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cishetlessfashion · 1 year

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Punk yellow and black disabled nonbinary fashion with sunflowers and no collars/chokers for anon

Ribcage birds shirt Nonbinary pride flag ring None of your business syndrome pin Young and disabled patch Yellow and black striped knee socks Golden yellow nail polish Cripple punk pin Sunflower butterfly earrings Plaid yellow and black skirt Sunflower patches

#trendercore #cpunk #cw c slur #cripplepunk

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yooleebird · 8 months

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got called a cripple by a coworker today because of my finger splints in front of my manager while clocked in. the same manager, who also wears finger splints, asked me why exactly they should intervene.

i’m not going to explain to them that refusing to do anything is a whole thing under the ADA/EEOC. i’m just going to get a consultation started with them and a new fucking job. stunning.

#cw c slur #ableism #c slur tw #workplace discrimination

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razormaze · 8 months

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i hate when people describe things as “crippling” to exaggerate how difficult it is to deal with or whatever. just look up a thesaurus no one is making you use a slur just because a youtuber made a meme abt crippling depression years ago

#cw c slur #cw ableism #txt #just saw someone describe gacha addictions as crippling #who are you bro

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swagging-back-to · 1 year

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did i miss something why is everyone okay with using the c slur (cunt) all of a sudden

#cw c slur #c slur

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strawberry-crocodile · 5 months

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Vicky Holmes writing a side character named Crippleface into her little contract cat story

the ghostwriter 10 years later who has to write the naming ceremony in the prequel book Crippleface's Winter Vacation

#blogodile #c slur #ableism #ableist language cw #warriors #warrior cats #brokenstar #crookedstar #yellowfang #deadfoot

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crowpunkcognitivedecline · 5 months

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this is a cripple punk post [also focusing on all kinds of HSN disabled folks]; ableds must tag reblogs with #i’m able bodied

for the record

i generally shower exactly once a week & wash my hair the same day

sometimes i can’t change undergarments for a few days, sometimes i change them multiple times a day

i rely on several adaptive tools to shower, period

i do need to shave/trim pubic and body hair for my hygiene, and can’t keep clean otherwise

in winter, i often can’t wash my hands unless i have lotion with me or they’ll crack painfully

i change clothes once or twice a day to make up for most of this the best i can

i’m saying this because all of those things are very common issues for many disabled people (especially high-support ones), and because i feel like if i’m going to talk about destigmatizing hygiene struggles, i should at least be open about my own.

hygiene is very difficult and energy consuming. it involves a lot energy that many of us can’t access.

not being able to maintain one’s personal hygiene doesn’t make anyone selfish, disgusting, or undeserving.

if you can’t be kind and supportive and not say “ew” when you hear about one of the most common impairments moderately to severely disabled people experience, you don’t support disabled people. if you don’t support disabled people who smell bad or have dandruff or cracked hands or un-exfoliated skin, you don’t support disabled people.

yes, even if you have sensory issues. yes, even if you’re germaphobic. your disabilities are not an excuse to be ableist to others. find a way to be kind anyway.

#DO NOT TAG AS “C SLUR/TW SLUR” OR “UNHYGIENIC”#use “cw hygiene issues” or don’t reblog. consider how your phrasing impacts those who struggle with their hygiene #cw hygiene issues #hygiene #cripple punk #cpunk #crippunk #cripplepunk #cognitive decline #neurocognitive disability #neurological disability #crazy cripple pride #mad crip pride #mad pride #madpunk #neuropunk #ableism

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jessequinones · 26 days

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Stop Using Slurs in Children Stories!

I bet that caught your attention. You might be thinking, what stories use the N-word, or the F-word, well...none that I found. However, there are two slur words that are often used in writing mainly in children's literature because I don’t think enough people know them to be slurs. Those words are cripple and savage.

Before I begin, I need to address a few things. First, I'll only use these words in full for educational purposes so nothing gets confusing. Secondly, I’m not hating on any of these authors. I genuinely think these people might not know cripple and savage are slurs. However, I still need examples of what I’m talking about to explain how common these words are used in writing as well as explaining why it’s a bad idea to use them, so I’m using these authors, not as targets but as examples based on the books I have.

