Category: Selective Silence Blog

Fonts Aren’t Ableist

Salutations, Friends! I really wanted to talk about this as I’d seen it come up and start to spread a lot a bit ago. The topic is that using fancy fonts on especially social media is abelist because screen readers sound like a blender murdering a xylophone when trying...

Struggling with Visual Media

Salutations, Friends! I have been experiencing an annoying problem. I have an incredibly vivid imagination hyperphantasia is probably the term for it. It is so strong that it feels incredibly real. Not fun for someone with PTSD but works Great for storytelling and the concerts that play in my...

Is Used For Congo a Sign We’re Already Repeating the Present?

When the US government put TikTok on trail, people all over felt a great rush of mixing emotions: emabrassment, amusement, dread. These representatives held so much power over so many aspects of our lives. And here they are about to make a decision over an app that has fully...

Struggling With Videos

I’ve built myself into an annoying little box. If you haven’t noticed, I have shifted into a process with youtube primarily focused on live streaming. This was because this is significantly more accessible for me to actually keep up with…she says. But at the moment I have been struggling...

Vegans are pissing Me Off

I am so sorry, to the decent vegans out there that have to hang out while their name is being used to shield white supremacists from their bullshit. And it’s a constant issue. I’ve seen it said before, but there is a very thin line between veganism and white...

Rant: Drinking, Anger, and Therapy Bullshit

I just saw something that pissed me off so I wanted to quickly rant about it.I saw twitter posts saying “If you get angry when you’re drinking, you’ve got anger issues and you need to go see a therapist about it.” And this irritated me for two reasons. 1:...

Venting about Politics 2

Salutations, Friends! Football politics will be the actual death of us all. It is boiling my fucking brain. Are the people the greatest threat to freedom? Because were they to mobilize, were they to fight, we could change so much. But they’ve become a tool of the oppressor, they’ve...

Writing Update and Reflection

Salutations, Friends! It’s really funny. I’ve been finally getting this website into shape and saw my last writing updates post.A lot has changed.Firstly, I now realize that I don’t type fast enough to keep up with my brain and that’s why I consistently mix up the u and the...

Venting About Politics

Salutations, Friends! A big shout out to the disabled community for reminding me that I can do this. I have had so many feelings but there just seemed to be no where to share them. No way to put them out into the universe without feeling like I was...

On medical trauma, probably episode 1

When I was in high school, I attempted suicide and was hospitalized. One of the many terrible things the doctor there told me was that if I was actually suicidal I would be dead so I must be bipolar and attention seeking. And while I have always been aware...