Vlad Drăculea

What the hell does agender mean?

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:56:37 -0700

consider-revising: This morning I decided I want to write about what my gender identity means to me...

Attention Followers!

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:33:35 -0700

austryzor: austkyzor: The following are corporate partners with Autism Speaks. In Alphabetical...

We Don't Agree On What Justice Is

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:54:09 -0700

version-infinity: My head is throbbing. I should go to bed right now, but I can’t. I keep...

GENDERQUEER AND NON-BINARY IDENTITIES: Removing gender from Facebook

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:58:35 -0700

GENDERQUEER AND NON-BINARY IDENTITIES: Removing gender from Facebook: gqid: kneazleteazer submitted...

An Open Letter to Eve Ensler

Sat, 04 May 2013 18:12:37 -0700

chiefelk: Dear Eve Ensler, I want to start off by saying thank you. I appreciate the time you took...

Petition: Support a new Native preschool in Seattle!

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:00:38 -0700

Petition: Support a new Native preschool in Seattle!: nitanahkohe: Less than 2 weeks ago, we...

"You don't need this junk. You need a cat.": "Are you at peace with your decision?"

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:26:15 -0700

"You don't need this junk. You need a cat.": "Are you at peace with your decision?":...

I can't even fathom this right now.

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:58:00 -0700

youneedacat: There are people out there who actually think that the autistic community created the...

A tiny black kitten waddles into your ask box mewling and staring up at you with its big green eyes. What do you do?

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:22:13 -0700

I love it and pet it and give it some salmon and after it’s done eating, I let it curl up in...

youneedacat: feliscorvus: webmuskie: The BHA is feeling the...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:20:53 -0700

youneedacat:

feliscorvus:

webmuskie:

The BHA is feeling the heat! I got this letter full of very ripe bullshit today.

Sometimes things are so, well, bizarre, that it’s hard to comment. For example, savings strategies for very low income residents? I’m sure the tenants who rely on the in-building food bank to get through a month should have no problem at all saving about $1000 for pieces of machinery and (it turns out, illegal) fees. Then next month, maybe we’ll save more money and buy a Ferrari.

I am sure they are telling the truth about not intending to cause a health crisis. Because in order to intend to do someone harm, you have to first think about their well-being, and the BHA definitely never does that when it comes to tenants.

I am quite sure the BHA wants to handle this on a case by case basis. That way they don’t have to adress their murderous policy change.

I have been encouraging, and continue to encourage, tenants and nontenants alike to contact the Burlington Housing Authority. Just not the way they want to be contacted.

http://www.keepuscool.org/

*gag* Wow, that is some seriously weaselly language they’ve got in there. I notice they don’t say anything about the possibility of residents being able to keep using window units, or even acknowledge the fact that the portable units might work differently or not be as effective in some ways than window ones.

And the whole thing is basically written in that “you’re overreacting, we’re doing everything right, look at how good and nice we are!” style. Ugh.

Yeah seriously. I’ve dealt with the BHA before and they love to promote individual solutions to problems that wouldn’t exist if the BHA weren’t being asses. And they like to try to buy out the activists by giving us what we want but letting everyone else be in danger. Been there done that. This letter is bullshit. But it’s the kind of bullshit where they try to look all nice and reasonable and try to make us sound stupid and unreasonable.

But it shows that we are all getting under their skin. So people need to keep calling the people listed on the keepuscool website, keep complaining, keep making things hard for the BHA because banning window air conditioners in a low income senior/disabled complex is deadly whether they claim to be able to work magic with our finances or not. (Seriously they expect ppl here to be able to save money? On what planet? It’s insulting. It’s like those programs that teach poor people how to cook and eat healthy food when the problem is the inability to afford food or afford healthy food in the first place.)

This! There are many people who have serious illnesses that limit their inability to tolerate heat. I and several of my friends in the dysautonomia community are just some of the many. heat intolerance

Shocking Photos: PETA's Secret Slaughter of Kittens, Puppies

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:24:01 -0700

Shocking Photos: PETA's Secret Slaughter of Kittens, Puppies: From the article, director of the No...

Are you going to be in Lexington, KY on Saturday, April 20,...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:14:55 -0700

Are you going to be in Lexington, KY on Saturday, April 20, 2013?
Would you like to come to an exclusive evening gala where vintage Victorian circus style is king?

Do you want to win two tickets to The Night Circus Gala?

Do you want to attend this one of a kind party in your best vintage style or over the top Victorian frock? Getting to see and spend time with some of your favorite authors? Along with all the other incredible amusements set for the evening?

Are you a fan of my books?

Are you a fan of Erin Morgenstern and her fantastic book “The Night Circus”? Would you like to come and spend time with us?

Do you want to get yourself a golden ticket, and another one for someone to come with you for free?

If you answered yes to these four questions then you have a chance to win tickets to this event on April 20, 2013.

Here is how you win your ticket to the

*Reblog this post*

On *Thursday the 11th, at Midnight EST*, 1 winner will win two tickets. They will be picked at random from the reblogs and will be announced on *this blog*. So keep your eyes here for that post. If you are one of the winners, you will know how to pick up your tickets.