Both of these words (cripple and savage) have a lot of history behind them, and while I strongly suggest, not using them, if for some reason, they have to be used, you need to hire a sensitivity reader who’s a part of the communities that has been affected by said words before you publish your story.

Cripple:

Before I begin, please understand I’ve consulted with a disabled person who’s well knowledgeable in this topic to help smooth out my points. I’m not apart of the physically disabled community. As I’ve been told there’s a big debate going on within the disabled community in regards to if mental disabled people are allowed to use the word cripple or not. This is beyond my understanding of the word, and the community so when I mention the word cripple, I’ll be referring it to the physical disabled community and not the mental one. Everything I’m about to say has already been said by the physically disabled community. I’m not adding anything new or talking over them. If you would like to know more about the language of disability, please read Cy-Cyborg’s article on the matter: https://writingwithcycyborg.blogspot.com/2024/02/LanguageOfDisability.html

Cripple is a world that’s defined one of three ways, to either describe someone who can’t function properly, to describe a situation that’s overwhelming, or to describe an object that isn’t working.

Example one: DragonFire: Sphere of Eternity (book 1)

“I mean, this morning, no offence, you were crippled.” (Describing a person.)

Example two: “The economy was crippled.” (Describing a situation)

Example three: DragonFire: Age of Legend (book 3) (describing an object)

The word cripple, even when it was used in a medical sense has always been a word to punch down and insult the physically disabled community. It was used to attack them and point out their disabilities. It became a common replacement for the word injured because it has a more of a punch. Instead of calling someone “severely injured” use cripple instead, it’s shorter and a lot punchier of a word. Over time it became part of normal vocabulary to use it while describing something as severe, despite it still being used as an insult at the same time. Let’s look at an example of how it’s being used to describe an injury in Robert Vane's A Dragons Chains: Book one of the Remembered War

“I moved my three non-crippled legs…” In this example, the dragon has an injured leg. Why did the author use the word cripple instead of injured? I think it’s because of shock value. Is it cheap shock value? Yes, but shock value for the reader is still shock value. Tell me, what’s the difference would be if the author replaced the word cripple with injured? “I moved my three non-injured legs...” Does using the word cripple add to the sense of urgency? Add to the sense of how injured that character's leg is? Or was it merely just a place for shock value?

But how often is this word used? Let’s take a quick look at the DragonFire series. There are currently four books in this series at the time of writing, and the word crippled is used twelve times throughout four books. Knowing it’s a slur...that’s a lot.

Some of the examples in which it was used are in things such as DragonFire: Fallen Star (book 2) where it reads:

“...he yelled, his scythed tail coiling round, only for the far less crippled dragon to kick him off.” DragonFire: Order of Enishra (book 4)

It’s not just the DragonFire series which does this, other examples include, The Last Monster on Earth by LJ Davies

Which uses it four times in one book with examples such as “Lock these two in the truck with the cripple…”

Warriors: Forest of Secrets (book 3) has this line. “As Fireheart said goodbye to Yellowfang and went back to hunting, he felt a new surge of determination to bring Tigerclaw’s guilt into the open. For the sake of Redtail, murdered; for Ravenpaw, driven from the Clan; for Cinderpaw, crippled...”

And even Wings of Fire, one of my favourite book series uses it.

Here’s a question for you. Is it ok to use that word if the impact is meant to be insulting? In the Wings of Fire example, Queen Scarlet defeats Dune in combat, and is about to kidnap the main characters. Dune, still breathing can barley move upon which Scarlet killed him. Scarlet is one of those pure evil types of characters, this is something I could see her saying, but let’s take a step back and put your eyes in the eyes of a disabled child.

Here you are, a disabled child. You already know what the word cripple is, and it’s been used against you (don’t act like this doesn’t happen). You read Wings of Fire and you come across that sentence. What is the intent behind that sentence in the eyes of a disabled child? Are you supposed to be scared of Scarlet? Angry? Or are you upset, because even in a fantasy book with talking dragons, you can’t escape from real life or that word?

