Aug 23, 2023
fluentisonus

A black and white comic page. At the top is a panel of a man watching two people pull up nettles with the words "One day he saw some country people busily engaged in pulling up nettles". Below that is a drawing of two hands holding a dried nettle stalk and the words "he examined the plants, which were uprooted and already dried, and said: 'They are dead. Nevertheless, it would be a good thing to know how to make use of them."ALT
A black and white comic. In the first panel is a steaming bowl in front of a chair on a table with the words "When the nettle is young, the leaf makes an excellent vegetable." In the second panel is a close up drawing of a person's hand making cordage with the words "when it is older, it has filaments and fibres like hemp and flax." In the third panel a woman is holding up a sheet of fabric as if to fold it, with the words "Nettle cloth is as good as linen cloth." In the fourth panel a chicken is pecking at the ground with the words "Chopped up, nettles are good for poultry." At the bottom of the page is a drawing of nettles in a basket and the words "With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful;"ALT
A black and white comic. In the first panel, a doorway in a brick wall is partially overgrown with nettles and has the words "it is neglected." In the second panel there is a hand with a rash and the words "and it becomes hurtful." At the bottom, from left to right is drawn a scythe, a dead nettle lying on the ground, nettle stumps, and some living nettles, all with the words "It is exterminated"ALT
A black and white drawing of a man in early 19th century clothing, in his shirt sleeve and holding a hat, looking at a nettle plant. Words read "How many men resemble the nettle!"ALT

He added, after a pause: “Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.”

Les Misérables, Volume I / Book V / Chapter III, trans. Hapgood

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Aug 23, 2023
theconcealedweapon

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headspace-hotel

the autistic view of the world has insight and beauty in it, and we’re taught that there’s something wrong with it.

sensicalabsurdities

What’s fascinating is that the parents who didn’t know it was the work of an autistic kid praised it as well.

theyoungestwhateleydaughter-dea

Technically, we don't know that it's an autistic kid's work, either. 5e infographic doesn't say Cadence is autistic.

neuroticpantomime

"appropriate play skills" is such a horrid phrase, goddamn

lesbiacebian

people demonize autism so much that parents think their children aren’t playing “correctly”. it’s play, how could it ever be wrong?

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Aug 23, 2023
meanferaldyke

Ok while we are talking about treating trans people as humans and not as sexual objects can we talk about assumptions of what genitals we have?

Yeah trans people get the “what’s in your underpants hehe” questions from cishet people all the time but like.. some of y’all also make assumptions while trying to be supportive? Like, I really need y’all to understand that there are trans women with vaginas and trans men with penises. You simply cannot treat all trans women as though they have a girldick and you cannot treat all trans men like they have a boypussy. Gender Affirming Surgery has been around longer than most of you were even a twinkle in your daddy’s eye (literally the 1950s, making bottom surgery 70 years old) and some of you still act like there isn’t a significant portion of trans people who have had it or have a goal to get it.

It’s totally fine to not want to get it/be no-op, but I have also met trans women who have confided with me that they have severe bottom dysphoria but do not want to undergo GAS because they are worried partners will be disappointed by it. And that’s fucking sad. I just feel like the commodification of trans bodies as a fetish has led to this idea that what genitals you have determines if you are trans or not, which is just ridiculous. It’s the same transphobic rhetoric that people use to justify not dating trans people because of “genital preference” when they literally have no clue what genitals a trans woman or man has.

All vaginas are good vaginas, and all penises are good penises. There aren’t more real or more fake genitals, just the ones you have.

agentukelele

Not to mention, even if theyre no-op it doesnt mean youre gonna get to touch what they have

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#i hope this is ok for me to reblog #feels important

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