So I actually REALLY like what I did between the album 1 and 2 pieces I did for ancestral album. The first disk was establishing the characters and the second was their stories and how they end if I remember right? All I know is that I had them pictured at their high points for who they were known as for the first piece and what we last heard of them for the second.
That was really fun to illustrate and I hope seeing the comparisons of them side by side and this close up is just as fun for you too. :3
i know that one of the big reasons my posts about disability on here get so many notes is because i’m viewed as more “moderate” & “reasonable” in the ableism i point out. i don’t call out every microagression. i’m not one of those “laughable” antiableists that “calls everything ableism”
that kind of… disgusts me honestly
trust me i would love to talk about how jokes about donald trump needing adult diapers must affect incontinent people who already carry more shame & self hatred because of it than you can imagine, who feel like they’ve lost all dignity, who ONLY ever see their issues talked about as a knee slapping hilarious couldn’t possibly be harmful joke. i’d love to point out that it’s no different than a hilarious joke about him needing a wheelchair & how disability jokes don’t suddenly stop being offensive when they involve poop or don’t immediately call to mind disability if you’re not disabled
i’d love to get into how the most basic & common “morally neutral” insults are antiquated & crass words for mental illness & intellectual disability
how jokes about how people who do x “are weak & won’t survive” or how “stupid people shouldn’t breed” are literally so fucking blatantly rooted in eugenics that it’s impossible to separate them
how “i clearly wasn’t thinking about disabled people when i made this joke that harms disabled people, you’re so extra” isn’t a defense, it’s a fucking indictment
but i really don’t want to open myself, an often house or even bedbound disabled person, up to a resounding chorus of “go outside” because it makes me want to fucking cry that i can’t go outside as much as a “normal person”
the fact of the matter is that the reason pointing out the ableism in “harmless comments” is seen as so silly is that ableism runs so deep in our culture that it’s completely built into the foundation of how we talk & joke. it’s in our basic language, it’s in everything. disability is so tied to inferiority that it’s hard to find any expression of inferiority that can’t be traced back to disability. ableism is so deep rooted that it’s easily seen as outright RIDICULOUS to point out every instance because you would have to think about disability constantly, with every word you choose, to never espouse ableist shit
the solution to that is not to berate the people who god help them somehow find the energy to examine & challenge all of that. it’s not to deny that the ableism is there
please consider the fact that pointing out how deep the roots of ableism go in the way we talk is such a fucking target to paint on yourself on here that even with my majority disabled follower base & thick skin from constant exposure to putrid hatemail for my radical disability activism, i’m terrified to post this & already thinking about deleting it
ive never shared this before but fuck it after making that post i feel like i have to
one of my earliest memories as a child is being in about kindergarten & thinking that it seemed kind of really wrong to call mean people “stupid” because (paraphrasing bc cmon i didnt have the words back then) a lack of conventional intelligence can’t really be helped & doesn’t make someone a bad person & it just. didn’t sit right with me. it really didnt. & immediately trying to quash that thought because all the Good People i knew used that word. everyone used that word. it was universal. so i must have been wrong
that memory has nagged at me my entire life & as i get older & more established in the disabled community i find myself wondering more & more if ignoring it is just running away from my conscience
Clowns are creatures that need to clown. They were not meant to be
domesticated and profited from as pets. They are highly active creatures
that will self harm from stress in such confined spaces. Circus Clowns are
delightful to keep in groups, though they are fine on their own, but
every 1 clown adds 30 square feet to the space needed. They need multiple props and performance areas in order to replicate their natural environment. These are examples of proper Circus Clown or other basic clown enclosures.
Candee Fluff is a horrible brand of cotton candy, I used to feed it to my
clowns and they would just throw it back up. The sugar is all unprocessed, when clowns need highly refined white sugar, just because
it’s cheaper. Which is something they don’t list on the packaging to fool clown owners. Ideally you should only feed your clown freshly whipped cotton candy. Large mixers may be expensive but a simple childrens make-your-own candy floss machine will suffice if your budget is tight.
Clowns shouldn’t be confined to a car. (Especially a childrens
car..?) Clowns are curious creatures that need to jump, tumble, honk and
play to be healthy. Keeping them locked in a car 24/7 as a toy for your
kids will stress them out in much the same way as a hamster in a ball. Clowns do enjoy having access to a clown car, especially in groups, but their car should provide 1 square foot per clown and their enjoyment comes primarily from exiting the vehicle in large numbers. Keeping them locked inside can reduce their lifespan by up to 10 years. A small human-sized compact car may be suitable for larger groups of clowns.
I’m cringing at that rainbow collection of “my mommy got me a cute clown” balloon sticks. These are creatures that need to run around with helium balloons.They need to bounce and float away when released.Air-filled balloons on sticks are not a suitable replacement.This is the proper set up for a clown or more modern jesters.
Clownsget stressed from any foot confinement under size 16. Clown shoes are the worst item for being sold to kids as “accessories” in human foot sizes. When kept like that the clown will die a horribly stressed
life within a year when they can live for 60 or more. They need colourful shoes or boots with plenty of toe-space and loud squeakers. Clowns are so intelligent that they
actually play with you, and they need podiatric stimulation to live
healthy. These are proper clown shoes.
Never change the natural markings of a clown. This should go without saying, but I see people buying halloween store ‘clown makeup’ and attempting to alter their clown’s faces. Clowns use their facial markings to identify one another, and altering it may cause stress, and even endager the clown if you keep several in the same tent.
Who the fuck would even feed an omnivorous clown pellet food…?
Do they want a sick clown? If clown stores even bothered to care about the
keeping of clowns, they would know that shit is bad for them. If
you can’t feed fresh peanuts and hot dogs then you shouldn’t own a clown in the first place. Pellet food isn’t even real food, it’s
chemically made with preservatives.
this formatting is making me uncomfortable but I have to tell you something / ask you something that is vital to my career as a student.
I re-read and edited that sentence for an hour, but you’ll probably just glance over it for half a second.
thanks!
– [name]
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-professor
I have a stock format and structure I use.
Dear Person I am Writing To:
This is an optional sentence introducing who I am and work for, included if the addressee has never corresponded with me before. The second optional sentence reminds the person where we met, if relevant. This sentence states the purpose of the email.
This optional paragraph describes in more detail what’s needed. This sentence discusses relevant information like how soon an answer is needed, what kind of an answer is needed, and any information that the other person might find useful. If there’s a lot of information, it’s a good idea to separate this paragraph into two or three paragraphs to avoid having a Wall of Text.
If a description paragraph was used, close with a restatement of the initial request, in case the addressee ignored the opening paragraph.
This sentence is just a platitude (usually thanking them for their time) because people think I’m standoffish, unreasonably demanding, or cold if it’s not included.
Closing salutation,
Signature.
People always ask me how I can fire off work emails so quickly. Nobody has figured out yet that it’s the same email with the details changed as needed.
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