feministingforchange:

kingxcbk:

waistbeadgang: feministingforchange: Beyond the basic inarguable fact that this is hugely and horribly ABLEIST, I am and always have been flat-footed. I’ve been hearing this insult used in various ways allll my life and I would sincerely like it to stop immediately.

Please take it from me that it’s pretty hellish living with this seemingly “minor” physical disability and it IS offensive and harmful to hear it be used as an insult all my friggen life. Here are just some of the reasons from my personal life why this ableist insult’s not okay: When you’ve got flat feet it can be impossible to find shoes that fit (e.g., I literally cannot get into heels higher than an inch or they can break my feet, but any heel is really too high so I don’t do heels),

Even if I manage to find super comfy shoes (which is very hard & expensive), I can’t walk or stand for long periods of time without my feet hurting in VARIOUS ways (e.g., bottoms, tops, bones, heels, skin, & in the fallen arches),

I get big bad blisters if anything rubs my feet ANYWHERE,



They believe me more now but in my youth, my parents almost NEVER listened to me when I complained about the burning horrible pain in my feet and I hardly ever got rests. I was blamed a lot for it for just “being a wimp” even though they both knew I had flat feet and my mom was a nurse. So ableist abuse happens even with this seemingly minor disability, probably in part due to its social construction as “minor”.

seemingly minor disability, probably in part due to its social construction as “minor”. Do not add to a culture that makes it easy for parents to ignore their children’s cries of pain bc their problems is “only minor”, but also in part because children are supposed to be invincible. This is not true ofc, they DO get sick, hurt, and even die, so please listen and stop with the ableist insults & slurs.

Police are often called “flatfoots” because they walk the beat or whatever. I don’t particularly like my disability being associated with cops and quite frankly, I don’t think it’s really all that cool to be using a disability as an insult in any context so PLEASE STOP. READ MORE I can’t tell if OP is serious or kidding….I’m flat footed and it’s never been this deep to call it a disability It’s really not. Like having a hard time finding shoes and your parents not thinking it’s that bad is the struggle we’re going with? Those are inconveniences at best. Especially when I’m pretty sure your parents the only ones that don’t believe flat-footed is a thing. Idk man you might just have to deal with this one. My brother is flat-footed and so is my girl and I’ve never heard them say any of this mess.

You people are so gross. I’m just gonna repeat myself for you because I already responded to the first person here:

“It’s as if you didn’t read a single word I wrote. Maybe being flat footed hasn’t been a problem for YOU [or other ppl you know with it; bc being flat footed is not the same experience for all of us, like everything on this planet], but it obviously has been for me (see above). It’s incredibly RUDE to come onto my post where I specifically describe how being flat footed has been been DISABLING for me, to tell me I’m wrong. Do not presume to tell me this isn’t a disability for some of us because it clearly is. BYE.” [edited]



AND ANOTHER THING

You are literally telling me that being flat footed is “an inconvenience at best” while unironically telling me my parents must have been the fucking EXCEPTION for not listening to me and taking my pain and troubles seriously.

Do you even fucking hear yourself???

THIS is exactly the type of shit I’m talking about.

Consider yourself blocked.