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BUT!

Guess who has finally after years of saying I’d do it, finally stopped procrastinating and started up their online storefront!

Yes!! Now YOU! (Yes YOU) can buy certified Bowie B Lue merch online if you can’t buy them from me at markets/cons :]

At the moment, I only have stickers and prints, but next week, I will have leftover acrylic charms and buttons from Mochi Market this Friday (Aug 17) @ Millwoods Town Centre, Edmonton, online and available for purchase!

Shares are super appreciated as I have been without work since April and still need to afford ADHD meds and glucose monitor supplies to keep myself functional, but stuff’s expensive like what’s with that for real 😔

Anyways thank you for looking!!! 💙

Some examples of cool stickers you can get from yours truly below!

BUT!

Guess who has finally after years of saying I’d do it, finally stopped procrastinating and started up their online storefront!

Yes!! Now YOU! (Yes YOU) can buy certified Bowie B Lue merch online if you can’t buy them from me at markets/cons :]

At the moment, I only have stickers and prints, but next week, I will have leftover acrylic charms and buttons from Mochi Market this Friday (Aug 17) @ Millwoods Town Centre, Edmonton, online and available for purchase!

Shares are super appreciated as I have been without work since April and still need to afford ADHD meds and glucose monitor supplies to keep myself functional, but stuff’s expensive like what’s with that for real 😔

Anyways thank you for looking!!! 💙

Some examples of cool stickers you can get from yours truly below!

Im neurodivergent and because of that, I have poor posture, and because of my posture, I've developed some back problems that make standing and walking around for long periods of time difficult to accomplish without some sort of assistance.

Ive looked into it and i think buying a cane would help, but i don't want it to seem like im faking a disability or taking up resources i don't need

Poor posture that causes back problems that prevent you from standing and walking without assistance is, um, physically disabled, dear anon.

Even if it wasn't, canes are literally 5-25$ at the store depending on exact brand and type, they're mass produced, and they're a common enough accessory that truly I think you're thinking way too hard about it.

You ARE the target audience.

YOU'RE the person it was designed to help.

These things were created to make life easier for people whose bodies experience pain or difficulty doing very normal things (or even doing nothing at all!). If that sounds like you then it was made for you!

This isn't something to gatekeep. Gatekeeping stuff like this actually makes accessibility harder for everyone. If anyone tells you that you "don't have it bad enough" to use a disability aid then they likely don't have your best interests at heart (this is ignoring prescription items).

Showing companies that these things will be purchased will only cause more to be produced and therefore easier access overall. Also if more people used disability aids it would become less stigmatized because more people would SEE people utilizing these aids and it wouldn't be so odd.

Make sure you're using the aid appropriately so it doesn't cause issues, but please, if you see something like a cane or a wheelchair or a walker or pencil grips or the grabby claw stick or something that helps you put your socks on without bending over and you think it would decrease your pain or keep you from being so exhausted that you can't make dinner later even though you're starving or whatever, please, buy it. Use it.

You're exactly the person who needs it.

Because it was made to help you.

cold tasks on a friday night

pair of jeans that fit just right

what you mean is that you've been good. you were a good team player. you would have never considered yourself perfectionist - those are people more popular, prettier, more successful - but you carry any flaw like a secret in you, terrified someone will desert you for the simple reality of your personhood.

if you were good you could be loved. you could be loved if you were selfless and thoughtful and caring. if you bent over for every person, if you went above-and-beyond, it would absolve you of who you actually were. deep down, how horrible that you had needs. that you had boundaries, that you had desires. you learned young that you cannot afford to cut people out of your life - you would have nothing left. it is better to live in the service of others, to supplicate. to worship. you weren't exceptional, you had to make up for it in some way. to prove to others you were worthy.

if they need you, it's the same thing as loving you. if you are always-there, always-listening, always-friendly, you are filling a role. you have a purpose. you are living correctly.

villain era, you repeat. you mean: yesterday you finally told a man no. for hours afterwards, you couldn't control your heartbeat. you mean: you've been saying positive affirmations on repeat, trying to teach yourself any new thing about how self care is necessary. you mean: three weeks ago, due to a scheduling conflict, you finally told a coworker that no, you couldn't do them a "quick favor". you have felt bad about that ever since. sure, it would have made you work late and it would have been extra stress - but you feel bad about it nevertheless.

you tell your therapist you have been leaning into evil. she asks what that means. when you tell her: sometimes i prioritize my own needs, she doesn't find it funny. she looks at you a long time.

"and that's evil?" she clarifies.