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You might think this is a bunny, but is actually a bat

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it’s over the garden wall season folks

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by @sweet-fall

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Things they don't tell you about being a first time wheelchair user in highschool

Literally everyone will ask if you broke your leg(s). Everyone. Even people you don’t know. Theyll ask a lot and think you’re extremely fragile.

bruises show up within the first day of rolling around, and they can really suck

people will try to grab your chair if they think you’re struggling and it can be hard not to snap at them for it

static electricity is a huge issue. You will probably either continuously shock your leg when you’re rolling around or do what I did today and zap someone so hard as you pass that both of you nearly keel over

people will call you out as a faker if you do anything even remotely fun ever on your wheelchair. Wheelies? Obviously your legs are fine lol not like you have to go down fucking curbs /s

puddles are the worst and if there’s a curb with a puddle all around and you have some ability to walk its a better idea to just stand up and navigate the chair than to fall backwards into said puddle

weird looks from people are inevitable, especially from people who don’t like you

bus drivers will often push your chair and give you advise you don’t want to hear, even if you tell them nicely you can push yourself. Its really hard not to get mad at them for it

no wheelies in school. Though if you do it in the elevator when no one else is with you you can’t really get caught.

speaking of wheelies, always be ready to throw at least one arm behind you in case you fall. They say tuck your chin in but its easier and more reliable to throw your hands back and keep your neck up so you don’t hit the floor. Sore arms are way easier to put up with than head injuries

don’t even bother to try and roll back up curbs. You will either be there for an hour or fall backwards. I managed to do both.

90% of classrooms that aren’t special ed are not very wheelchair accessible.

people will automatically assume you’re faking something if you’re not considered dumb enough in their standards to fit in with disabled students (aka high class ableism at its finest)

people are going to give you weird looks if you don’t suddenly start sitting with the other disabled kids

standard backpacks usually dangle way too much to keep on you easily, so try to pack light

built in storage on wheelchairs cannot sufficiently carry books

don’t try to hold an umbrella. Period. Especially not with your teeth. It doesn’t work.

don’t try to give the bus driver your ticket while you’re stuck on the ramp. And speaking of, its easy to start falling down the bus ramp so be careful, and when in doubt throw on the breaks

and finally if you’re like me pray to god you don’t go nonverbal when someone is trying to push you and you don’t want them to because it is hard to get them to stop if you can’t speak

able-bodied people can and should 1000% reblog this, some of these things I’ve seen on tips about using a wheelchair but a lot of these weren’t things I’ve seen

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Queer Gamer Novel Giveaway!

We’ve just released Don’t Feed the Trolls, a new novel by critically acclaimed queer fiction author Erica Kudisch (@mithingthepoint), and we’re so excited to have a book about a young genderqueer gamer that we wanted to celebrate by giving away at least 250 free copies!

About Don’t Feed the Trolls:

Gaming while female is enough to incur the wrath of the dude-bros, and they’ve come for me. Instead of fighting back, I’ve created an alternate account. Male name, male pronouns. And I’ve met this girl. I’ve always liked girls, and Laura’s adorable and smart and never gives up, and she likes me back. Or rather, she likes the man I’m pretending to be. But I can’t tell her I’m a woman without the mob coming after her too.

And besides: I might not be a woman, not really.

The truth is, I don’t know what I am anymore. I’ve spent my whole life being told how I’m supposed to act and what I’m supposed to be, but none of it feels right. And my lie is starting to feel truer than anything I’ve ever been.

There’s a convention coming up, but the closer it gets, the more I have to choose: lie or fight. But if I don’t stand my ground as a girl, am I letting the haters win?

Then again, those aren’t the only two ways to live.

Some quick giveaway rules:

1. We’re giving away at least 250 free ebook copies! But the more reblogs, the more copies we’ll give away. We’ll add 50 extra giveaway copies for every 1,000 notes this post gets.

2. All you need to do to enter is reblog, and make sure we can contact you via messaging or ask box to notify you if you win. No giveaway blogs (we will check). You do not need to be following us (although we’re lovely, we promise!).

3. This giveaway will end at 11:59 PM eastern time on Wednesday, April 12. Please allow at least a week for us to contact all the winners, especially if the post picks up a lot of notes.

