This sort of comparison goes back at least as far as 2016 (“Imagine if Frodo was all ‘Sauron’s bad, but Gandalf’s done some morally gray stuff, too, so I’ll stay home.’ Don’t get eaten by orcs. Vote.”), and to liberals who like to situate themselves as being the ultimate good and voting as the ultimate […]

Your mileage may vary, but here’s one rule of thumb: if you’ve heard of the “Thor Protector of Lesbians” meme before consider whether that character would be effeminate if they had a bed full of soft plushies. If Thor could have plushies, wear makeup and a dress, and still be butch, so can you. You […]

Do support your disabled friends and community, but for example, if an artist is doing a commission for you, listen to them very specifically about how the payments are going to work. The USA’s policy toward disabled people, like many people, is best described as “eugenics… but make it a little less obvious”, so the […]

Tumblr @avramchajabeing a jew studying preholocaust european jewish history is just mourns over what could have been, mourns over what could have been, mourns over what could have been, mourns over what could have been, mourns- @meirmakesstuffWWII alternate history stories always go “What if the Nazis won.” WHAT IF THE JEWS LIVED? @kanguinThat’s actually such […]

Tumblr @corporealphantomReminder that fat disabled people exist and have a sexuality. Reminder that fat disabled people can be queer. They can be bi, pan, lesbian, gay, ace. They can be trans. They can be loud and provocative, or gentle and soft. Fat disabled people can be desired and can also desire. They can be saucy, […]

(But try telling neurotypicals that.) Sometimes the explanation for “the rule” is that people like to be able to mutually share a fiction with one another without piercing the fiction with direct reference. A lot of debt among equals works this way. You may pay for someone’s dinner or do them some favor of labor, […]

Don’t misunderstand: the fundamental problem in your life may well be “Shit Life Syndrome” due to capitalism or a health condition you can’t get treated due to capitalism and medical ableism or something else. Even “just” depression is fucking real, and it’s not your fault. You also aren’t entirely helpless, and while “just do something” […]

Twitter Big Nawl @afroSHIRLDr wouldnt tie my tubes cuz i wasnt married and maybe someday my husband might want kids. Medically, my body belongs to a man I havent met [Jan. 2, 2017] Source Black women in particular have been targeted for forcible sterilization for generations (e.g. “Mississippi appendectomy”) but not allowed to self-sterilize, terminate […]

You may be inclined to say “haha me”, but if you are not the sort of person whom news would describe the death of with “pre-existing conditions” or “comorbidities”, you are probably not thinking about this tweet right. Overwhelmed, people have said, “I’m over this.” Out of sheer exhaustion, so many people have said “it’s […]

If they’ll betray the working class to help some capitalists break a strike, who knows what else they’re capable of? Now, if you’re the sort of person who feels sympathy for the scabs and who thinks their “economic anxiety” justifies them taking jobs that starve strikers and their families, the best thing for you to […]