Flutterfly Invasion

Though I do identify as cisgender, let’s pretend for a minute that I’m heteromantic.

If you can’t tell by my url, I’m also black. A dark skinned, curvy black girl.

Black girls are heavily hypersexualized both in and outside of the black community; We’re also heavily fetishized. I’ve written paragraphs upon paragraphs about this. The amount of times I’ve heard, “Black girls are good enough to fuck but I’d never date/marry one.” is more than I can count on two hands.

Nobody wants to worry about black girls when it’s time to talk about real shit (i.e. police brutality, systematic racism, the school to prison pipeline, stereotypes effecting our access to medical care, ect), but when we present ourselves sexually all ya’ll come running… but I digress!

Assuming I was heteromantic and still identified as cis, the amount of acephobic rhetoric then intersects with misogynoir.

“But black girls are supposed to be wild in bed!” “Black girls are only good enough to fuck, anyway.” “At least now you won’t turn out to be a welfare queen.” “Well you don’t LOOK asexual.” “Asexuality is just white bullshit.” “You’re just a strong black woman who don’t need no man. *insert snaps and an overdone head roll*” “You’re just angry and bitter. Who hurt you?”

My dark skin, body, and blackness will never be associated with asexuality. As long as asexuality is associated with innocence and lack of a sex drive, I will have 10x the work of proving my asexuality, whether I am cishet or not.

Update on Human Rights Alert: Fernando Santos Jaramillo

Fernando Santos Jaramillo, living in Ecuador, is being forced to take debilitating psychiatric drugs that are making him sick, dizzy and fatigued. Here was my previous post on his situation: http://salchristina.tumblr.com/post/126711031862/

His father, with the help of doctors, has been forcing him to get haldol injections for the past year and ten months. Above is a picture of Fernando and a drawing of his that he asked me to share.

Today he updated me and told me that the alternative to haldol his doctors are considering, is not actually surgery but rather transcranial magnetic stimulation. This is a less-dangerous, less-invasive treatment, though long-term effects are still questionable, and of course there’s still the issue of consent. However, Fernando is asking that for now we just focus on stopping the drug injections.

Profile page for Dr. Perez at the Hospital Metropolitano: https://tinyurl.com/qahjysc

Phone number: 011593992715180

Email: [email protected]

Sample Message: “Dear Dr. Perez, I am a human rights advocate calling on behalf of Fernando Santos Jaramillo. Fernando does not consent to injections of haldol or other psychiatric drugs. It’s his right to make his own decisions about medical treatment. This form of discrimination against disabled people violates international law. We ask that you and your colleagues respect Fernando’s decision to stop taking haldol.”

boldly go

boldly go again

boldly go nowhere in particular

boldly go TOO FAR

THIS SHIT WORKS OKAY, I AM DEAD SERIOUS.

The last time I saw this on my dash, I didn’t think it would happen, so jokingly I wished I could go to a fun. concert.

AND GUESS WHAT, I WENT TO A FUCKING FUN. CONCERT.

I SAW THIS ON MY DASH THE OTHER DAY AND THOUGHT “ITS WORTH A TRY” SO I WISHED I COULD GET A 3DS

LITERALLY LIKE 4 DAYS LATER MY DAD SENT ME A PICTURE OF THE 3DS XL HE BOUGHT FOR ME WHILE I WAS AT SCHOOL

1. Open Culture:  Not a large a selection, but high quality texts. If you just want to skim a book to brush up on a course you took in ninth grade, download one of these. I have yet to be disappointed.

2. Book Boon: Provides free college-level textbooks in a PDF format. Probably the widest range of subjects on the web. The site is also pretty.

3. Flat World Knowledge: The worlds largest publisher of free and open college textbooks. Humanitie texts are particularly difficult to come by, this site has a great selection in all disciplines.

4. Textbook Revolution:  Some of the books are PDF files, others are viewable online as e-books, or some are simply web sites containing course or multimedia content.

Sandy Lahman, Disability 101: Not everyone who uses a wheelchair is paraplegic (via cardiacattack)

When someone says they have/do certain symptoms/behaviours, do not argue that they don’t, just because you’ve never seen them do it. “You don’t stim,” “I’ve never seen you talking to yourself,” “You don’t get panic attacks; I would’ve noticed,” is ridiculous.

Sometimes we can’t do these things in front of others, because we’d be told to stop; because we’re being thoughtful of/making things easier for other [disabled] people around us; because it’s embarrassing… a lot of reasons. Do not think a neurodivergent person’s behaviour comes down to what they display in front of you, is what I’m trying to say.

The Thinking Asexual, “Women, Passion, and Celibacy | Introduction: Celibacy is Not Hereditary” (via cakewithcaroline)

On the 7th July 2005 (10 years ago today) London transport was bombed during the morning rush hour. 52 civilians died and it’s said around 700 people were injured. It was the UK’s worst terrorist incident since the 1988 Lockerbie bombings.