I’ve seen some people have put lists together of protein-free products (thank you!!), but how can I know myself if something is protein-free?
Also, What about something that is considered a component of protein - amino acids? Should those be avoided as well?
To me ableism largely exists without being checked because
a) people can’t handle thinking about their own weaknesses and vulnerabilities
b) media and history haven’t taught society that ableism is in the same concept as racism, sexism, etc.
One of the most annoying things to me is an ableist liberal, as they’re supposed to be taking pride in equality and having more concern about systematic issues that contribute to this type of discrimination.
Of course ableists of any political affiliation suck, but the hypocrisy among some liberals in this regard is still kind of shocking to me.
Pardon my rant, but I recently had a VERY liberal friend say some ableist things, and it still kinda sends me.
So, how to we get this type of discrimination to be taken more seriously? Even the types of groups that are supposed to be supportive really kind of aren’t in many ways.
Just a heads up. I have emailed a handful of times. For some reason, their silk rollers make my hair extremely frizzy, and my hair won’t hold curl with them.
My hair does better with the cheaper curlers from Walmart.
Just a heads up if you were thinking about trying their products.
I’ll probably delete this post, as I don’t want her to see it.
I hung out with a friend of mine who is a bit older than me. She has always come across to me as someone who is obsessed with staying busy, obsessed with appearing youthful, and always doing activities that are considered youthful. However, this is a lot of women, so I just kind of accepted it as how she is.
At our last hangout, she made comments about hanging out with a friend around her age that had some disabilities. She said that she did not like doing “old people” activities, and that she didn’t know how to hang out with her basically.
I made a comment about how my body will sometimes randomly mess up, and then I am basically bedbound. She gave a little smirk like she didn’t believe it. I have posted this before, but I am relatively fit, and therefore, I have people that react like this to me at times. I then made a comment that everyone gets older, and our bodies do not last forever.
I don’t know how much more grace I can give this woman. Her superficiality really annoys me. She has made numerous comments about being old and “not fit” in regard to herself. I know it stems from insecurity, but her insecurities are not my issue to work through.
Then I think about a friend that I recently lost, due to chronic illness, and how I would do anything to literally just sit there with her and do nothing. Her chronic illness was more “acceptable” because she was old, but the premise remains.
I thought she might just be a friend that I could keep at a more superficial level, but now idk if I can even do that.
I don’t understand how some people in their later life stages don’t evolve past this way of being? It’s really kind of child-like to me.