mentioned this before, but let me bring Tate McRae into this conversation because you've said quite a bit about Sabrina that I agree with and I think this speaks to a larger issue in media nowadays. Tate McRae recently broke into a more mainstream audience when her music took an explicitly sexual turn, specifically with the song Sports Car. Which is... I mean, a song about having sex in a sports car. She said about this decision that "the sad girl shit was getting old." And, evidently, she was right. People love that Tate McRae is being sexy now! God, she's hot and she sings about having sex with men! But not too much haha! Now we can listen to what she's saying and give her mainstream success. And this is something she directly addresses in the song that sits just before Sports Car on her album's tracklist:

Would you hear me more if I whispered in your ear? Made all my inner thoughts sound like "ah ah" Would you hear me more if I touch you right here? Made everything I want sound like "ah ah"

(especially interesting considering Sports Car has an entirely whispered chorus)

I could take it off for you and tell you what I'm going through Cause my body positioning determines if you're listening

I'm losing my mind, I'm losing my head You only listen when I'm undressed Hear what you like and none of the rest I'm losing my mind cause giving you head's The only time you think I've got depth Hear what you like and none of the rest

Besides the fact that Purple Lace Bra is (in my opinion) a standout track from her, I think the reception to this song says a lot about the media's view of Tate because in her own words this song was meant to address not just her relationship with the nameless man in the song, but the media's inclination to only really listen when women tuck their messaging and feelings under a sexual veneer. And while I've made it very clear I think women should be as sexual and erotic as they damn well please to whatever comfort level they please, I think there's something to be said about how no one fucking listens unless women in media perform in a socially acceptable sexual manner.

Sabrina performed just enough under the guise of what we see as just sexual enough to warrant attention (Espresso where she also ditched that "sad girl shit" and owned being a lightning rod for slut shaming and leaned into the narrative that had been painted about her), and is not veering into her method of delivering those messages. But she's crossed the line for many, she's gone too far, she's no longer being the palatable and just-sexy-enough-but-no-not-like-that woman people want from her. She's being sexual in a way that people can no longer justify as male centered and it's bothering people. She isn't being palatably sexual anymore. She's being sexual for her own enjoyment, for her own sense of agency, and that's when the line is evidently being crossed. The messages tucked beneath her sexual messaging are also accurate and make people uncomfortable. She's making a safe space for women to have fun with sex. And no one wants that, as we've all learned.

(Note that when I include women I am including trans women and anyone with AFAB anatomy because that is important to consider in the conversation.)

But yes, I also will reiterate that Sabrina is much more intelligent than she has ever gotten credit for. She's witty and creative and has a tremendous self awareness she can weave into her public image.

(I wanted to slot Megan Thee Stallion into this conversation, but that requires a whole different perspective because Megan is a black woman and as such recieves an entirely different brand of criticism for being sexual. But I do think highlighting that Megan also centralizes female pleasure and male submissiveness and is often slut-shamed and rejected by mainstream media for it, while being misunderstood and painted as aggressive. And that's a fucking crime because Megan Thee Stallion is incredibly skilled and actually this was an excuse for me to gush about how incredibl Megan is I actually love her sm. That's my wife. Watch her documentary. That's all.)

[thegreatwicked]

Writing Resources Part 2

My first list was so long I decided that I reached the character limit! So we have a part two! I'm going to try and keep them a bit more organized too! Hope these help you all in your writing endeavors and if you happen to use any of them try to give the original source some love!

Also, apologies if I've tagged you more than once and it's annoying! If I reference your material more than twice I will just link your whole Tumblr. I really do want to make sure everyone gets their credit and spotlight!

General Information and Research:

The Fantasy Guide to Royal and Noble Marriages or anything by @inky-duchess Her blog is extensive and is a wealth of information regarding things like royalty/nobility/Period social politics and is a fantastic resource, go check her out! Ink I do appologize I might be tagging you more than once!

@type1diabetesinfandom This blog is an amazing resource if you are interested in writing about characters with any form of diabetes or similar health issues. It was ana amzing find when I was writing my character Belladonna Black from Shadows of Deception who is hypoglycemic. What an amazing source!

How to Cook in a Medieval Setting: by @alpaca-clouds Food is the best way to know a culture and this particular blog post is a trove of information for your fictional foodie set anywhere in this spectrum of time or a great find for a fictional setting! This post obviously gets a chefs kiss!

The Symbolism of Flowers by @novlr Yeah! Leopold knew what he was talkign about, every flower has a meaning and it is entirely possible to send some a bouquette that translates to 'Fuck You' btw it consists of geraniums (stupidity), foxglove (insincerity), meadowsweet (uselessness), yellow carnations (you have disappointed me), and orange lilies (hatred). it would be quite striking! and full of loathing. THE MORE YOU KNOW. This blog is also a fantastic source for writers.

Writing About Body Pain by @slayingfiction I just came across this gem of a blog and if you're one who likes to make your characters sufffer than look no further, also, how ya doing? You ok? Just checking. This blog is also a fantastic writing resource.

