Bumble joined our caviary a couple of months ago. Her family wanted to give her a chance at a pet life. Bumble was born with three non functioning legs. She was a very happy and energetic little girl though. She did not let her disabilities slow her down. đş
Two months later and she is still doing well. She gets around well in her own way and is very speedy. She walks on knees and elbows. She lives on fleece, a nice soft bedding for her. She lives with a herd of females and has a lot of fun. She loves her hay and her veggies and life in general.
Animals are amazing and can often bounce back from adversity. I believe she does not realize she is different. She does everything the other pigs do, although sometimes in her own way. đ
Bumble will live her piggie life here with us. We are continuing to monitor her to be sure she is happy. As she gets into adulthood we may have to look at some wheels for her to move around, but right now she is doing just great.
Show Bumble some love and encouragement . đşđş
I wear glasses. Â Can I manage without glasses? Â Well, yes, probably. Â I could squint a lot, constantly move up close to anything I want to see, take the bus or a taxi if I want to go anywhere. Â I could just accept that Iâll never be able to see eagles flying in the sky or whales jumping out of the ocean. Â
But why? Â Why try so hard to manage life when I could just put on a pair of glasses? Â No one would ever suggest a near-sighted person should just work harder. Â No one would say âMaybe thatâs just your normalâ to someone that needs glasses. Â They would say âLetâs go to the eye doctor and get you a prescription so youâre able to see again.â
You shouldnât have to try so hard.
My doctor (paraphrased), when I expressed doubts about going back on an anti-depressant. (via
This is such a good analogy because nobody thinks about it like this. Â If you wear glasses, you literally need constant use of a medical aid to experience the world like most people do. Â If it were anything besides glasses, that would be considered a disability. Â But needing glasses is an extremely common, visible, and accepted form of disability to the point that we donât even consider it one, we just accept that some people need glasses and thatâs perfectly normal and thereâs nothing wrong with needing to rely on them.
That is how all disabilities and illnesses should be seen, and how we should look at treatment for them.  You have a problem, and you need help dealing with it, and thereâs nothing wrong with either of those things.  Thatâs perfectly normal and thatâs okay.
I think the issue w a lot of people invested in like âSJâ sorts of things is that they conceptualize ethics as *only* being abt these structural oppressions, so as long as you are acting in accordance w those precepts you literally cannot do anything unethical.
But like, you can be completely Right Politically in a situation and still be acting in a cruel, greedy, careless, vicious, or harmful way. And that doesnât give that complete absolution.
We need to like, not mistake structural analysis w ethical formation, tho they are obviously connected
I think thatâs a part of whatâs been so like, volatile about SJ spaces for the last couple of years: people think that if you sublimate your individual ethics into some kinda framework that youâre good and that you can act like an incredibly petty asshole
yeah itâs like people were told âyou canât be reverse racist because that is not how the social structure of oppression worksâ and heard âanything you do to someone whoâs more privileged than you is righteousâ which is⌠not great
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