Month: August 2017

thebibliosphere:

I’ve spent so much of this trip trying to explain chronic illness to family/friends, and as many of you know it’s an exhausting process to try and explain that you’ll…likely never get better.

And then my aunt and uncle completely floored me this week, when they found out all the shit I’m going through struggling to get a diagnosis, and they just…accepted it?

“Oh you have XYZ, is that kind of like ZYX? Right, well that’s a bugger innit…cuppa tea?”

And then my uncle, who struggled with technology just sent me a Facebook message, thanking me for making the trip and hoping I will have enough “spoons” to make the journey home okay.

He looked up my list of possible illnesses and found the spoon theory. And in the process realized that he is also a spoonie because he has chronic pain and other issues and now he’s just spamming me the spoon emoji like “here, have some of mine 🥄🥄🥄🥄” and it’s almost 2am and I need to wake up in 4 hours to get ready for my flight home and I’m just ;_;

gallusrostromegalus:

shingekinosocialskills:

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aroavenger:

meaninglessladders:

aroavenger:

i’m crying oh gosh

TUMBLR PROF ANNOUNCEMENT: If you are trans or nonbinary and you are in the same situation as the student above, email your professors before class starts. I understand that it might be uncomfortable, but generally professors are absolutely happy to accommodate you. I know I always will be!

If your professor does not respond positively, contact the Dean or the campus LGBT+ resource center with a copy of the email and show them that you are concerned about gender discrimination in the classroom. 

Also this is a link to the template I used to write this email, and I’ve seen another similar template going around, and this was extremely helpful.

just a reminder that this is an option for you folks! i did it and all my teachers replied within a few hours saying that it was okay. you can do this! school does not have to be painful.

Reblogging because everyone should see this.  C:

As a TA I can vouch that my Prof and I 100% want you to please do this!!!  And if you can’t get a hold of your prof before class, or you decide you want to be called a different name mid-semester, tell us then too and we’re more than happy to make that accommodation!