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25, bi, Illinois, taken, nerd. Hormonal robot disguised as a human being.
This is my personal blog but I actively partake in the Transformers fandom. I also really like Shameless, Prison Break, The Blacklist, Teen Titans, MyMusic, Firefly, Scooby-Doo, NCIS, and Stitch. Proud owner of 2 spoiled cats. Lover of music, reading, and writing.
Tumblr is sort of a good outlet for me; so don't be surprised if you see me rant in a post...
I follow Transformers blogs. Sometimes there's lemons/NSFW.
Talk to me if you need anything or if I need to tag something. There is no reason to hesitate.
in a few months we’ll be going on walks at 8pm to watch the sun set without having to worry about bringing jackets in case it gets cold because everything will be warm and nice and colorful!
Twilight fans: Haha the cast HATES twilight that’s hilarious
POC (especially Natives): we hate it too
Twilight fans: hey :(
Granted, I never read Twilight but…is this referencing some racism in Twilight or is there something I’m missing here?
Twilight literally caused so many myths & misconceptions about Native & Quileute people that the Quileute tribe had to put up an entire site dispelling the shit Stephanie Meyer caused. I literally cannot begin to explain how insanely racist twilight is as a series with the number of bullshit that happens to not just the Native characters, but other characters of color (but Stephanie Meyer targeted Native Americans specifically)
Here’s the site so you can research the specific ways Twilight has harmed Native Americans & specifically the Quileute tribe.
Or you can look at my #Twilight anger on main tag to see me talk about how bad it is.
The Quileute tribe is currently attempting to relocate their community outside of the active tsunami zone they currently reside in and have an ongoing fundraiser. First thing they are trying to move is their school, which teaches kids from multiple tribes in the area. They have had no support from anyone involved in Twilight, not even the funny cast who hates it. I know times are tough, but anything helps.
They should invent healthcare that doesn’t involve phone calls
A while back I asked my GP if there was anything that could be investigated regards my seemingly worsening hearing problems (while I’ve always had auditory processing problems, hyperacusis has grown over time and tinnitus was new to me)
She said she’d arrange a referral, and shortly afterwards I got a text with a link to a document that had a phone number for me to call to make a hearing test appointment. I say again:
a phone number for me to call to make a hearing test appointment
No other options, just the phone number. I tried Googling around it, and no, just the phone number and a street address.
I tried the phone number, and there was a lot of hold music—loud, Vivaldi (a lot of sudden up and down volumes and pitches, a real nightmare for me), interspersed with quiet moments in which in unclear voice would tell me how important it was, before hurting my ears with Vivaldi again. And I don’t mean like “haha that music hurts my ears”, I mean like, it hurts.
Eventually I gave up and figured I’d go to the physical place.
The receptionist had a mask and a speech impediment and there were fans whirring. Suffice it to say: the conversation was difficult.
Eventually I understood enough to understand: I could not make an appointment there, the only way was to call the phone number. To make a hearing test appointment.
Basically, the HoH equivalent of “if you need the key to the accessible toilet facilities, ask at the café upstairs”
i’m deaf. i’ve seen multiple audiologists in my life. these things have been true for every single one of them:
- either they exclusively communicate via phone or they give you the option for email but when you email them they respond with a phone call and if you insist on email they get Real Weird About It
- they do not know even basic sign language, not even things like “yes” or “no”. your average deaf infant has a better grasp on sign language than any of the audiologists i’ve met
- they refuse to communicate in writing during your appointments and insist on communicating verbally even though they KNOW EXACTLY HOW BAD YOUR HEARING IS BECAUSE THEY TESTED IT
many medical professionals are blatantly ableist and in my experience that extends very very much to audiologists
it’s annoying to me as a Fanfic Elder that y’all don’t understand how consent works in regards to reading fanfic
last night I saw a fic that had EIGHT of my favorite tags included and a great summary BUT it also contained a tag for a topic that bothers me. I weighed the pros/cons and decided NOT to read the fic because the ONE tag I disliked was something that could trigger a panic attack if the scene went into any sort of detail - it wasn’t worth risking the eight good tags.
from the first moment I noticed the fic to the moment I decided not to read it, the entire experience was MY RESPONSIBILITY. the author tagged the fic correctly, I knew what my limits were, and I respected them.
if you find a fic with tags you don’t like, JUST DON’T READ IT
don’t harass the author, don’t post a big whiny rant about it on Tumblr, just keep scrolling
