My name's Annelise, Elly, Peter, and many other things. I'm 18 from Long Island. This blog will mainly consist of the following: Younha, feminism, complete randomness, and the occasional pictures of myself. I can be shy, but I love to talk. :) And if I say or reblog anything offensive, please call my attention to it and I will fix the issue.
Oh, I see. So you’re allowed to freely speak out about GMOs, sustainability, and how to live an organic life, but once I even open my mouth about anything remotely feminist, I’m enforcing, I’m preaching, I’m annoying. Suddenly, everyone is against me; everyone shuts me down. You’re allowed to feel comfortable and confident in your cause, but I’m not granted even the slightest bit of respect?
Just gonna leave this here
everyone’s facebook defaults are still red and pink so i made some flyers
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NEXT TIME YOU THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE SIGNAL BOOSTED BECAUSE IT’S TALKING ABOUT WHAT NOT TO DO ON THE ROAD OR HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN YOU’RE ALONE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CHECK THIS WEBSITE
BECAUSE COUGH CPR CAN KILL YOU
THE BLOODS DO NOT HAVE AN INITIATION RITUAL THAT INVOLVES KILLING EVERYONE WHO FLASHES THEIR HEADLIGHTS
AND YOU’RE A GULLIBLE GRUBLOAF WHO SHOULD BECOME VERY FAMILIAR WITH SNOPES.COM VERY QUICKLY
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Will someone explain to me why the word “stupid” is considered ableist? Because this seriously baffles me.
“Stupid” has been used by the medical community and the community at large to describe people with developmental disorders. My boyfriend was mocked by teachers and called “stupid” because he’s dyslexic. My doctor told my mother I was “stupid” because of various aspects of my autism. “Stupid” has been used to justify locking people like me in asylums, in basements. “Stupid” has been used to disavow testimony given by people like me. My grandmother is what is still medically classified in some places as “retarded” and as a child, was abused by various people in various ways, and when she spoke about it, nobody believed her because she was “stupid”. The eugenics movement is against us “stupid” people even existing, and I consider anyone who believes in always aborting Down Syndrome fetuses as part of this, by the way.
Intelligence is not a measure of character. Intelligence, in many ways, is also subjective. I cannot remember names or act in the usual social way. I cannot hold a pen My boyfriend cannot spell or pronounce things well. My autistic cousin Joe has been taught most of his life how to tie his shoes and he still cannot. Yet, we are all smart in various ways. My partner has a wide array of knowledge, as do I. And Joe is bloody smart for his age.
Insult someone by calling them ignorant, deliberately ill-informed, pig-headed, stubborn. Do not insult intelligence levels. Ignorance is a choice, intelligence… well, it just isn’t. Your capacity to learn, and your access to learning materials, aren’t always under your control, and have nothing to do with your character.
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The Cosplayer is Always Right
| (Our Japanese restaurant is near a school that annually hosts an anime convention. So, it’s fairly common to have cosplayers among our customers at the time of the con. The owner is okay with it as long as they don’t annoy the other customers. On this day, we seat twelve cosplayers and, later, I seat three young customers near them.) | |
| Young Customer #1: | “What is this? Why are those guys costumed?” |
| Me: | “Oh, there’s a large anime convention ongoing at the local school. It’s rather common to see them at the times of the gathering.” |
| Young Customer #1: | *chuckles* “Yeah, what a bunch of dorks.” |
| Young Customer #2: | “Total nerds.” |
| (Since there are no other free tables and they didn’t pre-order a table, they sit near the cosplayers while mocking them under their breath. In the meantime, a cosplayer of Pikachu is talking somewhat loudly on his phone.) | |
| Young Customer #2: | *waves at me* “Hey, you! Tell those dorks to shut up!” |
| Halo Cosplayer: | “Oh, I’m sorry, sir.” *to ‘Pikachu’* “Dude, not so loud. You’re bothering people.” |
| Pikachu Cosplayer: | “What? Oh, sorry to bother you guys.” *starts talking again, but much quieter* |
| Young Customer #3: | “Yeah, that’s right. Shut up, you virgin nerd!” |
| Young Customer #1: | “Go back to the library, virgins!” |
| (At this point, I warn the owner about the behavior of the younger customers. He immediately goes to their table.) | |
| Owner: | “What seems to be the problem?” |
| Young Customer #1: | “It’s not our fault. Those nerds started to insult us! We’re not going to stay here and do nothing!” |
| Owner: | “My staff told me the contrary, actually.” |
| Young Customer #3: | “What?! That b***h waitress is lying!” |
| Owner: | “Sir, I won’t allow you to insult my staff or customers. Those cosplayers were extremely polite and quiet during their meals, unlike you. If someone must be thrown out, it’s you.” |
| (In the blink of an eye, one of the young customers gets up and tries to grab the owner. However, to our surprise, one of the cosplayers playing Batman grabs him by the hair, slams him on the table and holds him still.) | |
| Young Customer #1: | “OW! That f***ing hurts! Who the f*** do you think you are, you motherf***er?!” |
| Batman Cosplayer: | *in a raspy tone* “I am vengeance. I am the night. I am… Batman.” |
| (The two other customers begin to yell, but quickly shut up when all the cosplayers get up and surround them, showing that most of them are clearly larger than them. The mall security arrests the bad customers, and the cosplayers leave after apologizing for the trouble. However, it’s not before we snap a picture with them. Now, we frequently joke about that time when Batman, Pikachu and Master Chief saved the restaurant!) |
i’m a person who often wants physical affection but is also very uncomfortable and particular about physical contact
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The place I worked at that has treated me like shit since I reported being sexually assaulted by a co-worker?
