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*spends all of my time alone* perfect! but why am i crazy

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The animal urge to draw cute dresses

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Hobie Brown from memory

(he can't get out of my head, damn)

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this lil story i'm workin on about miles42 has gotten out of CONTROL

my first draft is already well over 15k words long now?? 😭😭

this was just supposed to be a quick lil story? bang it out, be done with it?!?!

what is wrong with me

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Beautiful from Ordinary Days

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MASKING MYTHS BUSTED: “Masking = Acting NT.”

FALSE.

Autistic masking does not necessarily mean “pretending to be allistic/neurotypical," although you’d definitely be forgiven for thinking it does.

Non-autistic researchers have been referring to it as “camouflaging” for years, framing it as an intentional choice to suppress autistic traits and replace them with allistic ones in order to “blend in.” Doing an internet search on the term will return several similar results.

But now, Autistic researchers are in the game, and their take is much more nuanced and comprehensive than that. (Funny how that happens, isn’t it?)

They’ve found that:

- It CAN be intentional but is often subconscious and involuntary 

- It is a protective response to trauma and feeling unsafe 

- It is often about suppressing more than just autistic traits 

- It is about identity management and being able to predict how people will treat you, not just “blending in”

Some people will lean into being “the bad kid” because they know that’s what people expect of them. Some people will even act “more autistic” because they know that’s what people expect of them. Others still will do things to attract attention in controllable, more “acceptable” ways to avoid attracting attention in unsafe, more stigmatizing ways. Not because they WANT to be that way, but because it lets them predict people’s responses better, which feels safer.

Also, there are Autistic people who can’t “pass” for non-autistic no matter how hard they try. That doesn’t mean they’re not masking. They may actually be working hard to suppress A LOT, they just can’t do everything to neuronormative standards.

None of these people will be accused of “blending in,” yet they are still masking their hearts out. When we assume they are not, we miss all the harm that masking is causing them. But they are suppressing themselves and suffering the consequences of that just as much as any Autistic person whose mask successfully says, “Hey, I’m just like you!”

(For more on this, please see the work of Dr. Amy Pearson and Kieran Rose.)

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Black Lipstick

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interesting how transmascs & transfems alike think losing weight is the answer to pass as our chosen gender.... almost as if fat people are never Truly afforded a passing gender regardless of trans status. as fat people we are never Truly seen as Men or Women. anyway fuck that notion & if u think u need to lose weight to pass that's the devil talking

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Why are Chinese bubble tea places soooo fucking FUNNAY lmaoooooo

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@bergamotbitsj

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"Help Help Help"

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Dozens of students arrested at the University of Texas, Austin for protesting against Israel’s #genocide in #Gaza.

✊🏿Hundreds of anti-war protesters in #Austin, #Texas — in the face of an aggressive police response — chanting "Free, free, free #Palestine"

✊🏿This is spreading despite their best efforts to contain it.

✊🏿Looked like 100+ state troopers, UT police, and APD for a pro-palestine protest on UT Austin campus today.

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How To Get Active And Get Organized!

Five tips for forming an affinity group

Crimethinc: How To Start An Affinity Group

Sprout Distro: How To Start An Affinity Group

Rebel Steps: Community support and mutual aid

Want to start a tenants’ association? Here’s what you need to know first (WaPo)

How to organize a tenants’ union (TenantNet)

Form a tenants’ association (HomeLine)

Food Not Bombs handbook

Food Not Bombs materials and books

Principles of harm reduction

What is harm reduction?  (Harm Reduction International)

Getting started in union organizing

Is it time to start a union at your workplace?  (spoiler alert the answer is yes)

Building working-class defense organizations: An interview with the Twin Cities GDC (It’s Going Down)

Practical organizing for antifa and beyond

https://www.iww.org/content/join-one-big-union

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