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neurodiversitysci · 17 days

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Job Looking for LGBTQ+ Writers

This job immediately got my attention, because that title...

"gay content?" my goodness. The early 2000's just flashed before my eyes.

Despite that, it's actually a legit job ad. Here's the link to view it and potentially apply.

#lgbtq #lgbtqiia+#jobs #job search #funny #writers #writing #writers on tumblr #queer #queer community #lgbtq community

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neurodiversitysci · 17 days

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btw disabled people. please make things easier for yourself in any way you can. shit is hard enough already we don’t need to refuse ourselves any help we can get

#reblog #disability #disabilities #be kind to yourself #self compassion #self care #self help #repairing the world

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neurodiversitysci · 5 months

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My mom, after spending an extended weekend with my dad's old college classmates and their families: It's so weird that all of these very weird, intelligent and structured men who got their masters in engineering in the late 1980s have sons that are all autistic and daughters who all have mood disorders.

Me: Yeah, very weird. Why could that be?

#reblog #funny #autism #autistic families #autism families #autism family #neurodivergence #diagnosis #diagnostic issues #disability history #actually neurodivergent

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neurodiversitysci · 5 months

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One of my favourite things about being disabled is the excitement and happiness when you can do small things that others might find easy

It’s such simple joy to be able to make yourself a cup of tea for the first time (or the first time in a while!) or to just make a simple meal that you couldn’t before! Finally figuring out how to make something that doesn’t overwhelm you, etc etc

It’s a joy in the mundane that ableds need to learn from sometimes /lh

#reblog #small victories #small joys #it's the little things #disabilities #disability #actually neurodivergent #actually adhd #chronic illness #chronic fatigue #chronic pain #queued

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neurodiversitysci · 5 months

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My natural, messy, refuses-to-throw-anything inclinations: Aziraphale's bookshop.

What I actually need to get anything done: Crowley's apartment.

Why be just 1 half of this ship dynamic when you can be both? ;)

(ADHD is hard to deal with because your brain is a living paradox).

Gotta love how Aziraphale and Crowley represent both sides of the autistic room spectrum.

From “I gotta have everything I love in one single space at once” to “if more than two things cross my line of sight at a time I am going to fucking kill god”

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neurodiversitysci · 6 months

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hello beloveds ☺️

#reblog #meme

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neurodiversitysci · 6 months

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my grubhub being delivered by a wizard or some sort of apostle

#rebog #awesome #making the world a little weirder #funny

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neurodiversitysci · 6 months

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What are aliens going to think of us when they discover we exist?

(Or maybe they already did -- and fled in understandable horror and disgust).

So I wanted to know what kind of crystal could go in a wizard staff, right? so I googled “big crystal,” as one does, and got an Etsy ad for This

And as you all know I Am currently taking a geology class, so I am probably more emotionally invested in minerals than usual. But that is...very obviously not a natural crystal.

So I did some looking around on Etsy.

Now, these shops all seem to advertise to the “witchy”/“spiritual healing” type of person. And there are a lot of them. Crystals are a Big Thing on Etsy. And ALMOST ALL of them are obviously artificially cut into the same sort of prism with a triangular pyramid top, regardless of the actual sort of crystal it is supposed to be.

Even like, fucking, obsidian. Obsidian is volcanic glass, it doesn’t form crystals at all, it is not a crystal

I’m not throwing any shade at people who are into crystals for like witchy reasons, but it really seems like if crystals are spiritually important to you, you should know what a crystal is...right...?

#reblog #wtf #funny #nsfw

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neurodiversitysci · 6 months

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Many thanks to the posters above who noted that freedom of expression for creators is about more than just letting people write about your squicks.

It's also about letting people write things you believe are immoral, harmful, or wrong.

Because right now, in your country, your state, your town, your neighborhood, there are people thinking the same things about your own beliefs and your own writing. And if you live in a democracy, your side can't and won't always be in charge.

Censor not lest ye shall be censored. This has been a public service announcement.

(React, reply, or unfollow as you wish, but this is a matter of principle and I will only bother replying to new and interesting opinions).

Your personal triggers and squicks do not get to determine what kind of art other people make.

People make shit. It's what we do. We make shit to explore, to inspire, to explain, to understand, but also to cope, to process, to educate, to warn, to go, "hey, wouldn't that be fucked up? Wild, right?"

Yes, sure, there are things that should be handled with care if they are used at all. But plenty more things are subjective. Some things are just not going to be to your tastes. So go find something that is to your tastes and stop worrying so much about what other people are doing and trying to dictate universal moral precepts about art based on your personal triggers and squicks.

I find possession stories super fucking triggering if I encounter them without warning, especially if they function as a sexual abuse metaphor. I'm not over here campaigning for every horror artist to stop writing possession stories because they make me feel shaky and dissociated. I just check Does The Dog Die before watching certain genres, and I have my husband or roommate preview anything I think might upset me so they can give me more detail. And if I genuinely don't think I can't handle it, I don't watch it. It's that simple.

