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As I age, the more convinced I am that the concept of “normal” is the most toxic thing in our culture.
Angela Garbes • Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
When something is normative, it’s aspirational. It is also ideological.
Ana Andjelic • Not Normal
how and why capitalism is so intensely neuronormative, becoming more so with each passing decade. While all societies and economic systems have some standard of what is considered acceptable or valuable mental functioning – and while some mental illness and disability will always exist – I suggest capitalism is disposed to much tighter standards
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Dressed in a purple and turquoise seashell bra and an iridescent green tail, the professional mermaid Carrie Wata swam through a hula hoop that a group of children held underwater in a pool at a birthday party outside of Atlanta, Georgia.
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It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow
That's the second major confusion. There is no such thing as average!! An average person doesn't exist. This is an error of statistics. Average is a statistical concept. It doesn't and can't make sense outside of the context of statistical analysis. There is no such thing as average culture, or an average teacher, or an average school. Anytime you... See more