They will move on to trans people within the next year.
Undiagnosed AuDHD is all of the above. And even though I finally understand why I am the way I am, it doesn’t stop the constant automatic thoughts of “what’s wrong with me” or “I’m bad” that I’ve built up over a lifetime.
I know people are very sensitive about the use of the word “genocide” but the attempts to medically eliminate trans children is very clearly meets the standard because they are trying to eliminate a population and also they know some of those kids are going to kill themselves
Yeah so, the constant messaging that NOW there are too many adhd/autism diagnoses because WOMEN are daring to be diagnosed and get help when obviously that’s a bridge too far and we’re too “functional” for society to care about our needs. Fuck all that.
I spent 48 years of my life not knowing I was Autistic (AuDHD) and thinking instead I was just a failed human. Nearly all medical encounters I have had in my life affirmed that perception. Trying to remind myself that it’s understandable that I feel tremendous anxiety before a medical appointment.
Trust me, we are painfully, painfully aware of all the ways we are Wrong. The shame of it burns from a very young age.
Realising I was simply a different flavour of human being, who wasn't broken, was genuinely transformative. I shed a lot of shame during the years after my diagnosis.
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The DOJ released evidence, which the FBI deemed credible, that the President of the United States sexually and physically assaulted a 13 year old girl AND she was afraid to talk about it because Trump would kill her—and it’s somehow not the biggest scandal in American history?
i am asking yet again how it is legal for a company to send me a letter saying "sorry somebody stole all your personal information from us and now they have all of your personal information. sucks to be you! bye!" and then they receive no consequences and it happens again a week later
This makes me unbelievably angry. Sinead stood against everything he is and is doing.
This post, and the comments on it, are gold.
What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?
Women: We live in a constant state of vigilance because men pose a constant threat to us, here are literally millions of corroborating stories.
Men: What a scary time for men this is.
Not gonna share the video of Republican US Senator Tim Sheehy breaking a protesting Marine's hand, but you can find it on @charlotteclymer.bsky.social's timeline.
I'll just say that in a functional country, Sheehy would be expelled by the Senate.
Democratic Senators should publicly push for that.
THREAD: Misinformation in the Iran/US/Israel war - 3 March
This viral video claims to show the aftermath of a reported drone attack on the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, tonight.
But the video was posted last week to TikTok, and shows an unrelated car accident in Riyadh.
I have one cat who is very tuned into my emotions, and because everything is so upsetting all the time, he has been following me around loudly expressing his concern. I keep explaining to him that while things are ok in our little world, people society is a real mess.
So, it was Iran? Not China? Not Venezuela? Not the radical left?
We are living inside the minute-by-minute delusions of a madman.
You can understand the Iranian regime is oppressive and murderous and also understand that this war of aggression against it is illegal and immoral and that those who will suffer the most from it are the people of Iran.
I was finally able to articulate my feelings about the BAFTAs. It has been tough watching people respond without thinking about the impacts to Black disabled people. As a lifelong disabled person, my feelings about solidarity have changed over the past few days.
Jennmjacksonphd.substack.com
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
I find myself deep within this exercise like once or twice a month, maybe more.
To all my fellow ADHD/demand avoidance baddies out there (especially Black folks), this is really helpful for me—hope you benefit from it too.
Please take care of yourselves, team. You are enough. 🖤🖤
Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rights—full stop.
This is horrific and cruel, and seems to be designed to justify the incarceration of trans folks.
I’m tired, and I’m grieving, and I’m not sure how much more fight I have left in me. For now, I’m surviving purely out of spite and the desire to protect my loved ones, and to help as many folks as I can while I can.
I fight each and every day to kindle a tiny flame of hope in the midst of tremendous fear and despair. I dig desperately to find my own compassion and keep it from being buried in the pit of fear and despair that they want to bury us under.
I am an autistic feminist, a trans ally, and the parent of a disabled adult child. I understand well what the administration plans for folks like me and my loved ones. I wish there were more people out there who understood that the administration plans the same for them, even though they feel safe.
I’m tired of being a canary in this proverbial coal mine. I’m tired of trying to alert people who should be paying attention their own damn selves that we are all in tremendous danger. I understand well the possible consequences of speaking out. I also understand the consequences of not doing so.
I’m angry at those who called me “paranoid” and delusional when I pointed out literal Nazis marching in the streets at this time last year. To me, it was a clear harbinger and a welcome to the explicit racism, antisemitism, misogyny, and nihilism that structure and propel the current administration.
Today I find myself very angry at those people who have the luxury and privilege to avoid the news because it “doesn’t affect them”. I’m angry at the people who dismissed all of the warnings and evidence presented over the last decade+ about the nightmares currently unfolding.