More info on this wonderful event here

*Now on to the rules…

There will be only *1 winner* who will win two tickets.

You must *Reblog* this post to win.

The winner must email me upon winning for info on ticket pick up.

You can gift the two winning tickets to two other people you know. But we must have their names for the tickets.

You, or whoever you give the tickets to, must be able to attend this event on April 20, 2013

HAVE FUN!

simplyirenic: madredhattie: simplyirenic: amarguerite: madredhattie: Social Justice Blogger...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:35:53 -0700

simplyirenic: madredhattie: simplyirenic: amarguerite: madredhattie: Social Justice Blogger...

[Trigger Warning: ableism] The Center for Rights of Parents with...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:00:27 -0700

[Trigger Warning: ableism]

The Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities:

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Just turn to Google to demonstrate, again, why we are in dire need of disability rights.

The photo states: We Need Disability Rights. Just Google us. There are four search boxes. The first states “disabled people should” and the Google autocompletes are “be killed”, “not have children”, “be treated equally”, and “work for less”.

The second search box states “disabled children should” and the autocompletes are “not mainstream”, “be mainstreamed”, “be aborted”, and “be allowed in mainstream schools”.

The third search box states “disabled should” and the autocompletes are “work for less”, “be able to work for less”, and “should disabled people be treated differently”.

The fourth search box states “disabled people shouldn’” and the auto completes are “shouldn’t have kids”, “not have children”, “not work”, “not get children”.

This is pretty grim. I checked it out and it’s even worse in my google search auto-completes. :(

For the first one — “disabled people should…” — the Google auto-completes I get are:
“…be killed”,
“…be put down”,
“…not have children”,
and lastly, “…be treated equally”.

For the second one — “disabled children should…” — the autocompletes I get are:
“…be put down”
“…be aborted”
“…be killed”
and lastly “…be mainstreamed”.

For the third one — “disabled should…” and the auto-completes I get are:
“…be put down”
“…work for less”,
“disabled shoulder” (obviously this is a common one having nothing to do with people’s rights),
and “…be able to work for less” (again with the devaluing of our work).

If I put a space after “should”, to avoid the “shoulder” completion, I get:
“…be put down”
“…work for less”,
“…be able to work for less”,
and lastly Google reverses the search terms to form the question “should disabled people be treated differently”.

For the fourth one — “disabled people shouldn’…” the auto-completes I get are:
“…not have children”,
“…not work”,
“…shouldn’t have kids”,
and “…not get children”.

This creeps me out. If this is the way so many people feel about the disabled, no wonder we were the first to the gas chambers in Nazi Germany. :(

Petition to the White House: Eliminate the bi-annual time change caused by Daylight Savings Time

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:00:36 -0700

Petition to the White House: Eliminate the bi-annual time change caused by Daylight Savings Time:...

Petition: Ellen Degeneres, Please Help Spread Awareness of Dysautonomia!

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:04:00 -0800

Petition: Ellen Degeneres, Please Help Spread Awareness of Dysautonomia!: In case you haven’t...

NDAA

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:14:45 -0800

We in the U.S.A. should all be fully aware of the 2012 NDAA Section 10-21, and we should be speaking...

Happy Valentines Day. :)

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:01:00 -0800

Thank you, Anonymous! :) Sorry for the late reply. Haven’t been on Tumblr in a long while....

Alopecia Awareness- Hannah Dennis (by Plushbananalover)

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:46:44 -0800

Alopecia Awareness- Hannah Dennis (by Plushbananalover)

bluebusybee: bluebusybee: Hello, folks! Could all of you do me...

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:00:32 -0800

bluebusybee:

bluebusybee:

Hello, folks! Could all of you do me a favor and take two minutes out of your time surfing the internet and Tumblin’ to take a look at this website, learn a fact or two and ‘like’ their page on Facebook or reblog this post?

This is website is called Dysautonomia International and it is an organization that helps raise awareness and education about the condition Dysautonomia and how we can all come together to try and find better treatment and supports for those who lives with it themselves or have loved ones who battle it. Dysautonomia is an umbrella term for multiple conditions that effect the body due to an abnormality in the autonomic nervous system. It can be acute to severe and can include daily symptoms such as fainting, tachycardia, mental processing difficulties, excessive fatigue, seizures and even stroke and in some cases can be fatal. I am personally effected by a form of this condition known as Generalized Autonomic Dysfuntion/Generalized Dysautonomia (GD). It depends on the day how I feel, but I will have this condition the rest of my life.

So, you now know ONE person with the condition… But, there are so many more people out there who aren’t aware and struggling with medical mysteries when this might be it. Please, it takes two minutes. Hope that you help me and all the rest of us who support this cause find ways to make life a bit more manageable with this condition.

PLEASE, go out there and reblog or ‘like’ the page on Facebook.
You’re helping just by learning and spreading the word.

http://dysautonomiainternational.org/

* All rights to the picture belong to the Dysautonomia International website.

Please help continue to spread this post and the word.