Whoever Conceived And Animated This Moment, I Hope They're Doing Well And Thriving. This Is S-rank Romance

You ever hear that old chestnut about how most people neglect the part of the story of Icarus where he also had to avoid flying too low, lest the spray of the sea soak his feathers and cause him to fall and drown? You ever think about how different the world would be if Icarus died that way instead? If the idiom was to Fly To Close To The Sea? A warning against playing it far too safe, about not stretching your wings and soaring properly? You ever think about how Icarus died because he was happy?

I'll believe that governments want to "empower disabled people to achieve employment" when they actually:

Legislate broader work-from-home abilities for jobs that don't actually require in-office presence

Strengthen employment discrimination laws so employers stop thinking that the easiest way to get around having to accommodate a disabled employee is just to fire them

Actually create systems where they, the government, monitor and enforce accessible environments and building codes. The onus shouldn't be on us to get the money to hire a lawyer and sue our own workplaces to get our basic access needs met.

Include disabled people in minimum wage legislation, instead of leaving legal carve-outs where "substandard workers" can be paid subminimum wage.

Allow disabled people to keep savings accounts of our own, which we don't need anybody else's approval to create or spend

Let us form supportive households, relationships, and marriages without taking away our benefits (especially because this means we have no money of our own if we want to leave those relationships)

Until then, nuh-uh. Fuck off. You're not "empowering" us. You're just pushing us further out onto a perilous ledge because you think you can use inspirational supercrip narratives to force us to perform or die.

still so fucking weird to go from real life, where a cis man being flamboyant/effeminate/camp is judged like 70+% by how he speaks and carries himself, to online queer communities, which often seem to have no concept of male gender non-conformity that doesn’t involve wearing a skirt

this blog hates donald trump

Look how many people hate him. I’m pretty damn happy about that 😁😁😁😁😁😁

Brennan Center for Justice

SAVE Act Would Undermine Voter Registration for All Americans

Congress should reject this antidemocratic and ill-conceived bill.

Call or write your Congressperson today to oppose the SAVE Act. It would require documents that many people don’t have every time you update your voter registration, would eliminate registering to vote online or by mail or in volunteer voter registration drives, and would severely reduce registration at places like the DMV/MVA. The whole point of this bill is to suppress voting from women and people of color, and to go back to the days when you had to travel to the courthouse and go through a time consuming legal process in order to register to vote.

You can find your Representative here:

Or call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

"The trannies should be able to piss in whatever toilet they want and change their bodies however they want. Why is it my business if some chick has a dick or a guy has a pie? I'm not a trannie or a fag so I don't care, just give 'em the medicine they need."

"This is an LGBT safe space. Of COURSE I fully support individuals who identify as transgender and their right to self-determination! I just think that transitioning is a very serious choice and should be heavily regulated. And there could be a lot of harm in exposing cis children to such topics, so we should be really careful about when it is appropriate to mention trans issues or have too much trans visibility."

One of the above statements is Problematic and the other is slightly annoying. If we disagree on which is which then working together for a better future is going to get really fucking difficult.

REBLOG IF NAZIS OFFEND YOU MORE THAN NIPPLES.

At MagicCon Chicago, I met a reporter who brought his son to the event. While his son loved Magic, he was totally unfamiliar with the game. I met him in the press room and we had a wonderful chat. His article, in Men’s Health, came out today. I strongly urge you all to read this, especially if you’re a parent.

Men's Health

I Went to a Magic the Gathering Convention With My Son. I Emerged a Different Dad.

My son loves the collecting trading card game. I do not. Here's what happened when I took him to MagicCon.