How to Accurately Describe Pain in Writing by @hayatheauthor kinda piggybacking off the previous source but nevertheless lets make sure we make these characters suffer realistically? I'm ok too, if you're wondering. This is another great blog that focuses on the aspect of being a writer.

How to Use Canva to Make Mood Boards by @saradika I did not know much about mood baords but I'm telling you they are a gaem changer! They bring a life to your story in a way that is just so stunning and saradika has been so lovely as to make this helpful guide! She's also a very talented writer and is quite the Star Wars Fan! GO check out her stories!

Researching as a Writer by @so-many-ocs Research is a tricky topid to delve into and sometime sit hard to know where to start, this blogger has been so kinda as to make a bit of a roadmap to help you narrow down what you need to research and how. Wonderful blog! Very helpful!

Resources for Writing Deaf, Mute, or Blind Characters by @thecaffeinebookwarrior THIS! This right here is a gem and the only reason I don't write these types fo characters is because I've never known how to do so respectfuly and realistically! Not a problem anymore! Also a wonderful artist!

How to Write and Research a Mental Illness another gem from @hayatheauthor again if you're going to wrote a character with a mental illness lets make sure we get it right!

@namesforwriters It's little but a wonderful source of unique names for your story! Including mythology and music themed names!

Nightmare Disorder vs Night Terrors by @redd956 Some great clarification from a blogger who is diagnosed! So happy I found this as I was wondering about the distinction myself for a little while!

Types of Gemstones by @blueboxbeagle and brought to my attention by @keffirinne

A General Cane Guide for Writers and Artists by @deoidesignand brought to my attention but @cripplecharacters I was so excited to find this fantastic little gem recently and I look forward to using it! I'm keeping an eye out for more material in portraying characters with disabilities and disorders maybe it'll get it's own post!

@cripplecharacters linking this amazing blogger if you are wanting to expand your characters and write them with disabilities or diaper fees, this is a wonderful source of how to do it and stay respectful!!

@writingwithcolor use that painters pallet and write diverse characters and when you’re not sure what or how to write something check this blog out! Such a wonderful source for all questions concerning ethnicity, race and diversity!

@writinglgbtq I was looking for this blog!!! Your source for all things concerning writing the LGBTQ community respectfully and believably! So happy to ah e found this!!

@macgyvermedical I have been looking for a blog like this for some time and I'm so happy to add it to my writing resources list as tehre are far too many great and helpful posts to pick just one. Check out this amazing blogger who offers medical beta reads and asks for fanficiton!

Make it Pretty! My own contribution to help make writing a bit prettier! ꧁☽✶☾✶☽꧂ Enjoy!

Adding Page Breaks & Art to Your Stories Another of my own contributions for adding in nice clean page breaks to your stories as well as how to upload art to AO3, FFN and Wattled.

More will be added to this post as I find it and if you find anything that fits the general research on broad topics or specifics please let me know so I can continue this collective writing resource! And make sure to give some of these wonderful writers and bloggers some love!

[disabled-dippy]

my favorite disabled creators - a masterlist ✿

this will be periodically updated as I discover/am reminded of more! feel free to suggest anyone I haven't listed here.

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Para Tara - @/paratara on YouTube

From her YT description: "I’m a T11/T12 paraplegic & my goal is to spread awareness of Spinal Cord Injury and my way of life as a wheelchair user :)"

Tara makes some really informative videos on what it's like being a paraplegic and a wheelchair user. She tries to combat a lot of the misconceptions and stereotypes people have surrounding it.

She also has a GoFundMe, so if you are able, go show her some support on there!

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Sarah Todd Hammer - @/SarahToddHammer on YouTube

From her YT description: "Hi everyone! My name is Sarah Todd Hammer (I go by "Sarah Todd" as a double name) and I'm 23 years old. When I was 8, I became paralyzed from the neck down. I recovered the ability to walk, but I still have paralysis in my arms and hands. I'm a 3-time published author, speaker, and disability advocate. I use my channel to inform you all of what my life is like living with a disability and educate on disability inclusion and accessibility! Subscribe to learn more about my life and disability justice 😊"

I watch Sarah Todd mostly for her videos on accessibility and how she navigates the world with arm/hand paralysis. She really does a great job outlining the different types of supports that can be implemented for disabled people.

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S. Lylo L. - @/disgaybledlylo on TikTok (formerly @/selfiereptiles)

Lylo makes content about their life with FND, EDS, and endometriosis (as well as various other disabilities). They post a lot of tip videos for disabled folks, including on how to use mobility aids. They also post a ton of awareness content, and they have a series reviewing disabled characters in media! Their FND comes with symptoms like vision loss, which isn't often talked about. Lylo also talks about their experiences being intersex, which is possibly another incentive to check them out!

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Pippa Stacey - @/LifeOfPippa on YouTube

Pippa is a "writer, blogger and communications consultant" who makes content about living with chronic illness, mostly ME/CFS. She posts content like vlogs, tutorials for disabled people (such as how to budget, book access theater tickets, and share your story), and informational content. Her videos, especially her Q&A's, are very informative and a great resource for if you struggle with ME/CFS!

