literalgrill

literalgrill, 10 days ago to disability

Being VERY cautiously excited about the appointment with my new doc to talk about a replacement wheelchair... Actually going well? Truly, I'm not used to that!

It's rare to come out of these things actually feeling a little hopeful. I might have a chair that doesn't break all the time? Is designed to be more thoughtful of bodies like mine? With a power assist as a real possibility?!? Wild!

#Disability #Wheelchair

literalgrill, 14 days ago to random

Blegh, it's time to just log off and watch anime. Keeping on digging into this won't do me much good.

literalgrill, 16 days ago to ai

Anything from Vox Media and The Atlantic is now untrustworthy in any capacity from now on. Remember this when reading or linking to any articles in the future.

#AI #FuckAI #Journalism

literalgrill, 16 days ago to food

I made homemade rose petal jelly yesterday and it is BEYOND delicious! So proud how well it turned out, everything from the color to the petals still inside looks so pretty...

#Food

literalgrill, 17 days ago to boardgames

Sometimes, you manage to find an extremely cool board game that usually goes for $100+ at a FAR cheaper price and actually win the bid on it!

I never thought I'd actually own a physical copy of this little masterpiece of a game. I cannot wait till it's shipped here to play it!

#BoardGames

literalgrill, 21 days ago to poetry

To every person who has shown me kindness
To every person who has injured me
I will cherish and nurture the memory of you until the flame of my life is snuffed out of existence: Equally
For you have made me, and I can only hope for better or worse I enriched the making of you as well

#Poetry

literalgrill, 24 days ago to random

It's pretty homophobic that I don't get to be tempted into a cat carrier with treats to go see the doctor and instead have to get into a wheelchair van with a random stranger that always shows up way too damn early instead...

literalgrill, 25 days ago to random

So eepy... Not looking forward to getting the kitty who hates leaving the house under any circumstance's nails clipped today. Especially as this involves a bus ride which I doubt she'll be a big fan of either.

literalgrill, 25 days ago to boardgames

The thrift store blessed me with this SEALED glory that pushes so many of my nerdy buttons. I can't wait to play it!

#Boardgames #VHS #VCR #Thrifting #Olympics

literalgrill, 1 month ago to MemeryAlpha

"You're gonna regret that in the morning!"

Not if I sleep till noon BINCH!!!

#ShitPost

literalgrill, 1 month ago to VHS

Watching The Sword and the Stone on the VCR as background noise and have to share my objectively correct opinion that Arthur absolutely fumbled by not living out the rest of his life raising a family with this absolute queen.

He had an absolutely adoring lady who was head over heels for him AND a cutie to boot? How DARE he leave her heartbroken! Fuck England, we didn't need British people taking over the world but she did need her man! :meowbongorage:

#VHS

The cute girl squirrel from Sword and the Stone smooching Arthur as a squirrel

literalgrill, 1 month ago to random

Okay, my name literally is Borealis. I really am hoping we can find somewhere far enough away from light pollution and can see this tonight. With my wheelchair, we can't exactly get anywhere super rural. So I just gotta go to the darkest area and hope for luck I suppose...

literalgrill, 1 month ago to random

Heck, feeling a tad rough today. Worn out is an understatement. One of those times you're so tired it's hard to do things that help you recharge, ya know?

I need like, non stop cuddles and silly movie watching. Perhaps pizza, or like, those easy throw in the microwave yakisobas. Caffeine also wouldn't hurt.

Who's down for a dollar store run and snug? I'm sure we can travel through the internet to make this happen! :meowthinking:

literalgrill, 1 month ago to random

Just bring a little quiet here tonight as I'm working on repairing my patch pants. Gotta make these old denims last forever and it's helping my brain to fix something right now with so many things out of my power to fix. Even if my hand sewing skills are extra terrible these days :meow_whistle2:

literalgrill, 1 month ago to random

My cat is very rudely taking up all the space where I'm sitting so my stump leg has nowhere to go. I enjoy that she wants to snuggle up to me that badly, but it's getting extremely uncomfy!

literalgrill, 1 month ago to random

I know, meta, Facebook, and Instagram blows, but I need you to go listen to Macklemore's new song Hind's Hall right the fuck now.

Then, I want you to think about every damn celebrity you idolize and question why they haven't done half as much to try and stop a genocide.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6o4830yMvE/

#FreePalestine #Rafah #Macklemore #Celebrity #PopCulture #MetGala

literalgrill, 1 month ago to disability

Today I have an appointment to see if I can become a part of the disability lift program the local bus system operates. Considering the bus stop near my place has been violating the ADA since the four years I've been here AND had resulted in me getting injured... You'd think this will be a slam dunk.

Still, I'll be forced to go IN PERSON today for a meeting while being immunocompromised. There's extremely little chance anyone there will be wearing a mask. Oh, and my scheduled pickup time is TWO hours before the appointment and my ride home? An entire hour after. It took me an entire month of waiting to even get this meeting too!

