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people with medical issues are not “putting a strain on the medical system”. that’s what the medical system is for. yes this includes people with substance use related medical issues and other people considered “undeserving” of help

People who are more severely disabled than you are not people who don't have to worry about neglect and insufficient care - they're usually people with even more complex care and accommodation needs and an even smaller capacity for independently making up for an insufficient support system dealing with the exact same ableist, neglectful systems as you.

wound dressings and bandages are lingerie for the enlightened pervert

But seriously though. Learning to draw fat people will make you a much better artist. Understanding how skin and fat behaves and folds in certain poses, and being able to adapt complex poses to fit a fat body (as usually references are with thin models) will help you TREMENDOUSLY. Drawing fat being properly affected by gravity will aid you in ALL figure drawing in the future. Like if you have any sort of interest in drawing humanoid figures (AND furries) you really ought to learn how to draw fat of all kind.

cis men will oftentimes go off about "the male struggle" or "men's problems (which are worse than women's!!)" but like literally all of the time that they complain about that, they're literally just complaining about gender roles and gender expectations

like i've literally seen takes by "traditionalists" that are like "i want a woman who fulfills her gender roles so perfectly that it makes my gender roles (WHICH I HATE AND SUFFER FROM AND WHICH ARE KILLING ME ON THE INSIDE) easier" like bro listen to the feminists and transgenders you literally do not have to do this

Disability tumblr is nice because you log on to complain about symptoms and your mutual is complaining about the same thing and you can give them a little heart in suffering solidarity

when i was a kid i had moments of being so fucking diabolical because i realized at some point the best way to leverage power over my family was to do shit that would make everybody late

5th grade was the last time I wore a dress for school pictures. When my parents attempted to force the issue for 6th grade, I climbed onto our roof and pulled the ladder up after me. My dad borrowed the neighbors ladder. As soon as it touched the roof I pulled it up too. By the time I had 3 ladders they were willing to negotiate, and 2 hours late for work.

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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!

I saw something today that I forgot to reblog that I think is really poignant and such a good point. more severely disabled people don’t get more consistent support than people who are less disabled but this is indicative of a bigger thing. The mythos of the person who is perfectly disabled in exactly the right way and “ACTUALLY deserves” support serves the people who want to deny us support. No matter how disabled you get people can make a person up who “deserves” the support that you don’t “deserve,” and this person can be literally whoever they want to make up. If you can work and you need support, “you don’t actually need support because you can work now dont you know there are people who are ACTUALLY disabled who can’t work now THEY need support,” but if you can’t work it’s like “well the support should he going to the disabled people who ACTUALLY contribute to society, don’t you know about the paralympics? If you just work hard you can do anything an abled person can do” it’s such an insidious form of ableism because this is literally where the cripetition comes from. They’re just making up A Fictional Guy to compare us real flesh and blood people who need help to to deny us out needs because the people with power just want to deny us in any way they can

be proud of ‘small’ achievements that are big for you as a disabled person. share them with trusted people, share them online, write them in your journal or your notes app. forge a space for yourself. don’t shrug your successes off just bc they don’t look like much to abled people.

do u wanna see the gromit sweater i knitted last year

A sick wizard castle with a nondescript van painted on the side. A gothy pin-up girl with the portrait of a random trucker tattooed on her thigh. A bathroom-themed beach vacation. A beautiful brightly coloured cupcake that tastes like soap.

Jesus with a portrait of my grandma on his wall. A scimitar-wielding fantasy protagonist reading about the adventures of sixth-grader Kelsey. A National Park with a framed print of somebody’s living room.

hey don't cry. blorbo coughing up blood

blorbo writhing in agony ok? don't cry

blorbo screaming so much their voice becomes hoarse and weak and the pain still won't stop

blorbo unable to close their eyes and avoid the visceral sight of their own body

blorbo suffering unimaginable pain and being powerless to stop it ok? ok

hey don't cry. blorbo coughing up blood

blorbo writhing in agony ok? don't cry

blorbo screaming so much their voice becomes hoarse and weak and the pain still won't stop

blorbo unable to close their eyes and avoid the visceral sight of their own body

blorbo suffering unimaginable pain and being powerless to stop it ok? ok