Red, old enough to no longer care about social media trends too much. They/them. What it says on the tin, really. This is just a personal blog for me to reblog stuff I like and talk about things that I like or think are important. I run a bunch of RP blogs, but those are elsewhere - you'll probably see a lot of FFXIV here though, along with other video games and some anime and just... well, whatever catches my fancy. Along with cute animals, because cute animals are always needed.
Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it’s a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.
Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can’t. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it’s okay to not be strong.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they’re capable.
Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they’re smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.
Some children are constantly reminded “you’re the child, I’m the adult” in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.
Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person’s experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.
“Rayban charity glasses event” is a scam don’t click any link in a post that says that.
Old tumblr users remember this scam back when it first went out.
Also no, this isn’t a joke. This phishing scam is 100% running its course again so watch out for your mutuals long abandoned accounts suddenly posting it. Please make everyone aware of it since most users here are newbies who have not seen it before!
I saw this pop-up in my notifications like two days ago, the Ray-Ban‘s thing. Please be aware everyone that the Ray-Ban’s thing is that you get tagged in somebody’s post about a great Rayban deal and it encourage you to click a link. It’s just a tag zoo of a whole bunch of people. Do not click the link. Do not read Blog the post. It is a kindness to reach out to the person whose blog it was that tagged you, so that they know they need to update their password and delete some shitty spam posts.
As I write this, it is the evening of 29 March, 2025
The thing about ADHD is that the “lack of reward chemicals in your brain” doesn’t just mean that you don’t want to do any tasks that don’t feel particularly yummy :(, it means that your brain will look at chores and tasks that need to be done like “doing this would be painful and tedious for absolutely nothing to gain from it, Do Not Do That.” The same thing that your brain tells you about everything else that would feel really bad and hurt the entire time that you’re dying. The part of your brain that stops you from doing the thing is the same part that keeps you from shoving your arm into a wood chipper.
With unmedicated, unmanaged ADHD, “I have to do this assignment or I fail and my life will be ruined and I die” feels like a SAW trap, every single time.
Articles written by neurotypicals will be like “ADHD children find the external motivation of the SAW traps is very effective. Here’s how to build SAW traps to maximize their productivity.”
