Reposting this for whoever needs it right now. Anyone coming for my trans, enby, genderqueer, rainbow fam will have to Go Through Me. And if by some miracle you manage to get through me, the Doctor's right behind me and he knows time-fu!
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #YouWillHaveToGoThroughMe #ProtectTransKids #YouWillNotEraseUs #DrWho
Do you know how amazing itās been for my mental health, to just come here for 10-15 minutes a few times a day and just be nice to people?
Tell them their art is great, let them know how powerful their words are?
There are some really amazing human beings here and itās so great to spend time with you all.
Over the past 5 days I have been warned to "stay in my lane" and "stick to decluttering". I've been reminded (not so nicely) that no one cares about my political views. I have received a handful of 1-star reviews on Apple Podcasts which threaten to tank my show. I have also lost hundreds of email subscribers.
Still, I must ask: What's the point in having a platform if you don't/won't use it when it matters?
I am sure I am not the only autistic person who is royally sick of men, and it's always men, blaming their inappropriate and/or illegal behaviour on autism. Chuck a fake seizure to get strangers to touch you in ways they would not otherwise be consenting to - autism. Sexually assault your employee, fans and other vulnerable women - autism. Rant about Hitler and somehow compel your clearly uncomfortable partner to appear naked in public - autism. Throw a Nazi salute on a stage being watched by mā¦
I couldnāt agree more. Learning is growing, and we cannot grow without learning. When I received my autism diagnosis in 2002, I wanted to learn everything I could about how to navigate the world as an autistic adult; that included how to āfit in.ā
Whenever I hear about someone using autism as an excuse for inappropriate behavior, thereās a really good chance that theyāre not on the spectrum at all.
The thing about autism, is it does not stop people from learning.
There are appropriate and inappropriate behaviours and we who are autistic can learn the difference. It takes more time for some than others because there's a wide net on autism and the way it impacts folk, and I acknowledge my kid and I are both the kind of autistic who gets privileged in these conversations, but with time (and care and occupational therapy and support) people can and do learn.
Autism is never a pass to be a creepā¦
Trump (āDrill, baby, drill!ā and āBring back plastic!ā), Musk (Neuralink) and RFK (chainsawing a whale, the bear prank, various other accusations) donāt give a fuck about the planet or any of its inhabitants, be they human or non-human animals. Obviously the cruelty in their cases is extreme, but as I get older and wiser I increasingly side-eye people who are able to handwave away any form of suffering. Thereās something broken about them.
I think their cruelty also reveals something deeper: theā¦
Heās a cruel, horrible nightmare of a person. All these guys are. Put succinctly, they only vaguely see any of us as being fully human & genuinely donāt care if we survive. They have no empathy for anyone or anything. At all. And while Iām theoretically all for burning it all down, in practiceāand as someone who has trans loved ones (who are terrified) & had two close, elderly family members (both living with dementia) on Medicaid over the past decade (yes, Medicaid, not Medicare)āI just canāt ā¦
I can understand the sentiment of wanting to burn it down, but I have to disagree with it politely. I say that, because this is what the Trump administration is attempting to do right now. They want to dismantle and burn things down....and here's the biggest issue with that...with NOTHING in place to build it back up.
I'm all for starting fresh, but we have to have a plan to do that before we just start lighting the fires. I completely realize this is much easier said than done, and I certainly ā¦
I, too, feel like I want it all to burn down to the ground. But it's a complex feeling. I can see the impending suffering of my mom who will likely lose access to the healthcare and disability payments she depends on to survive; not sure she'll fare well as an immune-compromised person in the next pandemic without vaccines either. And this breaks my heart, but also that's what my whole family voted for.
Anyway, genuinely feels like every day I realize someone I know and thought was normal takes ā¦