#educate yourself to help others

[emlynphoenix]

Only 19 states have the Seizure Safe School Act. Out of 50 states only 19 have mandated seizure first aid requirements.

Epilepsy is the 4th most common neurological disorder. It is treated as if it is rare causing the feeling of loneliness, and being misunderstood. Students and faculty alike cause some of this by not taking the disability seriously. We need to bring this to an end. All 50 states should be on board.

Anyone with a brain can have a seizure 💜

[reality-detective]

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[gentlemanbutch]

bitch I knooooow you are not comparing covid to fucking AIDS! Like there's gotta be some confusion cause ain't no way.

Congratulations for having terrible reading comprehension!

I said both AIDS and COVID fuck up your immune system and that it’s sad to see queer people ignoring it, when my generation constantly talk about how sad it is to not have elderly queer people in our lives because of AIDS.

Wow! What a wild comparison! What a wild thing of me to say. What a wild thing to feel disappointed by the ableism within my own community. Wild. Absolutely wild. 🙄

And there actually ARE a lot of parallels between COVID and AIDS (“parallels” doesn’t mean “it’s the exact same thing,” just to make sure you’re following), from how queer, BIPOC, and low income folks are more impacted, to some of the specific ways it harms your immune system, to how the media is underreporting/downplaying it, but I’m not going to waste my time spelling it out for someone who isn’t engaging in good faith.

[sirenium]

It's okay to use contradictory labels. I know, I'm probably being redundant here. But I want to make sure anyone who hasn't heard it today gets to chance to hear it. You're valid. I don't care if you're a boy in whatever way, and you're also a lesbian, nor do I care if you're a girl in some way and also gay. I don't mind if you're omni, pan, bi, poly, or abro and a lesbian/gay. Are you aroace spec as well as mspec? Nice! Are you a mixture of all of these things? Something I missed? Cool!

Complicated identities are no less valid than identities that fit into boxes. And I will keep saying that, because there are still people in the world who insist on what you can and can't be (I swear I've said something like that word for word before, but sbsbs), whether it be your average homophobic grandpa or some exclusionist on twitter.💀

[naimypineapple]

The state of the world right now definitely calls for a lot of despair, anger, fear, and denial. The way the media and all of these “humanitarian” states are willfully denying the genocide of Palestine and supporting it, while inhibiting and punishing protest against it is horrifying. It begets fear and resignation to the atrocities being committed.

In times when we all need to come together to support each other, so many of us do, and so many of us try and distance ourselves further. I see far too much around me fellow Muslims attempting to distance themselves from Palestine. Being Muslim in America can be scary, fighting to be Muslim in America is far scarier — families want to stay out of danger, and if the danger doesn’t seem to even be affecting them specifically then it’s especially punished by our very families supporting our fellow brothers and sisters.

It’s taken me a while to even consider posting bout this on my t u m b l r blog that my family barely even knows exists, it took me days to even be willing to like posts regarding Gaza and Palestinian genocide — the kind of paranoia and distance created by our very own community in some instances is understandable in how large of a scope the situation is, and horrifying in our abandonment of our own people, in our allowance to silently sit aside as our own blood is split, our own brothers and sisters slaughtered, and we won’t say a word, we wouldn’t think of even wearing their colors out — the most we can do is whisper amongst ourselves.

It’s hard to talk about the kinds of atrocities happening in the world right now, whether because you feel you have no proper words to convey them or aren’t qualified enough to, whether you’re scared of what might happen to you if you speak out, or whether it’s all overwhelming and you’d rather just stay out of it.

But it’s moments like these where we need everyone to come out and speak out in any way they can. Whether you do so by reblogging preexisting posts, creating your own, making art, donating, etc — Palestine needs all of the support and awareness it can get with all of the media and people in power working against them, whatever you do may in some way, shape or form help.

Being afraid of the consequences of speaking out is normal. But the consequences of silence and submissiveness in this situation will be much worse. Any minority group witnessing this should know that this could happen to any one of us, the people in power could decide to abandon you any day, and that’s why we all need to stick together. When we separate and stay with “our own” those corrupt individuals pulling strings and tossing bombs will raze us.

Everyone is safe, or no one is safe. Free Palestine.

[bogunicorn]

i'm not a world politics expert by any means but it kinda feels like if you know that hamas' violence against civilians is unacceptable and horrific and needs to be stopped, it should be a quick mental jump from that to admitting that israel "fighting back" by doing worse to palestinian civilians is also unacceptable and horrific and needs to be stopped.

genocide is always wrong, violence against civilians is always wrong. but doing this "israel is fighting back against hamas, that's why it's okay that they're cracking down on gaza" song and dance is a disgusting reaction. if you can understand that american imperialism is wrong and often nurtures the very terrorists the US was supposedly there to stop by visiting horrors upon the civilians of the countries it invades and radicalizing them, then you also fundamentally understand why israel is responsible for hamas.

no reblogs and shit on this one, i'm not opening the floor for debate on whether or not it's proportional "retribution" to commit genocide, you can just block me. i have no delusions that this will meaningfully help anyone or anything, i just won't be considered a "safe" person for zionists.

