So…maybe I’ve Been Living Under A Rock Or Smthn, But I’ve Been Seeing A LOT Of RadioApple Lately.

why is finding trans healthcare so complicated can’t someone just hit me up with boy juice and amputitty me already

Truer words were never spoken my manz!

be free!!

Look at da baby bois!

a mess of mature promethea moth caterpillars (Callosamia promethea) wriggling plumply after spending a little less than a month fattening up on wild cherry leaves

a smaller relative of the cecropia moth, these are one of the less well-known giant silkmoths in the US, but they might just be my favorite species to raise.

(Massachusetts, 8/20/23)

Spider baby sitter! A Spider sitter!

the world is a scary place when you are a small and edible thing

i understand that this is the "disabled people know our own limitations" website, but ime, if you are the kind of disabled where everyone around you knows about it and has known you as a weak, incompetent, subhuman creature your entire life: it is important to learn how to make the distinction between "i can't" and "i'm not allowed to."

"i can't hold fragile things without breaking them" vs "my housemates won't let me do dishes anymore."

"i can't manage my own finances" vs "my family won't let me make my own financial decisions"

"i can't ever learn how to drive" vs "the state has decided that people with my disability cannot be allowed to drive."

also "what would need to happen for it to be possible for me to be able to do dishes?" or "what would i need if i were to ever move out?" or "what kinds of supports would i need if i did try volunteering?"

even if the answer to these you come away with is "i actually cannot do the thing, no matter what supports or accommodations i'm given" that's fine! they're still useful questions to ask!

The problem was never that Trans people needed to be separate. The goal is to effectively push them out of society because TERFs (and other anti lgbt+ groups) don’t want them to feel safe anywhere. It’s pretty much the same story with any marginalized group. They don’t want you to be separate because they don’t want you to exist at all.

Credit: Ashley McMinn