Hermestoldmeurgay - Dont Look At Me Like That

this is why i tell my kids to pay attention in their history lectures, because shit like this goes under the radar without ever seeing light of day, and yet this experience was the talk of the town in the 50s.

“Sex Change Just ‘Legal Correction’”, March 31. 1956.

There’s no such thing as work-life balance for neurodivergent & chronically ill people.

This is because everything in my life requires work:

maintaining friendships

keeping up with my hygiene

managing bills

making money

remembering my basic needs

sleeping regularly

outputting creatively

All requires some aspect of work for me.

And when everything in your life requires work, your balance goes out the window.

If you're neurodivergent and overwhelmed — I see you.

If you're chronically ill and overwhelmed — I see you.

You're not dysfunctional.

You're not incapable.

You're doing your best.

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS

dont fucking talk to me if ur gonna act like mental illness is fucking cute or sexy or adorable or quirky or what the fuck ever when its only ADHD and autism and depression and anxiety and learning disabilities but not when its addiction or narcissism or schizophrenia or psychosis or bipolar depression or borderline personality or dissociative identity or complex post traumatic stress - WE'RE ALL FUCKING SICK BRUV ITS ALL ILLNESS. stop fucking romanticizing and infantilizing people with real fucking disorders that fuck up our lives while ur just skipping through life without any obstacles besides the one the system puts in that u dont even fucking notice bc ur privileged to live life as fucking able person.

rant

Tw ableism/sanism, lotsa cursin, derogatory terms

if you say you’re a leftist n then call yourself an empath or say the right lacks empathy or in any way equate empathy to morality, you’re not a fuckin leftist n I don’t fuckin trust you

empathy doesn’t fuckin equal morality. Never has never will. Bein leftist means fightin against ableism, not contributin to it you fuckin morons. People with hypoempathy deserve just as much respect n compassion as all other fuckin people. We’re not bad or evil or abusive or even right wing for not havin empathy. We’re fuckin people first n foremost.

if you claim to be leftist n then throw mentally ill people under the bus, fuck you. I hope you fall down the fuckin stairs you hypocritical shit. If you use words like narcissist or sociopath or psychopath or schizophrenic to describe someone bein a piece of shit, you’re awful. You’re legitimately a piece of shit if you do that. NPD, ASPD, n schizophrenia are actual fuckin mental illnesses that actual fuckin people actually fuckin have. They’re the people you claim to fight for when you say you fight ableism. Yet you throw em under the bus the fuckin second you see behaviour you disagree with. Legitimately fuck you

mentally ill people deserve better. Especially from people who claim to fight for their rights and autonomy

the thing about being nonbinary is that you really do start to forget that other people have such strict walls around what is and isn’t allowed for genders. i thought we all agreed that we made that up. could you climb out of the cave real quick and feel the sunshine for a minute.

Internet vernacular has completely altered what some words and expressions mean to me. Forevermore, I will hear the words "hear me out" will only and exclusively as "before you cast your judgements prematurely, please pause and allow me to explain how and why I should be allowed to fuck this thing".

I'm pretty sure that it's perfectly normal to sometimes have an occasional, random, vague little worry that you were molested as a kid and completely blocked out any memory of it, and now have no way to ever find out. Everyone thinks about that sometimes.

anybody know an artist who does bumper stickers PLEASE dm me

Free bumper sticker design for any Floridians who want it

there's a lesson that people dont seem to have learned which is insane to me if you've watched game of thrones bc my queen mother Lady Olenna said it herself,

"sometimes we must ally with our rivals to defeat our enemies",

or something to that effect.

the seven kingdoms were fighting a war over the iron throne, while a millions-strong undead army marched towards civilization in an attempt to conquer it. no one focused on the undead army part early enough tho, because they were too busy fighting and killing each other over who got to be in charge.

you may despise conservatives, Cheeto voters or the Republican party itself, you may even hate them. its a valid perspective to have, BUT

those people are, at the baseline, in the same position as you - at one point they may have been misinformed and misguided by the system, their families, their churches, etc. etc. and they are fighting wholeheartedly for what they believe is right. some of those people are now finally deconditioning themselves from those positions because they are seeing, watching, LEARNING that the system does not infact favor them if they are not part of the 1%, and they are seeing, watching, LEARNING that the things they voted for that they thought didn't affect them do infact impact them majorly, because of the fact that

it is NOT left vs. right, it is UP VS. DOWN.

i understand the urge to shame people for participating in the oppression and discrimination that has been happening for centuries in this country, and some of the people im talking about DO deserve it because they REFUSE to change, BUT

refusing to celebrate those people who have only just been truly introduced to our side of things, to our perspectives and experiences is counterproductive. im not saying be nice to bigots, i'm saying be welcoming to ex-bigots and educate them in a way that doesn't make it seem like you're looking down on them for not knowing - thats what the government is doing to immigrants, trans folks and disabled individuals.

we will do more damage as a united front. dont immediately attack; if you see a good fighter on someone else's team, the best way to move is to get them on yours instead.

I think it’s important to note that in the US there’s been a lot of older people, conservatives, people from red states, and Drump voters themselves participating in protests and pushing back in town halls. Conservative judges are ruling against the current administration.

You don’t have to like these people but I want to emphasize that when fighting against authoritarianism it doesn’t help to be picky with your allies. Keep going to protests and if former Drump voters join you in those protests, good.