Some of you might say, “What if only the villains use that word?” While I can see Queen Scarlet calling Peril a stupid retarded motherfucker. It’s not something you want in a children's story, so why does cripple get a past?

I hope you’re getting the picture, it’s a very commonly used word, one which the disabled community has begged able-bodied people not to use. The word injured gets the same point across and it doesn’t have a history of it being a derogatory term. While replacing the word cripple with injured or severely injured isn’t a perfect fix, it’s at least getting rid of the other word which is a start at least.

Now before I continue with the other slur, I can hear some of you say you’re aware disabled people are using cripple to describe themselves. Why can’t able-bodied people use it? Here’s the thing. Not everyone in the disabled community is doing this, and it’s not a monolith. The word cripple has been used as an attack against the disabled community for decades. It targets them, puts them down, and it’s only used against them. You only use the term to refer to something as injured so there's no reason to use it on an able-bodied person. The community in which it was used against is taking that word and trying to empower it amongst themselves. You’re not gonna complain if someone who’s black uses the N-word, so why are you upset when disabled people use the word cripple to describe themselves but are saying you can’t? That word belongs to them and their community, not yours. Also, one more thing before I go, not everyone in the disabled community uses this word or wants to hear it. There have been plenty of disabled people who are fine using that word to describe themselves but won’t say it around others if other disabled people express they don’t want to hear it. So be mindful if you’re gonna use it and please hire a sensitivity reader.

Savage:

This word...I have a lot of history with it because it’s a word that’s used against my community, (indigenous) people. And yet, just like the word cripple, it’s used all the time and while it’s a very common occurrence where indigenous voices aren’t heard, we’ve been telling everyone to just drop this word. Unlike the word cripple, we aren’t trying to claim this word, we just want it gone.

The definition of this word is an easy one to understand. It’s to describe a person, object, or an action as barbaric, wild, aggressive, unintelligent, or barely even human.

Example one: “They’re savages, savages, barely even human” Disney, Pocahontas (1995). (Used against people)

Example two:DragonFire: Age of Legend (book 3) by LJ Davies

“I opened my muzzled to respond, but another savage roar drew our attention…” (Used as an action)

Example three:

(Used against a group of people)

Example four: “Savage weaponry” (Use to describe an object)

I’m gonna be using the series DragonFire a lot for my examples, because out of all the books I got, that series uses the word 19 times throughout books one, two, and three. It was used twelve times in book three and I guess someone told LJ Davies about this problem because it doesn’t appear in book four. But it DOES appear in the spin-off series “Tales of DragonFire: Rebellion” twice, and THIRTEEN TIMES in “The Last Monster on Earth”. Overall, that's THIRTY-FOUR TIMES in the course of five books, all meant for children.

LJ Davies isn’t my only example. Chester Young, used it nine times throughout books 1 and 2 of the Celestial Heir books Rowan Silver, used it once in Eyes of Silver: Dragons and Skylines (book 2) And Robert Vane, used it once in the Remembered War series in book 4

Let’s start by showing off some examples and the impact they have and please note, that this might be something you’re just not experienced with. So just like with the disabled child, try to imagine yourself as an indigenous child. You’re fully aware of the word savage, it’s been used against you, and your people. So when you read a text like “Trade with the savages...they wouldn’t understand the concept!”

It feels awfully familiar to lines you read in your history books about your people. Keep in mind, that you wanted to read a story about dragons so you could get away from real life.

(From the Last Monster on Earth by LJ Davies)

I know the United States called the Native Americans savage monsters while stealing their land, it was used as a way to justify their actions, make the natives appear barley even human or in most cases, not human at all, let’s not forget, for a good majority of the building of the United States, those founding fathers didn’t see anyone other than themselves as humans. Reading text, asking how people became savage monsters overnight should remind you how people labelled indigenous people in the past and still do today.

"To confirm the princess’s words, yes, there is an army out there whose numbers vastly exceed our own. Nevertheless, they are a crude mockery of the noble kind they once were, and they are now nothing but savages….There was a series of grunts and nods at that statement...” (DragonFire: Age of Legend, book 3)

I think, this text is a great example of what I’ve been trying to say. In this text, the character who is speaking and the grunts and nods are all dragons with human-like intelligence. They're a stand-in for us. The Elder (who spoke in said text) has been seen and viewed as one of the good guys. He calls his kind noble, and he’s working with a princess, (let’s not forget our history books on how the royal family treated indigenous people). He calls his attackers “nothing but savages”. In translation, their monsters, who are no longer noble or righteous. There’s an agreement with his statement, as if what he says is right and we should be agreeing with him.

