*dips Quill Bitchily Into The Inkwell*

this is not the most relevant of all the criticisms I have but it is the most amusing

For those not in the know, this is one of the Amanita mushrooms referred to as a Destroying Angel. Never, ever, ever, ever forage with an app. Especially for mushrooms.

meanwhile it has taken me an entire YEAR to put together the bare minimum of even marginally useful thoughts about my actual phd topic, WHY

so I wrote two papers in like 1-2 weeks each about other stuff I was doing to procrastinate working on my doctorate and THEY HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED

Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it's a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.

Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can't. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it's okay to not be strong.

Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they're capable.

Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.

Some children are constantly reminded "you're the child, I'm the adult" in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.

Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person's experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.

lately ive been bedridden with a terrible case of i dont wanna

renfield the original spiders georg

hush little baby dont you cry. mamas gonna buy you a big horse fly. and if that big horse fly dont fly. mamas gonna buy you another horse fly

love this !! unfortunately for me tho i took the mulder route and became insane and deranged

I was hurrying through the arsenal when this tree