[catgirlapologist]

as halloween comes closer here’s a reminder to try to be aware of harmful ableist stereotypes in horror movies and stop supporting movies that contribute to these stereotypes. horror as a genre has a huge tendency for demonizing psychotic people (e.g. schizospec people, bipolar people, etc) and people with antisocial personality disorder (the psychopath/sociopath trope) so when consuming horror media try to stay alert so that you recognize these stereotypes and don’t internalize harmful beliefs targeting psychotic people and people w aspd. also please don’t use us as a costume, don’t dress up as an asylum fugitive, don’t dress up in a straitjacket, and try to make sure your costume doesn’t play into any ableist stereotypes