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oockitty: coldalbion: grace-and-ace: neddythestylish: memelordrevan: rosslynpaladin: iamthethund...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:49:55 -0400

coldalbion:

grace-and-ace:

neddythestylish:

memelordrevan:

rosslynpaladin:

iamthethunder:

s8yrboy:

“If autism isn’t caused by environmental factors and is natural why didn’t we ever see it in the past?”

We did, except it wasn’t called autism it was called “Little Jonathan is a r*tarded halfwit who bangs his head on things and can’t speak so we’re taking him into the middle of the cold dark forest and leaving him there to die.”

Or “little Jonathan doesn’t talk but does a good job herding the sheep, contributes to the community in his own way, and is, all around, a decent guy.” That happened a lot, too, especially before the 19th century.

Or, backing up FURTHER

and lots of people think this very likely,

“Oh little Sionnat has obviously been taken by the fairies and they’ve left us a Changeling Child who knows too much, and asks strange questions, and uses words she shouldn’t know, and watches everything with her big dark eyes, clearly a Fairy Child and not a Human Like Us.”

The Myth of the Changeling child, a human baby apparently replaced at a young age by a toddler who “suddenly” acts “strange and fey” is an almost textbook depiction of autistic children.

To this day, “autism warrior mommies” talk about autism “stealing” their “sweet normal child” and have this idea of “getting their real baby back” which (in the face of modern science) indicates how the human psyche actually does deal with finding out their kid acts unlike what they expected.

Given this evidence, and how common we now know autism actually is, the Changeling myth is almost definitely the result of people’s confusion at the development of autistic children.

Weirdly enough, that legend is now comforting to me.

I think it’s worth noting that many like me, who are diagnosed with ASD now, would probably have been seen as just a bit odd in centuries past. I’m only a little bit autistic; I can pass for neurotypical for short periods if I work really hard at it. I have a lack of talent in social situations, and I’m prone to sensory overload or you might notice me stimming.

But here’s the thing: life is louder, brighter and more intense and confusing than it has ever been. I live on the edge of London and I rarely go into the centre of town because it’s too overwhelming. If I went back in time and lived on a farm somewhere, would anyone even notice there was anything odd about me? No police sirens, no crowded streets that go on for miles and miles, no flickery electric lights. Working on a farm has a clear routine. I’d be a badass at spinning cloth or churning butter because I find endless repetition soothing rather than boring.

I’m not trying to romanticise the past because I know it was hard, dirty work with a constant risk of premature death. I don’t actually want to be a 16th century farmer! What I’m saying is that disability exists in the context of the environment. Our environment isn’t making people autistic in the sense of some chemical causing brain damage. But we have created a modern environment which is hostile to autistic people in many ways, which effectively makes us more disabled. When you make people more disabled, you start to see more people struggling, failing at school because they’re overwhelmed, freaking out at the sound of electric hand dryers and so on. And suddenly it looks like there’s millions more autistic people than existed before.

“…disability exists in the context of the environment.”

Reblog for disability commentary.

That last paragraph is absolutely important.

nakatadraws: i didn’t mean to make this so long but i wanted to...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:21:52 -0400

nakatadraws:

i didn’t mean to make this so long but i wanted to both analyze my own style and give other people a look into it! I hope someone can find some use for it!

cooloptimisticprincess: cosmic-noir: ficklesunfries: darkamphar...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:53:23 -0400

cooloptimisticprincess:

cosmic-noir:

ficklesunfries:

darkampharos:

Wait weren’t they her shitty parents in Matilda?

Yep! It was right after filming it, actually.

What’s even better is that Maras mother LOVED the book Matilda. She loved it so much that she got her daughter the part, however she died before she got to see it. Or so Mara thought. Apparently just a few weeks before she died Danny Devito went in to the hospital with a rough first edit of the movie and got to let her watch it before she passed.

Awwwww

prayfortheavocados: Person: who’s your favorite actor? Me: Anthony Rannella Person: who Me: Andy...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:25:20 -0400

prayfortheavocados:

Person: who’s your favorite actor?

Me: Anthony Rannella

Person: who

Me: Andy Randy

Person: what

Me: Anchovi Rango

Person:

Me: Anthropology Lentel

Person:

Me: Anthony Rosenthal

Person:

Who one that ugly Christmas sweater contest last holiday season: you or Frances

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:15:24 -0400

bold of you to assume ive ever lost

Fuck marry kill: the members of the ark

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:14:33 -0400

the what

You're totally dating Frances aren't you? I ship it! Soooo cute

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:02:48 -0400

what does this even mean

You're totally dating Frances aren't you? I ship it! Soooo cute

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:00:07 -0400

what does this even mean

jemthecrystalgem: neptunes-salty-butthole: cheshiretiffy: pats-a-lats: Things just transpired in...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:56:53 -0400

jemthecrystalgem:

neptunes-salty-butthole:

cheshiretiffy:

pats-a-lats:

Things just transpired in my house hold that are equal parts offensive and hilarious… Here goes.

