You’ll never catch nonsense like that in a free country like America!!!
*Starts every school day off with something called the Pledge of Allegiance*
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im getting the "hi op what the FUCK does this mean im shaking" responses to this as if this isnt literally a completely self-explanatory diagram
the womens uniforms in athletics stuff always made me uncomfortable. Like, if you look at womens vs. mens gymnastics uniforms the difference is STARK. And given the male gymnasts seem to get by with their uniforms it doesn’t seem like it’s true that you need there to be that little clothing to allow the hard to do moves or whatever.
What’s happening to autistic people right now?
(Trigger warning for abuse, electroshock therapy, torture, and ableism.)
The US court has overturned the ban on shock devices being used against disabled students, predominantly autistic students in the US.
The shock device being legalized is called the graduated electronic decelerator (or GED). This is a torture device that is used to ‘correct’ autistic behaviors / symptoms. Autistic people are shocked for stimming, and for having meltdowns, ect. This device was made popular by a behavioral center (the Judge Rosenberg Center, specifically) that is infamous for its abuse and torture of autistic / disabled patients.
(Image ID: someone is holding their arm out and resting it on a table, with their sleeve rolled up. Attached to their arm are wires, which connect to a small cube device.)
This is what the device looks like. It sends electric shocks into the victim’s skin; the victim often being restrained and held against their will. This is torture. GEDs have been reported to cause intense psychological trauma, PTSD, and physical injuries.
In March of 2020, the FDA ruled for GEDs to be banned. (Although, of course, they were still illegally used at a number of places.) This ruling has recently been appealed, and today, the US court of appeals has re-regulated the law to stop the use of GED. Sounds great, right? It would be!
... If not for a huge loophole in the wording, which basically allows this torture to continue. This device is going to have continued use on autistic students in order to “correct their behavior.”
“So.... What can I do??”
Great question! You can:
- Listen to and boost autistic voices to spread awareness
- As-of now (July 7th), autistic activists are trying to get #StopTheShock trending on Twitter, so Tweet out the hashtag if you have Twitter
- If you’re in the US, email / call your legislators
- Sign this petition if you’re in the US
- Follow this case and look out for updates
- If Autism Speaks (known ableist hategroup) says anything about this, DO NOT BOOST IT
That’s all! Thank you. Reblogs are very appreciated!!
the actual reason I consume mediocre media is because I have bad taste. the deeper secret pretentious reason is because I think there’s something very revealing about bad media that you don’t get with good media. when you watch a poorly executed plot point unfold, you see the machinery behind it. you see the gap between what’s actually on screen and the true goal the author is striving for. if it’s particularly awful, you can even measure just how poorly mismatched the author’s skills are with the story they’re trying to tell you. watching a poorly executed narrative play out feels like you’re discovering something, because you see all the wiring and guts underneath that better authors hide from you, in the same way that movies hide boom mics and books make you forget you’re turning the pages. if a story is good and executed well you just see the story. but I want to see the guts and wires!
also I like complaining a lot
The only high school heterosexual romance I want to see is jock girl x nerd boy sorry the other ones have been too overdone give me a super confident basketball player girl and a guy who's a little terrified of her
Nerd boy: *is scrambling for books at his locker*
Basketball girl: *leans on the locker next to his like jocks do in high school movies*
Lemme guess: no other guy wants to go out with her because she’s too tall and, “intimidating.”
Actually no all the basketball dudes think she's super cool but she wants the calculus loser
It would be hilarious if the movie opens on the nerd boy narrating "I have a crush on the most popular girl at school..." as he stares longingly in the middle of the hallway, then the camera pans around to show the popular girl isn't a cheerleader but instead she's a jacked jock and she's lifting a classmate up and down in the middle of a crowd with her fellow jocks (of all genders) cheering her on
The rival love interest is still the mean head cheerleader but instead of having a final downfall she eventually just accepts that the jock doesn’t want to date her, becomes a better person and ends up with the slightly less confident but equally muscular marching band tuba player.
oh, and of course the nerd still gets a prom makeover