Thomas Jefferson experiences dysphoria
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me and the five other people that didnât see the northern lights are throwing a party and youâre not invited btw
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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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pov: you play poker game with marcille
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When I say âschool should be disability accessibleâ, I donât just mean we need handicap rails and EAs. Kids should be able to miss a day without failing out of school. You shouldnât be dismissed from clubs because your attendance record is âspottyâ (true story). I once missed an entire week of school because of a terrible, unending migraine. I was expected to keep up with my studies despite the blinding pain that came with working on my computer. When I heard my teachers say that you couldnât miss exams, I asked what I would have to do to be excused from them. Their response? âEither get a doctorâs note an hour before the exam or death of an immediate family member.â
I cannot express how rigid this expectation was. First of all, with my condition, I wouldnât have enough warning about my sickness to go to the doctor and request a note. For many people, this is exceptionally difficult, especially with the current shortage of medical professionals. Next, it ignores the fact that my schedule may not line with theirs because of my medical needs. Once, I had to visit a hospital a province away (which I was on the waiting list of for over a year) on the same day as an exam. I begged my mother not to take me because I was so nervous that I would be marked as an automatic fail. I was lucky enough to make it work, but thatâs only because of my spectacular support system consisting of family members and wonderful doctors.
Disabilities arenât always about needing a bus that can accommodate wheelchairs. Itâs already difficult enough for many of us to maintain school attendance without the harsh punishments involved for skipping a day. We need to be able to miss school without being punished. Only than can you claim that the school is âaccessibleâ
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My hot take is that actually food allergies are a disability and more people need to realize that. The amount of research people with food allergies have to do when they want to go visit places but arent sure if theyâll have access to any food there is insane. Allergy friendly food is almost ALWAYS incredibly expensive in stores bc of all those fucking fad diets that like yoga instructors and middle age soccer moms make popular. And on top of the price, it is so hard to FIND! Almost evrry grocery store ive been to has a tiny ass allergy section that is almost always near empty. Plus what about people who donât have the money to pay 10$ for a loaf of bread? You go to starbucks and non-dairy milks are like 70 cents extra? People are definitely out there buying and eating stuff that is destroying their digestive systems because they have no other choice. I am begging people to stop pretending that catering to peopleâs food allergies is elitist and not worth is. We need to make these options openly available.
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It's really hard to explain what I mean but yknow that moment in the show where the protagonist realises who is pulling all the strings and it all clicks into place. But it implicates their companion in the process? And they turn around to tell their companion about their revelation and the shot changes and you can just see the companion is already 5 steps ahead of them. They're got this knowing look and a smarmy smile on their face. And before the protagonist even gets to speak they have a silent moment of "we both know what we know." LITERALLY MY FAVOURITE TYPE OF VILLAIN REVEAL.
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When I was younger and more abled, I was so fucking on board with the fantasy genreâs subversion of traditional femininity. We werenât just fainting maidens locked up in towers; we could do anything men could do, be as strong or as physical or as violent. I got into western martial arts and learned to fight with a rapier, fell in love with the longsword.
But since Iâve gotten too disabled to fight anymore, I⌠find myself coming back to that maiden in a tower. Itâs that funny thing, where subverting femininity is powerful for the people who have always been forced into it⌠but for the people who have always been excluded, the powerful thing can be embracing it.
As Iâm disabled, as I say to groups of friends, âI canât walk that far,â as Iâm in too much pain to keep partying, I find myself worrying: Iâm boring, too quiet, too stationary, irrelevant. The message sent to the disabled is: Youâre out of the narrative, youâre secondary, youâre a burden.
The remarkable thing about the maiden in her tower is not her immobility; itâs common for disabled people to be abandoned, set adrift, waiting at bus stops or watching out the windows, forgotten in institutions or stranded in our houses. The remarkable thing is that sheâs like a beacon, turning her tower into a lighthouse; people want to come to her, sheâs important, she inspires through her appearance and words and craftwork. Â In medieval romances she gives gifts, write letters, sends messengers, and summons lovers; she plays chess, commissions ballads, composes music, commands knights. She is her householdâs moral centre in a castle under siege. She is a castle unto herself, and the integrity of her body matters.
That can be so revolutionary to those of us stuck in our towers who fall prey to thinking: Nobody would want to visit; nobody would want to listen; nobody would want to stay.
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đ QUEERBOOK 2024 is hereee! We made a book by and for LGBTQ+ youth! đłď¸ââ§ď¸đłď¸âđ
Last year, we asked LGBTQ+ youth: what's your idea of a "queer utopia?"
Not gonna lie - with more than 150 bills introduced in 35 states in 2023 that aimed to restrict student access to inclusive and diverse books and other library materials, the theme felt pretty radical.
And you DELIVERED. With the help of our Youth Voices (amazing queer youth activists from across the country), we compiled your amazing submissions of poetry, short essays and letters, visual art, photography, and more into Queerbook 2024. Like a yearbook, it captures what queer youth are feeling, going through, and hoping for - right here, right now across the U.S.
It's also no accident that it's the perfect small-ish size to stash in your locker or backpack so you can crack it open any time you're looking for some queer connection. :3
Read some more about the book and grab your own limited-run copy of Queerbook 2024 now here.
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I wish the world worked like it did in the stardew valley universe. If I'm strapped for cash I should be able to go grab some blackberries off the nearest roadside bush and go sell them to a grocery store for a quick ten bucks. I should be able to think "huh I wanna go talk to the wizard today" and then I go talk to the wizard in his wizard tower
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hey if you died right now whats your ghost outfit you cant change it be honest
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I think one of the Worst Things about wanting to find period clothing from other cultures, is trying to find fucking casual/work clothes. Like no, I do not want to see all these fancy intricate kimonos, I want to see jinbei, and field work outfits so I don't put a damn obi on this poor boy so he has a belt to hang his knife from.
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