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Asexual Stanford Pines

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romanticizing mental illness is dangerous and misleading

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The wolf is so done with the fox’s bs 😂

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i think it is good to warn people in advance about the circumstances that will cause you to bite them and i think that having given that warning it is good to follow through when the time comes

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Unusual Asks

Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora? 

is your room messy or clean?

what color are your eyes?

do you like your name? why?

what is your relationship status? 

describe your personality in 3 words or less

what color hair do you have?

what kind of car do you drive? color?

where do you shop?

how would you describe your style?

favorite social media account

what size bed do you have? 

any siblings?

if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why?

favorite snapchat filter? 

favorite makeup brand(s)

how many times a week do you shower?

favorite tv show?

shoe size?

how tall are you?

sandals or sneakers? 

do you go to the gym? 

describe your dream date

how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment?

what color socks are you wearing? 

how many pillows do you sleep with?

do you have a job? what do you do? 

how many friends do you have? 

whats the worst thing you have ever done? 

whats your favorite candle scent? 

3 favorite boy names

3 favorite girl names

favorite actor? 

favorite actress? 

who is your celebrity crush?

favorite movie? 

do you read a lot? whats your favorite book? 

money or brains? 

do you have a nickname? what is it? 

how many times have you been to the hospital?

top 10 favorite songs

do you take any medications daily? 

what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc)

what is your biggest fear? 

how many kids do you want? 

whats your go to hair style?

what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc) 

who is your role model? 

what was the last compliment you received?

what was the last text you sent?

how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real?

what is your dream car? 

opinion on smoking?

do you go to college? 

what is your dream job? 

would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? 

do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? 

do you have freckles? 

do you smile for pictures?

how many pictures do you have on your phone? 

have you ever peed in the woods? 

do you still watch cartoons? 

do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds?

Favorite dipping sauce? 

what do you wear to bed? 

have you ever won a spelling bee?

 what are your hobbies?

can you draw? 

do you play an instrument?

what was the last concert you saw? 

tea or coffee?

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts?

do you want to get married?

what is your crush’s first and last initial?

are you going to change your last name when you get married? 

what color looks best on you? 

do you miss anyone right now? 

do you sleep with your door open or closed?

do you believe in ghosts?

what is your biggest pet peeve? 

last person you called`

favorite ice cream flavor? 

regular oreos or golden oreos? 

chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? 

what shirt are you wearing? 

what is your phone background?

are you outgoing or shy?

do you like it when people play with your hair?

do you like your neighbors? 

do you wash your face? at night? in the morning?

have you ever been high? 

have you ever been drunk? 

last thing you ate? 

favorite lyrics right now

summer or winter? 

day or night? 

dark, milk, or white chocolate? 

favorite month? 

what is your zodiac sign

 who was the last person you cried in front of? 

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sometimes i do good drawings but it’s once a year at most

@space-station-gays reminded me of this really Nice screenshot of garak a few days ago and i’ve been wanting to redraw it. i didn’t go into any detail on his clothes cos i would have fucking died

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Friendly reminder that this man is my hero

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A concept

Ds9 should’ve made Bashir canonically autistic throughout the show. He’s already a pretty autistic-coded character (doesn’t get social queues, comes off as being rude, special interest in medicine and literature, comfort object, playing pretend in the holodeck, etc, etc), to the point where I was legitimately surprised that they made it a plot point that his disability had been “”“”“"fixed”“”“”“ by his parents.

It’s obvious that it’s supposed to be commentary on people who try to pull every trick in the book to make their kids not autistic (no dairy, vaccinations, GMOs, etc), but, as we all should know, that doesn’t work. In my opinion, it would’ve been much better commentary on disabilities and ablism if Bashir was still canonically autistic! They really wouldn’t need to change much, perhaps have him flap his hands while infodumping to Garak or make an episode where he talks about his disability (perhaps the one with Melora, as he could open up about being disabled himself to someone who is also disabled).

But, if they were to continue to show him as disabled, despite his parents attempts to take that away, I believe it would be better commentary. They wouldn’t take away his disability at all, perhaps just change some of how it presented itself. He could go from being semi verbal to hyper verbal, but he’s still disabled. He still struggled throughout his life to cope with his disability and his parents didn’t help him, they just ruined their relationship with their child.

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some ds9 doodles i never got around to cleainin up

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“Ignorantia Sit Beatitudo” May we all close our eyes and feel our way towards the sunrise.

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07/23/83

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The way that we learn about Helen Keller in school is an absolute outrage. We read “The Miracle Worker”- the miracle worker referring to her teacher; she’s not even the title character in her own story. The narrative about disabled people that we are comfortable with follows this format- “overcoming” disability. Disabled people as children. Helen Keller as an adult, though? She was a radical socialist, a fierce disability advocate, and a suffragette. There’s no reason she should not be considered a feminist icon, by the way, and the fact that she isn’t is pure ableism- while other white feminists of that time were blatant racists, she was speaking out against Woodrew Wilson because of his vehement racism. She supported woman’s suffrage and birth control. She was an anti-war speaker. She was an initial donor to the NAACP. She spoke out about the causes of blindness- often disease caused by poverty and poor working conditions. She was so brave and outspoken that the FBI had a file on her because of all the trouble she caused.