In that sentence, understanding everyone is of human intelligence and is a stand-in for humans. We have an old white knight, calling the enemy savages while the royal family are the heroes who are trying to protect their land from those filthy, disgusting, savages. You can kind of see why I’m saying we really shouldn’t be using this word.

“Yellowfang will be allowed to stay here until she has recovered her strength. We are warriors, not savages…” Warriors: Into the Wild (book 1)

Savages...indigenous people, they aren’t warriors, they would’ve killed Yellowfang, and left her to rot in the wilds, Thunderclan is better than those monsters. Am I making my point clear enough when it comes to the history of this word, who it’s targeted against and how it comes across when reading in children's media?

You might’ve noticed I’ve mainly been using examples when it refers to a group of people, not necessarily showing off how commonly it’s used as either an action or an object because honestly...those are just kind of dumb. A savage roar? What does that mean?

Ah yes, because we really needed the use of the word “savagely” to get the point across that Misuk just destroyed a person's skull. The “turning his head into a bloody pulp” wasn’t enough on its own. Without the use of the word savagely how else could we get the aggression and power across? When savage is used as an action it’s mostly because said character loses control of their humanity. They become savage when they attack and the end result is a bloody mess because that’s the only way indigenous, I mean, monsters, I mean barbarians, I mean savage people know how to fight. You often see these kinds of moments when the good guy who’d never hurt a fly loses control and unleashes hell, they turn into something that’s not themselves, they turned into a savage and these moments are meant to be shown as shocking as the character forgets who they are for a couple of seconds.

Indigenous people were savages, with savage strength, and a savage kind of culture. They scalp people, beat them to a bloody pulp, and ate your children. Those monsters needed to be killed. Whenever you use the word savage, it circles back to a group of minorities who were just trying to survive. This word has been used so much, that I don’t think many people realise the history behind it, which is why I said I’m not hating anyone who uses it, but please try to get a sensitivity reader. Get disabled and indigenous sensitivity readers, even if there’s no indigenous or disabled representation in your books, the words you use, still affect us and it’s a good thing to be aware of the words of which you speak and write.

Please be aware of these words, especially if you’re writing stories meant for children because the more children see these words, the more normal they’ll think it is and the more often they’ll start repeating it. I think there’s a time and place for these words, but saying them as an excuse to make something more shocking, isn’t the time or place.

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cy-cyborg · 8 months

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When did it just become normal to call wheelchair users "wheelchairs"? e.g. "we dont have a ramp because we dont get wheelchairs here often," and "oh thats stacy, she's a wheelchair" or "this toilet is for wheelchairs only". Genuinely, when did that start because I swear i didnt hear it until recently lol

I've been in a wheelchair since the late 2000's, most of my late 2010's and pre-covid 2020 was spent at a job educating people about disability, I got called all kinds of names in that job and grew up in a small "political correctness is bad" town where I was called everything from a gimp to cripple to r*tard. No one in 20 odd years ever called me a just "wheelchair" though.

But in the last few years I've heard it a bunch! Not just online either, like around town and stuff too. It's bizarre. I'd seen Americans talking about it being annoying before I actually heard someone say it, so is it something that started in the US and has just made its way elsewhere because of the internet? I feel like it can't just be that though, because I hear it from older folks too.

Like its annoying but most people who have used it towards me just seem uneducated more than malicious. I'm just weirded out by the fact it seems to have just... come along so quickly lol.

#disability #cw: c slur #cw: r slur #disabled #disabilities #wheelchair user #wheelchair #ableism

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transhawks · 1 year

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I don’t mean to be rude but is “crippled” a slur now? I noticed you bleeped it out and I’m confused, I wasn’t aware of that. (Im physically disabled too.)

