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I’ve got several issues with the proposed Tumblr blackout, but chief among them is the fact that it lands on the first day of Disabled Pride Month and the fact that there are people calling for it to become indefinite when disabled folks already have limited access to their communities, and many of us are losing what little reliable access we have because of places like Reddit going dark.
Like… idk. Maybe I’m being uncharitable. But the prioritization of ensuring Pride is minimally interfered with while the first day of Disability Pride is just taken away is rubbing me the wrong way.
And just to be clear. I don’t think anyone is doing it intentionally. But I also think that’s the problem. No one thinks about disabled people except other disabled people. I wish they would.
I have a chronic illness and I didnt even know there was a Disabled Pride Month.
Yep! It’s been a thing since July 1990 to celebrate the landmark passing of the Americana with Disabilities Act.
We even have a flag which @capricorn-0mnikorn created.
So welcome to your first Disability Pride. I know it’s technically tomorrow, but it’s never too early to find out you have a community and be welcomed by it :)
Who’s calling for it to become indefinite? That, I would be against. But in its current form it seems fine.
And as a disabled person, I didn’t know about this July disability month. It seems US American-centric tbh. Not that it’s totally useless, of course, it just doesn’t have the same significance. I think we have more to gain in a short, 1-2 day blackout than we have to lose. Because a demand of the blackout is to fix some of the accessibility issues caused by recent changes.
There were numerous iterations in the notes from some people calling for it to become indefinite.
And while Disability Pride Month was to originally commemorate ADA, it is celebrated globally, with many other countries aligning with the US celebration.
Many people just don’t know it exists because Disabled Rights and issues are universally overlooked or ignored.
That you don’t recognize it’s importance does not mean it is not monumentally important to many of us and has been since the 90s.
And the blackout will not achieve anything. Fuck, it’s barely achieved anything on Reddit except to displace already vulnerable communities with limited access to community.
If you want to protest Tumblr, leave negative reviews on the apps citing the issues. Withhold money. Not this… token whatever this is supposed to be.
(via ixth)