#albleism

It’s like they’ve never interacted with the internet. We know what racism is. We know what ableism is. We can see it in your content no matter how slick you think you’re being (you’re not). Why do these people keep consistently thinking we can simply chalk up their ignorance (but are they really ignorant of what they’re doing?) to pure coincidence? It’s not going to happen.

Or how @the-real-team-starkid‘s Firebringer is a fabulous work of art, full of moments that are fully suited to being completely ripped out of their context and but back together again in a different order to illustrate a point about standing up to injustice.

me after being treated badly by my supervisor:

me in the lab after this happened repeatedly:

me after telling some of the other people in the lab what happened to me:

me after recovering from the blow:

me after hearing other people in the lab were thinking about filing a complaint:

Me after deciding to file a complaint: 

me after the administrator told me he had dealt with the problematic behaviour of his then supervisors by ignoring it:

Me after they sent me to see the head of department anyway:

What I thought the head of department would say:

What the head of department actually said:

Me -seemingly successfully- in the meeting:

Me after the meeting:

Me when my supervisor turned on me afterwards:

Me after my supervisor was dealt with by the head of department:

Moral of both stories: be excellent to each other.

Is LinkedIn Becoming Facebook?

Have conservative attitudes, unconscious boas and real lack of understanding permeated the world’s most visited professional networking site, or has it always been like this and not fully addressed? I see it often on LinkedIn, but with truly no supporting argument as to why: Is LinkedIn becoming Facebook? I say absolutely, as so many posts and replies are negative, racist, misogynistic,…

I am so sick and done with the glorification and romanticization of mental illness on this website. I know nobody gives a fuck what I think, and that's fine. But I'm one click away from deleting this damn blog and living in a world where I don't have to know that people really feel that way about it.

Look...everyone...There is nothing wrong with being who you are... People with mental illnesses/disorders can live wonderful, productive and high functioning lives, and they should never ever hate themselves for being born that way (or "made that way" in the case of PTSD, etc.)

There's also nothing wrong with being completely normal. I am so sick of seeing people attribute these superhuman qualities to certain conditions that are NOT necessarily present in all cases! Or glorfying how "deep" or "mysterious" or "twisted" people with these illnesses are. Or even making a huge deal over trivial expressions and spreading misinformation and and and FUCK.

Look.

I'm not going to issue a plea to the patrons of a fucking website. You're all going to do what you want.

I'm not going to ask you to stop accessorizing this stuff.

I struggle with whether I am okay with self-diagnosis or not (it can be really dangerous, but on the other hand it can act as a temporary template for developing coping skills and seeking help for those for whom treatment is difficult to access or pay for) And I know that many people experience their illnesses differently. But I'll tell you this...

If you are one of those people who self-diagnose to have some cute little label to stick on your tumblr profile, and treat those who DO want treatment like they're doing something wrong by "not loving themselves enough...." Or telling people they should be happy, or consider themselves better than "neurotypical" people...Or any of this multifacted ridiculous weirdness....

I can only hope you don't really, really end up hurting someone with your words. Wanting to be cool isn't worth trivializing or appropriating human struggle.