Medicalization of orientations is diagnosing bisexuality as a symptom of a personality disorder and using is synonymously with “hypersexuality.”
Medicalization of orientations is cutting off anti depressants to an asexual because the doctor thinks no sexual interest is a side effect and a bigger concern than depression or the effects of withdrawal.
Medicalization of orientations is telling an aromantic that they are disconnected from their feelings due to either their meds, their mental illness, or from lack of trying, and wanting to change treatment based on that.
Medicalization of orientations is real, stigmatizing, systematically discriminatory, and fucking dangerous.
Medicalization of orientations is prioritizing your opinions of a patient’s sexuality over the actual medical problems you’re supposed to be treating and your responsibilities as a medical professional.
Just imagine the uproar from mainstream society if it came out that people treated their dogs like they openly treat their autistic children.
“Puppy Forced Through Obedience Training Eight Hours A Day, Seven Days A Week.”
“Puppy Restrained And Punished To End Tail Wagging And Barking.”
“Puppy Has To Earn Food, Play Time And Rest By Doing Tricks Correctly.”
These headlines would make people angry, but this is just a couple examples of how the most widespread therapy for autistic children (ABA) abuses us and nobody bats an eye because our society has more compassion and empathy for animals than for autistic children.
Not to derail, but many people DO treat dogs like this. In fact, the last headline is exactly what the mainstream training philosophy entails, and it’s called Nothing In Life is Free (NILF). The dog must do some manner of trick or offer some nominal behavior for everything they desire, from food to play to potty breaks to the ability to sleep on their bed.
Yesterday I went to buy some yarn and so you know how annoying it is when fucking people put those stupid bullshit “don’t use this, wool is murder” PETA stickers on the label?
First of all, stop defacing stock in someone’s store. You’re not clever or saving the planet or anything. You’re making it hard for customers to shop and see the info they need on the label (yardage, weight, dye lot)… You’re making employees spend hours peeling the damn things off, and in some cases, you’re causing damage to the label and or yarn itself. That means loss to the company, which affects employees who probably make minimum wage, you shit bags. You want to make change happen? Contact corporate, you fuckhead. That’s where decisions are made.
Second of all, wool is not murder. Are you fucking stupid? (Obviously the answer is yes). It’s a fucking haircut for a sheep. They’ve been domesticated so long that if we don’t sheer them, it’s bad. Yes, some sheep don’t live in ideal conditions. Got a problem with that? Going to a yarn store and putting stickers on things isn’t going to change it or the minds of customers. For fuck’s sake, you absolute cockwomble, go to the yarn companies. Make them use wool providers that use humane conditions for their yarn, like A LOT OF YARN COMPANIES DO.
And third of all.
You. You precious, empty-headed little shitnugget. You complete and total sawdust-for-brains.
You put your fucking stickers all over acrylic yarn.
There’s no fucking wool in there. It’s all synthetic fiber. Basically, it’s plastic.
You fucking dumbass.
I connect with this post on a spiritual level
It’s like Lush and the Body Shop and all those other faux-activist cosmetic companies in the UK that make a big deal in their advertising in opposing cosmetic testing on animals, despite that practice having been illegal in the UK for nearly 20 years, and it also being illegal to sell any imported products containing ingredients newly tested on animals.
It has been illegal to test finished cosmetics on animals in the UK since 1998, and animal testing of ingredients that may be used in cosmetics has been illegal across Europe since 2009. From March 2013 it has been illegal to import and sell cosmetics that have been tested on animals outside the EU.
(Though: Over a third (39%) of those surveyed think it is legal for cosmetics to be tested on animals in the UK, and almost a quarter (24%) do not know whether it is legal or not. Only 37% know it is illegal.)
Which some dodgy marketing approaches have been counting on, yeah
There has been some concern about what might happen with those regulations (among so many others) post-Brexit, but at least for now that’s the legal situation.
They’ve been continuing to grow well, and maybe we’ll have a new generation soon. That one big male zipping around with the daredevil act has been unusually hyper today, which I’m guessing might mean breeding behavior soon.
