#community interaction

[ernestfreeman]

Dandy's World Ships!

Oh how many there are... I decided to make a challenge for myself: I'll draw every Dandy's world ship (including a full art piece along with a few sketches aside)

The only characters I won't include in ships are Toodles (obviously, she's a minor bro I ain't a creep) and Pebble (he's literally exactly like a dog. Nothing else to be said.)

I don't know what ship to draw first so YOU GUYS 🫵 can choose!!

[eggplantmandudeguy]

I kinda wanna see (millie too)

[practicingbushiho]

Ashe Radiant, Lover of the Pack

He is the head of the household, and wants to cuddle YOU!!!

(this was for a twitter thread a did a while back. i ran out of time to draw everyone who replied unfortunately, but im really happy that i was able to do some of them thank u ;v;)

[pomeraniandancer]

This is something that *SUPER* worries me when it comes to intersectionality issues. I am deaf and an ADHDer, and possibly also autistic (we're waiting to see how my ADHD medication works out before evaluating me for ASD). I am also, and this is relevant, white. On multiple occasions, I have found myself in *very* difficult conversations where I missed a social or linguistic cue, and got myself into very hot water without me having any clear idea of how or what I did to land myself there. Luckily, on the times this has happened, the POC friend/acquaintance who's upset with me knows me well enough that even though they're upset with me for not catching onto what they had been saying, they also recognize that my missing the social cue or (accidentally) crossing a boundary is not a reflection on the entire me as a person.

Nevertheless, when those interactions happen (and they occur about once or twice a year), are quite emotionally traumatic and scarring, and leave me uncertain about just how stable a footing I am on with the person I accidentally clashed with.

I have seen enough rants on social media by people angry at someone they don't know, someone who crossed a serious boundary when asking about feminist theory, intersectionality, racism, etc., and when the OP gets angry with the asker, the asker tells them that they have ASD or some other similar disorder, and that they didn't understand or recognize that they were stepping on a metaphorical land mine with their question.

Inevitably, the angry person accuses the asker of using their diagnosis as an excuse, a "get out of jail free" card for their invasive, rude, or poorly reasoned questions.

Because of those reactions and accusations of using their diagnosis as an excuse, I have never once reminded the persons who have gotten angry with me that I am deaf, that deaf culture has a very different social and communication code from hearing culture, or that I also have ADHD.

On occasion, after we've given each other some space, they will come back and give me some advice about how to more successfully and correctly interpret statements or remarks they or other POC/intersectional/minority people have made. Inevitably, that guidance has demanded more social and communication effort on my end on top of what I already have to do as a deafie and an ADHDer.

At the same time, they, as a marginalized person, are also going out of their way to put more work into communicating and interacting with me as a white person who inevitably doesn't recognize all the privileges I have until they are pointed out to me.

It's as if there's a perpetual gap between me (and other people like me) and other marginalized groups, particularly POC and similarly intersectional groups. And asking either one of us to take the step to bridge that gap is unfailingly going to mean asking one or both of us to put more work and effort into communicating with each other above and beyond the work we are already putting in as a matter of course. Asking either of us to put even more work in would be a wholly unreasonable demand in any other situation where we might be interacting with someone who has the privileges that neither I nor the marginalized person I'm interacting with, have.

So that's the crux of the problem I often find myself wondering about. A white person like myself with invisible disabilities that affect their ability to read and correctly interpret social circumstances, and another marginalized person who does not have those disabilities, who has privileges that I do not, but also has challenges and barriers that I don't have. And therefore there is this seemingly unbridgeable gap in communication structures between us. How can we get two such communities to effectively and productively communicate together? I'm hesitant to suggest putting disabled POC in a mediating position unless they volunteer for it, since they by definition are battling twice the number of barriers that either I or an able-bodied POC is living with. And all of this is setting aside the fact that disabled people are rarely wholly disabled -- most of us are able-bodied in some respects, and disabled in others. This is how and why many disabled people live with internalized ableism towards some other groups of disabled peoples, without having that same sense of ableism towards others. Just because we're disabled doesn't mean that we universally recognize and understand the disabled experience in every circumstance.

So how do we bridge that gap? Surely some people have managed it successfully? Who and where are they? What can we learn from their experiences and observations to build a more comprehensive framework for bridging those gaps in situations where everyone is justified in objecting to adding more communication and emotional labor on their already heavily burdened backs?

