Cis women don’t need protection from trans women. Women need protection from men.

You’re welcome.

Autistic Inertia: It’s Not Laziness

Ever found yourself unable to start, stop, or switch tasks—no matter how much you want to? That might be autistic inertia. Let’s break down what it is, why it happens, and how to support it.

🧵 You’re not bad at life. You’re just trying to live in a world that wasn’t built for your brain.

If you’re autistic, ADHD, or suspect you might be, this is for you.

Here’s why it feels so hard—and what you can do about it...
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Thank you to Islington Tribune for publishing my farewell to El Gato.

Rest in peace El Gato, you made our house a home and made many people very happy. www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/fare...

Message for the #WritingCommunity: Frank Herbert, Octavia Butler, Lois McMaster Bujold, Wendi Pini, Robert B. Parker—all sustained me through the bad-old days of the 1980s. You have no idea who your stories will sustain. Let's get to it.

A reminder that the whole autism vaccine myth depends heavily on the fact people would rather their kids died than be autistic.

I believe most people would have a picture of a person (probably a child; probably male) in meltdown, or stimming to calm, or holding hands over their ears.

Rather than, say, a contented autistic person deep in hyperfocus having a great time.

This tells us a lot about society in general, I think.