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Greek mythology from A to Z:

[N] - Nephele (Νεφέλη) was a cloud nymph.

#nephele #greek mythology

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So when Jesus rises from his grave everyone rejoices and it becomes a holiday but when I, Count Dracula-

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#eoin macken

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Anonymous asked:

i saw your art on twitter, it's very good but the fact you have minors following you while you draw literal witches ("creatures" practicing m*gic) is REALLY iffy

vyvilha answered:

it's over. 17th century puritan philip wittebane has found my tumblr at last. sorry i failed you general

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aspiringwarriorlibrarian

Anonymous asked:

*Sees someone on twitter arguing that DoorDash is necessary for the disabled because microwave food is too much to handle.*

...What. That seems absurdly specific.

aspiringwarriorlibrarian answered:

There are a lot of reasons someone might not be able to microwave food. "I literally cannot get out of bed", "i need nutrients you can't just microwave", "my dumb brain has put up 18 billion barriers to try and stop me from eating and this is the loophole I have" "the microwave in this apartment is out of reach/not labeled properly/not ADA friendly in another way" "for x or y reason microwave food is a one way ticket to severe burns", etc. I found a lot of reasons someone might need DoorDash and I also found this cool article about food sharing in the disabled community and how the author had to rely on an abusive partner once because she was either in bed or barely able to crawl and they were among the few people bringing food.

Just saying, there's a reason disabled people have higher chances of food insecurity and there's a reason meal trains, meals on wheels, and other programs focus on bringing food to people in need and not just assuming "they have a microwave and money, why bother?". Sometimes you don't have a family or friends or mutual aid group to bring you meals when you can't even pop something in the microwave.

naamahdarling

Microwave: either stand and wait or get up again when the thing goes off in five minutes. You have chronic pain or just had surgery or are just brutally fucking depressed or devoid of executive functioning that day, so this is an issue.

Delivery: get up once. It's more bearable and saves you spoons you could maybe use to stand and brush your teeth or something later.

Microwave: you have used the last thing in the fridge/freezer and can't go to the store to get more until tomorrow or the next day.

Delivery: you still get fed.

Microwave: harder to prepare food for several people because the inside is small, does not typically yield leftovers.

Delivery: food for everyone, could yield leftovers.

Microwave: food texture can be terrible, soggy, tough.

Delivery: preserves the small pleasure of crisp, well-prepared food.

Microwave: have to cook several times a day, which is a chore from frozen.

Delivery: you can order food to last you all day, and get larger and more calorically dense meals. (If I can only manage one meal, yes. I do in fact need it to be full of calories. A 450kcal microwave dinner isn't enough to live on.

Microwave: relies on you having a fridge/freezer.

Delivery: sort of relies on you having a doorbell, I guess?

Microwave: on average, quality is unappealing.

Delivery: wide range of appetizing foods, including healthy foods.

Microwave: just you.

Delivery: you might see another human's face and pass a few words. Boyfriend did delivery. Don't laugh. People get fucking lonely. Yes. That is very sad. Meals on Wheels type programs that deliver regularly are a major source of socialization AND safety checks for shut-ins.

Microwave: you suddenly need a different kind of food than you have -- you might need soft food because your mouth hurts, plain food because your digestion is iffy, soup because you've been ill and aren't up for much more, etc.

Delivery: order whatever you like.

The smallest barrier can be enough to make me skip a meal or two or even three. People HATE that, they HATE the idea that disabled people are "weak" and "lazy" but I cannot emphasize enough, NOBODY WOULD CHOOSE THIS.

Laziness, in the way temporarily nondisabled people apply it to sick and disabled people, doesn't fucking exist.

Don't judge or question what people eat, when, how they prepare their food, where they get it, none of that.

Just because you cannot imagine a reason for something sick or disabled people do doesn't mean there isn't one. If something seems baffling or absurd or whatever, just be glad you aren't operating under conditions that mean you have to understand it.

vaspider

The medication I'm on causes me to have a stomach that is basically "always acting like I'm 8 weeks pregnant." Smells are so strong, texture can be so important, and if my body says no and i try to force it to eat a particular food, I'll just throw up.

We refer to it as "the toddler," as in "the toddler says no to that smell," "the toddler isn't hungry," "the toddler loved that food yesterday and hates it now."

There are 2 Costco boxes of papusas in the basement freezer bc they went without notice from The Only Food The Toddler Wants to The Most Evil Food, Gross Gross Gross.

Right now, one of the only things the toddler wants is Feel Good chicken potstickers. There have been times when the toddler only wants microwave lamb saag.

Until you've dealt with your own internal toddler who tells you that if you try to eat your formerly favorite food, you will throw up violently for 20 minutes, don't fucking judge my food habits.

In fact, just don't do that anyway.

bitterbluebirdofafeather

Also. As a side note- please. GOD. If you notice someone's lost a lot of weight.. maybe ask if they're OK first before you start going off about how good they look. Please. I'm so, SO tired of people telling me how much better I look now that I'm sick.

running-batty

My older brother is paraplegic. He has a permanent massive crescent shaped scar on his leg from a time he pulled a bowl of soup out of the microwave and a teen and set it on his leg so he could get to the table. He didn't know he was burning himself.

We have lived in multiple apartments where the only microwave is built into the cabinets and he couldn't reach it at all. This is a common feature.

Sometimes a microwave is unsafe or impossible for someone to use. Please remember not everyone can do "simple" things. People do their best and an unfortunate part of being disabled, and most elderly people are disabled, is that you will have less money but will have to spend more of it just to live.