4. If you win, please consider leaving a review at Amazon and/or Goodreads; it’s the best way to thank the author if you enjoy her work.

5. Boring legal stuff governing giveaway rules is here.

6. If you don’t win but think the book looks awesome, or if you want it in paperback, you can pick it up at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, iTunes, Smashwords, or the publisher’s website in ebook for just $3.99 and in print for about $15 :) There’s a long excerpt available on the publisher’s website, along with extensive AO3-style tagging, so we encourage you to take a peek!

Thanks all, and good luck!

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Well, it almost definitely differs at least a little bit. But I think it would make sense for it to be influenced a lot by American Muggle history, since they live in the same place, and to my knowledge aren't completely isolated from each other, especially given the existence of muggleborns. Plus, American wizards have to have come from as many diverse backgrounds as American muggles, leading to an amazing diversity of magic. So it would make sense for the history and culture to be similar.

jkr doesnt understand anything about america if she thinks the northern and southern states will share the same wizarding school lollll. like the south would have formed its own school anyways after, if not before or during the civil war?

hell east coast and west coast magic has got to be different (european settlers on the east, mexican/hispanic in the whole new mexico, arizona, cali area). 

not to mention historically black wizarding schools would have absolutely been a thing bc african magic survived thru slavery hello??? not to mention under slavery and jim crow laws i highly doubt black children would have been allowed to study with white students. you could even make the assumption that white slavers forbade them for using their magic at all (african magic = dark magic and all that Fun Racism)

underdeveloped and struggling to thrive native american reservation schools of magic in the dakotas? 

texas has to have its own school on its own school. like its just a given fact. TEXAS WIZARDING SCHOOL QUDDITCH (like texas high school football #texasforever)

and obviously you have the elitist new england schools which everyone assumes is the pinnacle of american magic education lol

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how to “get” fahrenheit temps

think of it as a percentage of heat

40% hot? eh, kind of on the chilly side

75% hot? that’s pretty warm now

20% hot? that’s actually not warm at all

110% hot? we’re dying

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I wish I knew the exact time and date that harry told snape ‘there’s no need to call me sir professor’ so that I could take a moment of silence to remember the moment each year

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GIFFING-SU 20,000 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY!!!

To celebrate our 20k follower milestone, and to thank all of you who made this blog possible, we’re giving away the following prizes to 9 lucky winners: 

Dog tags x2

Mini vinyl figure x4

Water bottle

Guide to the Crystal Gems book

Too Cool for School comic book

To be eligible to win you must: 1) Be following giffing-su, and 2) reblog this post. Only one entry per reblog. Winners and prizes will be chosen randomly on September 30th. One prize per winner. We will ship to any country! Happy blogging!

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jkr doesnt understand anything about america if she thinks the northern and southern states will share the same wizarding school lollll. like the south would have formed its own school anyways after, if not before or during the civil war?

hell east coast and west coast magic has got to be different (european settlers on the east, mexican/hispanic in the whole new mexico, arizona, cali area). 

not to mention historically black wizarding schools would have absolutely been a thing bc african magic survived thru slavery hello??? not to mention under slavery and jim crow laws i highly doubt black children would have been allowed to study with white students. you could even make the assumption that white slavers forbade them for using their magic at all (african magic = dark magic and all that Fun Racism)

underdeveloped and struggling to thrive native american reservation schools of magic in the dakotas? 

texas has to have its own school on its own school. like its just a given fact. TEXAS WIZARDING SCHOOL QUDDITCH (like texas high school football #texasforever)

and obviously you have the elitist new england schools which everyone assumes is the pinnacle of american magic education lol

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Experiment

Reblog with your sign and the Steven Universe character you feel you relate to most

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Kevin: He is holding-

Lauren: Don't come any nearer!

Kevin: HE IS HOLDING A CAT.

*Night Vale theme starts playing*

me: WOOOOOO~

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can we talk about literal angel sam wilson flying after rhodey who is falling out of the sky because he knows what it’s like for your wingman to get shot right out of the sky. to know what it’s like to be up there just to watch. wants to help the opposite team because doesn’t want to be responsible for someone’s closest friend to die

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