sometimes i feel like people forget autism is a disability. and that’s not a bad thing! i’m all for disability acceptance, im proud of my disabilities. but i feel like we forget autism can hurt.

it hurts that i have to put more time and energy into socializing than others.

it hurts when i need to move so bad, usually cause im overwhelmed by either my surroundings or emotions, that i thrash and hurt myself.

it hurts that i cant be in places that are too loud or too bright, which on bad days can be as simple as a small, quiet noise or dim lights.

it hurts that i struggle to tell when im hungry, thirsty, tired, etc. so i can’t properly take care of myself. it doesn’t help my insomnia and i get very nauseas and get UTIs.

i 100% believe in autism acceptance. i don’t want a cure. but i also want us the acknowledge that it can hurt. it doesn’t mean my entire life will hurt, but some parts will. and i want a community where we can see both sides, see the hurt, and celebrate it anyway.

i love the way classic american artists draw hair

Someone wondered about POC hair so here are more refs from more artists I like

Artists: Kayla Mahaffey, Jordan Casteel, Ellen Eagle, Norman Rockwell, Jerrel Gibbs

Artists from the first post: J.C. Leyendecker, Norman Rockwell, Albert Dorne

so when food is too salty we might say "打死卖盐的" basically meaning "did you beat the salt merchant to death" but one time in an attempt to be a little polite and a little funny to the chef (my mother) i said "……是不是又跟卖盐的有矛盾了" meaning "are you... having a dispute with the salt merchant again" and now it's a whole thing in my family

anyway point being there has been another altercation with the salt merchant

imagine not even linking the source

Ok y'all I caved and made a G0FndMe for that campervan

I really want this campervan. It's perfect for me. It has everything I want and more. But it's $4,000.

I'll be opening up resin keychain commissions as well too.

Here's the goffundme

Here's some pics of my dream camper below

Nothin so far but I'm gonna start opening up commissions on resin cuz I really want this camper

Working on this btw

You're in a forest and your OC is looking for you... How afraid are you? Why?

BORN TO FORGET

WORLD IS A BLUR

I Am Memory Issues Man

410,757,864,530 FORGOTTEN PRECIOUS MEMORIES

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I ALREADY LIKED THIS

no but actually if i see anyone say “omg haha Kendrick and Drake writing poetry for each other they should just kiss already” re: Kendrick using his platform to call out Drake for his history of antiblackness, s*x crimes (particularly against children), abuse, and misogyny (particularly against black women) im going to lose it like. yall can’t take ANY part of black culture seriously and it shows, it REALLY shows

it’s just that black culture is so obviously funny to you guys. it’s why our language gets stolen to be a trend even when people know it’s black - because it’s funny. why else invite yourself into using language that isn’t for you? the black rappers are arguing and using their art to make statements about each other? must be funny. must be stupid, vapid drama right? must be another thing for yall to make your memes about and toss out the window once you decide to forget about black culture, when it you’ve had your laughs about it huh

i just KNOW that if this were some beef between the white artists of the month it would be taken so seriously and people would be talking about the greater implications of it - especially as one artist calls out not only a predator, but the industry and people who enable them - but because it’s rap it just isn’t deep to y’all

Credit to Madoka Magica, "Walpurgisnacht" is an amazing name for a world-eating witch-god. Completely transcends the feast of St. Walperga imo.

Since you guys like my male name list, here are some vintage girl’s names from old historic documents, recently updated:

(Sorry I listed the name origin/individual’s place of birth on some and not others.)

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people always talk about evil clones like oooh a dark mirror oohh what if you saw what a cruel person you were/are capable of becoming. and well yes but what if you were the evil clone. what if you looked in the mirror and what you saw was so bright it blinded you. what if you had to know exactly how good you could have been.

People liking your personal OCs is still such a crazy feeling, I've been doing this for years and ppl asking about them still fills my entire heart with warmth and idk how to handle it

You enjoy this fictional guy I made up for fun?? Whose only content is random artwork or writing made by me and a handful of other artists at most? They have no show/book/game with a large fandom, it's just one person with an art blog?? I love u