There is magic in the mundane

true crime has done irreparable fucking damage to middle class white women

every time i see some middle class white mom of two saying “girlies! you need to get a visible tattoo because then a rando won’t try to snatch you in broad daylight in the middle of the walmart checkout to put you into sex trafficking!” i get pissed off because you are NOT the primary target of trafficking! poor children of colour in underdeveloped countries, indigenous women, sex workers, these are the people in danger!

true crime podcasts always talk about the rare instance a middle class white woman is taken and so these true crime girlies only ever hear about it happening to women like them and start thinking they’re the main target, but if there were a true crime podcast for every poor non-white child who has been trafficked there wouldn’t be enough data centres in the entire world to hold them all! the fact that white women are the focus of these things is because society only gives a shit about white women, and turns a blind eye when women of colour are the ones being victimized!

I’m thinking about doing a PhD in human-computer interaction, and I want to focus on doing research on accessibility. This means I gotta do tons of research on papers and whatnot, and pick something "novel" to research.

I know about the current WCAG standards of website accessibility, but also know that they have basically been unchanged since their conception. I saw your post about making text bigger (real - I always make my text HUGE on all my screens whenever possible), and was wondering if you had/have other things that bother you accessibility-wise that tends to go unmentioned or undone?

Just looking to crowdsource things to look into that I may not independently think of, to hopefully make some meaningful progress in this area!

I've tried to think of some but this really isn't my area of expertise at all. Also I dunno what the WCAG standards are. So I can only share some things that annoyed me and hopefully it helps. Also if any other disabled followers want to share their experiences, feel free in the notes.

I have astigmatism and migraine which means that reading white text on black is difficult, very low contrast is difficult to read, but glaring white is painful. Very few places offer themes other than light (white) and dark. Discord offers a theme that is perfect for me but it's paywalled. Ideally I like something that is light but not white, like say a beige or light grey or. Anything not pure white.

Some places limit the ability to increase text size, but often if you can do that it destroys the UI. Quite noticeable on discord actually

There are more options to "reduce motion" or limit GIFS but ads aren't regulated for eyestrain which is annoying. So many colour combinations people use make things completely unreadable but often if you do have the option to shut off colours it's only for your whole device like you can't pinpoint accessibility problems. It's either put up with it or don't engage at all with certain features like colour.

Webpages or login screens with a timer often give way too little time to complete actions. The smallest I've seen was 30 seconds to get a 2FA code but even a couple of minutes can render a service completely unusable. Also if you're filling in a form and then you submit and it's like "session timed out" like all your work is gone and there was no warning. Sometimes you can't type fast idk.

Side scroll bars that are way too small to fit the aesthetic but incredibly difficult to click on or drag as a result. It's easier to use a keyboard to scroll than the actual scrolling interface.

Likewise buttons to close ads are tiny, probably to make you click on them. But buttons online should be big enough that you can reasonably click on them even if you have some coordination issues.

I also suggest looking into voice activated browsing/interaction and the way UI designs leave those out. Sometimes people can't use a mouse. And like sometimes buttons can be used instead, but sometimes they can't.

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku Characters: Bakugou Katsuki, Midoriya Izuku, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Background & Cameo Characters Additional Tags: RiptideDTIYS, RiptideWTIYS, MerMay, Merman Bakugo Katsuki, Merman Midoriya Izuku, Alternate Universe, Guppy puppies, Teeny tiny reverse bang prompt, Little bitty story time Summary:

Am I expendable? Is that why you want me? That’s not the only reason.

me: I mean, the overlap is so obvious that people already make jokes about it - the narrative of redemption and transformation through suffering, constant divine tests of moral worthiness… giving Goku your energy for a spirit bomb is genuinely just the power of prayer.

me: wait hang on this actually ticks all the anthropological boxes of ‘what needs are an organized faith supposed to fulfill’ - the emphasis on protection and brotherhood becomes a hospitality network with ingroup signals, mutual obligation, and a ritual template of feasting and training. The stories themselves have culture-heroes and villains who provide a moral framework for communities. The running theme of “people who announce that they are the strongest and put on airs are Bad Guys” acts as a check against petty tyrants trying to establish a hierarchy: you do not get to decide your reputation, you must let your deeds speak for you.

me: there would be regular debates and arguments between ‘originalists’ (ki is an innate but dormant power that must be unlocked through effort and discipline) and ‘Ultra Instinctivists’ (ki is a zen-like state, it’s what remains when all distractions have been removed)