Cranky

I hate how people believe that AAC will automatically fix and make everything better. Like it’s this magical thing that will fix all your problems. And I’m mostly referring to the parts of the community that are mostly speaking people. I realize completely that AAC could help a LOT in these situations, but sometimes, it can cause more harm than good.

This is just in my observations and experience, but the amount of ableism that AAC users experience is ridiculous. The amount of people who believe that if you use AAC, you are this zoo animal who has suddenly gained a talent and must be stared at and gawked at.

AAC will NOT fix your family problems. Your family will still be ableist. AAC will not fix all your speech problems, you will still have speech problems. AAC is hard to figure out. AAC will not make everything better, and I’m tired of people acting like it’s some magical thing that will. Will it make your life easier if you’re nonverbal or nonspeaking and NEED a way to communicate? Absolutely. But that doesn’t change the other shit.

I have read nonverbal and those with very limited speech discuss how they are often hung up on on the phone because their aac sounds like a robot, that they are at massive risk of police brutality as a result of seeming "disrespectful" or "dangerous", that they are left behind in conversation constantly because they take longer to communicate (esp those who may use pictures/word folders instead of typing, and/or those who may have physical disabilities that affect their speed at typing/tapping/searching for the words they need).

yes ! Before Pixie get Sunshine , just going for walk could get Pixie murdered by Police officers . because . Pixie have very few chooses in how to communicate with them . and . no safety in any choice made .

1- Use Pixie sign and hope them not shoot Pixie for “ waveing hands around “ when was told to stop moving and answer questions .

2- Try getting AAC device , Or communication cards , out from bag Or pocket . and . hope them not shoot Pixie for “ Possibly reaching for weapon “ .

3- just walking away , risk getting murdered for “ not doing what am supposed to “ and “ running means am not innocent , but an actual criminal “

Pixie have had these things happen to Pixie . and . been very very very very very lucky to be able run away quickly enough to be safe every time this happens . Pixie lucky in so many ways .

Pixie keep hearing about more and more nonverbal autism people , especially black men , who have been murdered , or shot , by Police officers .

And . Pixie walk kind of different … people can definitely tell there be something wrong . and so many people they Call Police officer s , usually because assume is drugs makeing Pixie behave strangely

the reality of being nonverbal is often so awful and scary …

If TRAs think that transwomen are women, then why do they call it “transmisogyny” instead of just regular “misogyny” which is a word for “prejudice against women”? 🤔

Because it’s specifically the convolution of transphobia and misogyny, like misogynoir is the convolution of misogyny and (anti-black) racism.

But misogyny is misogyny is misogyny. You can’t be misogynistic against men, TRAs know that so they created their own version of it. :)

Misoginy is always affected by other marginalisations. This applies not just to the two examples you’ve been given, but across the board (it’s just not each intersection has had terminology coined specifically for that intersection)

*all* women experience misoginy differently, this includes trans women.

First of all:

Note women, not transwomen, not men. Black women are still women, they are not a different subset of women.

Also, question about this:

Femme is a word used for feminine presenting lesbians. How can you identify as such if you call yourself a male? Why are you trying to identify into things that are not made for you?

First of all, trans women are women and misoginy is impacted by other marginalizations. All women have different experiences of misoginy that are affected by their other marginalizations. This does not just apply to trans women.

Second, I am not male. No where have I said I am male.

Misogyny is for women. Words have meaning. Here you go, in case you missed it.

Uh, “he/him never they” he him is for males. Or is this another case of words have no meaning? And let’s talk about your side blog that fetishish tentical porn and gore, and not to mention abusive sexual acts towards women like deep throating. That’s uh…misogyny I think. I could be wrong tho, let’s check again.

“dislike” as in hate? Idk, forcing women to gag and choke on dick or be tortured by tenticles seemes like…hate for women? Hm. I don’t think you are a contender to talk about what is misogyny and what is not. :/

Yes, and trans women are women therefore are affected by misoginy.

Pronouns are pronouns. My gender does not have its own pronouns so I will use he.

You really are an awful person to equate things like deepthroating or tentacles with misoginy, what the fuck is wrong with you?

This just in, if you use he/him you’re a male and therefore all trans men are automatically male according to TERFs but women have to pass an entirely different and much more invasive litmus test wow 🤔🤔 sounds like misogyny to me 🤔 sounds like TERFs are so focused on exterminating transfemmes and trans women that they’ll straight-up accidentally validate trans men and play into misogyny at that same time

If a GNC woman uses he/him then I guess he’s a male oppressor for...not conforming to the patriarchy’s definition of womanhood, according to TERFs

If a genderqueer person uses he/him then apparently that makes him male no matter what his birth assignment was, according to TERFs, meaning that his genitalia doesn’t actually matter

This just in your biological sex is now solely based on what pronouns you use unless you’re trans or DMAB nonbinary/genderqueer and use she/her, in which case you’re a male oppressor

How has their entire movement not collapsed yet with this sort of rickety-ass thought process lmao

Hey if you’re feeling bad here’s some of the articles The Onion is putting out literal days after unionizing

Eartha Kitt photographed at the pool by Isaac Sutton, 1959

Just so people don’t miss the significance, this is back when a black person sticking their TOE in the water was enough for some people to want the whole pool drained, and this picture in particular is five years before a motel owner poured acid on black people for being in a “whites-only” pool.