U n t i t l e d.

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clothes sorted by body shape and style, instead of gender

removing unnecessary gender markers from non-medical documents like a driver’s license

genderless bathrooms where the stalls have floor-to-ceiling walls for privacy

abolishing gendered toys, colors, professions, hobbies, etc.

they/them as the default if you don’t know someone

And NOT:

I’m a med student. Not only is much of the culture of medicine utter trash but the US healthcare system is as well. I was recently speaking to my priest when I was feeling helpless and powerless in the system and he told me that maybe sometimes people stay and *try* to make a difference. You’re aware of the culture, fight against it. Stand up for your patients. Use your social status as a physician to lobby for political change. Big change starts with little change

Anarchists and leftists in general have a bad reputation for hating everything and not doing anything about it. This med student has proven a better anarchist than I am because they are TRYING something.

We must either destroy the broken system, try to reshape the broken system, or build a new system, and the "stfu" response really fuckin pissed me off.

So, to my beloved fellow leftists of all kinds,

Their elaboration on that statement about finding oneself "there" reminds me of U.S. conscripts in Vietnam who took bets on who could assassinate their own C.O.'s, and even put bounties out on them at times. They found themselves in a shitty situation and, with no way to actually stop the war, did the next best thing: they killed capitalist butchers.

Trying to help is better than not trying to help.

I have a real problem with this. The military often attracts people that see no other choice, no other options. The military often "attracts" people from low socioeconomic status with very little chance of upward mobility. I am not pro-military by any means, but I also know that desperation is more often than not the reason that many people join the military. It provides structure, health care, housing, free education, the chance to travel and explore new places, etc. Also, many individuals in the U.S. join the military so that they have a better chance of bringing their family over from other countries.

Can you see how this would be appealing? "I'll sell my body and soul so that my family can have a better life."

The "toxic people" narrative is so completely devoid of perspective and nuance. Nothing is that simple. And the whole concept of people being toxic in the first place is problematic. Toxicity is contextual. Often elements become toxic when mixed with specific things or under certain conditions, but are completely harmless while on their own. And what hurts one can be life saving in a different context. Like, things that people do to cope with and survive traumatic circumstances can later hurt them when they are no longer struggling in the same ways.

hearing them break down ‘bad’ leftist ideas and i was just sitting there waiting for the bad part that didn’t come…and i’m like….yes? you should probably give free lunches to kids when their parents can’t afford to feed them dinner? why do you not want this?

trying to figure out politics was me just moving further to the left the more i learned about pretty much every single issue because of the traditional/catholic parts of my upbringing which is why i’m so baffled that so much of my family falls much more red than blue and i’ll probably never understand how that happened

you a bitch

so the question is: is this a common experience for people with autism and/or adhd?? do y'all hate brushing your teeth?? do you know exactly what it bothers you about it?? could you share your experiences??