[metronn]

can you believe this fucking country. can you believe the global political environment we're in. let's launch ourselves into the abyss

[orbmanson7]

:(

Very bad grade in therapy today

[gxlden-angels]

Do not stop talking about Palestine. Do not forget about Palestine. This is not a battle of religion and I do not think it should be treated as such. From the river to the sea, they will be free 🇵🇸

Disclaimer: I am not an expert. I am just some guy in the US. I am not a direct source of information. Please listen to Palestinians. Please help them directly. Please help with protests if your country is supplying Israel with weapons like the US.

[theropoda]

honestly that post about guilt and palestine....i think it goes for a lot of things. your driving force to learn about various systems of oppression in the world should never be motivated by guilt, especially if you are part of a privileged group of of people that society is built around (e.g, white, abled, cis). because if you are motivated by guilt and not genuine compassion and wanting to make the world better, it shows. badly.

[gaytobymeres]

I think what pisses me off is the defeatist attitude. Saying ‘I can’t do this so I’m not even going to try and instead I’ll just complain’ sorry but sometimes things are difficult and to actually learn you might need to push yourself. Sorry if that is harsh but maybe they need to hear this (not that I’d ever actually say it to them but. It’s tempting!)

[bookwyrminspiration]

Dear Quill,

I don't understand what "She/they" or "He/they" are.

I have nothing against it, but my parents are homophobic so I don't know much about prounouns, could you please explain? Is it like She/Them/Themself, of you can use both the "She" set of pronouns or the "They" set?

Sorry :)

No need to apologize, I'm happy to help :)

The wonderful part about pronouns is that they're incredibly customizable and flexible. What one pronoun means to one person can mean something entirely different to another.

She/they and He/they (and any other combination of pronouns) is an alert to those who see it that there are multiple pronouns on the table. What that means to that specific individual you can't tell unless you ask. It could mean she/they/themself, it could mean a combination of she/her/hers and they/them/theirs, it could mean something else entirely.

In my experience (but this is only my experience), the use of both sets of pronouns interchangeably together is more common and generally what people mean when they say she/they or he/they. People who want to be referred to with she/they/themself more specifically will often provide more information to make sure they're better understood. However, that's not to say they always do that or that this is absolute, it's just what I've generally observed.

If you see someone uses she/they, he/they, they/he, he/she, etc. pronouns, the best thing to do is politely ask how they'd like to be referred to, because it depends on the person! Generally if you're being respectful about it, most people have no problem clarifying and explaining.

That's a long way of saying it means something unique to each person and can encompass a range of uses, but I hope that helps! If you have further questions please don't hesitate to ask.

[francisforever2014]

we challenged this college class to list reasons to give rights to underprivileged groups without only listing economic reasons (LEVEL IMPOSSIBLE)

[stupid-sloot-headcanons]

Personally when it comes to Toga I think Hori accidentally showed what was wrong with Japan's lack of awareness for neruodivergent children, I say accidentally because I don't think out of how much Japan ignores or puts down children with learning disabilities he even knows he's sort of bringing up the issue. Because in America we have programs like the I.E.P program and 504 program to better help these kids, therapy centers, people are more aware etc, and sure these have their own problems but it's still better than nothing which what Japan offers. Now I want a au where someone from America visits bhna Japan and just can't understand how Japan doesn't have many programs yet. "Wait only quirk counseling, you realize development therapy is important you know? Does UA have a special quirk class?"

Ngl you're describing my original plan for my OC before I turned her fic into more of a yandere Tomura wankfest lmao

America like you said does have its own problems in how neuroatypical kids are treated, especially in public schools and how they're perceived/treated by peers, family, teachers, etc. But it's a different sort of problem and a different mindset than what (admittedly little) I know of the Japanese school system's approach to their kids.

That may be a part of the Western and individualist mode of treatment in psychology and counseling vs the Eastern more collectivist approach. Like to oversimplify, here the goal is like "What can we do to help you function and be a stable person for your own benefit primarily, and also function in society" whereas in countries like Japan, traditionally its the other way around: "What can we do to get you to function in society, and your own benefit is more of a second priority."

On its face, neither approach is necessarily bad or good, but the emphasis on not causing disturbances in society and conforming to it can easily exacerbate mental health issues.

[the-kneesbees]

omg transphobic kid had a civil conversation with trans kid AND asked for their pronouns?? character development