December 2011
4 posts
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'Overcoming' Is Not a Moral Obligation →
incurablehippie:
flutterflyinvasion:
Society demands that we keep overcoming, overcoming, overcoming. But we don’t have to. Nowhere is it written that to be a really real human you have to brute force your way through your limits. Nowhere is it written that not doing so makes you less worthy. For most people, constantly refusing to acknowledge that you have limits is seen as a problem. We...
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Gimpunk: How to Write about Cripples →
fuckthedisabled:
Be sure to include words such as ‘inspiring’, ‘courageous’, or ‘tragic’ throughout the passage. When lacking a sufficient adjective to describe the individual, simply deposit any one of these words or equivalent synonyms. In your text, be sure to treat cripples at large as…
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Things I need to continually ask myself so as not...
pompadoursandpincurls:
Realistically, what is the worst thing that could happen?
Realistically, how likely is that to happen?
Realistically, is it that bad?
Oh my god, yes, this, exactly. I don’t ask myself these questions often enough. Way too often I let my anxiety win until I’m at the stage of seriously freaking out before I remember that these are things I need to ask...