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snakegay:

snakegay:

we neeeeeeeeeeeeeeed lgbt people in the medical professsions and sciences so badly like its outrageous how few studies on lgbt specific medical/health issues there are 

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lgbt people: can we get a uhhhhhhhh in depth reputable studies and accessible information on safe non-PIV sex + safety/longterm effects irt binding/HRT/puberty blockers/ gender confirmation surgery etc etc etc

medical community: We Are On The Trail Of The Gay Gene For Reasons That Arent Suspicious At All

niggagenos:

something that i’ve been commonly told when i make characters black is that i’m “blackwashing” them and i should keep in mind “what if it were the other way around and they were whitewashed?” a lot of people that call me, a black person, racist compare whitewashing and blackwashing as if they work together hand in hand

whitewashing is the act of making a canon character of color white, which removes poc representation. “blackwashing”, a term created by white people, is the act of doing the opposite of whitewashing, which adds black representation. for decades, black people have been forced to identify with poorly written and often black characters built off of sterotypes. thats why fans of media like myself have had to make representation of our own by making our favorite characters mixed with their canon race and our own cultures. people should not be off threatened or offended by “blackwashing”, especially when a lot of casts have white or pale poc characters and the token black character looks like a stereotype, ends up dying, or both.

“why don’t you make black original characters?” tons of artists on here have made black characters but you don’t see them cross your dashboard  because it doesn’t have the same effect as making a canon character black.

“why don’t you focus more on canon poc?” a) there  isn’t even any canon poc in some series or b) the small amount of canon poc are poorly represented because authors don’t often do research on black culture

“blackwashing” doesn’t exist. just like reverse racism, it’s a term coined by white people so they can feel special by being oppressed. people who believe in “blackwashing” are not educated on how black people are treated in media now and how they’ve been treated in the past. our skin color and facial features were used as clown makeup by white people in minstrel shows but people don’t even think about it because “oooOoOO what if it was the other way around and it was whitewashing” >:((”. instead of going after the people that make canon dark skinned characters WHITE, spineless dogs go after people about something that doesn’t exist. when poc make a canon character’s skin dark and say they’re black/latino/etc., they’re doing it out of love for their culture and people. when white people “blackwashing”, they do it in support of poc. nothing but love and care goes into “blackwashing”.

and if you still believe in “blackwashing” after reading this, i’m going to personally make your favorite characters black and there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it

jollysunflora:

If by some miracle you instantly became fluent in 3 foreign languages, what would they be? This includes various forms of sign language and Braille. I’d choose Spanish and French for media consumption and Russian because communism, lol.

i thought i was done with dysphoria but apparently not lmao

i got misgendered all day by classmates (who also said psychophobic things) & im on my way to work with children and families…. so its not like i can walk to them and tell them i go by a masculine name & pronouns bc im a nonbinary dyke lmao

epicene-street-light:

epicene-street-light:

epicene-street-light:

last night i woke up at like 3am, thought “psych wards patients are like cats who are shut in the bathroom for being naughty”, and immediately went back to sleep

to add a bit more detail (hi @corasticot ) my ideas were:

– neurotypicals send you to psychiatric hospitals because youre a “threat” to yourself or the others but really, theyre tired of your bullshit. no owner seriously thinks shutting their cat away in the bathroom will make them understand why they shouldnt make a mess in the kitchen. at most they hope they figure it out and get too scared of the bathroom to do it ever again. no person will think in good faith that locking up a depressed/anxious/psychotic person will do anything else than scaring them to make them conceal their symptoms (im not talking expensive private clinics. some ppl have good experiences with them. im talking horrific state psychiatric hospitals where literally every “freak” get sent. youve got old ppl with dementia and a young adult with autism and depressed ppl and schizophrenic ppl in the same building like no big deal. with no therapy whatsoever)

– psychiatric hospitals look like big ass bathrooms, tiles floors everywhere, sanitizer, and white, no comfort

– naughty-cats-that-get-locked-in-bathrooms typically lament and yell behind the door until you free them. my psychiatric hospitals neighbors did that too and i was almost ready to do it too: you need attention from your owners/medical staff because youre lost and trapped

– btw, you get “locked up” in a psych ward like naughty cats 

– you’re super bored bc there is literally no enrichment/no activities. you’re ripped off all your possessions (they took my hairband and books away)

– you often dont know why youre there in the first place. do you think the cat that made a mess in the kitchen 5 hours ago knows why hes locked up in the bathroom? neither do most patients

thanks for coming to my ted talk and lets burn psychiatric institutions to the ground comrades

precision: NO im NOT anti psychiatric care & research. its quite the contrary. but as long as we will live in a capitalist society that deems you “useless” or “a threat” if you cant reach the productivity goals they set… prisons and psychiatric institutions will stay horrifyingly abusive. Why do you think the big stigmatisation of mentally ill people and the first “petites maisons” (in france) appeared approximately when capitalism started existing??? its NOT a coincidence. 

Sure, there are good people in psychiatric institutions. Empathetic people. Ive met some. They were incredibly sweet and generous. But their hands are tied, because Money, the State policies, and such, dont allow them to offer the care that mentally ill people NEED. 

Also: i mentioned cats AKA pets on purpose. Because medical staff is all-mighty. Youre literally at their mercy for anything. It’s not a caretaker/vulnerable person dynamic. It’s a power dynamic. They will threaten to sedate you if you disturb them. You dont have a say in what meds youre taking. You literally have to beg for basic necessities, such as your personal possessions, clean clothes, social contact… And they can refuse it. Its the ground for abuse, and at best unbalanced relationships. 

“But i had a good experience with a state institution!” The problem is that good experiences of state institutions for mental health are a accident. If – by miracle – you’re locked up in an humane hospital, with a caring staff, and everything is going well, its not the norm. And it takes an enormous mass of work from every member of the staff to achieve this, because everything about the way hospitals work makes it easier to torture patients than to take good care of them. And you shouldnt have to play russian roulette about your mental health. 

Noticed how i talked about state institutions? it’s on purpose. Sure, there are people who have good experiences with psychiatry, because they got sent to private clinics they could afford.

But the problem is… most people can’t afford private clinics. State hospitals are free here. I’m not gonna pay 2,000€ to have care because!!!!! i cant afford it!!!!!! and im not poor. Im white, and middle-class. MOST PEOPLE CANT AFFORD IT. 

guess what? the root problem is capitalism. Because care for people who might not even become “productive”, and medical care in general, is considered useless. Illness is supposed to be a “temporary problem”. And if its not…… you better have money for that. Not to mention the deep stigma around mental illnesses there is. 

epicene-street-light:

was in literature class & literally had flashbacks and a panic attack so violent i thought it was a seizure lmao

college is awesome tho ppl will see someone huddled on the floor on a corridor, literally shaking so hard it looks like theyre convulsing, and go like “yep, the usual”