It's considered an ableist slur, I believe, hence why I bleeped it out. Keigo uses it to refer to himself when All For One insults his wings and how he has to use prosthetics and given these are two of Keigo's limbs, I get why he's referring to himself like that. But he has a lot of hang ups about those wings in general.

I feel a little awkward writing it as I'm not physically disabled (unless chronic respitatory illnesses like COPD count) so I bleeped it out.

#c slur #asks #ableist language cw

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alostlittleriverlotus · 2 years

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Cw/Tw for ableist terms, derogatory use of narcissist, sociopath, psychopath and use of em at all. There's positivity at the end for personality disorders and especially after this frustrating topic.

When you're watching a vod for Dhar Mann bingo and then chat is just calling the kid a sociopathic narcissist.

S i g h.

Even if the kid shows NPD traits or ASPD traits, using those terms to demonize them isn't going to help them? It's just going to leave them to continue on that path and never learn coping mechanisms or to manage the toxic traits of their disorders. I repressed a LOT of my "bad traits" and then when this big trauma happened, all those "bad traits" came out and I couldn't control myself. And what did it lead me to? Feeling like a monster.

Like using those terms as insults doesn't help anyone! I mean, it's Dhar Mann, who cares. But still, the fact the chat is so quick to use those words and the streamer will agree with a character being "psychopathic/sociopathic" is just so gross and takes me out of the enjoyment. I just wanna joke about and make light of stuff. And it sucks since the streamer is someone so against ableism and such and avoids certain videos like Dhar Mann's autism ones (since they are always so stereotypical and icky.) It just shows how normalized it is to use those words to mean evil or awful. It's so frustrating to have to sit there, and I'm watching the archived streams and this one the comments got turned off (probably an automatic YouTube thing, ugh) so it's just like, I can't even leave a comment trying to educate like I've done before.

It just frustrates me to be sitting there, goofing on Dhar Mann videos, cracking jokes, and then people use those words to make the character seem evil or bad. I'm honestly just tired. I should be used to it, but it still frustrates me so much.

So to finish this off, anyone with a personality disorder, a cluster b pd, and/or ASPD or NPD specifically, you're amazing. Having a disorder that stems from trauma doesn't make you evil. The world is shit and people hate listening to the voices of those trying to speak up and educate. You're doing your best no matter where you are or what you're doing. You deserve better and your disorders don't make you evil or a monster or abusive automatically. You still have a choice in your actions. And you don't have to be some perfect person to be valid. You don't have to be perfect on recovery to be worthy of love and validation. It's fucked up how the word treats personality disorders, especially cluster B's, and especially ASPD and NPD. Y'all know yourselves best. Keep doing your best, whatever that may look like! You don't owe anyone anything! 💜💜💜

(I'm cluster b too :) )

And this post is geared towards cluster B's since this is discussing the ableist terms used towards ASPD and NPD. But for Cluster A's and C's, I see you! I have PPD and AVPD and my friend has DPD! You're valid and you're seen! It sucks not having a lot of access to info on your disorders cause of how forgotten they seem to be and how little people know about them, but you're so valid and you're doing your best! No matter what disorders you have, you matter so much and you don't owe anyone anything either! 💜💜💜 Much love for all people with personality disorders!

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vvettell · 2 years

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Wait which driver actually called Matt the f slur in the paddock?

we don't actually know who it was exactly because matt never said but in matt's own words:

"[...] and so it was that, a few years into my time in F1, I learned that one of the drivers had taken to referring to me routinely as “that fat faggot”.

I could not and did not argue with the facts of the matter – I was a chubby gay man – but it upset me. I was gratified to find that it upset my friends too, one of whom, another driver, at a Barcelona test session marched up to the driver concerned and said, “You may think you’re making Matt Bishop look like a c***, but in actual fact the only person you’re making look like a c*** is yourself.” [...]

The driver who called me a fat faggot many years ago has long retired."

(source)

#lowkey funny to be how they censored the c word but not the f slur #or matt did i guess #f slur cw #matt bishop #f1 #ask #anonymous #also matt is so funny please ksdjfsd #i really need to read his book it's been on my shelf for a year

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rotteneldritchhorror · 9 months

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