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Hello! I'm Briar and here are the basics! (Last updated August 2023)
- My blog is kind of a messy space like the rest of my life, so there's a lot here.
- I mainly post about my garden, fiber arts, sewing, canning, the cat, the ducks, and disability topics.
- I'm a full time wheelchair user and ventilator user with mitochondrial disease. I have a little less than half the energy I'm supposed to and that causes a lot of issues.
- My health is super variable because of the above. If I overdo it or get sick Bad Things Happen and I've been told by my doctor I should look at flares in terms of weeks to months rather than day to day.
- If you want to use any of my photos or video for a stimboard or moodboard, just tag me or send it to me so I can see your art!
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Commissions are permanently closed due to declining health
Moral stuff
- This is a trans and ace inclusive space. Don't play those games or I'll block you.
- I have friends here who are intellectually disabled and proud of it. If you're mean to someone for their typing or asking a question that can easily be googled I will call you out on it. Same goes for ableism of any other kind.
- I am anti genocide and for a free Palestine.
- I am also anti-military and one of my deepest regrets in life was joining at 17. I did not kill anyone and worked in medical but it was still contributing, and still wrong.
- This is an anti racist and anti facist space. Black Lives Matter.
- Please don't drag me into fanfiction stuff. I don't read it, I don't really involve myself in fandom, I've never been on Ao3. Just don't be a creep and write nsfw stories about kids or real living people. It's gross okay?
- I say queer. I won't tag it, I won't stop saying it, it's part of my identity, don't ask unless you want a rant about it.
Communication
- My anons are off due to people being weird about my friends and their disabilities, and I really appreciate people letting me know when I say something inappropriate or short sighted. I'm on the autism spectrum and working really hard to grow as a person so feedback is a good thing!
- I also love it when anons and such tell me fun facts or talk about their day if it was interesting or whatever.
- I generally try to answer DMs and asks as soon as possible but sometimes they get lost. If I haven't after a few days, please don't assume it's because I don't like you or whatever. It's because I didn't have the social energy and put it off, then my memory sucks so I've forgotten or it didn't go through so you're welcome to send it again.
- I don't have the energy for group chats, I'm sorry. I want to, but I inevitably burn out my social energy in a week and then ghost and feel bad about it.
- I've had a pretty variable disability experience because I went from able bodied and capable of running miles to a full time wheelchair user who needs assistance with every day tasks slowly over 7 years. I'm happy to answer most good faith questions about disability, mobility aids, and the like.
- Anyone is welcome to ask for a plain language explanation of something. I will not be rude or snarky about it if you want an easy to understand answer.
- I don't reblog funding requests, I'm sorry. I'm disabled and trans and so are most of my friends so I see one every fourth post and it's really rough on my mental health. I have a small budget that I use to donate when I'm able to instead.