So my roommate, Dale, has a gf who does not live with us, but she’s here all the time. So Sunday when my gf was her we were on the couch and we kissed (scandalous, I know) and she saw it, and I’m pretty sure that’s the first time she’s seen us be affectionate, that’s neither here nor there.

So today she tells Dale she’s “uncomfortable” here and wants him to move out because she thinks me and my lady are going to hit on her or something, she doesn’t like living with lesbians, cause it’s not “normal”, so now I’m pissed. Then, Dale goes, “well you don’t live here, so it shouldn’t be a problem, just stop coming over”…things escalated and Dale is trying to break up with her, but she won’t leave our house….she locked herself in Dales room.

So, Dale barges in my room wearing a bathrobe and goes, “call every lesbian you know, we’re smoking this bitch out!” Then turns around and whips his robe like a cape…

And that’s the story of how there are 8 lesbians climbing through the window of Dales room…

Holy shit.

This is glorious

I like Dale. He’d break up with a bigoted girlfriend and he wears bathrobes like a cape. Not everyone would wear a bathrobe like a cape.

ask-radio-silence: hey welcome to my blog i guess send asks if you want ask whatever you want idk hi...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:34:44 -0400

ask-radio-silence:

hey welcome to my blog i guess

send asks if you want ask whatever you want idk

hi im aled (i made radio silence? the podcast?) and my friend thought itd be cool for me to make a blog to interact with people? um, fans, i suppose?

so uh

- aled last

Oh! cool!

sanders-specs: call-me-rei: micromys: shell-senji: thebibliosphere: polyhorde: survivablyso: th...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:28:52 -0400

sanders-specs:

call-me-rei:

micromys:

shell-senji:

thebibliosphere:

polyhorde:

survivablyso:

thelibrarina:

kdxart:

zdartstuff:

zombieheroine:

The real writer experience is standing in the shower and coming up with the most authentic dialogue with perfect phrasing and raw emotion in your head, then stepping out and drying your hair, putting on some clean pajamas and opening a word document to write down all your perfect ideas only to realize everything has evaporated.

I FEEL CALLED OUT

Never lose a perfect shower line again.*

*Remember to erase promptly if you share a bathroom with anyone.

I’ve used these to outline term papers. nothing like a bath to get your brain to finally kick into gear and figure out your damn thesis

WHAT

Also these handy little guys if you prefer a notepad:

Are you kidding, shower crayons are the BEST when you share a bathroom with other people. When I was in college, we had them and we would use them to carry on philosophical debates, finish song lyrics, get life/writing advice, etc. It was so much fun and I miss it.

I need these omg

This changes everything

thebrightlightsofamerica: sketchshark: I’ve been doing a series...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:01:43 -0400

thebrightlightsofamerica:

sketchshark:

I’ve been doing a series of comics about men being deceived by makeup.

This is the best comic series I’ve ever seen

winawinadajcie: “Russia is so big the geese went for a walk in...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:32:21 -0400

winawinadajcie:

“Russia is so big the geese went for a walk in 1991 and only got back in 2014.”

“The geese built Dubai and returned.”

orphanwheat20: gallusrostromegalus: I have the window open and just saw a cat run by, followed by a...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:03:53 -0400

orphanwheat20:

gallusrostromegalus:

I have the window open and just saw a cat run by, followed by a lady shrieking “RASPUTIN!”

He strikes once again

arithanas: gaylileofigaro: This is worse. Looking at these you...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:35:52 -0400

arithanas:

gaylileofigaro:

This is worse. Looking at these you can tell they have no significant monetary value. They were confiscated as a fear tactic. Nothing more.

This picture breaks my heart everytime it appears in my dash. It’s a fear tactic, alright but—

The first one in the left corner: It’s a first communion rosary, and it’s not cheap.

The black one in the first line: That’s a widow rosary and it’s old.

The white one in the second line: is a commemoration rosary. It has a miniature picture in the round part. I haven’t seen that since the 70′s.

In the third line, multicolor one: It’s an Anima mundi, I have only seen those in the hands of Rosary ministery’s old ladies. The oldest ones are from the 80′s after Juan Pablo II came to Mexico for the first time. It’s one of the old ones, I know because the crucifixes are different.

The third one on the fourth line: Red and gold. The style is old, the metal is dark, that’s a 50′s rosary, probably a quinceañera one (or it’s maybe older, from the 40′s when the brides carried red roses with their offerings).

