Oh yes, I'd forgotten them, thank you. Great suggestion.

... gender and are going on about biological differences in sexual responses in a way I don't think is helpful. I'm also wanting something sex-positive (or sex-neutral).

It's a horribly common name!

Wrong person tagged, I think. I'm not a lib dem (am a trans ally though).

That seesaw from passivity to activity is affective work, so tiring. Independence is limited for everyone in a highly regulated context like an airport, but more feels better. So I do understand why 'independence' is so important as people age, however much I also want to problematise it.

are frequent. Today I got taken to the wrong gate - only a short distance from the right one, so not a problem for me - but I had to mentally shift a gear from 'I am passively waiting on the special assistance benches' to 'hang on, we should be boarding by now, I need to take the initiative' [contd]

that I am made mostly dependent. Sometimes I experience that as helpful care: staff are usually lovely & I appreciate the reduced cognitive load of navigating the systems. But it's always anxiety-provoking too because it's not personalised care and feels so inflexible. And mistakes/problems [cont'd]

That picture doesn't look as if we are open to ducks though. The poor creature is shut out from the common room trying to get in!