…psychiatry assumes that society does not cause distress in biologically normal people, who are considered biologically normal at least in part because they are economically productive. This assumption permits the conclusion that if a person is distressed to the point of unproductivity, it is because that person—not society—is abnormal. Thus, psychiatry’s commitment to biological essentialism not only masks the role of the constructed sociopolitical environment in creating distress but depoliticizes it by characterizing that allegedly irrational distress as induced by biological abnormality.
– Kiera Lyons, “The Neurodiversity Paradigm and Abolition of Psychiatric Incarceration” (2023)
Local goat discovers joy of painting
Enjoying westerns but keeping a shocked look on my face so people don’t think I’m pro-Manifest Destiny
“liking something in fiction doesn’t mean you condone it in real life” but instead of dark fanfiction tropes it’s about liking jeeves and wooster while being a socialist
lovely story from a friend today.
doing the obligatory atla rewatch rn, and so far the main rewatch-value takeaway has been Uncle POV Unlocked
Batman: dystopian fascism
Superman: utopian fascism
Iron Man: techno-fascism
Captain America: nationalism
Spider-man: anarchism
Wojtek was a Syrian brown bear adopted by the Polish II Corps during World War II. He was officially enlisted as a soldier to ensure he could travel with the unit and was given the rank of private. He became famous for helping carry artillery shells during the Battle of Monte Cassino. Wojtek was also known for drinking beer, eating cigarettes, and wrestling with soldiers.
After the war, he was taken to Scotland, where he lived at the Edinburgh Zoo until his passing in 1963.
#childrensrights
I think one of the most damaging ideologies towards children is the conviction that having children isn’t a calling but a moral obligation.