Soupy lil' Adventures

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i was incredibly dysphoric about my round face and softer features until i started looking at the faces of hispanic men and realized that those features weren’t feminine at all, they were ethnic features white supremacy had conditioned me to see as less masculine

this is a statement from victryena, a trans woman of color who was mass harassed by (mostly) white trans women on twitter for reposting a protest sign saying "white trans people are oppressors too". the sign itself was a response to septembersister, a black trans woman and refugee in canada, having her speech suppressed at the vancouver transgender march protest. here is her full speech, made later. i am platforming them because they need to be heard, and the content of their words is urgently relevant to the current state of transfeminist discourse.

"Well Kate, I don't know what you want from me" from Liz

"The phone goes both ways. When's the last time you checked on me?" from Kay 🦻🍉

"You're the strong one, I never have to worry about you." from withLoveTtawni

"Go in there and mentally struggle them dishes" from Erin, with a reply from the tiktok creator, Kate, that says "Yes ma'am"

"Reacted "👍" to your message." from user428490018208

"I struggled my whole life you'll be fine" from ☆renay☆

"it's always something with you" from Laura Hannah

My parents accepted me using it, but my dad said that I couldn't use it forever. That i need to be able to talk to have a job and such.

There was no malicious intent, he didn't know what aac was. He's also just really bad at wording things, what he meant (clarified years later) was "you can use it in safe spaces like at home but outside of that you're gonna need to speak because people won't accept using a notebook". Which is only mildly better tbh.

The thing is, aac was (and still is, though less so) unknown. You don't see aac users out and about, most people don't know what it is, that you can, in-fact, live your life without talking. My dad had no clue. How could he? Where were the indications that you could live a full life not speaking?

I wasn't very social as a kid; still aren't. Talking is fun but not all the time. Sometimes it's too hard, sometimes I can't, sometimes I just don't want to. I think little me would've loved aac. Loved it so so much.

I think about it a lot now. People who think disability aids are only for those "who really need it". Why can't it also be for those that "need it"? Why the "really"? Why can't they be for those "who benefit from it"?

I think this is a reason why we need more representation, for disabilities of all kinds. To show that it's ok to ease your suffering a little in ways that harm no-one. So that a little kid can ask for something that helps them, and so that an adult can feel no guilt for using something they "don't need" but benefit from.

This is my passion. I am the red cord police.

Good afternoon,

I recently visited Parkfield medical centre and noticed that the accessible toilet in the waiting room had a red emergency cord that did not reach the ground. It had been cut a few inches above the ground. Red cords are supposed to reach the ground so that they can be easily pulled if someone has fallen and needs assistance.

Here is a website with more information about this. https://www.euansguide.com/safertoilets

I understand that this may be something you are already working on fixing/replacing. I try and notify every building I see this issue in, so please don't take it personally.

Thanks.