Sarah Kurchak
@fodderfigure.bsky.social
Author of I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder and Work It Out: A Mood-Boosting Exercise Guide For People Who Just Want To Lie Down. Wrestling and film nerd. Lapsed music fan finding her way back.
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I appear to have gained a few hundred followers as a result of being part of an autism starter pack, so maybe now is a good time to do some kind of introduction to my life and work in that realm.
Hi! I'm an autistic writer who covers autism, pop culture and the middle of that Venn diagram.
Hi! I'm an autistic writer who covers autism, pop culture and the middle of that Venn diagram.
Uta Takami and Mizuki are perfect together.
January 18, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Uta Takami and Mizuki are perfect together.
Imagine trying to explain to someone who started watching TJPW yesterday that Kamiyu used to come out to Old MacDonald Had A Farm while wearing Daisy Dukes.
January 18, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Imagine trying to explain to someone who started watching TJPW yesterday that Kamiyu used to come out to Old MacDonald Had A Farm while wearing Daisy Dukes.
Wow, I totally missed the short hair supremacy phase! (I need longer hair! That's my stim!)
I do recall when autistic women would NEVER dye their hair bright colours, though, because I got some essays about what I was doing wrong.
I do recall when autistic women would NEVER dye their hair bright colours, though, because I got some essays about what I was doing wrong.
January 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Wow, I totally missed the short hair supremacy phase! (I need longer hair! That's my stim!)
I do recall when autistic women would NEVER dye their hair bright colours, though, because I got some essays about what I was doing wrong.
I do recall when autistic women would NEVER dye their hair bright colours, though, because I got some essays about what I was doing wrong.
Daisies by Věra Chytilová
January 18, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Daisies by Věra Chytilová
That scene! I’m glad you’re enjoying it. I have common people BritBox, so I only get the first two episodes now but I can’t wait to see where this goes.
January 17, 2026 at 10:01 PM
That scene! I’m glad you’re enjoying it. I have common people BritBox, so I only get the first two episodes now but I can’t wait to see where this goes.
Christopher, it's your own damned fault for wearing a mall rat's best necklace from 1996 in the middle of a hand to hand combat situation.
January 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Christopher, it's your own damned fault for wearing a mall rat's best necklace from 1996 in the middle of a hand to hand combat situation.
Not at all! They make all of these reels about how little autistic people care for neurotypical hierarchy until it's this one.
January 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Not at all! They make all of these reels about how little autistic people care for neurotypical hierarchy until it's this one.
Other Charisma classic insecure teen girlisms include making funny faces when your allegedly hotter friends are doing sexy photos and wearing t-shirts where most people don't (pools, wrestling rings, etc.).
January 17, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Other Charisma classic insecure teen girlisms include making funny faces when your allegedly hotter friends are doing sexy photos and wearing t-shirts where most people don't (pools, wrestling rings, etc.).
Hey, want to see terrible quality footage of me on Celebrity Fit Club?
January 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Hey, want to see terrible quality footage of me on Celebrity Fit Club?
That's a really good point. (And that hair was starting to look uncomfortably fried, anyway.) But yeah, end of an era.
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
That's a really good point. (And that hair was starting to look uncomfortably fried, anyway.) But yeah, end of an era.
I was just talking to my friend about my theory that a certain kind of woman loves Charisma because he does a lot of things we remember from our time as insecure teenage girls.
And now we have this perfect example of hiding behind the hair curtain.
And now we have this perfect example of hiding behind the hair curtain.
January 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I was just talking to my friend about my theory that a certain kind of woman loves Charisma because he does a lot of things we remember from our time as insecure teenage girls.
And now we have this perfect example of hiding behind the hair curtain.
And now we have this perfect example of hiding behind the hair curtain.
I had a feeling this would happen after he retired and I hate being right.
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I had a feeling this would happen after he retired and I hate being right.
And maybe I'm a little jealous.
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
And maybe I'm a little jealous.
She deserves it! And I'm glad she's getting it, because she is not built for my life at all. I just didn't know it was possible.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
She deserves it! And I'm glad she's getting it, because she is not built for my life at all. I just didn't know it was possible.
My mom's hockey account on Instagram is getting a bump in attention again and it continues to astound me, a scarred writer from the trenches of 2000-present day online outlets, that people can be this kind to someone on the internet.
January 17, 2026 at 2:56 PM
My mom's hockey account on Instagram is getting a bump in attention again and it continues to astound me, a scarred writer from the trenches of 2000-present day online outlets, that people can be this kind to someone on the internet.
I can't tell you how excited I am to see the words Peach Berserk appear on my timeline. Nostalgia and outrageous fashion indeed.
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I can't tell you how excited I am to see the words Peach Berserk appear on my timeline. Nostalgia and outrageous fashion indeed.
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Here's my CBC radio Day 6 interview about autistic Barbie.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Here's my CBC radio Day 6 interview about autistic Barbie.
Harming the community by being born with a certain bone structure!
January 17, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Harming the community by being born with a certain bone structure!
Yes! There’s an awful lot that the autistic people who are really hung up on being conventionally attractive aren’t unpacking.
January 17, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Yes! There’s an awful lot that the autistic people who are really hung up on being conventionally attractive aren’t unpacking.
Someone else replied that I'm not ugly, but if I were, then yes, I would be perpetuating harmful stereotypes about autistic people.
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Someone else replied that I'm not ugly, but if I were, then yes, I would be perpetuating harmful stereotypes about autistic people.
Oh my god. I hadn't even considered that and now I need it.
January 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Oh my god. I hadn't even considered that and now I need it.
Reposted by Sarah Kurchak
Not the bashful little Homecoming Smile I'm so weak 😭💕
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Not the bashful little Homecoming Smile I'm so weak 😭💕
This one's particularly good.
January 17, 2026 at 12:38 AM
This one's particularly good.
He really brought the suffering for the hometown show.
January 17, 2026 at 12:37 AM
He really brought the suffering for the hometown show.