is anyone else out here pumping their venom gaping hole or is it just me and that guy from my chemical romance
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This work (Unicorn Invisable Disability Flag) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
You wanted it, you got it! Here’s a nice big clean version of the Invisible Disability Pride flag which I designed. A lot of people said they resonated with it, and while originally I just did it for personal satisfaction if you are feeling drawn to or empowered by this image and my reasons behind the design please feel free to use it. I’m actually going to post those reasons under the cut as well as that link to the original post just in case it gets lost. Oh as for the CC up there don’t be scared of using it that mostly just means if you’re a Big Company and want to make money off of it you can’t- or have to talk to me first!
I have a society6 with this design available as many things (even if the site is... confusing. it is there I promise search by ‘new’ if in dire straits) so you can have a looky there if you have a hankering for shirts and other products with it on!
anon asked: being someone with an invisible disability, have you ever considered making a flag? I know there is a flag for disability pride but I looked and looked and there isn't one I could find about invisible disabilities and you strike me as a very good person to come up with one (no pressure! just thought you might enjoy coming up with an idea?)
I almost didn’t do this bc it’s kind of a heavy topic and there is the general go-to of the sunflower icon (sunflower lanyards are used as a subtle sign that a person has an invisible disability) but looking into why it was chosen…
Well. I respect it but this list really didn’t reflect my experience of having an invisible disability so fuck it all I drew a sketch just for myself. So rather than a suggestion FOR a flag for Invisible Disability Pride this is, well, my flag for it done very quickly (sorry for the jaggedy outline I used the sketch!):
I have EDS, and they use a zebra as a play on the ‘when you hear a horse, don’t think zebra; think horse’ line which is when doctors assume something is not a rare condition because, well, it rarely is. But when you’re a zebra, not a horse, that’s a huge problem. This inspired me to use a unicorn here, because a lot of people don’t even believe Invisible Disabilities exist or count as such: depression, chronic pain, even vision loss are sometimes dismissed as being disabilities.
Why not the classic striped colours of other pride flags? Many reasons: people with colour blindness or severe visual imparement cannot easily distinguish them. This icon could be rendered as a relief, so it could still be used as a recognisable icon for people with complete blindness or who appreciate/use tactile imagery. The high contrast of black and white is also for this reason- It is also very easily recognisable at a distance. The heraldic design is to show that we have always been here, throughout all of history, regardless of if people have taken notice. The 'fancy’ designs on the legs, tail and face could be seen as beautiful, but could also be thorns, or flames. The 'spikes’ along the back are actually a spine. People with invisible disabilities are often in large amount of discomfort or pain, and to someone who is not aware they seem totally fine. The tail is long and flowing, but could easily get tangled in the unicorn’s legs and cause them to trip and fall. The hooves are split to show how sometimes a person can walk without aids but still be in pain (not simply to be accurate to unicorn lore), and the horn is overly large: heavy to carry, always on your mind and painfully sharp.
Here’s the version with the sketch btw thanks for reading this far have a cookie:
For all the nods to pain in this image I hoope you all see the unicorn is still alive and proud and fully spread over the flag in action to show we are not defined by our disabilities, but they should be respected just as much as something as potentially dangerous as a unicorn.
Also? Unicorns fucking rule. Just putting that down there.
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meme
[ID: two versions of the 'we're gonna have to kill this guy, steven' meme featuring song lan from mo dao zu shi and kaede/lucy/nyu from elfen lied. in the first version, kaede/lucy gleefully informs song lan that they're going to have to kill whoever is offscreen, with text that reads 'i think we're gonna have to KILL this guy, song lan', to which he responds 'shame', while unsheathing a set of claws as he begins to transform into his fierce corpse self. in the second version, a fully human song lan regretfully consoles nyu while holding her shoulder, telling her 'i'm afraid we're going to have to kill this man, miss nyu. nyu is distraught at this news. /end ID]
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(d)foggd
what happens
when the empathy daze
sets us adrift
across decades of amnesia,
with no remnants
of occurrence
to hold up to the light?
post-hoc sutures
do their best to maintain
an image of years gone by
to little affair; played off
by the muted blues
of star-crossed incongruences.
what's found
scattered about
can be made to replicate
past as new mutation.
time spent
traversing scarred landscapes
taught me to arrange
said pieces anew,
for the path ahead
bares in mind,
yet does not heed
warnings of trial & error.
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If you're wondering why I like a post of yours and it takes literal days for it it be reblogged, well...
It's getting VERY large at this point, LMAO. I've increased my queue to one post every hour, but I honestly do plan on trying to add more to it over my break, so don't be shocked if the wait time gets longer.
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