vaspider:

waroverdeadroses:

loveybun:

loveybun:

can mentally ill, able bodied people stop using the c slur to describe their mental illness

instead of saying “cr*ppling depression/anxiety” please try an alternative like “debilitating depression/anxiety” or really anything that doesn’t contain a slur you can’t reclaim

… this may be an unpopular opinion (and I obviously only speak for myself and those I have had this convo with) but as a physically disabled cripplepunk-as-fuck woman of color… I personally don’t care and don’t think a lot of disabled people care. As long as it’s not being used as a derogatory insult we cool.

As a physically and mentally disabled cripplepunk-as-fuck Jewish femme speaking only for myself, I really would like it if people would stop playing divisions between mentally disabled and physically disabled people.

My anxiety and my PTSD are just as crippling as my broken spine, my chronic pain, my celiac, and my chronic fatigue, and I’m totally fine with someone with depression talking about how crippling it is. I’m less okay with people trying to monitor which disabilities they think are crippling enough. 

I’d rather we stood together instead of telling each other ‘yeah, cripple/crippling means “causes severe and insuperable damage to” but your mental illness doesn’t stop you from walking and therefore you can’t use this word.’