“…our society is only pro-disability until you scratch the surface…[making] it inevitable that many people with disability become cornered and tired and silenced. From then on, it’s a matter of applying common sense; people who are cornered and tired and silenced are often riddled with self doubt or self hatred. It takes time and a conscious effort of will to overcome those things…Without pride in ourselves we cannot create pride in those around us…Like becoming that person with multiple labels, goals and ambitions, becoming a better society for people with disability is not a one-shot process. It’s going to take a long time and a lot of thought. The first step is to recognise all our contradictions, traumas and mistakes. The second step is to stop hating them.”
- A Journey Towards Pride, Leah Hobson, Ramp Up, 11 June 2014
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I’m finding myself more turned off by the Trueanon sub. It seems like it’s needlessly ableist and body-shaming all the time to show that they aren’t like other “sensitive” leftists.
Was just scrolling through a thread on ICE agents and without fail there were r-slurs, making fun of people for their height/weight, attractiveness. It all just seems like it’s trying too hard.
I keep being surprised by how relatively good hexbear is on this, seeing as we are also a community derived from fans of white twitter ‘leftists’ who became famous by being extremely edgy and cynical and regularly making fun of disabled people, racial minorities and queer people.
Brace is better on his own podcast but whenever he guests other podcasts he can be very edgy still. So it doesn’t surprise me that the TrueAnon community is like that.
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Just watched a show that had a disabled character talk about how his wheelchair was a symbol of freedom for him, because it allowed him mobility. Where others saw a prison he saw an escape.
Pretty cool to see that the writers actually listened to a disabled person at some point.
5·13 hours agoI Loooove being tired (/s). I slept 8 hours and I feel absolutely destroyed. I did nothing yesterday that should make me feel like this.
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Very cat like behavior
Maybe if I wasn’t constantly tired and (therefore) slightly grumpy all the time I would look less like a cat.
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Maybe. I think the whiskers are still a dead giveaway though.
I wonder if cats sleep in sunbeams to avoid seasonal depression. You know, get the vitamin D you don’t get as much of in winter.
I rarely post on any account because I'm paranoid but I've been working real hard on my mental health, overcoming some childhood abuse and trauma, and for the first time in my life making real progress. Really struggling though...(cw current events, heavy emotions)
in the face of how fast things are escalating in the US right now. I’m still 6-12 months away from where I need to be to begin to handle the current moment and watching the events of the last month have been a big setback. Everyone is talking about how to confront and fight ICE, and a few hours processing donations at the local food shelf is just about the limit of my capabilities.
I know where I stand, I know my kind will be coming up soon on the target list and there’s naught I can do but wait for my turn and hope it’s quick. Truly and finally coming to terms with that sucks.
Nonetheless, let it be known to someone, somewhere, that I fought against the ghosts of trauma and abuse in my head, and in the end I clawed back some of the love and life they stole. And the victories tasted sweet.
Your victories are not nothing just because a different foe has entered your life. What you have done is real, what you have done for yourself and others matters.
Thanks for that, I hope you’re right.
Sorry for not being around as much
I have a confession: I was able to get a part-time contracted customer service role thing for work over the holidays. It ends in two weeks. It’s been just over two months and even though it’s been about 5 hours each day, it’s left me completely dysregulated, exhausted, and burnt out. I’ve been dissociating a lot. I won’t get too much into it, but it has been weighing on me not being able to be present here and elsewhere online.
Mostly I just want to remind everyone that you are loved, you matter, and you are beautiful.
What’s important is your health, you shouldnt worry about this place. If you can’t be here you can’t. If anything this place should be a respite and a place to shitpost and take your mind off stuff.
