A Friendly Reminder From Your Local NPD/ASPD Wolf:

a friendly reminder from your local NPD/ASPD wolf:

you don't need empathy, whether emotional or cognitive, to be a "good person", and you don't need sympathy, either.

you don't need remorse, guilt, shame, or even regret to be a "good person".

you don't need to have anything else that "makes up for" any of the above to be a "good person".

those of us who don't have some or all of these things still deserve support. we should not have to strive to gain or emulate these things in any fashion in order to be worthy of the same decency you offer to those who do not need to try to gain these things on account of already having them.

it is a form of violence to demand that we change or hide parts of ourselves in order to fit into your definition of "good person" before you'll offer decency and humanity. decency and humanity is not an incentive for change, it is not a reward for doing what you want, it is a basic right that everyone--no matter who they are or what they've done or what they feel--is entitled to and is worthy of having.

if you want us to change in any way, you must first give us the room and support we need to do so, even if we choose not to change in the end. if your support is conditional, if there is a risk of losing it if we do not fit into your box, there is no point in us trying to gain it anyway.

'If you're doom scrolling this tag-' shut up. Get out of the tag that you, yourself detest, block it, and move on. You're helping nobody with these corny ass posts; if anything you're exposing yourself to the very thing you hate. You're triggering yourself. And if you doom scroll, get out of the tag and block it. It's that simple.

How does one get over the fear surrounding using an AAC device/app? It's a mix of multiple things; I'm semiverbal, but feel as though I'm not semiverbal enough, and I technically 'can' speak most of the time (mind you I end up sounding like a five year old despite having a decent vocabulary: I stumble over my words and trail off at 'odd' times and the process ends up being frustrating if not physically agonizing) and therefore I feel unworthy of assistance; my tendency to just... not use my aids despite them helping (because I can technically survive without them) would result in the large amount of money being wasted (AACs can get pricey as fuck); the 'oh god I'm just attention seeking' voice; the 'Jesus fuck everyone is staring at me oh no' feeling that contradicts the 'you're attention seeking' voice but doesn't help the imposter syndrome for some reason; I don't want to be a nuisance when I can just force myself to speak at the consequence of exhaustion.

Yoinking that butch flag 👹

alternate butch, futch, and femme.

[Image description: Three flags, each with seven equally-sized horizontal stripes. On the first flag, the top three stripes form a gradient from deep violet to dark blue, and the bottom four stripes form a gradient from pastel yellow to light blue. On the second flag, the top three stripes form a gradient from blue to pale green, the middle stripe is off-white, and the bottom three stripes form a gradient from pale pink to pink. On the third flag, the top four stripes form a gradient from red-pink to pale orange, and the bottom three stripes form a gradient from warm purple to deep blue. End description.]

left: butch. middle: futch. right: femme.

the butch and femme flags are edits of the butch and femme flags by disasterbisexual, and the futch flag is inspired by the futch flags by neopronouns. also check out the alternate chemme flags by neopronouns, as those were what inspired us to make these edits!

as with the flags they're edits of/inspired by, these flags are explicitly inclusive of all butches, futches, and femmes.

tagging: @radiomogai, @neopronouns

The queer community became a joke once people started doing validity olympics

Aw man there goes my weekend plans of exploding for no reason./j

If you're a trans POC please stay alive!!

Even if it seems like the whole world is against you, I promise there are people out there who care about you. One day there will be a world where we can live freely.