rory literally ran after this guy and asked for a photo because of his tshirt omfg the kid didn’t know we were crying with laughter at him
did it ever occur to you that a dude in his 20s at an anime convention chasing after a 13 year old wearing a meme shirt to take a picture with him and make fun of him is exponentially more pathetic than a 13 year old wearing a meme shirt?
Freshmen Me: i dont get why older students hate us freshmen so much its so dumb ugh
Senior Me: who the fuck let all these fucking gremlins into this school
im dealing with my shit the way im dealing with it. are my methods unhealthy? yes. are they effective? no. am i going to change what im doing. no
The way that we learn about Helen Keller in school is an absolute outrage. We read “The Miracle Worker”- the miracle worker referring to her teacher; she’s not even the title character in her own story. The narrative about disabled people that we are comfortable with follows this format- “overcoming” disability. Disabled people as children.
Helen Keller as an adult, though? She was a radical socialist, a fierce disability advocate, and a suffragette. There’s no reason she should not be considered a feminist icon, btw, and the fact that she isn’t is pure ableism- while other white feminists of that time were blatent racists, she was speaking out against Woodrew Wilson because of his vehement racism. She supported woman’s suffrage and birth control. She was an anti-war speaker. She was an initial donor to the NAACP. She spoke out about the causes of blindness- often disease caused by poverty and poor working conditions. She was so brave and outspoken that the FBI had a file on her because of all the trouble she caused.Yet when we talk about her, it’s either the boring, inspiration porn story of her as a child and her heroic teacher, or as the punchline of ableist, misogynistic jokes. It’s not just offensive, it’s downright disgusting.
the reason the story stops once hellen keller learns to talk is no one wanted to listen to what she had to say
how’s that for a fucking punchline
aries privilege: not having to scroll to the bottom of horoscope posts to find out what fucking type of leaf blower you are
anyone ever except white people: white privilege exists
white people: nah no way
white rapper macklemore: white privilege is real
white people: damn u right macklemore why did no one say anything before
no:
so many guys on tumblr love posting things that will obviously offend women and then pick one girl in the notes to argue with as condescendingly as possible.. then they act like they “won” cuz their weird ass misogynistic minions reblogged with some skull emojis and the girl obviously got tired of talking to a wall.. Like congrats ur officialcrow #17383
a bpd concept: you mean just as much to your favorite person as they mean to you