#strong people

[isawthismeme]

Why do Repugnicans have such short memories? They still don’t see their own party voting against fixing the border crisis to win petty political battles.

[downfalldestiny]

Strong people suffers alone at night, smile during the day, tell their friends only half, their parents nothing so as not to worry them ⚓ !.

[blissfulwoes]

[anthroxlove]

[uniquely-annabella]

[shecomesinpieces]

"you're the strongest person I know"

I meant it as a compliment.

"I don't want to be strong anymore. I just want one person to tell me that it's okay to not be strong. To give me permission to stop suffering".

"strong" people are seen as those as endure great suffering. Their reasons for continuing may seem instrinsic, like a great desire survive and overcome. But my experience with the strong people in my life is that they live for others, and would put themselves through hell to be there for the people they care about, completely disregarding their own comfort and needs.

The greatest gift you can give to a strong person is to tell them they don't need to be strong anymore. That it's okay to let go. Then they can decide if they want to fight for themselves or not.

[worldcrawlerhp]

If you haven’t read this exquisite Dramione do so now!!!

No real bashing, good snakes, great friends, wonderful relationship building!

Haunted, Hollow, Hopeful, Cursed by HoneyOvercast

“Pansy, I’m still not seeing what this has to do with me. You all clearly know more about the curse than I do. So what could I…”

“Granger...” Pansy interrupted. “We need you because aside from Astoria, who is worsening with time…”

Pansy had to take a breath and steel herself at the words before she could continue. Astoria gave Pansy a brief nod and squeeze of the hand.

“You’re the only person who has ever survived it.”

[unquietdreamsart]

Check on your strong friends. 💜

[thatrandomblogsays]

I’m so happy for them

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[loreeneakamine]

Andrew’s new song Strong People! It’s going to be a hit!!

[shitty-check-please-aus]

What we need to do is convince all the disney adults in america that high speed rail would be a preferable way of getting to disneyworld compared to driving or flying. We could maybe harness their fondness for the monorail or something, but this is a group of people that has time, income, and passion that we could leverage. If we could direct 5% of the enthusiasm they have for limited edition popcorn buckets into calling their representatives and demanding high-speed interstate rail, we could get it by 2030

[piinfeathers]

just in case anyone missed this in the news or maybe not in the loop, Disney is currently refusing to meet with or acknowledge the newly formed animation production workers union that just voted to join IASTE and become an official part of TAG, the animators and animation artists guild

production workers across all studios are currently voting to be recognized for their hard work and invaluable skill at keeping these productions running, but studios are refusing to meet with them to let them negotiate deals or even exist

as someone who works in animation as a designer i know i wouldn't be able to do my job at all without any of my production workers. they are the incredibly hard working people who oversee pretty much everything in animation. they make sure everything is running on time, that schedules are being followed, they have to know pretty much every single word of the scripts and beats from the storyboards to make sure nothing is missed, and most importantly, they make sure artists are being taken care of and not overworked. they really are the unsung heroes of the animation world

production workers are also by far the most exploited workers in animation currently. they make about a fraction of what artists make for just as much work put in, and currently have no agreement for health coverage or other benefits that artists protected by the union are guaranteed

BUT! there is some good news. right now there's a petition on IATSE's website that has over 80,000 signatures currently addressed to disney leadership to do the right thing and meet with this new union and recognized their vote to form. it still needs roughly 21,000 signatures and only takes a minute to sign! anyone with a zip or postal code can sign, meaning both US and Canadian residents can sign and help this union get the deal it deserves!!

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[bevanne46]

[giantkillerjack]

Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".

Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"

And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".

Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.

At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.

So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!

Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!

Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!

Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.

[manicpixiedepressedwitch]

the eldest boy has arrived