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Elinor Brown - @/ElinorBrown on YouTube

Elinor makes videos about her life having ME/CFS, especially surrounding her use of mobility aids. She shares a lot about the ups and downs of having ME/CFS through her vlogs, Q&As, and informational/instructional videos. She has a very cutesy and girly aesthetic, which I love given that I also have a cutesy and girly aesthetic.

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Elizabeth Harris - @/L1zHarris on YouTube

Liz makes videos about her life being Deaf/HOH. She does a lot to combat stigma surrounding Deafness and emphasizes it as its own culture, encouraging people to seek out Deaf/HOH teachers if they want to learn Sign Language. I personally enjoy her song covers, and I appreciate (and aspire to have) the no-nonsense attitude she has when correcting people.

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Jessica Kellgren-Fozard - @/jessicaoutofthecloset on YouTube

From her YT description: "Adding vintage lesbian fabulousness to a life with disabilities and chronic illnesses, aided by my beautiful wife Claudia, our son Rupert and our adorable pups. I make fun, uplifting and educational content about LGBTQ+ and disability culture and history that should help you get through tough times and not feel alone."

I love Jessica's content! She really does a lot to raise awareness about disability (especially ME/CFS, POTS, and being Deaf/HOH) and educate people. I really enjoy her chronic illness playlist (linked here) and all the work she does to inform people about the different aspects of disability.

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Gem Hubbarb - @/Wheelsnoheels on YouTube

From her YT description: "Hi, I’m Gem, and after my spinal cord injury at the age of 9, https://youtu.be/JDX5md1qbd4 my life has taken me on many twists and turns, and finally led me to combine my passions of media and disability advocacy, and poof! Wheelsnoheels was born."

Gem makes videos discussing disability hot topics, choosing a mobility aid, traveling as a wheelchair user, making homes accessible, and wheelchair access at Disney (all according to her). Her videos around hot topic discussions and choosing mobility aids have been the most interesting for me. She really helped with my decision to get mobility aids, so I highly recommend checking her out!

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Cassidy Huff - @/CassidyHuff on YouTube

From her YT description: "I’m Cassidy Huff (she/her) and I’m a disabled, disability rights activist who is sharing my life in all aspects! I’m so excited to take you all through this life that I live and all of my ups and downs! I’m so glad you’re here! :)"

Cassidy posts a lot of content around disability activism, education, and dismantling stigma, especially surrounding things like mobility aid use, prosthetics, and service dogs. She posts a lot about her life with Conradi-Hünermann syndrome, including things like her former surgeries and her experiences with being partially blind.

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Cienna - @/chronicallyperservering on YouTube

Cienna makes content about her life having ROHHAD, a rare terminal illness which causes things like central hypoventilation. She talks a lot about having a diaphragmatic pacemaker and how she navigates the world as someone whose body doesn't tell her to breathe. I personally really enjoy her sense of humor and the content she makes about accessibility.

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Molly Burke - @/MollyBurkeOfficial on YouTube

From her YT description: "HEY! I'm Molly, a typical sushi and makeup loving millennial girl who just so happens to be blind! I was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at just 4 years old and began public speaking at age 5. Even though I can’t see, I know that there are bright spots in everything we face. Let’s find them together!"

Molly makes a lot of educational content, especially dismantling stigma around blindness and educating people on how blind folks navigate the world.

[bcacstuff]

Noticed you take anonymous questions again?

I silently switched them on again a week or so ago.

Like I said in my post when I switched the Anon option off, I can't understand why people feel the need to sent vile or harassing messages. They very obviously are not brave enough to do it with their account name on it. The moment I switched the Anon option off not one nasty messages, no harassment, no viciousness at all!

I kept receiving non-Anon ones, the ones that write normal messages and are not afraid to put out their account name, even though I offer the option to post not showing the account name. It's a lot more positive to come on Tumblr every day, not starting with cleaning out my inbox from all this negativity to first.

As said a week or so ago I switched the option on again. Received a number of Anons since (most I didn't post for various reasons) but it was only since last night the vile ones discovered the option is on and of course immediately needed to abuse it again. Disregarding the text on the link that says ' You can Ask, not Harass!' sending some vile and nasty messages.

I do not have the slightest doubts from what corner of this fandom they come from! Yes, that corner that loudly declares they don't do these things.... This is just one of them

I don't think I need to give any explanation from what corner this comes.... Are you proud of yourself Anon?

There were more, some very very vile ones, not addressed to me but to another blogger. And then sent it to me.... I know, I am aware how others start to receive vile anon messages when I switched the Anon option off. Some posted about it, some showed me. This is so childish, needless, and very cowardly.

I'm probably talking to deaf ears when I say stop that behaviour! If you're offended because people say you're stupid, then stop acting like a stupid person! It's just as simple as that.

I switched the option on again, because the good should not suffer along with the evil. But switching them off again is as easy as well. I will always prefer a non-Anon above an Anon though, there's always the option to request to post it with the account name hidden.