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glory, full of scratches

@momolatch / momolatch.tumblr.com

milo. — 28, he/they • everything all of the time.
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something people don’t talk about enough: both extremes in autism

almost every autistic trait has something to do with extremes, and for most of them, autistic people can be on either end of the scale. sometimes this is for hyper/hypo sensitivity reasons, and sometimes it’s due to overcompensation.

examples of some typical autistic traits and their equally austistic counterparts:

  • no empathy? how about having such extreme empathy that you cry when your stuffed animals are ignored?
  • no/wrong facial expressions? how about exaggerated facial expressions because you learned early on you were doing it wrong?
  • nonverbal? how about being hyperverbal and not knowing when to stop talking?
  • highly advanced vocabulary? how about when you can’t remember common everyday words in conversation?
  • can’t tell when things are awkward? how about having such an sensitivity to awkwardness that you can barely stand being in the room when an awkward moment happens on tv?
  • has a meltdown over a small tag on their shirt? how about being so oblivious to physical sensations that you don’t know you broke a bone?
  • doesn’t follow social norms? how about a strict adherence to social norms, often accompanied by severe anxiety that you’re not doing it right?
  • can’t stand bright lights and loud noises? how about pressing lights so close to your eyes that you’re temporary blinded and constantly making noises when it gets too quiet?
  • no eye contact? how about intense, sustained eye contact that you don’t know when to break?
  • constantly rocking back and forth? how about being unable to walk without getting disoriented?

remember this when people say “you don’t seem autistic” - there is no quintessential autistic representation. this is what we mean when we say it’s a spectrum.

and yes, as several people have noted, one can easily bounce back and forth between both extremes depending on the day, time, context, health, age, etc.

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largishcat

i think the next completely unfaithful reimagining of the persephone myth should be a Taken-style action adventure where demeter viciously fights her way through the underworld to rescue her daughter

we’ve made it sexy, we’ve made it romantic. now it’s time to give Demeter a shotgun

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French people raised half a million. Half a fucking million for the family of the cop who murdered Nahel Merzouk, an Algerian boy.

Well we don’t know the value of an Algerian life in France but we sure now know the reward for killing one.

To all the French people who say France is not racist fuck you. To all the Europeans who pretend to be so much better than the US a huge fuck you. To all the people getting a hard on over France fuck you. To all the people who even think about mentioning how destroying public property is bad fuck you. Fuck everyone who is not revolted by what happened.

If there’s a way to donate to Nahel’s family please do it if you can.

I thought I had shared the link for Nahel’s family but apparently I didn’t do it on tumblr. Thank you for your reblog it reminds me to do it. The link to help Nahel’s family (mom and grandma) is here

The cop is now a millionaire. Becoming a millionaire less than a week after killing an Algerian teen. All that money a support for the murder. It doesn’t even matter if the government cancel the crowdfunding now because the message was sent.

Donate to the family of the actual victim if you can. The link is just in the previous reblog.

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lesbian street art, Sardinia

it’s called ginger & olive oil, by lesbian street artist moju manuli!!!

[ID: A mural painted on a brick wall of two women in traditional Sardinian clothes kissing. The first wears a green headscarf with a floral print, a red blouse, and a brown and gold skirt with a traditional styled apron. The second wears a white headcovering, a white blouse with floral accents, and a red white and yellow skirt with a traditional apron. End ID.]

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yeah i love the gangs of high & low:

Suffering all the time every day

Wow you really forgot how characterization works

Oh yeah they’re all really gay

Really wish smokey could have survived the movies

Damn i wish i hadn’t let myself get attached to the gang they didn’t care about

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