Hello disabled comrades! I can’t believe we’re entering a new year… which is year six of the pandemic, hooray. I’m a firm believer that we must always have revolutionary optimism, but I can’t say it hasn’t been hard for the past few years as more and more leftists have abandoned COVID precautions. But as disabled people, we keep agitating, we keep organizing, and we keep going. Solidarity in the face of pandemic eugenics, always.

As always, we ask that in order to participate in the weekly megathread, one self-identifies as some form of disabled, which is broadly defined in the community sidebar:

“Disability” is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.

Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.

  • Ivysaur [she/her]@hexbear.netMEnglish
    20·
    10 days ago

    I appreciate you khizuo & everyone else here but holy shit this sites been gettin on me something fierce lately god damn. between the very clear racism, chauvinism, ableism, not sure how much more of this shit I can take aaarrgghh

      • Ivysaur [she/her]@hexbear.netMEnglish
        16·
        10 days ago

        I really just need to do better about logging off. I keep feeling like I’ll miss some news or this or that and so even when I don’t post I’m still lurking. But a lot of people here just suck. It’s draining me to even be around. I need to fill the time I spend scrolling and getting mad at all these people being shitty with something else, but my world is already so, so small. I’ll figure something out.

        • khizuo [ze/zir]@hexbear.netOPMEnglish
          15·
          10 days ago

          I’ve significantly reduced my activity on the site in the past ~2 months or so as the white chauvinism on the site has become more apparent (and also because I’m just fatigued to do a lot of posting.) I don’t plan on leaving entirely as I still want to at least make an effort to improve things as one of the evil tankie mods, but it’s such an uphill battle.

          also relate on the “world being small” thing, i’m in bed 95% of the time thanks to me/cfs and trying to keep myself entertained is challenging. I have projects that I work on but it’s rough not being able to get out and about more.

          also i’d be happy to hang out outside a hexbear context if you ever feel like it, we can talk on matrix.

          • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            9·
            9 days ago

            i’m in bed 95% of the time thanks to me/cfs and trying to keep myself entertained is challenging. I have projects that I work on but it’s rough not being able to get out and about more.

            This is me, too. I have a ginormous backlog/pile of shame I need to draw/paint/sculpt but it’s like by the time I get my work station set up, I need to lay down and rest again. The enshittifications caused by capitalism aren’t helping, either.

            Then I have boomer family I rely on for help (which I appreciate), but who are incapable of being alone with their own thoughts for more than five seconds and require constant attention that breaks my concentration whenever I try to do something. I’ve babysat toddlers and dogs who required less monitoring. Like no wonder my grandparents hated their kids lmao