Izzy, Mother of Moths

Early career museum/heritage wannabe. Lover of invertebrates, weird indie music, and surreal Swedish comedies. Actually Autistic.

[r @recombobulating]

The only 'right' guaranteed by nature is death. Anything more and better than that always requires collective human action and labour.

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

Mark my words, some lifestyle columnists are going to try and make "matchgirl chic" or "chimney sweep goth" a thing.

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

9 years ago, I had a weird nightmare about going to an English History theme park, which had a gift shop that only sold rubbish history textbooks, a real Victorian slum, and a dysfunctional ambulance service.

Anyway i'm convinced that it was a premonition of England circa 2023.

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

@3TrackMind79 Have you looked at getting accommodations that remove penalties for lateness or absence? I had to do that when I was in high school. I'd highly recommend doing that, if you can - it might remove some additional anxiety for you and your kid.

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

@3TrackMind79 I think you've got a good opportunity to help your kid define what their limits are in terms of discomfort and distress, and ways of coping with those feelings. Including staying home, sometimes. For me, knowing that I have that option, and taking it, has been a lifesaver. 2/2

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

@3TrackMind79 When I was a teenager, I often forced myself to go into school, even when I was obviously ill. In hindsight I think this was because I had to go to school as a kid, even when my anxiety made me feel sick. I still have a hard time recognising my own limits. 1/

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

Looks like the $70 USD left over from when I visited my parents are on their way to becoming my most valuable asset here in the UK...

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

I accidentally told someone over the phone to "enjoy their long weekend" after they reminded me that we have a bank holiday for the Queen's funeral. Maybe not the best way of showing my respect, but in my defense I literally forget that the Royals exist every single day.

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

@nmsnerd @ElisabethS144 I think the worst thing about being diagnosed young was having multiple breakdowns since childhood, knowing it was because I was autistic, just accepting that because I was taught that adults and psychiatrists knew what was best for me.

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

@nmsnerd @ElisabethS144 I have a lot of theories about this, but my main one is that, from my own experience, a lot of the experience of being autistic and diagnosed as a kid aren't very easy to talk about, and don't make for nice social media posts. And there's a lot of internalised ableism.

[Nat @unfortunatalie]

Can't believe they are going to make a MAN queen. This woke nonsense has gone too far.

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

@commaficionado I was told today that we have to keep all of our emails "sombre" in tone until the council says we can go back to writing normal emails. I don't know what that's supposed to look like...I have a feeling I'm going to be overthinking my emails too much to send them

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

@AutisticCallum_ I probably would have died young of an infected wound I got from tripping over a tree root, or falling into a ditch. Also, skirts catching on fire was a real and terrible cause of death for women in olden times. So yeah, probably dead of my own clumsiness.

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

@GummiPies Reminds me of the time that I was trying to show my partner where I found some cool wasps at a nature reserve. My only memorable landmark in the whole reserve was a tiny white pebble embedded in the path. Not surprisingly, we didn't find the wasps.

[Jess Scarane @JessforDelaware]

Joe, just do weed now. Everyone who’d be mad is already mad. It’s time.

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

@azeriiall @delaneykingrox You could also try something like silly putty, which I used a lot when I pulled my hair out as a kid. It's something you can do under a desk or table, which is a plus

[Izzy, Mother of Moths @cyanosity]

@azeriiall @delaneykingrox Fellow skin picker here. Doodling was always my diversion from skin picking as well as a way of helping me focus. Taking notes and doodling around them is another compromise. Sometimes I just write down key words or phrases to look up later and doodle on the rest of the page.

[Folklore Film Fans 🇺🇦 @FolkloreFilmFes]

Sharing for #WorldEmbroideryDay🪡 (Yes, it's knitting. Don't @ me).

Based on a poem by Ovsei Driz, a notable Soviet-Jewish poet who wrote in Yiddish & translated to Russian by Genrikh Sapgir.

'Ball of Yarn / Klubok' (1968) dir. Nikolai Serebryakov.