It's really gross that the time of disabled people isn't valued. Being disabled is often a full time job in and of itself, this kind of junk shouldn't be added onto it. I just want to leave my house safely and easily on occasion without fear of how I'll get home. That shouldn't be asking much, but here we are.

#Disability #Ableism

literalgrill, 1 month ago to VHS

Since I have lots of new followers today, I think it's time to finally update my #introduction post!

My name is Borealis, but most online know me as the LiteralGrill! You can call me Allie or Grill for short. I'm trans and an Ursa, think of a gay bear but in a femme form. She/Her pronouns please!

I actively fight for disability justice and will discuss that here as much as I'll share my love for anime and manga (maybe a little more tbh). I often write essays analyzing media or discussing anime history and you'll find a surprising number of times that those two topics intertwine in my works.

I tend to dig old media formats in general and love weird retro tech! I still avidly enjoy my growing VHS and LaserDisc collections. I have quite the board game collection too with some real oddities in there.

While I am a big supporter of content warnings and you'll see me use them often, you won't find them on educational posts or on anything discussing the realities of my life as a disabled trans person. I will however, always make sure these posts have appropriate hashtags so you can filter them out of your feed. If you need to protect your peace by not following or blocking me, I take no offense and completely understand. I hope you'll understand that not censoring the realities of my life from the world is part of how I protect mine.

I'm often stuck inside as an immunocompromised person in an ongoing pandemic (COVID isn't over and I take it seriously) so I'll rarely turn down a good conversation! Or if you just want to hear me info dump on obscure trivia of some kind that I'm researching for my next big article.

Before I forget... Yes, I'm that bonkers grill that watched Groundhog Day 365 days in a row! So expect my knowledge of time loops to be oddly all encompassing.

Welcome to my little corner of the Fediverse, I hope you'll like it here!

#VHS #LaserDisc #Anime #Manga #Disability #DisabilityJustice #CovidIsNotOver #StillCOVIDing #Trans

literalgrill, 1 month ago to disability

Hey disabled folks, remember how the only reason we got rights in the United States was because we occupied a federal building for 28 days straight?

So you'd better not say one damn word outside of support for these encampments right now and figure out how you can show support.

https://dredf.org/504-sit-in-20th-anniversary/short-history-of-the-504-sit-in/

#Disability #FreePalestine #ColumbiaUniversity #USPol

literalgrill, 1 month ago to random

"These pictures will be in history books someday!"

I'm tired of this fucking attitude because no they won't! Not unless we literally completely overthrow those in power over what we're educated about!

Why do folks think that so many people are JUST learning what Kent State even was this week? Why folks never learn the more radical teachings of Martin Luther King Jr.?

Seriously, even when this hopefully all ends and finally Israel is forced to stop this horrific slaughter, THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER.

Too many people out there are saying things like "the kids are alright" or even worse "the kids will save us" and it's sickening to hear. We cannot stop pushing once people get to feel mildly comfortable again. These students need to not be making these massive sacrifices for nothing.

We HAVE to finally fortify and fucking win for once because otherwise we've allowed the use of police to brutalize any citizen peacefully protesting against a fucking GENOCIDE to become normalized.

#USPol #FreePalestine

literalgrill, 1 month ago to random

Anything free is worth saving up for! Someone at my apartment complex abandoned their place and literally told everyone to take whatever was left there that they wanted.

Got some nice fancy stuff today for the cost of nothing and used my toolbox to help neighbors disassemble furniture. A weirdly wholesome community experience.

Especially excited to finally have a nice shelf for behind my toilet to store the towels on as well as some VERY expensive olive oil and some extremely pricey dog carrier bags that will now be kept in case of emergencies with the cats.

Overall, a nice surprise to start off the day!

literalgrill, 1 month ago to Anime

If you liked Birdie Wing and all the other golf anime coming out recently, you have COVID-19 to thank for that?!?

No, seriously! It's an unexpected impact of the pandemic that is fascinating with facts to back it up. You can learn all about it from my latest column for Anime Herald!

https://www.animeherald.com/2024/04/24/beyond-birdie-wing-covid-19s-impact-on-golf-anime-adaptations/

#Anime #Golf #BirdieWing #OiTonbo #RisingImpact #Covid19

literalgrill, 1 month ago to Anime

Who wants to play with my anime dolls from the Dollar Tree with me?!?

#Anime

literalgrill, 1 month ago to random

"I should really write stuff up for my blog more..."

everything I keep pitching to publications gets approved

While this is a good problem to have, I really want to use my blog more dang it!

literalgrill, 1 month ago to random

Love medical rides to appointments, love being picked up 20 minutes early to my scheduled pickup time. Love being dropped off an entire hour before my appointment starts. Love having to wait up to an hour after my appointment to get a ride home. Love how my time as a disabled person is valued by society at large /s