#reblog #possibly unpopular opinion #free speech #freedom of speech #freedom of expression #fanfiction #fandom #fanfic #censorship

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neurodiversitysci · 6 months

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Can't believe I forgot to include this one:

Cartoon in which a woman at a computer tells a man, "The library book you checked out on improving your memory is 12 weeks overdue." Ahahahaha.

me: /tries to use a daily planner so that i don’t forget anything/

also me: /forgets that i have the planner and forgets to update it/

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neurodiversitysci · 6 months

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Found: A Blog Post About ADHD Readers, ADHD Writers, and Conflicting Access Needs

Why People With ADHD Write Such Long Posts (and Also Have Trouble Reading Them)

I'm pretty sure this blog post was inspired by Tumblr...

...Certainly, many people here should read it.

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neurodiversitysci · 6 months

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Hmm...that sounds familiar...

Above: Why starting new habits is hard when you have ADHD--even if these habits would make it easier for you to remember your habits!

Cartoon above shows a balding man with glasses complaining to his wife, "I wanted to buy that medicine against forgetfulness, but I forgot its name!"

Above: Cartoon shows a woman with glasses holding a medication bottle in one hand and a pill in another, complaining to a man, "It tastes good and is guaranteed to improve memory, but I can't remember to take it."

me: /tries to use a daily planner so that i don't forget anything/

also me: /forgets that i have the planner and forgets to update it/

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neurodiversitysci · 11 months

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I love that image. It’ll be living rent-free in my head now.

There is one legitimate reason to think carefully before taking headache medicine, and it doesn’t apply to most people.

If you take it every day, for several days straight, especially multiple times a day, you can get a rebound headache (link goes to the Mayo Clinic website).

However, that is only true for people who have a history of migraines or other severe headaches.

And then you’re not avoiding taking your meds because you think it’s nobler to suffer, you’re avoiding taking meds so that you suffer less.

idk who needs to hear this rn but suffering is not noble. take the tylenol

#reblog #funny #quote #take your meds #fyi #headaches #rebound headaches

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neurodiversitysci · 11 months

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I love Tumblr because in between all the fandom squeeing, pretty pictures, and pornbots, you find coherent, well-thought-out, original literary analysis.

People of Tumblr, never change.

On a sliding scale from Watership Down to Redwall, what is the default setting for Tiny Frog Wizards?

Those are the ends of your scale?

#reblog #tumblr #tumblr culture #literature #books #literary analysis #anthropomorphism #philosophy

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neurodiversitysci · 1 year

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#when life imitates fiction

#things that make me appreciate Jane Austen even more

#I feel like this should be a fanfiction concept for some reason

I kind of love that one of Jane Austen's biggest fans was the Prince Regent (later George IV). She didn't think very well of the nobility in general, but she motherfucking hated him, a wastrel who very flagrantly cheated on his wife.

But he loved her writing, was the first recorded purchaser of Sense and Sensibility, and kept copies of her books in all his residences. She never made enough from her writing to live on during her lifetime, so this wasn't support she could casually toss aside. His librarian kept suggesting ideas for new books to her, which she turned down with exquisite politeness. Much to her aggravation, she found herself obliged to dedicate Emma to the man.

Local Novelist Is So Talented She Can't Beat Royal Patron Off With A Stick

#reblog #queued #possibly a shitpost #jane austen #history #funny #literature #writing prompt #writing inspiration #fanfic prompt #fanfiction prompt #truth is at least as strange as fiction #when life imitates fiction

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neurodiversitysci · 1 year

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That wasn’t where I expected this to go.

Not sure if I love it or hate it, but it’s a wild ride from start to finish.

For those using screen readers, the above Twitter screenshot from someone named Frankie Boyle @frankieboyle says:

“You’ll grow up not every [sic] really knowing if you deserve love, but one day you’ll meet someone who loves you, and you’ll be able to accept yourself. Then, once they really get to know you, they’ll find you unbearable and leave, but the important thing is to stay hydrated.”

Point by point:

“You’ll grow up not ever really knowing if you deserve love.” -- relatable. Probably true for many people. The beginning of one of my favorite fanfic tropes.

“One day you meet someone who loves you and you’ll be able to accept yourself.” -- Relatable to a lesser extent, because it’s happened less/for very brief periods in my life. The end of one of my favorite fanfic tropes.

“Then, once they really get to know you, they’ll find you unbearable and leave.” -- Beyond relatable: my negative belief and constant fear, which my mental illness tries to use against me and that I remind myself probably isn’t true. The antithesis of my favorite fanfic tropes. Don’t say that, dude; I don’t want to encourage other people to believe this.

“The important thing is to stay hydrated.” -- Uh...non sequitur much? At least it’s good advice, and not a harmful idea like the previous idea?

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neurodiversitysci · 1 year

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Sometimes, I occasionally reblog posts.

Note: THIS NOTE IS MISSING THE VERY OBVIOUS FACTOR OF WHETHER YOU ALSO CREATE CONTENT, WHICH IS AT LEAST AS IMPORTANT AS REBLOGGING.

Do you create a relatively high amount of content, and reblog a relatively low amount of content? You're excused. Now go make and reblog things. :D

#I reject your attempt at guilting #and replace it with encouragement

#there are different ways to contribute to a digital social ecosystem

#reblog #my humble opinion #opinion #possibly unpopular opinion #tumblr #tumblr survey #informal tumblr survey #tumblr culture #creativity #queued

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