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this summer is definitely something...

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Me: *gnawing off my own arm in the underground bunker*

the sex offender banana that’s in there with me because we’re the two last living beings on earth:

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Oh shit it's man tits tuesday, happy man tits tuesday everyone

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So whenever your disability pride flag is shared on tiktok, ive noticed people asking why do disabled people need a pride flag, or saying that we dont deserve one because we are "co opting" the gay pride movement... and i am honestly at a loss at what to say to them

Okay, then: here's some Disability Pride Talking points for you, when you come upon that assumption:

First: The Disability Rights Movement gained steam in the U.S. at the same time as the Civil Rights Movement was advocating for racial equality, and the Women's Rights movement was advocating for gender equality -- all in the same decade as the Stonewall Riots.

Second: it may seem like Disability Pride Month is "copying" Queer Pride Month, because July comes right after June. But the reason we celebrate Disability Pride Month in July is because that's when The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed: on July 26, 1990. This was the first Disabilities Rights act in the world. It was followed in 1995 by the Disabilities Discrimination Act in the U.K., and in 2019 in Canada.

Third: on April 5, 1977, the (American) Nationwide 504 Sit-in (Wikipedia article) began, to protest the fact that three presidents in a row had been stalling for four years to implement Disability Civil Rights legislation. Disability advocates staged sit-ins in Federal Buildings for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, and Seattle, San Fransisco, and Washington D.C..

The sit-in in Washington D.C. lasted 28 hours. The Sit-in in San Fransisco lasted 25 Days, and remains the longest occupation of a Federal Government building in U.S. History (It was epic). The civil rights group The Black Panthers also helped with logistical support.

The police tried to force the people inside to leave by cutting phone lines, forgetting that there were people who knew American Sign Language both inside the building, and outside, in the crowd, and they relayed messages back and forth through the windows (excuse me while I take a Cackle break).

Finally: Disabled people are human beings, and deserve all the human rights as everyone else. But a lot of people in authority, look at our lives from the outside, decide that we already have a low-quality of life (without actually asking us), and deciding that it wouldn't be so bad if we died. You know, at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in this country, it was a fairly common policy that if hospitals ran low on ventilators, they'd just take them from disabled people who needed to use them every day? Remember that?

That's why we have to get loud.

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Kind of interesting

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As a lesbian, it’s happened twice already that one “guy” stands out to me and I think “huh maybe they’re kinda cute and interesting, I wanna get to know them” and then I get to know them better and it’s a closeted trans girl who I somehow sniffed with my little nonbinary lesbian nose

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Here is the first chapter of Chum, my web serial about superheroes, supervillains, people with powers who reject either label, sharks, fishing, Philadelphia, the Jersey Shore but the part that's full of old Jewish people and not party people, how growing up sucks, how authority sucks, how fascists suck, cancer, and teeth.

Content warning for obliquely referenced disembowelment in chapter 1. General content warning throughout the story for violence, gore, drugs, and general other dramatic things that you might expect to see in a story written for adults. Do not let the fact that the main character starts as a teenager fool you. It will get violent. It will get darker. People will die. Weed will be smoked.

Thanks for reading. Reblogs and sharing with your friends are greatly appreciated. At least one update will be posted each Wednesday, I can commit to that much, with other updates coming when I feel like writing them. Updates will be posted here for now.

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gooby woobies

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happy pride month!!!

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Pride Pony drawing before June wraps up!

Stay Strong and Pride On🌈🌈🌈

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(pls reblog! It costs $0 to share a disabled small artist and shop with a dream 💛)

Dawn of a new day - 48 hours remain...🤎🌿The countdown for this curly cutie has begun! Lolly plushie preorders will be up this Friday, July 7th at 3:30pm EST! 🌈☀️

Preorder deadline: August 11th! 🌼

Will you be getting yourself this sweetheart?

(preorders will be on my lil happy shop here!)

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Hi! I’m Andrea, but you guys can also call me Andy, Gremlin, or Barm. I’ll be your host! This poll bracket is themed around national/state flowers (because it’s my new random hyperfixation and nobody else on Tumblr has taken this idea yet). I am relatively new to Tumblr, and this is my first time running a poll/bracket/tournament thingy, so please bear with me. So I’m making this initial post because A) I want to ask you guys a few questions about how I should run the polls, B) I want this to get reblogged so people will become aware of my blog and actually vote on my polls by the time I roll them out, and C) it felt like I probably should make at least one big announcement post first, since other similar accounts also have one. Anyway, sorry for rambling! If you wouldn’t mind, and if you’d like to participate, please reblog this post and comment/reply/write in the tags with your answers to the following questions:

1. Should I dedicate this poll bracket to US state flowers or national flowers from every country? The US state flowers poll bracket would take significantly less time, since there’s only 50 states. The national flowers bracket would take much longer since there’s well over 200 countries. However, the flowers within them and their cultural significance are way more interesting (to me, at least). I’m planning to do both of these ideas anyway if I like hosting the poll bracket games enough. I just want to know which one I should start first.

2. Some states and countries may have more than one national flower. Should I include all of them or pick just one per state/country?

3. Assuming we go with the national flowers route instead of the states, should I include plants that aren’t typically considered flowers? Some countries, like Canada, Argentina, and The Ivory Coast, have national trees/tree blossoms instead of regular flowers. And some countries, like Ireland and Lesotho, have other national plants that people typically wouldn’t consider flowers (the shamrock and the spiral aloe, respectively). Should they be included as well?

4. Again, assuming this is a national flowers bracket, should I include broad categories of flowers? For example, many countries have roses as their national flower. No specific kind of rose, just generally roses. I’d feel bad excluding so many countries if I decided not to include broad flower categories. But then again, it’s kind of weird to put large categories of flowers against specific species. Plus, excluding them might save some time by shortening the list of “contestants.”

That’s all for now. I look forward to your responses! Hope to see you guys vote in the polls soon!