I'd Like To Remind Everyone That When Talking About A Person (or Character), It's "person With Albinism,"

I'd like to remind everyone that when talking about a person (or character), it's "person with albinism," not "albino."

I've mentioned before how deeply traumatic that word is for many of us. It carries a stigma that exists just as strongly as it did when we were featured in circus freakshows (which I've seen billboards for in my lifetime), because that's where people know us from and there hasn't been a movement to change that. We're still portrayed in media as freaks and villains, using our appearance to shock you. You're supposed to see us as evil, abusive, manipulative, and never worthy of redemption, because they don't expect for you to see those characters as human. If you can't think of any examples, check out the TV tropes article for Albinos are freaks.

I've experienced endless bullying and harassment, adults calling me disgusting and a freak, physical violence, and had my sunglasses and hat taken on multiple occasions (both are necessary for me to be able to see outside, essentially blinding me and leaving me downtown somewhere). I've been discriminated against so many times I can no longer remember each detail. This is what albino means to me: being subhuman.

I will never see albino as a positive word, even when people mean well. Getting people to care about us is like pulling teeth; I'm not saying this is a slur and you're a bad person if you ever say it. I'm asking for some common respect, and for you to learn about us before you talk about us and make your OCs based on more than just looks.

There's a lot more I could cover but ultimately I'd really like the word albino to fade out of our lexicon. I don't really care what you call animals, although albinistic is the scientific term.

Of course i don't speak for everyone with albinism. For more on that, here's a very short article about our various feelings on the word.

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1 year ago

Not pictured is Key dying immediately after taking this photo

Absolutely obsessed with this pic from @emmsiplier of my fucked up dead body

Absolutely Obsessed With This Pic From @emmsiplier Of My Fucked Up Dead Body

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5 months ago

As important as it is to protest, to stand up against what’s going on right now, and to revolt, please remember there are people who can’t.

Supporting one another also means protecting one another.

You don’t know a single democrat now. Not a one. You don’t know anyone who voted for Harris. You don’t know anybody queer or anybody who immigrated, legal or otherwise. You don’t know anyone who had or is contemplating an abortion. You don’t know anyone on birth control.

Revolution is not just about hating the other side. It’s about loving and caring for those on yours.


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3 months ago

SOCIAL MEDIA "ACTIVISM" IS KEEPING YOU FROM ACTUAL ACTIVISM - HERE'S THE TRUTH

You think you're staying "informed" by doomscrolling through your social feeds 24/7? That's exactly what they want. It's literally designed to keep you angry, scrolling, and - most importantly - doing absolutely fucking nothing.

HERE'S WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU:

It's OKAY to edit your feeds so you don't see that shit when you're just trying to exist

You do NOT have to consume the world's suffering every second of every day to be a "good activist" - and by the way? You're not even getting "informed" by scrolling. You need to actually look up real articles OFF of social media to understand what's happening

Hitting like and share isn't activism. Sorry. It just isn't.

You wanna actually do something?

Learn your neighbors' names. ACTUALLY TALK TO THEM about what's happening

Join your school board and ask them face-to-face why they're against queer education

Stand up to your racist uncle instead of "keeping the peace" (peace for WHO exactly?)

Find out what abortion rights groups are ALREADY DOING in your area instead of reinventing the wheel

Join an actually inclusive church (you know, like Jesus would've wanted) and see what they're ALREADY DOING to make the world better

And for fuck's sake, stop saying "oh I don't talk about politics" - YOUR SILENCE IS POLITICAL

NEWSFLASH: You don't have to start the fucking underground railroad by yourself. That shit ALREADY EXISTS - you just never had to use it before. Lucky you. So volunteer if you're a safe person, at whatever level works for you:

Send money

Show up in person

Pack supplies

Make pamphlets

Whatever you can do

Not everything's gonna get you in the history books and you know what? IT DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER.

And here's something else that matters: Going to trauma therapy - REAL trauma therapy with a therapist informed in decolonization practices - is a RADICAL ACT. If you have the means to do it, DO IT. Healing yourself is part of the work too.

AND LISTEN UP BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT: IT'S OKAY THAT IT TOOK YOU THIS LONG IT'S OKAY THAT YOU'RE STARTING SMALL IT'S OKAY THAT YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING

NO ONE EVER PUNISHED THEMSELVES INTO SUCCESS.

You grew up with some racist/sexist views? Yeah, most of us did. You can't get stuck there. There's too much at stake. It's time to deconstruct. It's time to do the work.

But scrolling and sharing posts while feeling guilty? That's not the work. That's what they want you to think the work is.

Get off your phone. Talk to your neighbors. Show up at meetings. Stand up to family. THAT'S the work.


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1 year ago

So remember that brick oven bus I posted about here, anyways my parents surprised me by taking me there

Turns out they are not putting children in the oven , it was pizza


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1 year ago

I can’t believe I asked @emmsiplier to add Ghost to their household so Seven wouldn’t be lonely and he immediately started grilling and then set the grill on fire


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1 year ago

Brown eyes appreciation post!!!!

Brown eyes are awesome. They have variety and beauty. Any other colour I feel is overdone in human/humanoid character designs and, as much as it might break up the palette, brown can have SO much variety!

Brown can be yellow or red, deep or pale, piercing or soft. Use brown eyes more for your characters!!!


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1 year ago

Guess what day it isssssss


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1 year ago

Character Post

Okay hi guys I actually do not know how to start this post. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

This is the first time in a long time I have posted my art to anywhere. Pls do not bully me I will cry. Also I would like to note that I drew this on my art tablet and the colours THERE are VERY DIFFERENT than the ones that show up on my laptop. Gotta love colour calibration amirite.

Anyways! Let me introduce you to

Virginia "Gin" Abernathy.

Character Post

She is (one of) my Call of Duty MWI-III oc(s). I finished this ref sheet before she had a last name and have not had time to change it (sigh). One day.

Anyways! She is super awesome and cool and was made in tandem with @oh-sturg-art's character Seven :). Gin is actually her handler :3!!!!

Erm. I cannot think of anything else to say. Enjoy? :3


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2 months ago

I still get excited when my friends refer to me as their friend

"My friend said" "this is my friend" "they're my friend"

Im freaking out inside every time


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