As an autistic person, the implications of "if they really cared I wouldn't have to say it" culture are really scary. Because I want to know what hurts your feelings, what crosses your boundaries, where the line between teasing and being mean is at for you, what you need, and how to make you feel loved. And the implication that if my disability makes me unable to figure out these things through intuition alone, then I'm just not worth having around, is genuinely heartbreaking

[brown-spider]

Hey remember how Noir is an anti-fascist from 1933

[jambandatl]

Universal Development: Year One - Year Two

Expanded Curriculum Focus 1. Integrate Technology Mindfully: Utilize interactive e-books or apps that allow your child to interact with the story by touching parts of the screen to hear sounds or change images. This can enhance his engagement and make reading time even more dynamic. Consider short, child-friendly videos that tie into your weekly themes, like watching real animals for “Animal…

[dumplingprincessextraordinaire]

Toxic yuri

Art by @/AmiThompsonh

[bruciemilf]

There’s something off about Bruce.

Dick’s eye is trained for detail; He has to calculate every leap, every step, every breath, every count. He’s a showman. Everything is routine, and routine is everything.

Injury isn’t unusual, especially for his father .He out stubborns Tim in resisting medical examinations, after all.

For Bruce, secrets are protection. He lied about every injury he had when Dick was Robin, suffering in silent agony as the pain grew and grew, a tradition he carries on from Jason to Damian.

If Bruce screams, it’s bad.

“God fucking dammit, how the fuck does he do this? Who the fuck breaks their femur AND just carries on? Jesus FUCKING Christ.”

Bruce curses under his breath, profanity hushed. Dick’s veins freeze, blood turning to stone. He guesses his shock is obvious because Jason mirrors it to perfection.

One; Bruce doesn’t curse.

Two; He definitely doesn’t curse in a jersey accent.

The unease is pungent. Alfred practically tastes it, vitriolic as anything. His chest is taut, pulse slow, “Sir,” it’s cautious, “Shall I prepare the supplies?”

‘Bruce’ waves his hand, voice gruffer, lower, smokey, “Yeah, thanks, babe,”

Alfred blinks. And whoever pretends to be Bruce, blinks back, almost like a deer being cornered by an English hound, smile a bit boyish and unsure.

“…Thomas?”

“… Okay, you’re gonna laugh—“

Dick is reeling, because apparently:

His dead grandparents have been possessing his father throughout the years and they, wards to the best detective in the world, never caught on.

“Look, I get you’re pissed, BUT,” It’s so unbelievably weird watching Bruce be so expressive;

His hands move energetically, like they have their own voices, and his rain soft voice catches on fire when his father talks through him,

“This IS 50% MY body, technically.“

“Thomas, dear, that is not how that works. Come now, you’re scaring our grandchildren.”

And Jason’s voice is uncharacteristically soft when he speaks, more posh, more elegant . That is not his brother.

Alfred passes out, to no one’s surprise.

[tracritical]

[girliestkiddo]

I need carrying around a stuffed animal friend to be normalized

[lastoneout]

the whole guilt-tripping language in posts about important topics paired with how I'm still getting bitches in my notes talking about why it's actually good to tell "bad" people to kill themselves continues to prove to me that a lot of people have absolutely no concept of social justice or activism outside of assuming the worst of and then viciously attacking strangers on the internet

[ernestfreeman]

FINALLLYYYYY *falls on my knees*

I got Sprout after like days of saying "I'm gonna get him first because I keep seeing him the most."

So now I got Pebble, Vee and Sprout.

Shelly and Astro are the only losers that refuse to come into my hands.

I need to encounter Astro 2 times and pick up 2 capsules in those 2 encounters. Sighhhhh.... I'mma need to grind that Ichor....... Who do y'all recommend for Ichor grinding, personally? I know who I would use, but what about you guys?

[coinswallower39]

[omgitskangel]

males are having a mass mental breakdown on twitter bc a woman a posted a photo of herself with her PhD

[foxxypaws]

things to add to your regression room 🐤

A Bean bag

fairy lights

glow-in-the-dark wall stickers

video projector

bed canopy

a cage (this is kinda more for pet regressors but who cares ;3)

bed tent (or just a normal floor tent)

toy organizers

mini fridge for snacks and drinks!

candles or scented things to help you feel calm

fidget toys

posters

put up the drawings you did!

Bluetooth speakers for music

big plushies (i mean BIGGG big)

cozy blankies

stuffies and plushies

any type of kid/baby toys

Baby wipes for messy mistakes

acrobat swing

cocoon swing

sensory square mat

activity board