Yet when we talk about her, it’s either the boring, inspiration porn story of her as a child and her heroic teacher, or as the punchline of ableist, misogynistic jokes. It’s not just offensive, it’s downright disgusting.

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How to Flare Prep

My anxiety drives a lot of my behaviour. I feel if my environment is disorganised and messy, I have less control over my illness(es.) However, I have learned to harness it productively, so listen up because here’s how I manage my illness. A few people have asked me about it so here’s a post. 

THE ROOM

I wounded my savings but it was worth it for a proper mattress, pillows, blanket. Flannel sheets are my sooth texture, which helps me feel better in flares. 

Yes, I’m boring af but minimalism is how I manage to keep it clean and organised (there’s dust cloths and disinfectant wipes in my cupboard.) Everything can be wiped down in a few minutes. The vacuum cleaner is small but light enough that I do a quick once over every few days because I can’t move the big one. The bland colour scheme helps me during flares (where I get bad sensory overload.) The oil diffuser is beautiful for anxiety.

THE PREPPING

Medical Table (all three draws of my side table)

Medication lives by the bed (in the bottles and cookie tin.) Old cookie tins make great medical storage because you can use magnets for chemist/emergency contacts without digging around for them. 

Medication gets sorted once a week into the pill box. Water bottles are filled because meds dehydrate you and you can’t always get up for water. Emergency things also stay by the bed - inhaler, ear plugs, disinfectant, lip balm, glasses cleaner etc. Deoderant for even if I can’t shower. 

Keep things you need/help you during flares. Mine contains painkillers and nerve blockers, lavender spray, eReader, peppermint gum (for nausea), medical tape for joints, jellybabies, earplugs, stim cube, bubble blowers (yes, really), teddy bear, hand cream, gels, iPod, fun books, letters from loved ones, TENS machine, and lavender oil (for my diffuser.) This of course includes my phone with Netflix, Spotify, and Stan. 

Bottom draw is all physio bands and heat packs, which help immensely. 

My First Aid Kit

Every spoonie everywhere should have one of these, and its saved my ass so many times. I just got an old cosmetics bag off eBay (which looked less clinical than the big red ones.) Small enough that it fits in a little backpack with water, umbrella etc

(Top) Medication, gels (heat/ice/anti-inflammatory)

(Middle) Tissues, bandaids (a wheelchair shreds your hands when you’re learning), and disinfectant

(Bottom) Vomit bag, wet wipes, mints (for nausea), more bandaids, inhaler, disposable heat pack, disposable ice pack, stim cube, migrastick (for headaches), ear plugs, jellybabies

This is all obviously tailored to my needs, so you might need different things to me. What I’m suggesting is be prepared. Have some kind of a plan in case things go south. 

I highly recommend a gym bag of overnight clothes/toiletries/entertainment/phone charger in case of a sudden hospital admission. If I ever need to go in without warning, I just have to tell my mum “Get the black bag on the floor of my wardrobe” and everything is set and I don’t have to worry about things I need. 

I have my study next to my room with a makeshift kitchen but that’s a post for another day.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask!

Please share because this could really help people and potentially save lives.

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A few words about Afflicted, because the spoonie community has got so many words to get out about this shitshow.

If you’ve missed it, Afflicted is a new docuseries on Netflix that follows several people experiencing chronic illnesses and the measures they take to find relief and, dare it be said, cures. A comment frequently made by the subjects is that Western medicine has been woefully inadequate for what they have been going through, and so they are shown exploring alternative medicines, substantial changes to their ways of living, and tests and treatments that aren’t well known beyond conventional modern medicine. As the series go on, supplemented by edits of commentary from ‘specialists’, it becomes clear that these measures are being used by the documentarians as reason to mock them and dismiss any legitimacy to their conditions.

All the documentary’s subjects have since come out on social media, upset by the way they were portrayed in the final edits, and discuss how they and their supports were manipulated by the people who claimed to have an interest in sharing their stories. Most recently, Jake hosted a livestream Q&A that you can watch on YouTube.

One of the only things Afflicted did successfully was validate and encourage the stigmatization of people who are chronically ill. The scrutiny, skepticism, and dismissal we experience on a daily basis from the medical and social communities alike has already been painful and a totally unnecessary burden. Afflicted doesn’t give people with chronic illnesses a voice - it amplifies the voices of people who want to tell us it’s “all in our heads” and supports comparisons on “who’s really sick”. It lets people talk even more about us and not to us. It merges us into one character in a cautionary tale about overactive imaginations and attention-seeking.

It promotes a supposed specialist telling viewers that we become attached to our ‘roles’ as chronically ill people and that failing to be cured by routine medicine means we have committed to a subconscious need to be sick.

It tells viewers that we should be pitied for our inability to exist in a reality that doesn’t match theirs.

It warns our loved ones that we are probably just manipulating them in one way or another, either to cling to them or reject them entirely.

It portrays the chronically ill as merely being victims of trauma and labouring from the inability to just get over it.

We are reduced to oddities, burdens, lunatics.

Our illnesses and the things we do to try and have any semblance of control over them when all else fails are indulgent and entitled.

So yeah, fuck Afflicted.

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screencaps taken from this post by @spockvarietyhour… it inspired me

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“One must respect the game”, but when is French Open going to respect Serena?!

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