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strawberryamanita · 2 months

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Okay, I need to get this out of my system:

If you can look in the eyes of a child -- a toddler -- a BABY -- and you see someone that deserves to be destroyed, your soul has been BADLY poisoned. If you are threatened by the mere NOTION that a child exists out there that isn't white, or isn't Christian, or isn't straight, or isn't cisgender, or isn't neurotypical, or isn't mentally healthy, or isn't physically healthy, or doesn't come from money, or fails to meet any other arbitrary standards we have placed on other human beings to justify abusing them en masse, you really need to get that sorted out, because my God are you making things difficult for underage human beings that you will never personally meet in your LIFE.

A CHILD. You're threatened by CHILDREN. HYPOTHETICAL children. You've been convinced by an institutional depravity that groups of people not only need to be wiped out, but killed while they're young. Like they're not human beings, they're just a mold that can spread, they're just maggots that will grow into flies. You think of other human beings this way.

You let someone else get THIS deep into your head, let them teach you to hate THIS DEEPLY, and now the muscles that you use to hate with in your brain are stronger than anywhere else. You only want to hate, because hatred makes you feel good. You think about people -- think about children -- suffering in ways Dante himself couldn't dream up, and it causes you euphoria.

Either the human brain has strayed too far from the beaten path of evolution, or we've been told that the bar to clear to be considered human is to have our heads full of weapons. The only way some of the people in power see the world can be improved is if entire bloodlines are wiped out -- as a preventative measure -- and somewhere down the line the commonwealth adopted this mindset as their faith.

I could just about scream.

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crazycatsiren · 2 years

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The moments when the neurodivergent experience fluctuates between "cut people some slack, they don't know better, they've probably never even met another neurodivergent person, this is not something they're readily familiar with, this is new to them, they just need to learn, be patient, educate them" and "why do they not know better? Why don't they know this? Why did they never learn about this in school or from the people who raised them? Why am I always the one cutting others slacks? Why is it always up to me to educate people? Why must I be the one to suffer because people don't know better?"

#disabled #neurodivergent #disabilities #neurodivergence #actually autistic #autistic adult #neurodivergent lives matter #inclusion matters #disability awareness

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the-edgy-fuckerz · 3 months

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"Mental health matters" until its a minor struggling with substance abuse

"Mental health matters" until someone doesn't want/refuses help

"mental health matters" until someone struggles with an addiction

"Mental health matters" until someone is unable to do 'basic' hygiene

"Mental health matters" until someone is deemed violent and scary

"Mental health matters" until someone doesn't 'look like' their struggling

"Mental health matters" until someone has bulimia or bed

"Mental health matters" until someone wants to get worse

"Mental health matters" until someone is a dropout or unemployed

"Mental health matters" until someone has disturbing intrusive thoughts

"mental health matters" until someone is delusional

"Mental health matters" until someone struggles with hallucinations and hearing voices

"mental health matters" until someone is extremely scared of other people

"Mental health matters" until someone has violent outbursts

"Mental health matters" until someone has trouble masking/ can't mask their illness

"Mental health matters" until it doesn't fit your romanticized view abt it

(feel free to add onto this)

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imkrisyoung · 1 year

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You know why I have to be very careful about how I stim in public?

Because of what happened to Jordan Neely.

I’m a Black, autistic, mentally ill person, and one of my fears is that if I’m too obvious with my stimming in public, someone might call the police on me—or just outright kill me.

#actually autistic #autizzy #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #jordan neely #black lives matter #blm #mental health awareness

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bfpnola · 10 months

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crystalsandbubbletea · 6 months

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(Small warning for swearing and genocide mentions)

Today in my history class I learned that some reservations JUST got electricity. >:/

How I love being American.

Seriously though, it shouldn't have taken that long.

This is just another reminder of the effects of colonization (AKA mass genocide).

"America is the land of the free!"

Land of the free my ass.

If it's truly the "land of the free", how come the Indigenous Americans are still being discriminated against? Not just Indigenous Americans, but also Muslims, LGBTQIA2S+, Neurodivergents, Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, and many more. Hell some people are even being full on ATTACKED for siding with Palestine. Not to mention the book bans happening. AND ALSO PEOPLE GET HARASSED FOR HOBBIES (Example: Furries) AND SPIRITUAL BELIEFS (Example: Therians)!

Last time I checked, we had rights to identity and freedom, so why is that being taken away from us?

