#Screen reader friendly

[frameacloud]

(Image description in alt text.) This is a comic that I found in a decades old issue of a magazine about multiples and DID systems, Many Voices: Words of Hope for People Recovering from Trauma and Dissociation, Vol XI, No.4, August 1999, ISSN 1042-2277. Illustrations and comics in this magazine are usually credited only by an artist's signature, which may be unclear or absent. This one doesn't have an artist credit, so Noah might be the signature, a name that doesn't appear elsewhere in the issue.

[dontforgetukraine]

Signs That You're Looking at Ukraine Through a Russian Prism

by Mariam Naiem

1. Perceiving Russian culture as apolitical Culture is political. Russia weaponizes its heritage, promoting a 'great Russia' myth to normalize the subjugation of other 'lesser' cultures. Literary classics become tools of cultural supremacy. 2. Perceiving this war as 'fraternal' Russian propaganda portrays Ukraine and Russia as inseparably linked peoples. This concept ignores Ukraine's aspirations for independence and self-determination and imposes the idea that, at the core, we are one and the same. 3. Pushing reconciliation with Russian opposition This narrative ignores the power imbalance. Any dialogue must be on Ukraine's terms, if and when Ukrainians choose. External pressure for reconciliation is unacceptable. Ukraine's agency is non-negotiable. 4. Explaining Ukraine to Ukrainians Explaining Putin's motives, Ukrainian history, Dostoevsky's relevance to Ukraine, and so on implies that you possess superior knowledge of the topic compared to Ukrainians, which is not true. Ukrainians have deep insights into Russia's actions based on historical experience and direct impact. Such explanations, even if well-intentioned, might come across as patronizing or dismissive of Ukrainian expertise. 5. Suggesting capitulation Urging Ukraine to yield? It won't end the war. Russia regroups, and casualties mount later. Ukraine's fight is for survival, severely limiting compromise options. Respect Ukrainians' difficult position and right to determine their future. 6. Whataboutism "Other conflicts exist" isn't a reason to help less – it's a call to help more. Each crisis deserves its own focus. Don't use comparisons to justify inaction on Ukraine. 7. Claiming Ukrainians don't deserve help Questioning a nation's worthiness of aid based on alleged issues can be seen as justifying inaction. It's more constructive to focus on the current situation and humanitarian needs. Consider the actions of the aggressor rather than criticizing those defending themselves. 8. Not my war A nuclear-armed autocracy attacking a democracy is everyone's problem. It's not about values – it's about time. This war isn't yours today, but ignore it, and it'll be at your doorstep tomorrow. Ukraine's front line is democracy's front line. P.S. Consider the Ukrainian perspective and try to imagine their experiences. It’s important to avoid assuming how one might act in their situation. What Ukrainians may need most is genuine understanding and support. The key is to listen and empathize.

[pizzacade]

Clara Oswald's guide to the Twelfth Doctor,

From the Companion's Companion, a book written by Clara to inform the next companions, with information from her, and previous companions.

[gali-in-distress]

Been thinking about this for a long time:

David and Crystal's relationship as a very straightforward metaphor for abuse, sexual assault and grooming (and other things of the sort).

I think that we can all agree that David is basically a loser, but, he's in a position of power from the start. Much like an older man who can't get his peers to like him, David goes to a younger, impressionable human girl who will find him interesting, cool, mature, because he's a Demon.

When it comes to demons in general, he appears to be just a nobody, but to Crystal he's THE demon. He feeds her ego with this idea that she's special, so much better than the other girls, because she's a psychic. And only he can help her reach her full potential.

David encourages the worst parts of Crystal, according to him she's mean and evil and powerful. Nobody else will understand her, nobody else will love her, she's above humans, and so is he. He is awful, yes, but so is she. So they deserve each other, right?

Taking a page out of the Abuser 101 Guide Book, David doesn't believe in consent. Under that web of lies and manipulation, Crystal agrees to being possessed, but she doesn't get to back off after that. That logic rings familiar for a reason. It is very easy to blame Crystal for letting a Demon posses her. But at the end of the day, she's just a teenage girl who told her manipulative, more powerful boyfriend, to use her body once, only for him to change the terms of the original agreement. Consent is an ongoing thing. You should be able to take it back at any point. But David didn't let her. Is it her fault for saying Yes one time, if she wasn't allowed to say no after that?

Like many trauma survivors, Crystal doesn't get to remember much of what happened to her, good or bad. David took her identity. She only has her abusive ex's version of events to go off. He manipulates the narrative, selectively shows her the pieces of the story that support the argument that she's bad and Just Like Him. The version of her that has no family, no real friends, no support, no one to talk to but her toxic boyfriend.

That's the version that he can control. The one he has power over.

But we know that that's probably not all there is to her. In Emma's memories, Crystal is a kind, funny friend. When the possession happens the change is so alarming that Emma feels the need to ask for help. Furthermore, once she's removed from her toxic environment, Crystal's actions speak of kindness, of sympathy and wanting to help others. She's flawed like everyone else, she's hurt and she's witty and opinionated (which are not bad things). But at her core, she's not a bad person, like David wants her to think.

