If I see one more fucking guilt tripping ‘why are you sleeping on X’ posts about net neutrality, the tax bill, healthcare, the judiciary, Sinclair broadcasting or ANYTHING ELSE I’m gonna walk off a pier
Because honestly, what are you doing? What is your goal? People are angry, and scared, and feel hopeless, and your plan to get them to protest is to make them feel guilty for being angry and scared and feeling hopeless. That’s not fucking motivating, it’s crushing.
‘but I put in good info in that post too!’ Yah, but you made everyone reading it feel like shit first so now instead of feeling like ‘wow this is fucked up and it’s hard but here’s a tool I can use to do my part’ ppl think ‘everything is useless and I’m a bad person god I can’t believe how fucked we are there’s no hope anyway’ and then! Not only do some of us fall into the spiral of self loathing so hard we can’t protest, the content we do send out is flat, it doesn’t provide any sort of reinforcement, but it sets up activism in the same purity culture that’s debilitating to long-term engagement. It builds up our apathy, it makes protesting *that much harder* because no one is perfect and no one can protest 24/7, no one can corner every single issue, we will quite simply die if we do.
You gotta build people up. Shit is fucked, we all know that! We don’t need the reminders! Just give us the tools and point the direction and Build. People. Up.
God Damn.
Bless every square inch of this goddamn post. Because this and the whole ‘bet you won’t reblog this’ rhetoric actually violently makes me not only want to not reblog the thing, but to actually block it. I’m not pushing your guilt trip forward.
remember when angelina jolie got a double mastectomy and Every Single Man on Earth acted like it was a personal attack on them specifically
Even though by the time it was announced she already had her breasts reconstructed and she was only going public about it to warn other women about risks?
I’ve been thinking about this a lot as several of my friends deal with breast cancer.
Old English just has some wonderful words and kennings. I mean, really:
Their word for sea? It was often swan-rad or “road of the swan.” Spider was gangelwaefre, literally “the walking weaver.” They had the simple and now-obsolete word uht, which describes that time just before sunrise when mist still hangs heavy over all the fields and lakes and the last few stars are still out.
…Also, they didn’t say body. They said ban-cofan, which means “bone-cave,” and if you don’t think that’s some hardcore shit right there then you need to get out of my face before I turn your skull into a mead-cup.
Another kenning for sea is hron-rad, which means “road of the whale,” which I think is even cooler than swan road.
I mean they also had less interesting words for sea and spider and body for non-poetic contexts. Poetry is where you find the really cool, creative stuff.
More harry potter au’s that show the ways magic can help people with disabilities
In a wheelchair? No need to worry! It moves easily and rolls up stairs smoothly.
Walking with a cane and have trouble with stairs? The castle has your back. Just step on a step and rise to the top of the stairs as the step moves up for you.
Learning disability? Turns out the ravenclaws have a club to help people. Specifically those who have a hard time understanding what they’re supposed to be learning, or who have a hard time concentrating and would never get their homework finished otherwise.
Chronic pain? There are potions specifically to help with that and madame pomfrey always has some on hand
Meltdown? Shutdown? The room of requirement is the perfect place to get a room full of things you need to relax and calm down
Sensory problems? There are some charms that can help with that
Need specific foods? The house elves will make sure your plate is filled with foods you can eat no matter the dietary restrictions. They won’t make anything that could cause an allergic reaction or screw up your digestive system.
Mute? Nonverbal? There are magical quills that can write in the air, and paper that can turn your thoughts into words on as if you were speaking them out loud.
Unable to find your way around places, especially new places? The castle will make sure you go the correct way and always end up at your class.
Hard of hearing? The weasly twins have the device for you (I don’t remember what it’s called but it was originally used to eavesdrop on the order of the phoenix. I’d like to imagine that if you stuck it in your ear it would help you hear whoever’s speaking better)
Deaf? Auditory problems? There’s magical paper that will note down the exact words of whoever is speaking.
Insomnia? Nightmares? There are potions to help with that
Seizures? Just wear a handy dandy magic bracelet that floats you up in the air when you have a seizure so that you don’t get hurt, and instantly alerts madame pomfrey and your head of house
Chronic fatigue? Take a morning potion to maintain the energy you need to get through the day and a night potion to actually receive energy from sleeping.
Narcolepsy? There are potions to prevent you from suddenly falling asleep, and there are charmed necklaces and bracelets to sense and alert you for when you need to take that potion.
Ptsd? Anxiety? A calming charm is helpful, and there are specific rooms around the castle to escape into in the case of a panic attack. Just grab a necklace that you can receive by asking any of the professors and it will teleport you to the nearest one. Don’t worry about losing it because it will always return to your pocket or bag as it is specificially charmed to do so.
Blind? Partially blind? Hagrid can find animals that will happily help you get around the castle. Books can read themselves to you (and can do a magic to only be heard by you). There are also glasses that will magnify words to the exact size you need to be able to read them, and maps that will show you your surroundings.
Need help dressing yourself? Making your bed? Packing? Organizing? Cleaning? Washing yourself? Brushing your hair? Getting into bed? A house elf will be able to do it quickly with magic. Want to do it by yourself? There are tools to help you do that too. You can make things float with magic, there are things that can make you float from one place to another (such as from a wheelchair into bed). Combs and brushes can be charmed to help.
Want to be able to ride a broomstick but are physically unable to? Don’t worry there are broomsticks made for you. There are broomsticks with chairs attached, broomsticks to help with an unsteady or weak grip, broomsticks designed to work with a wheelchair, broomsticks that don’t go very high for those who have a fear of heights, broomsticks that don’t go very fast for those afraid of going too fast and falling off, broomsticks that are very very well attuned to what the flyer wants and needs, and even broomsticks to help you find your way around an area.
Need a schedule to remember things? Or to function properly? Or because schedules are comforting so you know what’s happening? Or for any other reason? Have some specifically charmed notebooks that give you your schedule day by day, check things off once you’ve done them, and change if something unexpected happens and needs to be changed.
Hallucinations? Delusions? There are spells you can use to check the area around you to be able to tell if what you’re seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling is real or not. There are also charms and potions to help with hallucinations. For delusions there are items specifically made for you to ground yourself with, charms that help, and spells you can reality check yourself with if you’d like.
I kind of rambled and definitely covered a lot but go ahead and add your own ^^ (also disclaimer: I don’t have every disability I mentioned so if I said something that was ableist or misleading please tell me)
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