so apparently I am going to have ~official unofficial disciplinary action~ against me because I am occasionally unfocused and lack self awareness at work

well yeah, of course I am, I’m Dyspraxic, I have a fucking disability that is entirely based around lacking awareness of myself and my environment wtf do you expect jesus christ >:l

it doesn’t matter that I do my best to be hyperaware so I’m not as clumsy or take more notice of what my co-workers are doing, it’s still not good enough, nothing is ever good enough, I am never good enough because I can’t fix this

I can’t fix this because I can’t fix me, I can’t remove dyspraxia or depression or anxiety disorders or any of the bullshit that perpetually makes me feel like the most pathetic, incompetent person alive, especially when I’m being told that’s exactly what I am. Rubbish. Unlikeable. Useless.

I don’t want to be useless. I try so hard to overcome my problems, with physical and mental tasks that supposedly should help, and nothing ever works. I don’t know what to do :(

kogla:

I got you, my angel! 

thaumivore:

hahhahhh wow i got a bunch of really sweet responses to my last newspaper ot3 post!! thanks so much ya big cutie pies (°◇°);;; here’s a couple more ot3 doodles + some sacharissa/hardcore journalism my real otp uwu

HOLY WOW ADORABLE DISCWORLD FANART YESSSSS :3

seananmcguire:

I re-blogged a picture of a little girl, dressed as Tiana, hugging the face actress who plays Tiana at one of the Disney Parks, and noted that everyone should have their princess.  And a few people have now contacted me basically going “no, only straight white people can have princesses if you stick with the classics.”

Um.

No.

I am a folklorist, and it’s time for some Fun With Folklore.

First off, very few Princesses/fairy tale heroines who are going to become Princesses because that’s what you do are actually defined by specific physical attributes.  You have Snow White, who yes, requires the “skin as white as snow” etc, but that’s to make her an alien beauty and justify the actions of her stepmother.  She belongs to the Aarne-Thompson tale type 709, which is commonly referred to as “Snow White,” but which contains a hell of a lot more, including “Bella Venezia”, “Myrsina”, “Nourie Hadig” and “Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree.”  All those links will take you to Wikipedia.  Click them.  Note that NOT ONE of those girls is defined by her appearance, beyond “incredibly beautiful.”  “Nourie Hadig” is Armenian in origin; you can bet that girl was not white as snow.  (Note that I do not actually care for the “Nourie Hadig” 709 variant, due to using a Roma girl as the main adversary, but that’s another story.)  Any story you want to tell is going to have variants where the heroines are never described!  You know why?

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TELLING THESE STORIES UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN TO SEE THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR OF THE TALE.

There are fairy tales about people with disabilities, ranging from the physical (missing limbs, missing eyes, missing tongues) to the emotional (girls who cannot smile, boys who cannot feel fear).  There are fairy tales that end in same-sex marriage.  There’s even an excellent fairy tale about gender identity, “The Princess Who Became A Prince,” in which our hero has always felt he was a boy, but tried to be a dutiful daughter, until a dragon stole a neighbor princess and he had to ride to rescue the girl in order to save the kingdom.  One misaimed curse later, and wham, our new-minted prince is finally outwardly as he had been all along on the inside.

THIS IS JUST AS OLD AND TRUE AND SCHOLASTIC AS CINDERELLA AND THE OTHERS.

The “big fairy tales” of today are the ones that someone seized on as marketable.  We have the power, as drivers of media, to say that we want more diversity.  We want Princesses of every race, creed, and religion, and we have the folklore and fairy tales to make them real.  We want our transgender Princess (although wow would the marketing be problematic).  Saying “the classics” are 100% about straight white people reduces the past to a place where only straight whiteness existed, and where no other children ever needed stories.  And that’s not what the past was.

Once upon a time has never stopped being right now.

‘Saying “the classics” are 100% about straight white people reduces the past to a place where only straight whiteness existed, and where no other children ever needed stories.  And that’s not what the past was.

Once upon a time has never stopped being right now.’

THANK YOU

shipperwolf1:

Reasons 3423-3431 why we love Robert Downey Jr.

tywinllannister:

→ Ernil i Pheriannath

copperbadge:

scifigrl47:

chaniatreides:

fuckyeahsirpatrickstewart:

STAHP

NO

THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE SIR

I’ve enjoyed watching Patrick Stewart’s give-a-fucks slowly slip away over the years.

april-likes-things:

christinefriar:

Hyperbole and a Half | Depression: Part Two

I can’t be the only person who just wants to hug her and cry.

 I have clinical depression, and this comic is my life. 

collegehumor:

[PROOF]

Commander William T Riker: sitting down like a muthafluppin’ boss since 2364

copperbadge:

As a book, I love Ender’s Game to tiny pieces. It’s the anthem for the smart young outsider, and it’s a hell of an adventure story. I love it and I’m ashamed of how much I love it because it’s written by this man:

“Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage.” —Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card sits on the board of the National Organization for Marriage, attempting to ensure the second-class treatment of queer people and (impotently, but still) threatening to destroy the government over matters of simple equality. He is a frothing, virulent bigot.

Don’t pay to see his movie. Don’t let a cent of your money go to him or encourage the studio to make more films which make him more money to give to people who think pro-equality governments are their mortal enemy.

areyousuretonightsadangernight:

It’s even worse than I’d heard so far. Oh god, Benny.

ineffablyserpentine:

extoria:

ineffablyserpentine:

peens:

byzandarius:

So the first thing to come to mind was what if Aziriphale went and found the TARDIS…

crow bookshop

crowley 

no no no

that can’t be aziraphale’s bookstore and frankly i am appalled that anybody would draw that conclusion

i mean, look at the door. It’s wide open, and inviting. AND at a seemingly respectable time of day.

Nope, that can’t be Aziraphale’s bookstore.

It’s Crowley’s  bookstore. After the Almostpocalypse, he decided to open one himself, in friendly competition with Aziraphale.

It only sells trashy romance novels and misinformative DIY manuals.

that’s genius

arcadiaego:

Ok, so she has no idea what he’s on about and thinks he’s crazy but hey, why not.

Oh hey, remember when this was the blasphemous kiss that nearly destroyed Doctor Who ~forever~?

GOOD TIMES MAN, GOOD TIMES

reducto1:

Tony and his only friend, Dummy =(