With so much “light it up blue” and “autism speaks” bullshit going around this month, finding this made my day. It was so wonderful to see a parent of an autistic child taking a stand against Autism Speaks, and advocating for autistics.
You know how 1st world feminists get told that they don’t need feminism? They’re told that they should be glad they’re not “really oppressed” like the women in 3rd world countries. That things could always be worse.
You know what my mother tells me? She says I don’t need feminism because I should be glad I’m born in an urban city of Pakistan. She says, at least I wasn’t born in a rural area where girls are married off to men twice their age. That things could always be worse.
And our house maid, Shabana, who was married to her uncle at 15 and, at 18, has 2 children, she doesn’t even know what feminism is. She was told by her father that she should be glad her husband doesn’t beat her and hasn’t thrown tehzaab (acid) at her. That things could always be worse.
Am I the only one seeing a very disturbing pattern here?
Nobody is allowed to have problems because someone always has it worse? That people completely invalidate the problems of someone because there are places in the world that are shittier?
Alex Hirsch:
Bill Cipher is a swearing, drinking, aggressively atheistic demon with nihilistic views of life and love, a tendency to discuss CIA conspiracies, and a fondness for telling people to do awful self-destructive things.
Disney:
Absolutely not. This is a family network. We'd never let something so awful be broadcasted with media we own.
Alex Hirsch:
...You folks don't own the internet yet, do you?
Go on ANON and tell me what you think of me. I do not want to know who it is, at all. Don’t tell me who it is, don’t give me hints, don’t say your screen name. Tell me exactly what you think of me. Don’t sugarcoat things. Don’t lie. If you hate me, tell me why. Tell me what I’m doing wrong. If you like me, tell me why. Tell me exactly what you think of me.
