You can call me Jackal. I use he/they pronouns (and maybe sol/sun?). I'm a genderqueer man of the green carnation persuasion. Mixed race latine and polyamorous pagan gremlin. Exhausted writer and trauma survivor. Anyone here to start shit can kindly fuck off. I don't dance to the calliope of this circus. I'm just here for the clowns and the candied nuts.
Nurse: *pointing to my cane* Do you use that all of the time?
Me: Occasionally when I need it.
Nurse: So it’s not an accessibility issue then?
Me: …Yes, it still is.
Nurse: But not if you use the cane occasionally.
Me: ???
Accessibility is needed all of the time.
I don’t understand how accessibility can be viewed as a temporary thing and in this case, why she thought that I didn’t need any accessible areas and help because I used my cane occasionally.
Whether we’re using mobility aids or not, accessibility is a right that we deserve regardless of our current levels of mobility or impairment.
Every super powered setting has got internal and external power rankings. It’s high time we have one where the gimmick is that the power rankings are internal to in-universe agencies but the actual superhuman powers are all equivalent, and the question of “rank” is actually only reflective of the simplicity of the power multiplied by the creativity of the wielder.
“Well this person who can punch through the moon and spin the earth backwards is definitely a power rating eight at least.”
Girl whose only power is bending light, about to turn starlight into an orbital strike weapon: Interesting.
“We call her glitter because she can make things glitter, she’s a power two.”
Nodding, making the entire country blind, fascinating, tell me more.
Although modern superhero, just about all the best stories are usually along the lines of a seemingly mundane character becomes very important, the inner conflict of innate humanity against the limits of reality for people with huge amounts of power, or how the reality of attempting to live in a superhero fantasy has devastating real world consequences.
Okay I am swamped with brain fog, but I have to say something in that… These sort of people know TMOC are damned if we do damned if we don’t, right? No matter how we’re perceived we’re at an inherent disadvantage. If someone clocks us as trans the level of literally possibly deadly danger we’re in increases ten fold. An increased risk of death-by-cop and SA (often at the hands of cops as well? Like??) isn’t a fucking privilege what the fuck is wrong with people??
the answer to your question or “what the fuck is wrong with people” is unfortunately Racism :))))
which you definitely know, but i’m hoping others will start to see how deeply racist all these conversations are that focus entirely on gender identity and intentionally ignore the way race interacts with gender.
Heehee hoohoo toeing the line between “perceived as a black woman” and “perceived as a black man” and a third, secret line “perceived as blatantly queer no matter what binary gender or sex is assumed” intercecting those first two is, um, pretty much never a safe place to be. I’m either seen as a stud or as a queen, and let me tell you people really don’t like either of those.
new worldview where i think everyone else has free will and a rich, complex interior life while i am the only person who does not
Since I see a lot of people reblogging this with “#me,” or something similar, I just want to say something. I’m not going to pretend that anything I can say will reverse mental illness or undo depression. But I want to say it nonetheless.
Because of how light works, you are the center of the observable universe. If you drew a perfect map of space, and your friend several feet to your right did, they would be ever-so-slightly different at the edges. You’d have a couple of feet extra on the left side; your friend on the right.
Because of how time works, your past is utterly unchangeable—and the possibilities in your future are limitless. You alter entire timelines every time you take a breath.
Because of how the mind works, you will never be anyone else—and you will always be new. Today you isn’t yesterday you. Your personal experience is important. It has to be, because you’re the center of the universe, and because everything you do affects every other part of it.
If the universe is important, then by necessity you are important. If the universe is unimportant, then why not do your best to just relax and enjoy life?
Things are, generally speaking, rough right now. I don’t think I have to explain why. But all hope is not yet lost. If you love the world, then it is important. If you love the universe, then you love yourself. And if you don’t feel that way right now… then I’m really sorry that your situation has caused you to feel that way. But I truly believe (and hope) that you can get there. It starts with deciding to look out for number one.
Self-centeredness isn’t wrong. It’s holy. Done right, it’s a part of how the universe cares. Don’t be ashamed of self-love, and if you feel useless—just remember that there is no set purpose to life, other than to live it the way you want.
You aren’t an NPC. You’re not even a PC. You’re the P. Purpose lives within you, whether you can feel it right now or not.
How lovely to have smiled so often that happiness permanently etches itself into your face
How metal to have lived a life where your face now pre-warns people not to fuck with you
How resilient to have cared so strongly that empathy is now visibly displayed on your face
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No joke I feel like half of the posts I see on this website everyday are about faggots, dykes and trannies. They’re all about love and sexuality. Yes even the shitpost one, idc. I feel like we’ve created this community where the fags trannies and dykes can be very outspoken about themselves, even parts that feel taboo to many people. I think this is beautiful.
“haha very good post Tumblr user catgirlbutthole” look at me. This is a good example. On what other website will a trans woman have this sort of username without getting constant negative attention.
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