(warning for one fast flashing and another probably not dangerous but annoying flashing gif in the comments)
Okay, not following people was the thing that I liked most about Imzy. Now following people is a thing there. https://www.imzy.com/imzy/post/you_can_now_follow_your_friends_on_imzy_j2rqo2hc
Today is very much not my day. *dramatic mews*
the blood apocalypse / menstruation
And THEN, The Blood Apocalypse was about 3 days early. /o\
I was kind of planning to swim in the lake but I don't actually trust menstrual cups THAT much.
Someone showed this way too cute video to me: http://sofias.soup.io/post/616761062/Video
it contains a pig and food and adorable noises.
Until today I always thought they were birds that only looked a bit like bats, but now I'm pretty sure that they are, in fact, bats. 💜
Friendly reminder: The words homomisia, transmisogyny, hate, oppression, heteronormativity, cissexism, intersexism, anti-queer .., erasure and antagonism do exist.
To call it a "phobia" means to trivialize the problem, to misalign the responsibility and to discriminate against people with an actual phobic disorder.
Freundliche Erinnerung: Es gibt die Begriffe Homofeindlichkeit, Transmisogynie, Diskriminierung, Hass, transfeindliche Gewalt, Heteronormativität, Intersexismus, Queerfeindlichkeit, erasure und Unterdrückung.
Es "Phobie" zu nennen verharmlost das Problem, verschiebt die Verantwortung, und diskriminiert Menschen mit Angststörungen.
And these few examples were all from the realm of neurodivergency, I didn't include examples of when physical disabilities are used as metaphors for bad things. Which is also very, very often, and not doing that needs to be one part of that very same process.
But if you don't actually mean to insult by drawing on ableist concepts and it's just the first word that came to your mind, then trying to find alternatives is a great process to start.
examples of ableist language
I mean, these are cosmetic changes that come from the idea that most people don't actually mean it that way. Just like with other changes of that nature, like avoiding calling people/things idiots, stupid, r*t*rded, schizophrenic (in the meaning of "contradictory" or whatever), crazy etc, if one's simply looking for a way to express an actual ableist sentiment behind it in less offensive words, that's still shitty.
smol cat learning about the cyber machines. EN & DE. they, it / per, es, ersie, xier. @maunzikation @maunzikation