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oakandredwood9.bsky.social
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She/Her, Mom, teacher, disabled/chronically ill, bi/queer, community marine science, birder, hockey fan, writer. ♿️🏳️‍🌈Anti-Zionist ✡️ Protect trans kids.
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YES, Marissa Bode has talked about ableism & racism she has dealt with in her career. All of it is important. This was not one of those moments, & it seems like people would rather make up a moment of bigotry entirely than deal with the real discrimination she's faced.
PHOTO FROM SAME FAN:
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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5. photo shared in viral "article" from an account with "true" in its name
6. no one asks the disabled actor about it, other pics not shown
7. that goes viral
8. most folks making the threatening/misogynist/violent/racist comments about the actors never post about actual ableism in Hollywood
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Did you know matchsticks used to be made with white phosphorus? But it was so toxic it would cause the workers who made the matchsticks physical deformities. It's just a tool, right? This is a more apt analogy.
“Phossy jaw” and the matchgirls: a nineteenth-century industrial disease — Royal College of Surgeons
Phossy jaw was a horrific industrial disease of Victorian match makers. Victims suffered toothache, abscesses & swollen gums as their jaws decayed, glowing in the dark. Read about surgery to remove th...
www.rcseng.ac.uk
November 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM