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be aware: this is what the GOP and the Boomers want you to think
i get so pissed off when i hear folks saying ‘i don’t vote cos it doesn’t matter’
yes it matters your vote matters you have to vote in people who believe gerrymandering is wrong and who support the right of workers to organise you have to vote in people who believe in collective bargaining
YOU. HAVE. TO. VOTE.
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Here’s the thing about anxiety and depression and other chronic mental illnesses: They’re not always just a thing when the people with them are so stricken that they can’t function. They’re also there when these people appear to be going about their everyday business. Sometimes it’s like a background noise; there are times when you can tune it out. Other times the volume gets so high it’s deafening, and you can’t help but fall to the ground for a while. A “good” mental health day might just be one where you can hide the fact that there’s something wrong, or where you can distract yourself enough to focus on something else. A “good” mental health day doesn’t mean the illness is cured, or is even in remission. It just means you have a little more strength to help you get through the day.
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inI hate when people won’t let me say I “grew up ugly” in peace. “You were never ugly” YES I WAS. Leave me alone boys used to ask me out as a joke, girls used to call me cow or big bitch and make fun of my clothes. I might not have been “ugly” but I grew up being taught to think I was.
You know, this is my most popular text post and it bothers me how many people relate to it. We didn’t deserve that. This is me sending you love/good vibes. We’re gonna be alright.
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indapperdick: supervillainesses: rwby-aciel-pithos: I will never not reblog this. I’d like to add that this is Japan’s infamous “Suicide Forest” …
23 Sat Jan 2016
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inThis week’s episode, “Murder Ex Machina”, marks the first appearance of Fiona Helbron, a programmer at Pentilion who helps out on a case about a driverfree car involved in a homicide.
With Fiona Helbron, she is the first canonically autistic/neuroatypical character in the CBS Elementary universe.
Amongst the vast ocean of harmful autism stereotypes perpetuated in various forms of media, Elementary does not drown, but barely floats in the middle. The show is not guilty of the deadlier offenses (as in the kind that would condone more murders of autistic people), but it’s not off scott free.
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I’m surprised that more [interviewers] haven’t brought that up because it’s the truth.. Especially in this climate of women talking about the reality of [unequal pay] in this business, I think it’s important that it gets heard and voiced. It was shocking to me, given all the work that I had done in the past to get us to be paid fairly. I worked really hard toward that and finally got somewhere with it. Even in interviews in the last few years, people have said to me, ‘I can’t believe that happened, how did you feel about it, that is insane.’ And my response always was, ‘That was then, this is now.’ And then it happened again! I don’t even know what to say about it. It is.. sad. It is sad.
23 Sat Jan 2016
ahhhhh how young was he when he when—- aughhh
#HAHAHAHAHAHA LEIA ORGANA HAS NEVER SEEN HER OWN SON’S FACE SINCE HE WAS A CHILD#LEIA ORGANA HAS NO IMAGE OF HER OWN SON’S ADULT FACE#LEIA ORGANA SENT HER LITTLE BEN AWAY SO LUKE COULD TEACH HIM HOW TO LIVE WITH HIS SKILLS#AND HE GOT GROOMED BY AN EXTREMIST AND SHE NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN#LEIA ORGANA DOES NOT DESERVE THIS#HER ONLY MEMORIES OF HER SON ARE OF HIM HOW SMALL?? SMALL ENOUGH TO JOLT HIS OWN FATHER WITH THE CHANGE#NO WONDER LEIA IS ALL ‘BRING HIM HOME’ LIKE HE’S A LOST CHILD#HE WAS A LITERAL LOST CHILD OMG#ROLL ME INTO A LAVA PIT THIS FEELS FINE#LEEEIIIIAAAAAAAAAA (via harrietvane)
THIS HURTS EVERYTHING HURTS
From the novelization – Ben was 10 years old when he was sent away to train with Luke, and 15 when he destroyed the temple. He is now 30.
But Snoke had been whispering to him through the Force more or less from infancy. Leia was aware of it, but thought she could counteract it. She never told Han about it.
FIFTEEN
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inlet carrie fisher cast the young han solo, i trust her judgement.
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inSo, because people writing inaccurate kid!fic bothers me, a quick reference to kids (Disclaimer: I have no professional background in child development, and no offspring of my own – this is all based on other people’s kids.):
Newborn: Person-larva. Cannot do much but eat, sleep, cuddle, cry, poop. Cannot hold their own head up. May pick up on the mood of the person holding them, but response to it is going to consists of either contentment or complaining. Those are pretty much the two states of a newborn: happily cuddly or expressing displeasure.
2 – 6 months: Somewhat more aware of surroundings, own appendages, etc. Will recognize people, like some better than others. Smiles, laughs, babbles. Somewhere in here rolling over commences, and possibly crawling. Starts teething.
6 -12 months: Lots of babbling, but no actual talking. Crawls, pulls self up to standing while holding onto things, may start wobbly independent walking. Some kids are climbers (may heaven help their parents). Eating some solid food (as in, mashed up stuff), but still nursing / drinking formula too. This is the beginning of the exploratory, everything-goes-in-the-mouth stage. Still teething.
