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identitty-dickruption

also the reason those “disabled for a day” activities are stupid is that they can never truly capture any real disabled experience, they just make abled people THINK they know what disability is about

cool, you’ve gotten a group of uni students to use a wheelchair for a day. great, they now have an idea of how steep the slopes are and how many stairs there are. but do they know about the pain? the ableism? trying to navigate the healthcare system? trying to navigate any system for that matter?

they don’t. because they can’t really know. all you’ve done is made them think they understand the wheelchair-user experience, and therefore probably made them more confident than they should be

it’s infinitely more useful to give them the accessibility guidelines. get them walking around and measuring shit. have them talk to real disabled people until they start to believe us. I don’t know. just DON’T stick them in a wheelchair for a couple hours and let them believe they understand when they DO NOT

Posted on 26 July, 2023
softwaring

im watching glamourous on netflix while drawing and noticed this in episode two:

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LMFAO? My fucking impact is so insane jwefalgrubesrg the meme is truly transcendent

softwaring

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if u didn’t know: the reference they’re making is to the meme i photoshopped

Posted on 26 July, 2023
pom-seedss: “I think about my one friend in high school, who was not technically allowed to read anything that her parents didn’t approve of. There was a special exception for things required by school, but they’d go over those at home and “correct”...
pom-seedss

I think about my one friend in high school, who was not technically allowed to read anything that her parents didn’t approve of. There was a special exception for things required by school, but they’d go over those at home and “correct” any bad information.

She checked out 2 books a day from the school library and read voraciously on her own and returning the books to the library at the end of the day. She’d get done work early or just skip any work time in class to read her books.

Her parents were ‘old-fashioned’ too. They didn’t think their child should be reading anything they didn’t personally approve of first.

There was a reason she never told her parents she checked out books from the school library. There was a reason none of the teachers scolded her for reading or told her parents about it during parent-teacher conferences.

They were actively preventing further abuse of a vulnerable teenager under their care.

I seem to be thinking a lot of her lately with everything, everything that is happening.

Posted on 26 July, 2023
radiofreederry

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raptorific

From the director of the union’s railroad department:

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Of course, “working quietly with union leadership to find a solution that gets the workers everything they want without requiring them to strike” isn’t an ideal solution for people who value the act of striking itself over achieving the goals of a strike, but social media’s obsession with Performance Politics and their preference for an Exciting Nothing over a Boring But Good Something is nothing new

katsdom

And, to quote something I wrote in a slightly different context yesterday: (Note, I am a long time union member, was on the national board of directors of my union and worked on many organizing campaigns)

"I'll add one from a union perspective. Again, not everything has been good, but one thing has been huge. Rules for union activity and things like representation elections are largely governed by the National Labor Relations Board. Five members, appointed for rolling fixed terms. Plus a "General Counsel" who exerts a lot of influence. The current NLRB, with Biden appointees, is the most pro-union in a VERY long time, maybe the most pro-union ever. The rulings they make have a tremendous impact on the ability of unions to organize and that is playing a big role in the wave of new organizing we have seen recently."


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Posted on 26 July, 2023
skulandcrossbones

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allyourfearsarecomingtrue

Note how she states that it was more difficult to get permits to do this shit than actually coordinate the drones.

Companies will want to do more of this, but environmental/wildlife laws make it difficult. So, they'll lobby to weaken them. Be vigilant. This woman accidentally said the quiet part loud. They won't let that happen again - this is our only warning

Posted on 26 July, 2023
queerbatting

people need to realize that dissolving the lines between gender also means dissolving the lines between sexuality. you cannot say gender is fake and then say sexuality is strict and rigid.

there are multigender/genderfluid people who are lesbians and gay men at the same time. there are mspec lesbians/gays/straights who have a complex relationship with gender and their sexuality. there are gay men who are women and lesbians who are men because male isn't the opposite of female.

"conflicting" labels are a part of many people's queer experience, because the human experience isnt simple enough to be put into neat perfect categories. if you truly support trans/genderqueer people, you need to accept the fact that gender and sexuality is complex and there will be people whose identities you don't understand

eyes-onthehorizon

In addition: identity politics are a scam. The human experience is a bunch of overlapping venn diagrams on a rollercoaster ride. It doesn't matter what people identify as, it matters what they say and do.

You don't need to police people's identities. It doesn't matter and it doesn't change who you are (unless you want to).

Posted on 26 July, 2023
jellogram

Okay so I found the most incredible horse statue while doing research for my job and guys. Are you ready for this. Are you sure you're fucking ready for this thing

jellogram

*sees 2 notes* FUCK yes let's fucking GOOOO

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Behemoth

bix46

I saw the opposite of this horse

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genovianxprince

Peer reviewed tags

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Posted on 26 July, 2023