The struggle is real. *Looks forlornly at first draft book manuscript, 80% finished convertible mittens, 75% finished digital avi of dnd character, just started vector art for disability pride Valentine’s cards, and…sighs* Always.

All I want from 2024 is to find my center again. To move back in to my own home after so many months adrift so I can have friends stop by, invite new feline companions into my heart, rest my head in my own bed, on my own pillows, and finally settle in to a sustainable routine.

“Innocent” is a subjective, social construct. “Innocent” always stands implicitly or explicitly in contrast to “not innocent.” Things to consider: - Who is using it? - How is it used? - Who/what does it apply to & who/what is excluded? - What is the difference? - How may it shape public perception?

Nobody should be left to die from preventable causes or lack of access to essential resources. Everyone deserves to live a safe, comfortable, self-directed life.

this is not a callout of anyone and I’m grateful they’re on the morally correct side of this but I keep seeing men being genuinely shocked about the idea of a state forcing a woman to give birth and I sort of just feel like …. the women in your life have been telling you it would come to this

The anti-abortion lobby has never, and I mean never, ever not once ever done a single goddamned thing to "reduce abortions"

Destroying someone's mobility aid meets the legal definition of assault.

I don't think abled people understand that breaking a disabled person's wheelchair is assault. It's equivalent to breaking your legs.

Last three have all given the local police the go ahead to bulldoze homeless encampments, displace the people living in them, and discard personal belongings including wheelchairs, medications, and other essentials.

It’s not just Muslims the democrats lost, they’re the party the majority of people of color in this country who still put stock in electoralism were going in for, & an awakening is happening at how our lives are truly regarded (other evidence has long been there).