Still Can't Get Over How Dream Walked Into Hell, Beat Lucifer At Rock Paper Scissors, Brought Up Their

still can't get over how dream walked into hell, beat lucifer at rock paper scissors, brought up their daddy issues then left

Shout-out to everyone suffering from eczema, psoriasis, or any of the other ailments that can also be described as, my skin hates me sometimes. Having that special moment today where I noticed a small outbreak, and applied moisturizer, only to discover it was too late, the "soothing, calming" lotion felt like acid being rubbed into a thousand tiny papercuts. Isn't the changing of the seasons lovely?

I find this so sad. Like let's take a step back, and look at it just from a nickname perspectives. I am a cis woman, and I experimented so much with screwing around with my name in school. I have awesome parents, would they have signed off on any name i was playing with, yes. Would I have played around at all if I needed to get a signed permission slip to do so, no. Did doing this hurt ANYONE? Also no. Between this, and the hair rules, and the dress code rules, there is just no room for kids to figure out who they are anymore. It sucks!

I hate this as advice, because people say very. Nothing throws you out of a story faster than something being told from the perspective of a five-year-old and having them use words like exhilarating. It's like show, don't tell. Everything in moderation!!!

Avoid using the word very at all costs. Here are some options.

This, like THIS! 

Not just for physical disabilities but for mental health.  Like yes, I am glad that you got the support you needed and with time and meds you were able to contribute just as much as everyone else.  But also, if you can’t take the meds, or you take them and they aren’t effective, or you have good days and bad days for the rest of your life it isn’t because you aren’t trying hard enough, and you still deserve the accommodation and compassion you need to get by.  It shouldn’t be on some form of arbitrary timeline, and we shouldn’t start this with a metric for, you need to produce this much work to have value.

Stop talking about capability, and start talking about worthiness

disability advocacy went wrong when it became about inspiration porn and “differently abled” and savants. its incredible that that guy with no legs did a triathlon but your sister with no legs will not and she doesnt need prosthetics or five hour training days to deserve respect and compassion and accommodations. its incredible that that autistic guy can look at a city from a helicopter for an hour and then draw the entire detailed skyline from memory when he lands but your autistic friend cannot and they dont need to have a special Autism Power to deserve respect and compassion and accommodations. 

activism framed around “we are just as CAPABLE” means that when people genuinely are less capable they are left behind. activism framed around “we are just as WORTHY” is fundamental to radical compassion.