You ask what makes you special? Darling. You are special because you are you. Do you need another answer, my love? You are special

Because you are the Achilles to my Patroclus. You’re the Euridice to my Orpheus. Darling, in my eyes, truly and I mean this with no hint of exaggeration, you are more beautiful than the face that launched 1,000 ships. Your love of learning draws me in like a moth to a flame. *You* draw me in like the sun to a flower. I am 100% in love with you, I am all in. I am all *yours* because *you* are my person. I choose you. I choose to spend my life with you.

striders:

i kept thinking about this while i was trying to fall asleep yesterday and couldn’t stop laughing myself back awake

tarantula-hawk-wasp:

Author vs artist “Kinsey scale” Are you

Only a writer

Primarily a writer, only incidentally an artist

Primarily a writer, more than incidentally an artist

Equally an artist and a writer

Primarily an artist, more than incidentally a writer

Primarily an artist, only incidentally a writer

Only an artist

The delighted eyes that feast upon your work (vanilla extract)

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This can be either original or fan content. I’m generous with definitions if you’re an amv maker or web-weaver that’s art in my heart

ayin-me-yesh:

lesbianbrad:

yeettherich:

lesbianbrad:

work is disabling; disability is class-enforcing. adjust ur ideological paradigms accordingly

Can someone elaborate?

sure!

work is disabling

• physical labour is a literal strain on your body. historically this has been a given of certain forms of labour, eg, even before the official recognition of disability, mine workers in many parts of the world received disproportionately high wages compared to other jobs because it was understood that your body would break down by the time you were 40-50 and you wouldn’t be able to work anymore. the high wages were for supporting you after that, but they were only present where unions had been able to force this demand on bosses; there’s a reason mine working has historically been a common form of slave or indentured labour. this example is an obvious one (and one i wouldn’t want to rely on for various reasons) but if you’ve worked stocking supermarket shelves, or cleaning, or as a barista, or as a farm labour, you will know that being on your feet for hours on end, the repetitive movements required to complete tasks, the strain of constant attention, these all take their toll
• work environments are stress inducing and long term stress has both physical and mental effects. it can change how you approach other people, how you regulate your emotions, how you relate to social settings. stress can produce strains, it can produce headaches, it can produce tightness in muscles that are can cause injury
• when you need to work to provide food, rent, clothing for yourself, you are not as able to protect yourself from health and safety risks. you are more exposed to disease and to other health risks, depending on the job, and you are less able to effectively rest and recover, thus increasing the likelihood of long term complications

disability is class enforcing

• being disabled is expensive. simply getting healthcare at all can be prohibitively expensive for many people. this is not even to mention mobility aids or other specialised equipment. you may have to spend more on specialised diets or accommodation. you may need to hire personal assistants or other forms of labour to complete certain tasks for you
• there are less jobs that you are able to work. you are less likely to be able to work long term. you are less likely to be able to work longer hours, and your partners may also have to work shorter hours to care for you. you are more likely to be forced into precarious employment or onto benefits which, which available, are pitifully small
• you are more likely to face job discrimination and more likely to face housing discrimination. the housing you are able to get is likely to be more expensive
• you are more vulnerable to abuse, either domestic, or in public, or by the state. this is increasingly the case if you are Black or a migrant or a woman or trans or homeless, etc, and it’s increasingly the case the more poor you become

this is not a complete list, it’s just what i could think of off the top of my head (and i just woke up too lol). i hope that clarifies some of the factors i am thinking of here. feel free to ask if there is anything that is unclear

Addition for the second list that many neoliberal countries allow disabled people to be paid less than minimum wage.

The U.S. is one of those countries.

Australia is one of those countries.

Aotearoa will only start paying disabled Kiwis a minimum wage as of mid-2025.

Canadian provinces are slowly requiring companies to pay Canadians with disabilities the minimum wage, with Ontario doing so in 2017 and New Brunswick proposing doing so only last year.

HALF of EU countries also allow companies to pay disabled employees less than minimum wage.

fiomeras:

“Bedroom eyes” yeah man, hes a sleepy guy, the sleepiest guy in the world, takes a nap anywhere no problem, he also has neurodiverse in the head. You wish you were him.

raspberryroo1312:

waitingonafairytale:

Sure, she’ll miss the bigger picture entirely sometimes.

But you’ll still find her love for you shining through, in every minor detail of those pictures.

It’s just that before you, no one cared enough to look closely before writing her off.

dragonprincessmew:

tlirsgender:

The poll feature really took off because it taps into tumblr’s favorite activity: being extremely opinionated about things that don’t matter

runcibility:

klaufir:

I assume most of those who followed me on Twitter are aware by now, but I was banned (likely permanently) for my pride month piece. The stated reason was that it counts as “violent speech”, which I could dispute I guess, but honestly I don’t want anything to do with the platform if their moderation team sees it that way. So I feel a kind of relief being away from it, and don’t plan to return as long as it remains under the present administration.

All I ask is that if you know anyone who followed me there, could you let them know about my tumblr please? This will probably be my main posting platform for the foreseeable future. Thank you very much.

Also, feel free to spread that image far and wide. I don’t need to be credited for it. It belongs to you or to anyone that it resonates with. And clearly it makes a lot of very bad people very upset. So you have my full permission to use it however you want (although please contact me before selling it in any way, obviously).

Cheers. <3

Saw the pride piece across a lot of my feed - reminder that this was the piece:

So please consider boosting and following OP?

depsidase: