Knawing on DW mainly

the "the actions of one bad person is not representative of the entire demographic" leaving transandrophobes bodies the moment the bad person is trans man:

bri'ish food is nothing special but every time i walk into the local fish n chip place i ask for a medium and they hand me a parcel of vinegar soaked fries so thick i struggle to carry it home with two hands. they look me in the eye and know theyve given me enough potato to feed me for a week. and for what. like 4 quid. you gotta respect the quantity over quality approach of it sometimes.

i'm trying to save money but oh my god. jesus christ

can i kick the hornet’s nest. i could not give less of a shit if someone headcanons, or writes fic about, or draws fanart of, etc. a trans character as trans in a different way than they canonically are. in the same way thay i could not give less of a shit if someone writes a queer character as queer in a different way than in canon. for one, genderbending is a staple of fanfic already, it’d be weird to exclude trans characters from that, even if benevolently meant. and for two, literally nothing any fanwork can do can change the source material. they will still be trans in canon in that particular way. so who cares. go hogwild.

i keep seeing posts that go like “guys remember to be nice no matter if someone headcanons this cis character as a trans man, trans woman, or nonbinary. (IF SOMEONE CHANGES A TRANS CHARACTERS GENDER LIKE THIS, IT’S TRANSPHOBIC, KILL THEM)” and it’s like. i don’t think that’s true, actually. i think people have as much a right to explore ‘what if this trans guy was a trans girl in this AU’ as they do exploring how a cis man being a cis woman would change their experiences in a genderbend AU. we are not so fundamentally different that to flip genders around erases what the character originally is, it just opens up new paths of exploration for how they interact with their world. come play in the sandbox with me instead of getting mad at each other.

getting into linguistics sucks because you will start listening to your friends' conversations thinking "wow! your vowels are fascinating!" but obviously you can never tell them this because you'll sound like a madman. and god forbid you ever meet a non-native speaker, because you'll start looking like a racist pervert every time they use non-standard grammar.

I DIDN'T VOTE FOR BREXIT!!! I WOULD RATHER SHOOT MYSELF THAN VOTE REFORM!!! I JUST THINK YOUR VOWELS ARE COOL OKAY IT'S NOT WEIRD I'M NORMAL

shut up they did not find another goddamn king under another goddamn car park

@qqueenofhades look, another

Two nickels

"bosch" doesn't sound like the name of a guy who'd make paintings like that. but when you add "hieronymus" to the mix it starts to make sense

You can really tell, during times like these, that this is the country Doctor Who comes from

so many people ive known have pushed themselves to burnout trying to deny their disabled reality, skipping accommodations, skipping rests etc. and the world convinces them that the solution to their burnout is to push even harder. it’s a huge tragedy. i know social pressures make it tough but i want more disabled people to make things easier for themselves where possible, to opt out of things that harm them when possible, to quit while they’re ahead. be that person today! protect yourself where you can! take micro breaks while doing your hobby. get that shower chair. sit to brush your teeth. lie down in the middle of the day, even if only for 5 mins. these things add up and it’s so worth it.

happy disability pride month! ACCOMMODATE YOURSELF TODAY!

*goes up to a couple* so which of you has their most prominent far-right politician at risk of having his career ended by a man with a bin for a head, and which of you is dancing around whether your far-right senate leader is still alive or not?

people in the uk are like "but what if binface wins?!" as if the track record of reform councillors etc doesn't make it an absolute certainty that binface will do a better job