1 year old: Has teeth, eats solid food. Many parents wean at this age, but it’s not unusual to continue breastfeeding. Talks, but probably not very clearly – pronunciation will be interesting, and vocabulary very limited. May repeat a new word incessantly. Points at things they want. Physical coordination and verbal skills increase as child gets older. Maybe develop utterly random phobias, usually of things that are new or unpredictable. Interested in other children, may mimic older children. Still sticks everything in their mouth.
2 years old: Speaks well enough to be understood by those who know them, but not necessarily strangers. Uses simple phrases. May mash words together to express a concept for which they don’t yet know the word, or make a word up. Is learning labels for things, though they may not be accurate (i.e. all old men are grandpa, all round objects are a ball, etc.) Knows colors, parts of the body, types of animals, etc. Walks, runs, dances, etc – basically the full range of physical stuff, just all of it is kinda awkward. Can roll a ball or throw it in a clumsy way. May have a favorite toy, security blanket, etc. May play pretend games or make up stories, but they’re likely to be fair inscrutable to adults. Wants to do things independently, but is likely to be easily frustrated. Has tantrums. Plays with other children, but not terribly good at sharing or being nice. Asks questions; the ‘why?’ stage has begun. Toilet training begins around this age; girls tend to get the hang of it quicker than boys.
3 years old – pretty much the same as 2, only a bit better at all of it. Asks a LOT of questions. Has friends. Plays pretend. Understands rules (though is unlikely to obey them very well). Can count, though not very far. Speaks well enough to be understood by strangers; you know that so-cute-you-could-die kid-speak people love to write? This is the appropriate age for it (up through about age 5).
4 to 5 – cutesy kid-speak is age appropriate. May still have tantrums, still not the best at sharing, but should be starting to get socially functional. Can throw or kick a ball, jump, stand on one foot, all that. Can count, recite alphabet. Some kids start learning to read and write arond this age, though it wouldn’t yet be abnormal for them not to be able to. Lots of pretend play. Emotionally intense; everything is dire. Learning to be self-maintaining, i.e. may bathe independently but needs an adult to wash their hair.
6 – 10 – speaks like an emotionally immature adult; the things they have to say are still kid-like, but they should be easing out of kid-speak. Reads, writes, can do math – these skills increase with age. Understands and (usually) obeys rules, has a concept of fairness, kindness vs. cruelty, etc. Forms tight friendships, keeps secrets, wants to fit in and be liked; having a best friend or a group of friends is the most important thing in their world. Wants to be good at things; has definite interests and academic strengths and weaknesses. May bully or be bullied; kids this age can be mean. As in horrifyingly so. Has crushes (though probably still finds it acutely embarrassing). Understands death. Kids this age will curse, though hilariously badly. Still wants parental affection, but probably not in public.
11 – 12 – mini-teen, which is to say emotionally vulnerable, short-sighted mini-adult. Naive still, but not terribly so – has a basic understanding of human nature, events around them, etc. Begins to form political / ideological / religious opinions. May begin reciprocal romantic attachments. Strongly focused on collective identity, what ‘niche’ or ‘crowd’ they identify with. Some girls start puberty. This is also the age of things going badly wrong; kids know which other kids are the sociopaths at this stage. While everybody else is learning how to not be a mean little shit to everybody unlike themselves (or a bitter perpetual victim), those few who aren’t developing in a good direction become downright terrifying.
13 – 15 – somewhere in here, kids will start either facing major adult-scale decisions and problems themselves, or seeing peers doing so. Shit gets real. This is why teenagers think they know everything; the rose-colored glasses of childhood fall off, and they are suddenly So Very Jaded and cannot imagine there being more to the world than what they can suddenly perceive now, because it is overwhelming. Likely to be angry at the world, likely to gravitate toward ideological extremes. Takes risks. Forms romantic attachments; may experiment sexually, may not, maturity levels here very A LOT.
16 – 21 – moody adult with far more curiosity than common sense. Does thing in grand and dramatic fashion. Experiments with different identities. Wants total independence. Many develop greater social maturity around this time; stop seeing others in terms of cliques, develop greater empathy and ability to see things from multiple perspectives. Forms romantic attachments that may be serious or even life-long.
A lot of this is accurate (speaking as an early childhood professional with a BA and 14 years experience) but things to keep in mind:
all of this is flexible, and it’s a VERY neurotypical, typically developing list. Any of these steps could be reached early or late depending on genetics, culture, family or personal circumstances, disabilities, gender identity, and sexuality.
I.E. as a grey ace person on the autism scale, I didn’t start wanting to fit in until I was twelve, and didn’t experience my first crush or interest in another person until I was seventeen.
I.E. People with vaginas tend to “get” potty training faster than people with penises do; this has to do with where the muscles and nerve endings are in relation to each other. A girl or nonbinary person with a penis would still be likely to take longer to learn than a boy or nonbinary person with a vagina.
And I say this not to speak out against our original source, who YES THANK YOU for making this post, because I’m tired of kidfic where the four-year-old knows what an onomatopoeia is. But just because, y’all, in our striving for diversity in stories, in fandom and fanfiction in particular:
let’s be thinking of the children too.