shel

The Transsexual Chofetz Chaim

Mutant, librarian, poet, union rabble rouser, dog, Ashkenazi Jewish. Neuroweird, bodyweird, mostly sleepy.


I write about transformative justice, community, love, Judaism, Neurodivergence, mental health, Disability, geography, rivers, labor, and libraries; through poetry, opinionated essays, and short fiction.


I review Schoolhouse Rock! songs at @PropagandaRock


Website (RSS + Newsletter)
shelraphen.com/

Anonymous User asked:

5 (what kind(s) of art do you tend to stop and stare at the most?) and 15 (how would you describe your gender in purely sensory terms?) for the ask game!

  1. Stuff that is very colorful. I have a cognitive-visual disorder thing probably related to the autism. I had to go to Vision Therapy for it and stuff. A part of it is that I have trouble processing things that are too dark or muddled/muddy. "Realistic" desaturated stuff with lots of browns and beige just... don't process to me. So like, super realistic portraits and landscapes weirdly look to me less like what they're supposed to look like than a more abstract, impressionist, surrealist, or colorful piece of the same subject. So anything in a museum or gallery that's got a lot of strong geometry, light, and use of color is going to catch my eye because I find it easier to understand what's happening and thus I'll spend more time on looking at it than something that gives me a headache and makes my vision double.

  2. Smooth, soft, challis, knit, cotton, silk, velvet, fleece, sweet, cinnamon, floral notes,


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