a good summary
Aug. 1st, 2025 10:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
so far tonight/the weekend is looking like [Deathscythe] Hell and me picking at sailormoon, I better make sure to add Mario and old FF stuff to round out the time travel
Eliza Rain disabled_eliza posted an excellent 1:30 skit on how to interact with busybodies who can’t cope with the reality of ambulatory wheelchair users. (I'm also able to stand and reach for some things, so I appreciate helpful scripts.)
I loved her response to a stranger portrayed as complaining about the unbelievability of wheelchair users who can briefly stand. Eliza says, in a level tone, "Okay well, it makes no difference to me if you do or don’t believe me, this is my reality and I need a chair to get around."
You can watch it on on her Instagram or stream with open captions as well as narration from loud text-to-speech plus human dialogue ( right here )
Do you have go-to scripts to shut down invasive strangers (or family members, for that matter)?
I go to this annual celebration because it’s a time and place where I am entirely comfortable. That I can do some things and can’t do others is a given. Almost everyone there has been through the process of accepting their disabled self—the non-disabled people are in my experience, enthusiastic allies.
Folks sell things they’ve made, organizations advertise for participants or employees, political folks recruit advocates, there’s music, there’s free food. It’s a hoot!
https://www.disabilitypridemadison.org/festival-2025
I was thrilled to run into half of the staff of adhdcleaning.com, who proclaim they will Clean All The Things and invite passers-by to share their special enthusiasms.
Their promo material is brimming with disability pride:
They continue with cleaning tips for cool, imperfect humans
This pair of people were dressed up to spread joy
( what a couple! )
From an earlier festival, I captured a Disability Pride Strawberry, in two photos
Thanks to the YouTube algorithm actually paying attention, as well as petra, please enjoy this snappy video with on-screen handwritten captions:
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I think a lot about writing and its place in the world. I wonder if it matters, if it's enough. I wonder how we're all going to survive. The world is on fucking fire and even in fandom we can't pretend that it's not.
A guide to writing anyway in the age of despair or, a love letter to writers.