Which brings me to this point:

We are not free until all of us are free.

Thank you for reading my Rian Rant, hope y'all have a great rest of your day/night. <3

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rebellum · 1 year

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I feel like... Perhaps... Arguing that transphobia is defined by murder and that anything other than murder doesn't even matter... May NOT be conducive to fighting for trans rights.

Like... people want the right to exist as they are. They want to have access to hrt and surgeries and prosthetics. People want access to clothes that fit them and reflect how they want to be seen. People want access to medical care (eg. Getting screened and treated for sex-based forms of cancer can be impossible if you have the "wrong" sex listed to receive those tests). People want to be respected and treated well. People want to not be sexually assaulted and beaten and abused. People want to have access to housing and jobs, and the protection to not lose those things for being trans. People want access to shelters for homeless people or survivors of domestic abuse. People want name changes.

Acting like all of those things don't matter because at least they weren't murderered by an individual (and instead die of suicide or state violence, or survive and suffer) isn't okay.

#'hey people are forcibly detransitioning you and raping and beating you and you lost your job and are going to be homeless and #probably die of infection from being stabbed for trying to go to the bathroom. but at least you arent part of a demographic that has a #higher murder victim rate! shhh just ignore that we dont actually have data on the murder rate of your group.'#do ppl like. forget state based violence exists. and that thats most violence minorities face.#idk man im just. mad about people on here acting like youre only oppressed if youre a perisex trans woman who was AMAB.#cause i exist at the intersection of multiple minorities and being told hey u experience violence but at least you wont be murdered by an #individual feels like a slap in the face.#like it doesnt matter if i have to mask my neurodivergent behaviour bc if people see they could assume im on drugs and call the police and #i could potentially be really hurt but not die but hey at least i wont die just be horrifically traumatized by police brutality!#there are millions of people with mental illnesses similar to my own around the world who are institutionalized and forcibly medicated or #living on the streets or dependant on horrifically abusive caregivers #but hey at least they arent being murdered!#like. the way the transphobia discussion on tumblr rn discusses (and doesnt discuss) race and ability and class and health makes me #feel very invisible.#like if people had to choose who to believe about my experiences between listening to me a black/mixed mentally ill maybe disabled (used to #be disabled) hella nd trans nonbinary person #or listen to a white middle class trans woman's take on my experiences that theyd choose her. its such a weird weird microcosm.#its like a monkeys paw like people are finally listening to trans fems and finally recognising the violence they experience and finally #actually caring about them but for some reason decide that in order to do that its necessary to throw every other minority under the bus #like fuck man have you seen how 'anti transandrophobia truthers' discuss race? its NOT okay #we all matter we all are so similar and are part of the same groups and same communities we need to stick together #stop using trans fems as a battering ram to hurt other minorities challenge #cause like. yes its some trans fems. but its mostly NOT?#like its non trans fems telling other non trans fems that they arent oppressed #and even when many trans fems are like what the fuck dude of course other trans ppl matter whats wrong with you #the group of like 80% non trans fems 20% trans fems are like 'hmm if you are defending other trans people you must not really be trans fem'#like. denying trans fems their identity bc they disagree with them?? dude someone doesnt stop being a trans fem cause they recognise #people other than trans fems matter and exist #its just all so WEIRD its a weird little tumblr microcosm #i wanna stress. for those of you who dont have access to other lgbtq+ communities. how much it seems to be primarily a tumblr thing. to

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thepeacefulgarden · 1 year

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You don't have to "fit the mold," or do anything you don't want to do, or live by anyone else's life script or timeline.

#you're not too old and it's not too late #happiness #people pleasing #codependency #boundaries #childfree #neurodivergent #lgbtq+#be yourself #your life isn't over when your 20's are #finding yourself #live your life #self care #self respect #self compassion #self love #you deserve happiness #you matter

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age-of-moonknight · 6 months

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“Deliverance,” Marvel Zombies: Black, White & Blood (Vol. 1/2023), #1.

