#because in the ableism they accidentally captured an experience that resonated with me even if it wasnt meant to

[anti-transphobia]

Random reminder that I HATE Plushie Dreadful!! Those mental illness/disabilities plushes? Typically rabbits? There's been a lot of criticism over them about ableism in the past. Personal feelings about disorders being marketed, formerly partnering with Autism Speaks, etc. But one thing people don't seem to notice is the ableism towards schizophrenics, narcissists, and antisocials! This site with a bunch of beautifly designed rabbit stuffed animals decided to make the schizophrenic and antisocial plushes noticably creepier than most others. The antisocial one at the very least came out cuter than the concept art. But the schizophrenic one is openly based on serial killers. And NPD? The official Twitter account made a poll about what the design should be, made degrading comments about narcissists, and liked comments by people making fun of narcissists. In the end, in order to not make the npd plush TOO special or unique looking, made it a plain brown rabbit with a paper crown (openly saying it's because pwnpd aren't actually special or deserving of a real one). When contacted by pwnpd with criticism/feedback, like they say they accept, they ignored it

Ableism towards disorders people find "scary" or "bad" is still ableism!!! It's still shitty!!!

#plushie dreadfuls #npd #aspd #schizospec #also this isn't about personal preference to be clear #like no matter how an individual feels about a disorder they have being marketed. some people fairly dislike it other people fairly like it #and obviously people with the disorders i listed could like the designs #but this is about acknowledging how it's fucked up they did that in the first place #like. you can personally like something and connect to it even though the context is bad. ive connected to ableist media before #because in the ableism they accidentally captured an experience that resonated with me even if it wasnt meant to #but that doesn't mean i don't know it's bigoted and fucked up