Esme Povirk @madewokherd@computerfairi.es
Joined Aug 2018
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Tidbits from therapy:
… the difference it makes having a neurodivergent therapist is unmeasurable.
Yesterday she said to me, after I said that “I overthink everything” …
“Don’t you think that maybe people telling us not to overthink things are being ableist? This is how your brain processes the world.”
Woah. #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic @autisticadvocacy
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Folks, the more dire the legislation gets, the more it needs a CW.
I know its important. And vital. This is why it needs a CW.
Thank you,
A trans citizen of both the US and the UK (all of this is killing me. My mental health is turning to shit. Please use a fucking CW. Throwing out this shit on to the timeline without a CW is collaborating. Dont at me.)
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@drazisil ok so I’m new to autism but the way I understand it autism speaks coopted the #autism tag and really pissed off the community because they’re horrible and dangerous so #actuallyautistic was created so people knew who to listen to and could get information straight from the source.
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The popular macho image of #CaptainKirk is so way off, especially in the context of the mid-60s, when the ideal male action hero was an unfeeling lone wolf (think Sean Connery's Bond, early John Wayne, etc). #StarTrek shows Kirk as connected, caring, even vulnerable, a foil to Spock's struggle to suppress emotion (which is arguably also about gender, but that's a whole other essay). Their dynamic was a huge part of the appeal to women, who flocked to ST fandom & invented slash.
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countering transphobic narratives
cis lesbians are my sisters. the astroterf movement would have you believe they hate us all, but they don't. don't let them divide us.
@recursive Did that change?
plurality query
The one time one of us was addressed directly felt surprisingly validating, and we think it might help us learn to keep track of our own identities if it continues. So how do we encourage people to do that? -Lore
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Last year I made a website for people who want to #volunteer or do good in the world, but may not want or be able to do something in person.
It's a categorized index of ways you can #volunteer your time with a variety of projects.
I made it specifically for people who are struggling with #mentalhealth issues, who may be #disabled or are maybe just overwhelmed at where to start.
I'd love feedback or suggestions for more sites!
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- Don’t flee pain, chase the incandescent joy at the heart of your soul. Growth can be painful. It often means facing the deep dark inside of us, but that joy is the hope that lights our path. That hope for a better you, for a better world, for what brings you joy is that sustaining kind of hope.
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food
Casseroulette was: mashed potato, cream of celery soup, veggie crumble, eggplant. Surprisingly alright.
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The gender of the day is a cluster of murderous hens.
queer discourse
I see there is a discourse happening. I won't force "queer" or any other identity label on anyone, but I will continue to call myself queer and use it as an umbrella term, without apology.
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Rocknerd: Almost nobody cares what’s in the Top 10 any more.
https://rocknerd.co.uk/2023/01/14/almost-nobody-cares-whats-in-the-top-10-any-more/
by me, for once
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Kira: Unfortunately for everybody I will keep doing whatever I want.
food, silliness
I just thought of the term "casseroulette" to describe my cooking plans, and I love it. -Nikki
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Here we are, finally, a real transfemme bingo card based on my real experiences of being trans.
@TheIronFox My understanding is that as long as they have some ability to act independently, even if that's limited to internal communication, it counts. Also, it is likely possible for them to learn to front, if that's something y'all want.
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You're rocking it! Your gender is quite incomprehensible today!
@solient this is a habit I know is bad for me and I can never seem to break
@b0rk Networked games that desync in Proton because C standard library functions like sin() produce a slightly different result between different implementations.
Joined Aug 2018