Writer: Ashley Allen; Artist: Justin Mason; Letterer: Clayton Cowles

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel Zombies: Black White & Blood #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Khonshu #so yeah this is yet another story that ends on the incredibly bitter note of Marc fully handing the reins over to Khonshu #(with the added bonus of being zombified and eating former comrades)#but idk this page in particular got me thinking (on multiple things) so bear with me #firstly I find it increasingly interesting how in these short stories a reoccurring theme if the creators are going for the horror angle #is Khonshu taking full control and yeah that’s terrifying considering how much of modern MK comics are about restoring autonomy #both in the literal sense (shaking off Khonshu’s influence and kicking him to the curb) and in a more ephemeral sense (proving that #while categorically neurodivergent MK’s not just «some loony» but a dependable hero in his own right #so I guess it just gets me that in this case it’s a matter of sacrifice #that Marc would give up something he fought endlessly hard for to save civilian lives (although the creators succeed in making this #still feel like not a complete victory)#the other major things for me is Khonshu’s «faith has never needed rationality» which is…something I take personal umbrage with #that’s a common understanding of the term but arguably the strongest faith is born of rationality #the idea of logically coming to the conclusion that «I have combed through everything on this Earth and determined that there are something #outside the human understanding and thus I’ll hold strong to a faith in something not of this world #the fingerprints/evidences of which are still apparent even in this world too»#thus personally I see Khonshu’s statement there as another example of his oft-used manipulation: his attempts to convince Marc that #his mind and consequently Marc himself are unreliable and useless without Khonshu’s guidance #(i.e. overbearing and uncaring control) and tbh that’s pretty horrific

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cancerstanople · 1 year

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We need to talk about the gaslighting that comes with growing up marginalized.

For as long as I've been able to communicate my lived experiences in words, I've had those experiences minimized, disregarded, contested. Because I perceive the world differently than those around me, my view of the world isn't treated as real.

As a result, Im unable to trust my own instincts. Whenever I share something about myself, someone has always talked over me, tried to tell me otherwise, as if they have the authority to override my memories. And because of that, I no longer recognize myself as the one in control.

I first noticed this in regards to my neurodivergence, when I saw how other people read social cues compared to how I viewed them. Allistic people are constantly fighting me about what I mean behind what I say, because they don't think literally about other people. I'm constantly fighting neurotypicals, trying to make them understand that I'm real.

Then I noticed it when I talk to white people about race. I've yet to have a conversation with a white person about race without them getting defensive, protective over what's not even theirs. How badly they want to use AAVE, steal from black creatives, let them into BIPOC spaces without them budging an inch. They insist that they're not racist, no matter the circumstance. The White Lives Matter crowd imply that the motive of BLM and modern civil rights movements is not liberation or even equality, but malice and superiority. Constantly fighting me about something they don't know a damn thing about, and me constantly having to remind them I am real.

With men, and how they feign incompetence so women will do something for them. How they take up everyone else's space, without regard for anyone else's discomfort. How quickly they point blame at victims of rape and assault.

With cis people, their insistence that trans people only exist to hurt others. That we're predators, or we're prey of a mass brainwashing conspiracy, that we're confused, that we don't understand reality. The underlying theme of it all being that the way we experience the world cannot be it.

It's gaslighting. It's people telling you you're crazy, you're wrong, you're lying, you're misremembering. It's gaslighting for years and years by everyone around you, until you don't know who to trust anymore, not even yourself.

If you're cis, straight, white, a man, neurotypical, or any other of the "default settings," how quickly did you start telling yourself "I'm not like that. Not everyone like me is like that." Of course, I must clarify that not every man is an evil lying bastard and not every white person is a Nazi, but the fact that I feel I have to clarify this. The fact that it's so commonplace for people to respond to ideas that cause any sort of discomfort with anger, hostility in the hopes of absolving themselves of guilt. It's telling.

How much longer do we have to keep fighting? How much longer do we have to prove to the world that we exist, that we're real, that our lives are not lies we made up or hallucinations all in our heads? Because I've been fighting for at least since I've started speaking, and the odds have been stacked against me for centuries before I was born.

I'm tired. I just want to be real.

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thundergrace · 2 years

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September 23, 2022

"The investigation suggests that [McClain] received an intramuscular dose of ketamine that was higher than recommended for his weight," the report from Adams County Monica chief coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan read. "Further, my review of all the body camera footage shows that Mr. McClain was extremely sedated within minutes of receiving a shot of ketamine. When he was placed on a stretcher, I believe he was displaying agonal breathing and respiratory arrest was imminent."

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Aurora police officers responded to the scene and confronted McClain. An officer can be heard saying in body camera footage that they put him into a carotid chokehold, which restricts the carotid artery and cuts off blood to the brain, according to the Department of Justice. McClain can be heard saying, "I can't breathe," in police body camera footage.