The effect David has on her is evident. Her life, her relationships and her self perceptions are marked with his abuse from then on.

He harassed her to the point where she was forced to give up a great part of her identity in order to get rid of him. She had already lost her memories, but then she loses her psychic abilities, her talent, her skill, what she feels gives her the right to be useful, to have a place within her new friends. Something that she's ashamed and scared of having lost. And something we then find out is deeply connected to her identity as a black woman and her heritage.

Losing a crucial part of yourself because it's been tainted by pain and fear because of an abusive partner is something that many people go through.

Crystal, due to the damage David has caused, can't trust men in her life anymore. She's hyper aware of any possible sign of danger. She gets cornered by the fear of possibly making the same mistake again. She snaps at the people she cares about, she sees demons where they aren't. If that isn't a sign of trauma, I don't know what is.

Crystal is a clear representation of what could happen to a person when they're emotionally neglected by the people that matter. She's brought up in an environment that pushes her to be self-assertive and independent. But at the end of the day, she's just a teenage girl, so she's vulnerable to the influence of others.

David took advantage of a girl who had little to no guidance, who probably always felt different due to being a psychic. He presents himself as a cool, interesting, sexy guy who claimed to understand her on a level that no one else had before. But ultimately, he's just some loser guy who had to go find a vulnerable girl to pray on, because he wasn't cool enough on his own. She's more powerful than him, but he made her feel that she needed him. When it's the other way around. And when he couldn't keep her small, shaped to follow him, he took her experiences and her identity with him.

[yourironlung]

mind if i cough in your ear all night? / mind if i resent you for a year tonight?

[themagicfolfsartgallery]

Since it's Intersex Awareness Day tomorrow I decided to make an info Pamphlet for anyone to use!

Below are the links the QR codes use, and a printable version for... well, printing!

Printable PDF Version

Dr. Morgan Carpenter's website

Tony Briffa's Story

Steph Lum's speech, not a TEDx talk

[wizardsfang]

Niche Kin Appreciation Challenge

A 30 prompt challenge by @wizardsfang

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1. Introduce your kin

2. Make a playlist for your kin

3. Share 5 fun facts about your kin

4. Do a photo dump for your kin

5. Assign colors to your kin

6. Share about your kin’s hearthome

7. Share your favorite aspects of your kin

8. Write a poem or drabble

9. Create a moodboard

10. Share a piece of media that relates to/reminds you of your kin

11. Share how you discovered this kin

12. Badly make a minimalist drawing of your kin

13. Assign your kin a food, hobby or genre

14. Create a Userbox or PFP set for your kin

15. Assign your kin an aesthetic & rant about why

16. Write affirmations for this kin

17. Create a club for your kin (or those close) and describe the objective of the club

18. Design a prototype, create, or otherwise share gear suggestions for your kin

19. Talk about how you express this kin

20. Make gifs & do a gif dump for your kin

21. Create a Stimboard

22. Create a “beginners guide” to your kin

23. Make a silly meme or trend for your kin

24. Share memories, shifts, quirks, or feelings this kin may bring

25. Start a silly/lighthearted rumor about this kin

26. Draw or Write your kin in a past or present drawing/writing trend & put sincere effort into it

27. Share your tougher experiences you have with your kin & you how persevere

28. Assign your kin a cutie mark, pokemon type, httyd class, WC clan or any other means or special identification from media & share why

29. Create a watchlist or gaming list for your kin

30. Create anything else you wish you’d seen for this kin

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Anyone with any kind of type or kin can use this however, this challenge is especially geared towards niche & lesser acknowledged kins

From big to small, nonfiction to high fantasy, this challenge was designed to help give a few small fun things for folk to do to help fill the gaps in content for the things attached to their identity

I encourage folk to use #Niche Kin Appreciation or #Kin Appreciation along with other relevant alterhuman tags to help showcase what they create :]!!

- Image Version for Challenge Here

- Kin Drawing Challenge Here (coming soon)

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Note: not all kinfolk will be able to fulfill every prompt due to various degrees of representation; users are encouraged to get creative in their means to fulfill the gap WITHOUT using AI to generate or alter works

[theorchardsys]

Coninumimi Coining Post!!

CONINUMIMI (cahn-IN-oo-MEE-mee): a contherian/alterhuman/nonhuman that experiences constant shifts of ears and tails in a way that resembles kemonomimi fashion, anime design, or just how they imagine kemonomimis to be!

EXAMPLES:

A German Shepherd contherian who has constant phantom shifts of having ears and a tail!

A dragon fictionkin having constant phantom shifts of wings, claws, horns, and a tail!

A whale zoanthrope who believes that they have a whale tail (with or instead of legs) and a fin on their back!

A kemonomimi kin who has constant full body shifts!

