Ableism is both necessary for and dependent on white supremacy, imperialism and colonialism, capitalism, queermisia and transmisia, and misogyny.
-‘What I do know about COVID-19’, Autistic Hoya Blog by Lydia X.Z. Brown, dated March 26, 2020
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Hope you’re all having a better xmas than me. My mood is so low right now, and I’m really frustrated being stuck indoors with mobility issues and injuries again. I’ve realised this is never going to end. My landlady had gone to visit her daughter for xmas for a week, she left the heating set to come on for a couple of hours morning and evening. I’m absolutely freezing but scared to turn the heating on longer as she’ll be angry if she comes home to a big bill. Why is the UK like this? It’s considered acceptable for people to just freeze in their own homes as heating bills are unaffordable. From what I’ve heard in other countries it’s normal and affordable for people to have the heating on whenever they need it. No wonder our houses are black with mould.