“We all have our little quirks.”

Several people have said this to me after I have described one or more of my peculiarities to them. Being autistic I have quite a few of those. Peculiarities, that is. And by far the line that has been repeated at me most often is the headline of this post. “We all have our little [...]

Intolerance: a rant about pots and kettles

Originally posted on Tumblr.   Today my newspaper writes about how the DF’ers (That’s the Danish People’s Party – bunch of racist fucks) think that every hospital patient should have the right to refuse treatment by woman wearing a traditional muslim headscarf, and if not possible in that hospital, should have the right to be [...]

Rambling thoughts on bullying

Originally posted on my Tumblr, now revised somewhat and re-posted here. I have seen people chased off a forum because of bullying. I have seen people have tearful break-downs because of bullying. I have had those break-downs myself. I have been bullied in meatspace – online I seem to have mostly escaped it, with a [...]

Insurance Clerk Shows Islamophobia – Is Overruled… sorta

It was in my newspaper the other day – I found the story in English for your edification: This story out of Germany which had me boggled. I was reading it with incredulity. Not at the racism and islamophobia – I know those things exist, and that people are actually like that. But I was [...]

We Are Not Broken Souls

Well, let me start out with something nice. The media have, unfortunately, often shown and written about how parents of autistics (not to mention professionals) think autistics are empty shells or soulless husks. That is some seriously scary rhetoric right there, especially when you belong to the group they’re talking about. I don’t feel particularly [...]

Radio Host Opines: Woman Would Be Better Off Being Lied To

Just another day in the patriarchy. I listen to the radio when I drive. Just the music, though, as I tend to get distracted if I listen to people talk. That means I continuously cycle through my 4-5 pre-programmed stations during a ride, as I switch channels every time commercials are on and every time [...]

Apologies

I’ve been thinking a lot about apologies lately. Apologies are important. In fact, they are necessary for functioning amongst other human beings. Without them we’d probably all run around hating each other and taking our sweet revenge for all the slights committed against us, however small. Yeah, apologies are wondrous peace-makers, I believe. But at [...]

How to Give Your Daughter a Shitty Day

No, it’s not me who had a shitty day. I am, in fact, having a very nice day. I and my mum went shopping in Germany. Wine, beer, spirits, cheese, flour, jam, honey and candy comes in more variety and much cheeper there, so we have major huge re-stocking-the-kitchen trips twice or thrice a year. [...]

Redefining Words

Trigger warning: Psychiatry; violence and abuse in the system. Few details, but discussion of really poor justifications and arguments. Words mean things. I’ve made this point before. Unfortunately this is not a generally accepted viewpoint. Words can mean different things if you want them to, and you can make them do this if you use [...]

I Hate

Well, no. I really don’t. Hating takes so much energy, so much presence of mind. In my 26 years on this planet I have had only very, VERY few occasions to truly hate. Most of those were back in my childhood. I think, perhaps, as children we have a quicker route to the extreme ends [...]