I’m not a role model. I was briefly a runway model. I hate the AM, I hate the PM, I hate labels. I’m not a hero, ‘cuz calling yourself a hero makes you a self-mythologizing, narcissistic autocrat.
HOBIE BROWN aka. SPIDER-PUNK
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023)
"Your forbidden son...who should have never been born."
"The same as your Thalia...whose bravery still inspires all demigods. Perseus is one of those heroes and has shown a measure of that bravery today."
PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS, 1x08, "The Prophecy Comes True"
[A video of a white person with long hair. Above their head are a bunch of screenshots of rude and homophobic comments.
They sadly say “Guys, these people said they didn’t like my gay pride patches”. In the background, the music is ramping up as they yell “So I bought seven more, bitch!” (laughing).
The video then shows him head banging and sewing the patches to the ceiling of the car where a bunch of punk, heavy metal band, and other assorted patches are already. End Description.]
It is not inappropriate for AAC users to have acsess to swear words.
My peers started swearing at around age 10, and if that is what language the speaking people of that age are using, nonspeaking people have the same right.
Not giving us acsess to the same type of language as our peers feels alienating, it doesn't let us communicate with the same language and terms our peers and friends do. We are not babies. We are not stupid. We are the same as our speaking peers. Just because you can sometimes control what language we use, doesnt mean you should.
I get how it's not actually paradoxical or surprising but it's eternally hilarious to me when the same people who say "But they're your FAMILY! You can't turn your back on the people who raised you!!!" also think it's a-ok to disown your children for the high crimes and misdemeanours of like. Smoking pot. Getting pregnant. Sucking dick.
Abstinence is not the only form of recovery. AA/NA doesn’t work for everyone. Sometimes people choose to use instead of meeting other needs, which is valid. Some people use for recreational purposes. Some people use for medicinal purposes. Some people who use have substance abuse disorder. Treatment looks different for everyone. Not everyone needs or wants treatment, for various reasons. The only thing Naloxone enables is breathing. Active use is not shameful. People who use drugs often also deal drugs. People in recovery should not shame active users. Active users deserve love. Active users deserve someone to check in on them, get them safer use supplies, and get them pizza. Active users deserve to be listened to. They deserve better than to have that be the first time anyone ever treated them as human since they began using.