I had just accidentally stirred up some sediment here, giving the front glass a little algae removing clean. It’s been staying clearer. The green water tinge from the marine phytoplankton culture they’ve been eating isn’t really visible here, but that seems to be working well so far.
Hard to count them exactly, but they’ve stabilized at around a dozen in that container, topped up to 600mL with about half sea salt and half Kent Marine mix. Considering transferring them to something larger soon.
do people not know the 5 minute rule????? if there is something “wrong” with someone’s appearance and it can’t be fixed in 5 minutes don’t tell them!!!! don’t be an ass!!! food in someones teeth? sure! let them know! wrinkled shirt? smudged makeup? messy hair? yes! talk to the person if you want! tattoos/tattoo placement? crooked nose? obnoxious laugh? shut the fuck up!!!! don’t make someone selfconscious about something they can’t fix!!!! dont be a dick!!!
also if they’ve only been on the ground for 5 minutes it’s still safe to eat them
Why do people still say “this doesn’t fit my blog theme but I had to reblog anyway”? It’s almost 2018. Who gives a fuck. Who even has a coherent blog anymore
What gets me is that initial pause. The bird knows this song. He knows when the drum comes in. Being able to anticipate musical rhythm is a form of intelligence very few species have, and this is the most remarkable example of it I’ve ever seen in a bird. The cockatoo knew to wait for the drums.
This is a Palm Cockatoo and they actually take sticks form trees and craft them into little drum sticks and drum their own unique beats to attract a mate.
That’s actually kind of funny, with my automatic cheaping at myself when it’s not really called for.
I’d been thinking I might like to pick up a Nintendo 2DS XL, but had held off. Because that’s not entirely cheap, and do I really need it? (More of the usual, basically if it’s over £20 and not for the animals.)
So, I thought I saw Mr. C messing with something new last night, and I just spotted the box. Yep, looks like he bought a Switch for himself 😅
As a reasonable purchase that’s not going to starve us. At around double the price of what I wanted.
I really am the only one who is liable to start off into that “but, he’s the only one bringing in money for the foreseeable future!!!” crap. So yeah, it probably is reasonable for me to go ahead and get the 2DS XL.
May mention it later, just because. And likely get, “gee, I wish I’d thought to pick up a Switch for you too while I was at it”. Similar discussions before, yes 🙄
stop asking people’s pronouns. real life isnt the internet. asking someone’s pronouns in real life with people around is fucking degrading. we all know you wouldnt ask a cis person’s pronouns. when you ask, a trans person hears “i’m not sure if you’re actually the gender you’re presenting as. do you mind if i embarrass you and get really invasive on a personal level?” not to mention you might out the person youre asking to whoever else is around.
if youre really fucking lost, ask their name, or just guess by by how they present. the worst that can happen is you get corrected and you can be respectful about it. these are basic social conventions that should be left unsaid.
in conclusion, trans people are regular people and you should treat us normally. thanks for coming to my ted talk.
i would rather die than have someone assume my pronouns based on my appearance. that is exactly what leads to me being misgendered. please ask for my pronouns if you see me offline Please
“tumblr isn’t real life” its not Tumblr SJW XD to ask for someone’s pronouns like I’m part of so many offlines social scenes where pronouns are said along with your name when you introduce yourself…pronouns aren’t Extraneous SJW Shit pronouns are pretty important huh
I think this post is meant to apply to people who “present like their gender” but for people for whom that’s impossible…very not applicable
in what world is it better to be misgendered than to be asked for your pronouns 🤔
even if you don’t present as your gender or if you don’t pass, i think the most respectful, discrete, and normal thing cis people can reasonably be expected to do is to use a person’s correct pronouns when/if they are corrected.
when i said “the internet isn’t real life” i didn’t mean “being trans is a dumb sjw thing.” i meant that it’s easier to know someone’s gender and pronouns before you talk to them, and it’s easier to ask discretely. asking someone’s pronouns in public like at a party pr smth is different.
spaces where everyone explicitly says their name and pronouns are a different story because being trans is expected. most spaces and most situations aren’t like that.
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