Herboreal

@herboreal.bsky.social

Timbre. she/her. disabled (hEDS/MCAS). queer. millennial. Mask up. https://herboreal.carrd.co/ https://www.bepotelkh.com/

There is a difference between a disabled person standing up and saying “I want to show you the adaptations I have made and encourage others to try to find what works for them” and nondisabled people putting a “good disabled person” (one who asks for nothing and teaches them lessons) on a pedestal.

It’s apparently “don’t share inspiration porn o’clock”. A disabled person doing something skillfully should not be cause for “shock”. Especially when that person has been doing whatever it is for 40+ years. Objectifying someone for nondisabled feel-good time is demoralizing.

If we care about disability justice, one of the lowest-hanging fruits is masks in healthcare. It remains unacceptable that vulnerable patients must ask, sometimes beg, healthcare workers to mask, while also explaining to them why respirator masks are better

idc white queers, losing access due to a pattern of behavior is not a violence. you cannot continue to approach “community” with individualistic desires and expect to come out with something worthwhile. want to be in a room full of people you owe NOTHING to? go to the fucking local dive man

many who talk abt the woes of “community” don’t want community. they don’t want to be challenged, inconvenienced, check others or be checked. they want unmitigated access to others without “doing the work”. it unsettles me how queer folks use “community” the way the homes we fled from use “family”

also i'm having a fantastic time playing tamagotchi with my partners. meowtchi has no right to be this cute??? tama paradise is super fun if you haven't touched a tama since the 90's like my ancient ass.

photo of tamagotchi paradise glacier model with meowtchi on the screen. it's hanging out with a rainbow shaved ice.photo of tamagotchi paradise glacier model with meowtchi on the screen. it's holding a ball and smiling.

"god can't we just enjoy something for one second" is something I'm seeing a lot re: jimothy. quick question: you still wearing a quality respirator in all public spaces? not dining in restaurants? no? then no, you can't enjoy it w/o seeing that it's pissing off disabled people 🤷‍♀️

That’s not because disabled people are quiet. It’s because you’ve been conditioned to see marginalized groups speaking out for themselves as fringe and annoying instead of vital. And silencing us is easy. After all, we give nondisabled people the ick.

HW wasn’t a magnanimous saint for this. He’s a big reason SSI asset limits exist. It was really hard to deny the groundswell of support after people watched disabled people leave their mobility aids to drag themselves up the stairs of the People’s House. You’ll note coverage is sparser lately.

If you enjoy things like your boss not being able to demand why you’re calling out sick and FMLA and not being forced to hand over your genetic information: thank a disabled activist. Better yet, show up for disabled people.

I get online and have to see "fuck cars- let's just have trains" constantly and I'm just. Are ya'll ready? To mask (with quality N95 respirators) in public again? To stop using ANY artificial fragrance scented products in your home? That's the bare minimum for me to be near you on public transport.

Whole "jimothy" thing... I get super nervous about national attention to a specific wild animal, always. But also just the whole "cryptid" label about body differences, and the general celebration of a disabled animal while ya'll continue to not mask or care about disabled humans. Exhausting.