The name is Earl’s. Earl’s Restaurant in Downtown Denver.
Here’s a link to their FB page.
This is the business that claimed they would launch an investigation, but hasn’t.
This is a business that encourages their employees to lie to the detective working on my case.
This is the business that warned my rapist that I was going to file a claim.
This is the business that threatened to fire me because it was against “partner values” to “attack someone’s character.”
This is a business who has a managing partner that said to me, “Well, I heard you really LIKED it and I believe this person over you.”
This is the business that has an female HR rep say things like, “Well, let’s remember that this is still just an ALLEGED incident.”
This is a business that, despite my repetitive disclose of a disability refuses to follow ADA law and allow me accommodations.
This is a business that told me if a co-worker triggers or harasses me and my PTSD is affected, I WOULD BE FIRED (I have a letter from them stating this.)
This is a business where male managers openly discuss intimate sexual acts about female coworkers based on rumor i.e. “Yeah apparently when he raped her he licked her butt and that was the first time someone had done that to her and she really liked it.”
This is a business that promotes its employees as “Earl’s Girls” and brags about only hiring the most attractive women.
This is a business that openly discriminates against its male servers.
This is a business that has made me so fucking depressed, I can’t work, I have no money, I’m in counseling, and I’m trying everything in my power to just fucking keep myself together. I have been punished and harassed for doing the right thing and reporting a crime that happened to me— and they haven’t even attempted to do their own investigation as they claimed they would, according to the employee handbook.
EARL’S RESTAURANTS SUPPORT RAPISTS AND PERPETUATE RAPE CULTURE!!!!!
Please, signal boost. They can’t get away with treating someone this way. Don’t let them. Remind them that people know what they’ve done and it’s wrong. Yelp it, FB it, boycott their locations (a lot in Canada) write letters to HR (read: according to them, all complaints go directly to the President of the company.)
I refuse to be quiet about this any longer.
SIGNAL BOOST THIS! I’ve been following mama-cats story for a while now and this company makes me sick with what they have done to this woman.
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Hey followers! Just a heads up that I’m doing commissions. I’m still getting the hang of FireAlpaca and my new tablet so I’m not really comfortable doing anything beyond flat colors right now, but I am seriously strapped for cash and I can’t really afford much more than ramen. I’m also trying to save up to move out of my dad’s place this year and that plan is kinda being thwarted with him suddenly charging me rent.
So here are my prices: $5-10 for sketches, $10-20 for lines, and an additional $5 to the lineart if you want flat colors. Every bit helps! I mean, jeez, if all my followers ordered a simple sketch I’d be out of the water for sure. You can message me if you’re interested in additional characters in a single image, we can work out pricing depending. If you can’t afford it, or don’t like my art, that’s cool, but if you could reblog that would be super helpful. Who knows? Maybe one of your followers would appreciate my art.
You can message me here at mermaidofspace or email me at ayumiyukimori@gmail.com.
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Someone’s probably in love with you right now, even though you think you’re boring and stupid and smell bad most of the time, someone probably saw you last week and wiped their sweaty hands on the insides of their pockets and thought about your body under your clothing and about how you would look asleep in their bed
oh wow
(Source: realhumanbaby, via andromedanights)
“You fight like a girl.”
I’m sorry
I didn’t
realise
that
was
a
bad
thing
Reblogging because I’m sure the comic readers out there could add some more.
yeah
so sorry
i can’t hear you
over the sound
of me crushing my enemies
This list
was looking
a little
white
so here you go
watch tha
bodies hit
tha floor
this is the best post on tumblr, hands down
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non-ableist alternatives for insulting people or things!
please do not say “lame”
- cruddy
- annoying
- disappointing
- lousy
- no good
- crummy
- rubbish
- junky
- rotten
- cheesy
- corny
- tacky
please do not say “dumb” or “stupid”
- illogical
- foolish
- silly
- nonsensical
- obtuse
- sophomoric
- ignorant
- incomprehensible
- irrational
- senseless
- vapid
please do not say “crazy,” “psycho,” or “insane”
- ridiculous
- unfathomable
- erratic
- illogical
- unbelievable
- unreasonable
- absurd
- wacky
- eccentric
- out of control
- unpredictable
- wild
- preposterous
- ludicrous
- outlandish
feel free to add on or correct anything (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
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