As an alternative to 'sugar, spice, and everything nice'
I present: 'salt, vinegar, and everything sinister'
The new autistic Barbie is making a bunch of level 1/low support autistic people just come out of the woodwork to just openly talk about how they just hate the idea of level 2 or 3/high support needs autistic girls just having any scrap of positive attention. They have such weird internalized issues with even being seen as in the same community with people who need more support than them.
It’s not a neutral thing that every ‘redesign’ or ‘fixed’ version of the doll from level 1/low support autistic people gets rid of her disability aids, specifically her AAC device.
This is a doll specifically meant for level 2 or 3/high support autistic girls, a doll to make them feel seen because the rest of society is so hostile to them. The fact some people saw these girls getting one scrap of positive representation and then got mad because it wasn’t about them really says a lot about how people don’t even consider these girls as humans worthy of respect and kindness.
I booked myself in for a massage tomorrow with my physio lady cause my jaw and neck are all locked up from the dentist today and it makes you fill out a little questionnaire to better tell your PT what kind of treatment you need. except when I was filling it in I’d just taken a bunch of pain killers and words were hard but then I logged back in to make sure I’d actually booked it and
Reason for your visit?
What kind(s) of pain are you experiencing?
Special Requests
I shouldn’t be laughing, I feel awful, but I’m just imagining you addressing a person this way.
Don’t feel too bad, my physio lady was pissing herself laughing when I showed up. Everytime she tried to pull up my profile to talk about the appointment she’d devolve into hearty chuckling while apologizing continually for laughing at my expense.
And for anyone wondering she was able to ease a considerable amount of the pain. Even while occasionally breaking out into bouts of barely suppressed giggling.
internet politics and real-world politics have gotten so separated, and pretty soon all this internet weirdness is gonna come crashing into real life and politicians are gonna start throwing around words like “SJW” and “anime communist” and “dark enlightenment” and it’s just gonna be the most ridiculous fucking thing
date of origin: 13th of april, 2015.
happy 10 year anniversary!
This post.
This fucking post.
It is in some ways, the only piece of evidence I have that there was a time Before.
NASA released the clearest pictures yet of our neighbours in the solar system
Oh and of course us
Honourable mention
My child, who spends their entire life being transfered from home to car to school and back, and is not allowed to leave the house or talk to anyone and can only in their wildest dreams imagine a life free from constant surveillance, is very sad. Obviously they're dumb and lazy, like all kids these days.
kind of a tangent but i recently went to a bowling alley with my friend i'm 19 he's 18 and the woman at the door didn't want to let us in because there was a sign saying under-18s needed adult supervision. everything got cleared up and we were able to go bowl, but i'm still so mad about the fact that kids need adult supervision to go to a bowling alley and arcade. like okay maybe young kids should have supervision but what do you mean middle and high schoolers need to hold mommy's hand while they play video games. kids aren't just addicted to their phones because phones are addicting, we're addicted to our phones because there's nothing else to fucking do
I'm sure banning kids from online spaces while simultaneously not ensuring that they have access to offline spaces to socialize in (without having to rely on their parents who already don't have time for them) will help them feel better & less alienated from society.
