ALTBecause I might just have the link for you!
Honestly, I am actually so excited to download the bundle myself, I literally cannot decide which of the other books to start reading first...
Reblogging here in case you want to read a series that I wrote with a neurodivergent protagonist
And if you're like, "what about autistic characters?" this series has so many important autistic side characters, including some of my all-time favourites, who I won't name here for spoiler purposes, but they're great
Since I discovered that “step out of your comfort zone” is supposed to mean “safely experiment with doing small things to expand your life experience” and not “ignore the fact that you are disabled and cause yourself physical and emotional pain until you have a meltdown and then stay in bed for two days straight”, my life has drastically improved.
“Cringe culture is dead” isn’t just about letting 15 year olds cosplay MHA (but is also an issue). It’s about letting 50 year olds dance at clubs even if they’re “bad at it”, it’s about letting 10 year old’s wear random bits of clothes to make an outfit that’s “weird”, it’s about letting adult men experiment with artsy makeup looks even when they’re “messy”, it’s about letting teens scream music even if they “sound bad”.
“Cringe culture is dead” means letting people learn new hobbies at any age, experiment with their identity at any time, expressing themselves in ways outside the norm just as much as it means let 20 year olds play roblox.
Cringe culture is just social norms being forced on people rebelling against societies value consensus, it’s keeping people in brackets that are easier to market to.
Let cringe culture be dead in every aspect of life outside online spaces.
Do you kids know how hard it is to hyper fixate on shit as a goddamn adult?? Sorry boss I know you need those files done but I’m too busy giggling like a goddamn school girl over a fictional man
Sometimes I’m like, “I don’t even know if I’m really dyslexic, maybe I was just having a bad day when they tested me”
And then I write “yousing” and “haveing” in the span of a couple of sentences because I’m slightly distracted by an upset tummy, and I’m like, okay, no, this is one of those things where I can pretend I’m not disabled if I go slower than most people and use all of my concentration, but if my concentration slips, I’m fucked
ALTBecause I might just have the link for you!
Honestly, I am actually so excited to download the bundle myself, I literally cannot decide which of the other books to start reading first...
Reblogging here in case you want to read a series that I wrote with a neurodivergent protagonist
And if you're like, "what about autistic characters?" this series has so many important autistic side characters, including some of my all-time favourites, who I won't name here for spoiler purposes, but they're great
By the way. Before you rush to get a professional diagnosis for a Brain Thing you should really weigh your options. Like do you just want to "prove it" or will this actually give you access to treatment you can't have otherwise? Are the treatment options available worth having the government know you're neurodivergent? Because sometimes it's better to keep things off the record because unfortunately we still live in a very deeply ableist society and you might not want to have more real material oppression stacked against you than you have to
Idk I see a lot of people seeking diagnoses just for, like, validation??? You do not have to do that. I cannot stress enough how much you don't have to do that. If people give you a hard time about being self diagnosed you can just tell them to eat shit. Better yet, you don't have to disclose your diagnostic status in the first place! Your medical history isn't anyone's business and I wholeheartedly support lying to doctors. Be free. You are allowed to control the information you share with people even (or especially!) if they're in a position of power
you know what phrase i fucking hate as a neurodivergent person? "getting out of your comfort zone." i am never in my comfort zone in a neurotypical society. i spend every fucking day contorting myself into a thousand different terrible forms to please you motherfuckers and then you have the audacity to demand that i make myself even more distressed because you think i should be capable of withstanding something i can't? like lets be clear: i am never in my comfort zone. if i am outside, i am on guard immediately, i am cataloguing every minute behaviour i make and every behaviour of everybody around me to minimize the bullying i have to go through. "get out of your comfort zone" no thank you. how about you shut the fuck up
holy shit is that why?? oh my god it makes so much sense now... fuck...
ALTBecause I might just have the link for you!
Honestly, I am actually so excited to download the bundle myself, I literally cannot decide which of the other books to start reading first...
Reblogging here in case you want to read a series that I wrote with a neurodivergent protagonist
And if you're like, "what about autistic characters?" this series has so many important autistic side characters, including some of my all-time favourites, who I won't name here for spoiler purposes, but they're great
It’s time to stop treating first dates, first kisses, and losing virginity as milestones or rites of passage that must be completed. It’s time to stop expecting these things to happen in everyone’s teen years or even in their twenties. It’s time to stop letting people call themselves “late bloomers” for getting their first kiss at 16. It’s stupid. It’s unnecessary. It’s damaging to people who for whatever reason it may be don’t have romantic prospects or don’t even want to do those things.
