I’ve got a tiny bit of free time over the next week (thank you Easter break), and I’ve been really wanting to practice my design work, so I decided to sit down and make some bases- but I thought it might be nice to ask for some design prompts!
It can be anything: a theme, colors, emojis, songs, even a character you like. If you send a prompt and I design it, feel free to keep the design for yourself- I’ve just got no inspiration rn and wanted to try something fun.
i am so tired of being posts making really good and important points but are also full of guilt-trippy language, y’all on this site have really got to cut this shit out because it’s not cute or helpful to your political goals, i promise you’ll get more people to genuinely care about a thing (as opposed to guiltily making a show of caring about it) without being emotionally manipulative
asexual activism is PART of sex positivity. education about asexuality is part of sex education. speaking openly about sex, defying repressive sexual norms, and encouraging people to be comfortable with and enjoy their "unconventional" sexual lives all needs to include the messaging that not wanting sex is fine and that saying "no" every time is not only acceptable but good if that's what you really want. asexuality is not the opponent of sex positivity, it's another arm of it.
its important to note with the queens death, a lot of shit things have been reversed after complaints.
center parcs are letting guests stay after people complained. at least on of the food banks has backtracked on saying it will close. there's national pushback against the protest arrests and the met police have released a statement saying protest is allowed and officers will be told this.
so don't stop pushing back against this shit. don't stop telling them that this is bullshit and we won't let it stand.
and also remember that community and mutual aid are one of the most important ways to support each other in times of crisis as we sink deeper into the tory cost of living hellscape.
basic self protection can look extreme if you don't understand the threat it's defending against.
a medical professional recently remarked on the spikes on my wheelchair. so i said they are to prevent people from grabbing me. then i had to clarify that yes, that does happen, with alarming regularity. and people become affronted and sometimes even violent when you tell them not to do this. he was shocked.
to him, and to many people who see me in public, the line of spikes on the back of my wheelchair probably looks extreme, if they don't think it's part of some punk aesthetic or whatever.
so perhaps before you judge someone's mode of self protection, as long as they aren't causing harm, it is worth considering they might be defending themselves against a threat you have no idea about.
People on twitter are saying glasses aren’t a disability aid, and like… I get glasses have been pretty normalized, but I’m poor and need my glasses to drive/see in general/stop myself from getting migraines so… if my glasses break, I’m pretty fucked. Not being able to see is a disability for many, actually.
i hate people who talk about being nonbinary like its just a political choice. it even comes from other self identified nb people sometimes, and when they project that on the rest of us? i hate them too. if you actually think people are only nonbinary by choice as an act of rebellion against gender roles, and has nothing to do with internal identity, i actually hate you. if you think nonbinary is only "real" as a performance that people opt into, i fucking hate you.