LOSTBOY

have you guys heard about cats

they go meow btw. not that you care

I care very much, keep going

ok so get this they have ears that go △

he’s not reading this

Who?

Jared, he’s 19 and he never fucking learned how to read

We need to dismantle the systems in place that allow white people to get away with offering black people sub-par services based on the excuse that our bodies are more difficult to work with. Black hair is not more difficult than white hair, it simply requires a different skill set. Tattooing vibrant tattoos on black skin isn’t more difficult than tattooing white skin, it simply requires a different skill set. Photographing black people isn’t more difficult than photographing white people, it simply requires an understanding of photography. Doing makeup on black skin isn’t more difficult than doing makeup on white skin, it simply requires different products. Working with black people is not more difficult than working with white people you’ve all just been taught that it’s not valuable and therefore not worth learning how.

This is extremely similar to the dilemma faced by disabled people. It is no more expensive to design a building with ramps instead of stairs, it’s only when you create the building first and have to tear down the stairs and replace them that you incur costs. If we teach the skills of inclusion from the beginning, there should be no additional costs for services and accessiblity for anybody.

Initially I wasn’t sure I wanted to diverge from the axis of race over to disability, but I actually think that the analogy of that building and how it’s only after we’ve institutionalized inequality that costs are incurred trying to fix it, is a valuable one so thanks for the contribution.

We should probably also use this as a time to destigmatize staying home when you’re sick instead of muscling through and making everybody else sick…

Like legit, can we have mask culture? Other cultures have it, I want it, it’s great.

omfg

At first I was like “no don’t reblog it’ll weird people out” then I was like “oh right that’s the point”

It’s worse when you work with a majority of cis men. They’re like “mEn hAve ProbLEMS tOO” and you can’t defend your endometriosis because they talk louder. Guess females are the emotional ones, still.

am I the only one who doesn't despise gold diggers? honestly if some old rich guy wants to spend money on a younger woman otherwise out of his league she's not the one to blame. these guys are 90% creeps so might as well take their money

this is similar to guys who complain about women making money on onlyfans. if men are willing to pay for that stuff why the fuck is it the woman's problem?