{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Amber Bird | Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog","author_name":"amber","author_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Thank my lucky star, man - Amber Bird | Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FDPS1546Az\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/saved-by-the-bowie\/\">Thank my lucky star, man<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/saved-by-the-bowie\/embed\/#?secret=FDPS1546Az\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Thank my lucky star, man&#8221; &#8212; Amber Bird | Blog\" data-secret=\"FDPS1546Az\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"In January, 5 months ago exactly, when I made my \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Happy birthday, David Bowie\u00e2\u20ac\u009d tweet, I said someday I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d have to find time to post about how David Bowie was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a massive part of how I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lose&#8211;and learned to love&#8211;my authentic, Autistic self in the face of normal societal pressures and some of the wiring that is typical if one is AFAB and Autistic.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d And today it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s someday. It&#8217;s an incomplete list and all bullet points, but that&#8217;s because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m attempting to keep it short, because I know I can go on when it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a topic I care a lot about. Trying to pretend I can play it as cool as he did&#8230; He saved me from forming silly typical rules in my brain about gender things. He gave me a different view on sexuality so, even when I only knew one could be gay or not-gay, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think I was imagining that I fancied all sorts of people. He helped me see that there was something glorious in not being like everyone else\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnot mirroring the h*ck out of mainstream aesthetics. He made me believe I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to be like everyone else to be successful and beloved. [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-01-08BowieBday.jpg"}