The fifth one on the fourth line: It’s a quinceañera rosary with Ignatius’s tear. The style is old and in my part of Mexico is orphan girls who used it. At least it was when I was young.

The third one of the fifth line: the blue one with the anchor. That one I have only seen in Veracruz and it doesn’t look new.

The fifth one on the fifth line: That’s a 90′s wedding rosary. Black and white patterns were popular on that date.

The fourth one on the last line: That’s a first communion rosary from the 30′s. It’s delicate and most probably silver.

The rest wrench my heart too, the humble everyday rosaries with wooden beads and knots. Those are cheap and bear the wear and tear of their user handling. But those I described are much more.

Those are mother’s rosaries.

Those are not just rosaries. Those are mementos, that’s the proof of their families stories. They are taking from them the only portable things they can carry to feel the connection to their families.

It’s not a fear tactic. Call it like by its name.

It’s dehumanization.

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:34:19 -0400

Photo

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:07:49 -0400

shitty-check-please-aus: shitty-check-please-aus: fightmekentparson: shitty-check-please-aus: shit...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:39:22 -0400

shitty-check-please-aus:

shitty-check-please-aus:

fightmekentparson:

shitty-check-please-aus:

shitty-check-please-aus:

do you ever accidentally write yourself into a corner, fic-wise, where you have to write the one thing you can’t write… which is hockey… but you can’t complain because it’s a hockey comic, except you started reading it because it’s a baking comic

eh, I’m just gonna be super vague about all the sports in the scene and be super specific with emotions and shit

“hooo boy, hockey is sure being played right now! look at those hockey boys go!!! there’s gotta be at least 3 hockeys on that ice right now!!!”

“It’s late in the third period, they’re tied, and Holster is more exhausted than he’s letting on. [School with a hockey team that I’ll pick out later] has been absolutely brutal, and he can already feel deep bruises on his ribs, the kind that don’t look too bad until the second day, when they’ll abruptly shift from a light purple to an inky black. He can make it, though. 10 more minutes on the clock, he can get through that.”

I had to google how many periods there are in hockey, and how long they are, but I’ll just keep faking it

@star-anise omg thank you this is the kind of thing I need to know

trxnquilmage: you know i hate tumblrs “i hope they do something problematic” shit so much? its not...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:42:51 -0400

trxnquilmage:

you know i hate tumblrs “i hope they do something problematic” shit so much? its not only with people like thomas sanders or john mulaney or that comic guy with the bike, but with whole ass shows and projects? like nobody ever said b99 is cop propaganda. nobody was saying that until one single person mentioned it and suddenly its the worst show you could watch because of one aspect of their show, while ignoring the shows diversity and political stances.

same happened to dream daddy, like you cant deny that that game was groundbreaking for the lgbt society, but suddlenly some people started shit like ‘uhhh but 5 years ago the game grumps made transphobic jokes’ and ‘you know that joesph is actually a satanist, right?’ and suddenly no one talked about the game anymore?

everytime someone tries their fucking best to be inclusive, diverse etc. people are digging through everything they can find just to justify that they dont like it? overwatch recently hosted a huge event to raise money for breast cancer research in association with the BCRF and without even doing one second of research people accused them of working with the susan g. komen foundation (which wasnt true) and tried to boycott a fucking charity event?

what im saying is, dont let tumblr ruin everything you love because they are bitter

fairytaleonfire: the-evil-twin: i-wanna-be-a-klaine-ship-ranger: prufrocking: thegestianpoet: an...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:14:50 -0400

fairytaleonfire:

the-evil-twin:

i-wanna-be-a-klaine-ship-ranger:

prufrocking:

thegestianpoet:

and let’s take a moment to appreciate the fact that michelangelo had probably never seen a girl naked and when he want to sculpt or paint them his mentality seems to be “wow, everyone likes women….they must be like…..buff dudes. i love buff dudes. women are buff dudes but with little chest lumps and no wiener”

“nailed it.”

And my personal favorite, Adam and Eve

he literally painted adam and steve

I am in the absolute SHITTIEST mood right now, but this actually made me laugh out loud.

The NYC Met museum had an exhibition where a projection of the Sistine chapel was paired with a bunch of Michelangelo’s sketches.

My friends… EVERYONE KNEW HE WAS GAY. He wasn’t even trying to hide it.

He drew portraits of and for his crushes and boyfriends. He had KNOWN lovers and he definitely had a thing for young brawny men.

Historians: “oh, I’m such a genius, this man is referenced as his favourite. His love must have been a lecherous secret. Dirty, perverted, secretive.”

Michelangelo: