Icon by @ThatSpookyAgent. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. The X-Files. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
anyway love it when people are like “there wouldn’t be any disabled people in a sci-fi utopia bcos they’d all be cured etc” and of course star trek is mentioned in these discussions and i’m over here like
first of all! there were definitely disabled people in star trek, not a lot, but they were there (geordi, nog, melora* off the top of my head)
and when you talk about “curing” people, are you perhaps referring to something like the illegal procedure done on one julian bashir? the kind of medical intervention that was specifically banned as a result of the eugenics wars?
anyway think before you write bad shit on the internet
*a great example of how disability exists in the context of the environment
!!!!!!
nog is also an excellent twofer example because he’s an amputee and he’s got ptsd. even if all physical hardship was “solved” in the future (lol it won’t be), mental illnesses and disorders will always need care and consideration.
“We wouldn’t have to deal with the Delta variant if it weren’t for a bunch of uneducated people refusing to get their vaccine”
No, we would still have had to deal with the Delta variant, because neither Trump nor Biden showed any interest in distributing US vaccine stockpiles internationally during the early months when it could have had the greatest impact in dampening Delta’s spread throughout India. Public health experts explicitly warned policymakers at the time that this vaccine nationalism would enable the global spread of variants. But this explanation doesn’t let anyone in America feel superior to anyone else, so it won’t catch on
Pfizer and Moderna have quite literally raised their vaccine prices after learning their vaccines are more effective against variants and are set to make 41 billion dollars more than it costs to make the vaccine.
People not wearing masks is a problem. People not getting vaccinated is a problem. But the bigger problem remains white imperialist greed.
its 2018. we need to stop blaming serotonin and dopamine and start blaming the real culprit which is the hippocampus that son of a bitch
its 2021. we need to stop always blaming our neurochemical functions and start blaming the real culprit which is our inherently flawed society that prioritizes greed of the few over the needs of the many which enables mental illnesses to flourish without the ability to receive treatment. son of a bitch
no little boy should ever be shamed or scolded for holding his friends hands or hugging him or kissing him goodbye. there is nothing more admirable in a child than their ability to love shamelessly. every time you teach a little boy not to be affectionate with others you are robbing him of his humanity
we’re collectively joking about a year of quarantine ruining our social skills and ability to function in the regular world – but we just can’t understand how people come out of prison after 5 or 10 or 20 years maladapted / how incarceration only continues cycles of harm.
Congratulations to the couple people on my dash who recently got vaccinated despite needle phobias. You did an important thing to protect yourself and others even though it’s scary for you, and I think that’s pretty awesome. 💜👍🏽
Hey OP, as someone with needle phobia who asks for small accommodations when I get a vaccine, I cried when I read this. Thank you for this take, it’s something that doesn’t get said much.
Wow. I’m so glad I could make your day a little brighter. I’m proud of you, and judging from the notes this post is getting I’m not the only one. 💜🎊🥇
Yes!!!! Anyone that got/is getting vaccinated in spite of needlephobia - you are literally saving lives and I am so proud of you!! You brave-ass person!!!!