STANCES:

This label is inherently pro-p-shifters, pro-physical alterhumans, pro- TikTok therians, and pro- CLCZ (clinical lycanthrope/clinical zoanthrope)! Please do not use if you are anti any of those things :)

FLAG:

PLAIN FLAG:

Caramel (#ac703a): Kemonomimi flag top color! Beige (#c7ae96): Kemonomimi as fashion connecting to your nonhumanity! Light purple (#a699bc): The constant phantom shifts! Purple (#593c8f): Alterhumanity/nonhumanity!

CREDS:

No credits needed! Feel free to use this flag or term for whatever your needs are!

[coining-system-terms]

Please use neutral and non-human terms on this [noun]

Like or reblog if using please. Free to use without credit but credit is appreciated. Want a userbox, term or flag? Request one!

[maxbeta360]

I feel bad for those who don’t get goosebumps when listening to a beautiful song, or watching a meaningful movie, or reading a sentimental book

I feel like alterhumans experience this on a whole different level

Fictionkin listening to that one song they remember hearing in source, or hearing a loved one’s voice again when they rewatch their memories

Animals feeling the ground on their feet/paws and listening their own vocals for the first time

Having that old sensation back when you put on a tail or mask or clothes from your source

No other person could possibly feel that in the same way you do

[frameacloud]

Plurality, multiplicity, and systems are not synonyms for DID. They are umbrellas that include DID as well as other disordered and non-disordered experiences of being more than one person or personality in one body over time.

[dontforgetukraine]

Comic by Mariam Naiem

I like to spend time with friends one-on-one. But lately there are three of us. [The silhouettes of the speaker and friend in each scene, except for the first, are always accompanied by a large humanoid shadow looming over them and listening in.] --- "In case something happens, finish my book, okay?" [my friend asked of me as we sat together] "Ok," [I said while the shadowy specter sat next to my friend.] --- "I don't have any plans for afterwards," [my friend in the military said as the specter stood behind them and we looked to the horizon.] --- "How are you?" [I asked as we knelt on either side of the flowers.] "Good! I went to the cemetery and laid an equal amount of flowers to all three of them." [The specter knelt behind my friend.] --- "I don't see my life after the war," [my friend in the military told me from across the table. The specter loomed over them and reached to touch them.] --- "I am sick of this! WHO ARE YOU? We didn't invite you," [I said, confronting the specter. It towered over me.] --- "Yes, you did not," [it acknowledged, revealing a scythe in its grasp and presenting a slip of paper to me.] --- 24.02.2022 INVITATION from Russia.

Text in brackets were added by me for accessibility purposes to help transcribe and describe the comic.

[sulphuricgrin]

I'm gonna ramble a little about something i've noticed and find surprisingly frustrating to see. Let me clarify first that I'm not singling anyone out, but I have seen this a few times over the last couple months.

ALT text and image IDs - I understand a lot of Tumblr still doesn't use these for their own posts. Believe me, I get it. I have to start doing that for my own visual posts. I want to be more inclusive to those visually impaired.

Where am I going with this?

WIP Whenevers and Wednesdays.

If you're posting your writing for these, please maybe reconsider doing a screenshot and posting that for your WIP share. Because you just now made it harder/impossible for someone with a screen reader to read your writing. Of all the things you could do, you just made your writing into a visual image that cannot be read.

So next time you share your writing, just copy and paste. Please.

[leaslichoma]

If you have nuanced opinions please tell me all about them in the tags or replies.

[tumble-tv]

It's me!

[Image ID: A drawing of a boy with black forearm crutches, a purple mohawk, brown eyes, and beige skin. He is wearing a dark gray face mask, gray shorts, Doc Martens boots, socks with the trans flag on them, and a hoodie. His hoodie has dark brown and gray striped sleeves, brown torso, and blue hood. His shorts have two chains on the left hip. The laces on his boots are yellow on the right and purple on the left, both ladder laced. He is wearing a brace on each knee. The background has candy corn in it. He has a left eyebrow piercing and three ear piercings. The bottom two piercings are black hoops, the third is a black stud. He is standing with his right hip jutted out and left leg forward, facing his right slightly. His head is angled down slightly and he is looking to his right with his eyebrows slightly furrowed.]

[miladyh]

Burned (Whumptober Day 5 - Sunburn)

Summary: Wild gets a sunburn after a day of fun and relaxation. Legend is left to take care of the remorseful and very red Champion. (Whumptober Prompt- Day 5: Sunburn)

Rating: G

Word Count: ~1200

Ao3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/59552038

Excerpt:

“Don't you have clothing that's supposed to help with that?”

Wild winced, gingerly moving to get up. “Yeah, it's enchanted. But I really didn't think I'd need it today.”

He stood, making his way over to where he had dropped his things.

“Thanks for helping me, by the way. Couldn't reach that part.” he ground out.

Legend glanced at him, noting the way the man was eyeing his discarded tunic like it was about to turn into a fire chu. He crossed his arms. “You're as red as the lobster on Wind's shirt.”

Wild looked up, puzzled. “That lobster is white.”

“Yeah? Well, that's because it wore sunblock. That's the color you were before you went out there.”

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