Do you know what we wish we could do? Start up an organisation that spreads awareness of plurality using arguments based on neurodiversity, personhood and complex systems, rather than using spiritual arguments, or 'that's the way it is' explanations. Right ...Read More
To-day in class, we (and a co-present M.D., who was half-paying attention) watched a rather depressing film about the international impact of HIV infection. Actually, 'rather depressing' sounds a bit dismissive of it; it was more...moving, really, than just 'depressing ...Read More
I've been thinking about this lately, mostly because of some recent events that I'm not going to go into. Some discussions that my system-mates and I had with some of our friends spurred this on, as well. Some people seem to ...Read More
As I said on Twitter, I am not surprised by the Supreme Court's ruling. (I'm still disgusted.) This is why I think they let it stand, though, instead of repealing it. Because the state constitution had already been rewritten once the ...Read More
When people think about discrimination, they think about the overt kind: calling black people the 'N' word, calling gays and lesbians faggots and dykes, and stoning women to death because they dared to wear an outfit that wasn't approved of ...Read More
http://www.astraeasweb.net/plural/drinkgame.html This is awesome and hilarious and funny and you should look at it. This was a joint project between Amorpha, the Rhymers and us, and Astraea decided to put it up on their site. :D Read More
Recent events, including a potentially life-threatening accident, overwhelming demands on our time, inability to express ourselves as separate people offline, inability to 'act significantly autistic' -- we can't stim or anything, lack of privacy at 'home' and people's continued disregard ...Read More