My name is Nicole :]
24 | SoCal
Deaf Studies Major & Queer Studies Minor
–Enthusiast of films and shows
–Admirer of books
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11 Artists Redesigned The Bathroom Symbol to Make It More Inclusive
In recent months, these seemingly benign icons – symbols of the gender binary – have taken on a political charge in light of North Carolina’s HB2 bathroom bill, which forces individuals to use the bathroom that corresponds with the gender they were assigned at birth, rather than the one that best matches their authentic gender identity. This has made us wonder whether the symbols themselves are part of the problem, a holdover from a less enlightened time.
And so Beyond The Bathroom Binary was born. The Huffington Post has challenged artists, designers and creative studios to go back to the drawing board and reimagine our restroom symbols entirely.
lesbian does not mean attracted to vagina
lesbian means attracted to women and only women, and thats it.
stop reducing women to their genitals, and stop invalidating trans lesbians and their girlfriends.
(via theqmmunity)
Nyle and DWTS
I’m really bothered with how every conversation with Nyle on “Dancing with the Stars” revolves around how he performs the dances despite his Deafness.
Every time they talk to him and his partner all they ask is, “How do you do that?” “How do you dance without hearing the music?” “How hard is it?” And then they ask his partner, every week, “How hard is this for you?” Like, bitch, this ain’t about you!
And THEN, what really grinds my gears, is that they talk ABOUT Nyle like he’s not even there. They don’t talk TO him. They never ask him questions - even though they ask the other contestants questions - and when he tries to speak they ignore him. They funnel all of their conversations with him through his partner, which is an incredibly shitty thing to do - especially when he is trying to speak for himself.
They continually treat Deafness like a disability and can’t seem to believe that he is able to dance.
So, all of that to say, DWTS is showing how unprepared they were for a Deaf contestant.
This is especially annoying because he isn’t even the first deaf contestant on the show! They had time to figure this out.
I’ve also noticed that Nyle will go to move his hands, people may or my not notice it, but I’m convinced that he wants to say something but THEY HAVE TO GO GET THE SCORES. Like, I can see him start to move his hands up to sign, but it goes to commercial or scoring before he can say something. LET NYLE SAY SOMETHING!
(via deaflepuff)
Anonymous asked: Do you have a girlfriend?
chromatic--dispersion-deactivat:
lol no girls dont like me
