Tag: queer
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My pride’s a riot, it’s not a parade.
My pride’s a riot, not a parade. This Autistic Pride Day arrives ornery. The right to live in community is being dismantled on every front at once — behaviorism rebranded as care, eugenics said out loud, the institution waiting at the end of every cut. Neuronormative domination is the key problem of our time, and…
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Infodumplings: All the Colors That There Are
Queer and neurodivergent liberation are entwined. We’re celebrating both at once — because for many of us, the two rainbows are one. Tonight’s Infodumplings lands on the opening night of Neurodiversity Pride Week, which runs June 11–17 with Neurodiversity Pride Day itself on June 16, all of it nested inside queer Pride Month. Two prides,…
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Celebrating Pride Month with Lilypad Library
Libraries are where you go to find yourself in the record. Proof you existed. Proof you weren’t the first.
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A Vivifying Overlap: This Is What Trans Punk Looks Like
To be a queer person is inherently a very punk thing. I think to be a punk person is also inherently a queer thing. There’s a lot of really vivifying overlap there between those two things for me. Lorne, THIS IS WHAT TRANS PUNK LOOKS LIKE (full documentary) – YouTube This documentary opens with insightful…
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🌈🌈 We’re A Double Rainbow All the Way
Given the entwined nature of queer liberation and neurodivergent liberation, I’ll take this opportunity to remind you that Gwen Nelson, the original creator of Autistic Pride Day, is a trans woman. Nick Walker on Twitter Today, June 18th, is Autistic Pride Day, which was created by a trans woman. Queer and neurodivergent liberation are entwined.…
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Weird Pride Day is March 4th 2024
I think being weird is just embracing yourself. Mychal Threets, So much fun talking with Weirdschooling about books, libraries… and th… | TikTok neuronormativity = a set of norms, standards, expectations and ideals that centre a particular way of functioning as the right way to function behaviorism = a psychological theory that would have us…
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It Take a Joyful Sound: New Wave, New Phrase, Neurodiversity
“Punks are outcasts from society. So are the Rastas. So they are bound to defend what we defend,” Marley concluded. Shortly thereafter, they began recording the single Punky Reggae Party, and by naming an underground social phenomenon, helped further it. Culture Clash: Bob Marley, Joe Strummer and the punky reggae party | Reggae | The…
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Tech Workers: Is Autistic Conversion Therapy, ABA, in Your Company’s Ad Stock?
We autistic people helped build these tech platforms and companies and the collaboration cultures they run on. Is ABA, autistic conversion therapy, in the ad stock at the companies and platforms we poured our lives into? Almost universally, yes. ABA ads are everywhere. YouTube videos that we embed on Stimpunks.org pages warning about ABA have…
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Autigender and Neuroqueer: Two Words on the Relationship Between Autism and Gender That Fit Me
These two words helped me figure myself out more. Passing them along. Header art: “Autigender and Neuroqueer” by Betsy Selvam is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 Autigender Autigender is not explicitly saying that “My gender is autism” – it’s not about saying you are a boy, girl, enby, autism, whatever. It’s about your relationship with…
