Softness of the Heart in the Brightness of the Sun

“psych ward patients aren’t prisoners! don’t let them treat you like one!!”

If I wasn’t a prisoner, why did I have to beg a judge for my freedom? why was the judge able to deny me that freedom?

"Oh you're gonna get fat if you just eat simple carbs and protein!" First of all, if I was a man you would not give a fuck or shit if I only ate steak and potatoes. Second of all, I've had a digestive autoimmune disease for THIRTEEN YEARS and have struggled with constant ER visits and steroid treatments on top of regular monthly chemo drug infusions and medication that makes me feel like shit. I used to "joke" I was allergic to eating food because there was literally not one single thing I could eat without having a flare up. I'm HAPPY I finally found a list of food that fuels my body and doesn't make me sick.

(scrolling dashboard after something big happens in a fandom you don't care about)

Being visibly disabled in the current community is a fascinating experience. Somehow you get to be the most visible part of the community and yet simultaneously completely invisible. People will tell you you're seen as the default and yet even spaces that call themselves "accessible" seemingly forget entirely that wheeled mobility aid users might need to use them too, or treat you as an afterthought. Disability related gatherings will be absolutely shocked if you turn up with a bulky mobility aid like a power chair or have a particularly noticeable visible difference, as if they never thought that people like you actually existed in the real world and might share a space with them. Disability related merch will be plastered in invisible disability slogans but people will look at you like you're from outer space if you ask if they have anything about disabilities that aren't invisible. They tell you about how they saw someone with a disability vaguely similar to yours on TV once, so you don't need more awareness.

Another Ryland grace pfp

[ID: Mixed media headshot of a Black person with an afro. The piece is made out of recycled pieces of technology most from the 2000s and 2010s. The person is depicted with blue and purple skin and black hair, the background is green.