#elijah mcclain #will never forget his last words #he was also neurodivergent and that is often left out #but it a lot to do with the encounter itself #black lives matter

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napsaps-archive · 1 year

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tbh mask resonated with me so so deeply bc it put everything i've been feeling my whole entire life into words when i first found it i listened to it on repeat for almost an hour, near tears, bc i had never ever heard someone else come so close to describing my exact feelings and thoughts in one song like it truly altered my worldview fully knocked it off its axis and everyone expected me to be normal about it like. no

#and i will never ever forgive the larger internet for turning it into a laughstock and reducing it to some silly little song abour #Woah look at me i have adhd lkme NO it was important to him it was important to me and thousands of other people living w adhd like #SHUR UPPPPP your experiences are not universal no matter if youre neurotypical or neurodivergent like grow up just bc you thoughr it was #cringe doesnt mean other people weren't allowed to find comfort and relatability in it .#ive been mad about rhis for so long if i had a theme song it would literally be mask by minecraft youtuber dreamwastaken !!!!!

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crazycatsiren · 2 years

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I may never buy another form fitting dress, or new shoes that aren't sneakers. I may never again leave home without sunglasses, noise canceling headphones, and a mobility aid. And all of these are not only ok, but also good things. Making adjustments and working with myself according to my needs is how I can have an easier time in this abled neurotypical world. I'll do what it takes to make living more comfortable for myself, no hesitation and no shame.

#disabled #spoonie #cripple punk #neurodivergent #disabilities #neurodivergence #babe with a sensory aid #babe with a mobility aid #disabled lives matter #disabled pride #chronically ill #actually autistic #the future is accessible

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spicyicymeloncat · 7 months

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Yknow something that gets me abt certain fanon depictions of kai is that he’s portrayed with no sense of self preservation, as if he’s self sacrificing and burned out, and I think I dislike it bc it feels like the opposite of his character most of the time.

Yeah some of the actions he takes are harmful to himself in some way, but it’s never intended to, they were ways of coping and making himself feel better.

Like the green ninja plot, he is insecure in his place, so he strives for the highest title to make him feel better.

The red shogun isn’t him beating himself up and not caring about his own well being. He was winning fights, fully engaging in the job, taking his frustration out on others and drinking away his issues, and yeah there’s self loathing in that, but there’s also him trying to make himself feel better, to redirect hurt away from himself.

Him prematurely concluding his parents were the bad guys in s7, is (imo) his way of rationalising his mixed feelings, in order to keep himself okay.

He’s not a reckless war machine who throws himself into battle with no hesitation, he tries to keep himself safe.

Kai is self-prioritised and yknow I think people in general really demonise that kinda of trait both in fiction and irl and that’s actually kind of harmful. The self sacrificial trait is so grossly over romanticised and idk it’s a breathe of fresh air when you see a character who doesn’t start out that way or end that way. Like nothing wrong with that trait being written, it’s just like sometimes it feels like people are only allowed to prioritise themselves if they previously have no sense of self care, bc then it’s seen as a healthy improvement. But in any other case, it means you’re selfish and that’s a bad thing apparently.

Like no. Being selfish and loving yourself and thinking you are hot shit and the smartest person alive and prioritising things that make you happy. None of that makes you evil or morally wrong. If in attempts to meet your needs you try to hurt someone else, or end up hurting yourself, then the action you took was bad but the intent isn’t! Fuck the media that finds people loving themselves as immorally wrong! Fuck it! It is not sexy to hate yourself actually.

I want more fanon Kais indulge in activities that make him happy, Kais that make bad decisions in trying to protect himself and Kais that have good coping mechanisms because he’s still trying to protect himself he’s just found better ways of doing it.

Bc it’s canon and it feels like it gets erased a bit because people somehow don’t find self love appealing unless the character was self hating first.

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mywitchcultblr · 2 years

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Someone: How dare you bullying me ( actually just getting called out ) over my refusal to respect women, lgbt people, poc, the disabled and neurodivergent community! It's just an opinion! Geez people nowadays can't have different opinion without getting canceled by leftist, libtard wokes like you!

Me: Well your 'opinion' ( which is the reflection of yourself as a person and it definitely could affect the way you treat others and yourself ) is dogshit and you deserve to get bullied harder...

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bfpnola · 1 year

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