agender, pro-labor, anti-fascist
chronic illness, autism et c.
Did you hear about the person who lost all their friends because no one could ever seem to tell if they were genuinely asking a question or just setting up a joke?
Header artwork by @helveticablanc@merveilles.town
I’m Crash
I believe we can only save the world by healing ourselves and our communities, and that everything else should come second to showing up for the people in our lives in as many ways as we’re capable while we endeavor to be capable of doing more for more of them
You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don't know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don't need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live. That is all most animals do.
– Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built
There are two generations alive today who grasp this concept immediately and two more that seem incapable of fitting it in their minds, so, I repeat:
If it’s elective it is not adversity. It might be challenging, but, no matter how difficult for you, it can never be as bad as any form of adversity
Being an astronaut is easier on the body and soul than going hungry
1,000 gold medals? Easier than cancer
Did an Einstein with your brains? Easier than being discriminated against