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Fuck you, fuckers.

I have fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis. I look healthy, if only a bit tired a ragged. Regardless of how I appear, I'm not able-bodied. When I'm in a flare, I need to use the handicapped stall because the lower toilets in a regular stall are too low. Sometimes I need the support bars, as well. I do not walk any different than others, I do not normally need mobility aids. I simply need help getting up and down from a seated position. Having said all that ... ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE, PLEASE STOP USING THE LARGE HANDICAPPED STALL AS YOUR OWN PERSONAL DRESSING ROOM, OFFICE, PRIVATE BATHROOM, FUCK ROOM, OR WHATEVER THE FUCK ELSE YOU DO IN THERE. Thank you.

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Touchdown on sweet sweet liberal soil.

I transferred to a city about an hour and a half away from where I was. My new co-workers don't offer as much casual racism and blatant ignorance as my old ones. I haven't had anything new to post, though I have a few things saved up from my old place of employment. In other news ... We're still homeless, but there is a lot more opportunity out here. I hope to get out of this mess before winter. Fingers crossed! Tonight I stopped by a donation bin that was over flowing with clothes and shoes. Because I am always in need of these items, I browsed the offerings. It's a shame the designer jeans where far too large for me, because they were very very nice. I did manage to find four new pair of shoes. Not cheap ones, either, and barely worn at that. I'm still amazed that someone donated so many EXPENSIVE items, many still with tags and/or obviously unworn. The consumerism sickened me. But hey, free shoes. The shoes I've been wearing leave me in a lot of pain. Hopefully at least one of the pairs I found will help with that. If not, I'll put them right back where I found them.

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Huddled masses blah blah blah:

"Why should we take [Syrian refugees] in? Let someone else do it."

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Even if the sisters were quiet on this topic previously, I'm elated to hear about the TLC special and their participation.

The Duggar sisters are teaming with TLC to to “break the silence” on sexual abuse 

In an hour-long TLC special, Breaking the Silence, Duggar sisters Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard, along with several male and female sexual abuse survivors, spoke about their experiences. In an emotional segment from the show, Erin Merryn (above, who is not one of the Duggar sisters) talks about her experiences and fighting to pass Erin’s Law in all 50 states.

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I still love Sesame Street.

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Things I, as an American Indian woman, am sick of hearing:

“Can I touch your hair?” While I appreciate your asking before stroking me like I’m a pony at the petting zoo, the answer is NO.

“Your hair is so long and thick, you should donate it to Locks of Love.” - “Omg, kids with cancer have no hair at all! How can you be so selfish??” Okay, first of all Locks of Love is a scam charity. Secondly, it’s my hair and my identity, you do not have the right to lay a bogus guilt trip on me for wishing to keep both of these intact.

“Is that your -real- name? What does it say on your birth certificate? What does your name mean? My Burning Man tribal name is ….” Sigh. Do I really have to explain why these questions/statements are so inappropriate?

“How much money do you get from your tribe and/or government? My -insert person here- is like 7/9ths -insert tribe here- and doesn’t have to work. How many casinos do you own?” Yeah, people really ask me these things. Here’s an idea, drive out to a small town in West Virginia and ask a slightly different version of these questions replacing any reference to a tribe and casinos with welfare checks and food stamps. When you’ve recovered from your injuries, I’ll be here to take your apology.

“Just how much native American are you?” Seriously people, I’m not a dog.

“I have a little Indian in me.” That’s nice, what would you like me to do with this bit of information? I think maybe I’ll start asking these types of people about their casino profits.

To be continued …

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What an exotic get away!

The way my co-worker talks about her upcoming Labor Day vacation, I'm forced to believe Iowa is redneck Disneyland.

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Sweet baby Jesus.

“New” hairstyles white women actually appropriated from black women:

1. “Plopping.”

2. “Bold braids.”

3. Cornrows.

4. Locks.

5. Afros.

And no, The Los Angeles Times, Rita Ora’s new hair is not a “fall trend.”

Follow stylemic

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Ashley Burnham just became the first woman from the First Nations to win Mrs. Universe

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Hello bathroom my old friend.

Having an invisible illness sometimes means that spending half of your shift in the bathroom while your colon spasms wildly is as close to paid sick leave you'll get.

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11 powerful photos show the faces of those struggling with invisible diseases 

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Utterly disgusting.

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¿Que?

Sometimes I hear voices, it’s a part of the ‘psychotic features’ my breed of Bipolar comes with. Sort of a little perk, like six months of free HBO without the boobs.

My voices don’t talk to me. They don’t tell me to do things or comment on my life. Usually they sound like a radio or TV someone left on in the other room; just loud enough to hear but not loud enough to understand. At worst, it sounds like the radio/TV is in the same room as me, but I still can’t make out actual words; just chatter. I have learned to live with these hallucinations as they don’t get in the way of my life. But there is one voice that -does- bother me.

It’s a woman’s voice, not my own, and she speaks Spanish. Yes, I know that’s considered a punchline to some people, but it’s not one to me. I don’t speak any Spanish at all. I’ve studied German and Russian, I’ve watched my fair share of subtitled Japanese horror films (and a lot of Bollywood because I’m weird like that), and even picked up a little French by watching hockey telecasts from Montreal. But Spanish? I don’t know any of it. I couldn’t stumble my way though a conversation with a Spanish speaker if I really needed to. Why this voice rambles on in a language I’ve never spoken and never listened to for any length of time is beyond me. I don’t even know if it’s real words or not. I kind of don’t want to know.

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Please and thank you.

If social media is to believed, Burning Man season is upon us. I kindly ask all my drugged up white friends to stop calling themselves a tribe. A family? Sure. A flock? Herd? Gaggle? More power to you, my half-naked brethren. Anything but tribe.

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‘Girl Meets World’ star Rowan Blanchard speaks out about the importance of intersectional feminism

A Tumblr user asked the 13-year-old Girl Meets World star about her thoughts on “white feminism” and the notion that the movement may exclude certain marginalized groups, like women of color and non-cis/queer women. Her full response shows she understands intersectional feminism better than most adults.

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Native Americans have endured years of misrepresentation by the media. Whether in TV, film, print or online, the stories we tell — or refuse to tell — about indigenous peoples have not only enshrined harmful stereotypes, but fueled centuries of land graft, state violence and containment. It’s happening still. Already this summer, there have been multiple stories of government harm to Native land. 

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Instead of sharing the gunman’s videos, share Alison Parker and Adam Ward’s stories.