Somnifer

Welcome! We seek beauty of all kinds & take particular interest in Fairytales, the Gothic, & 19th century aesthetics. This is mostly an inspiration blog, but sometimes I will post my own things too.

[tokyo-fashion]

Tokyo high school student Makoto on the street in Harajuku wearing a remake style with Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards as accessories, a remake cropped painted hoodie, cutout pants, and Dr. Martens shoes. Full Look

[rebel6]

by Anonymous Ink & Idea

[diningwithdana]

Commissions to support alternative black comics

Hey Fab Bats! I’m taking commissions to help support Dining with Dana so I can keep publishing articles and the adventures of your favorite fat bat. You can get your portrait done in my style (with or without me included) in full color, black and white or as a group of up to 9 people!

The summer sale is here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/diningwithdana

All orders are delivered directly to your digital door. Each one helps! For any questions don’t hesitate to inbox me.

Alternatively, you can support Dana on Patreon or Paypal.

[tokyo-fashion]

Karumu on the street in Harajuku wearing a vintage Japanese kimono with a ruffle top, lace corset, top hat, vintage briefcase, tassels belt, and New Rock cowboy boots. Full Look

[theimaginesyouneveraskedfor]

When you’re writing and your sentences begin to blur together:

When you look at the word count and it’s barely 100 words:

When you re-read and realize it’s utter nonsense:

[gdfalksen]

Bathsheba, the Harvest Queen by Zen-Master

[dame-de-pique]

Judges Ltd. - London,The Embarkment on a wet night, c.1927

also

[dressesofchina]

Girl with a Pearl Earrings cosplay in a Han-dynasty costume (recreation of a dress uncovered in the mawangdui tombs)

[tokyo-fashion]

Liz and Bishoujo wearing Japanese steampunk fashion on the street in Harajuku. Full Looks

[floralls]

Oxford, Oxfordshire by Alixe Lay

[floralls]

by Marti Gutfreund

[gardeninthevoid]

🏳️‍🌈 remember 🇷🇺

while americans and europeans celebrate Pride, remember us. remember that pride is illegal in Russia. remember that we are silenced and shamed by our government and by the society we exist in, that our human rights get violated every day. remember that russians carrying rainbow flags will be beaten and thrown in jail this summer. celebrate and protest, but remember that we can’t.

[prismatic-bell]

Instead of buying overpriced corporate queer merch this Pride, consider a donation to the Russian LGBT Network: https://lgbtnet.org/en (most of the site is in Russian, but this link specifically will let you view it in English.)

They’re working to help our Russian brothers and sisters escape to countries where they’re safe, and they could really use our help. You can also read there on some of what’s going on in Russia with regard to queer rights.

You may also consider Rainbow Railroad: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com

They have the same goal and work in countries worldwide where queer folk are in danger due to anti-LGBTQ laws.

Rainbow Railroad

Российская ЛГБТ-сеть

разные люди, общие ценности

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Trudeau says deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls amount to 'genocide'

PM didn't use the word 'genocide' in his speech after accepting the MMIWG inquiry report

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government accepts that the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls across Canada in recent decades amount to an act of “genocide.”

The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls found that Indigenous women and girls are 12 times more likely to be murdered or to go missing than members of any other demographic group in Canada — and 16 times more likely to be slain or to disappear than white women. The inquiry report described the deaths and disappearances as “genocide.”

Trudeau didn’t use the term during his speech at the inquiry’s closing ceremony on Monday — but took a step further today.

“We accept their findings, including that what happened amounts to genocide,” he told a crowd in Vancouver Tuesday.

“There are many debates ongoing around words and use of words. Our focus as a country, as leaders, as citizens must be on the steps we take to put an end to this situation.”

Continue Reading.

[caroleandtuesdaily]

[dailybipuns]

Okay, hot take? Bisexual and pansexual are functionally synonyms, and the decision to ID as one or the other comes down to personal preference and interpretation, and any attempt to further separate the two is driving a wedge between two communities that should have nothing but love and solidarity for one another. 

We have more in common than not, and the words for our respective identities should not be pitted against each other. 

[swordshapedleaves]

Yeah with overlapping identities like this I just go for whichever one I like the pride flag the most.

[dailybipuns]

That’s so valid. 

[love-geofffree-deactivated20190]

There is a distinction between pansexual and bisexual but it is a very fine line, so fine that people who fit the definition for pansexual better may ID as bisexual instead for a variety of personal reasons and vice versa. But there is a distinction and acting like they are perfect synonyms can be quite invalidating.

Bisexual - attraction to multiple genders where gender is a factor within the attraction, and can include a preference for one gender over another, or attraction that feels different when it’s directed at a specific gender.

Pansexual- attraction to people regardless of gender. Gender is not a factor, you’d expect a blanket sensation of attraction regardless of which gender it is attracted to, and no sense of intuitive gender preference (though perhaps a logical one).

Notice that neither of these definitions actually exclude transgender or non-binary people and arguing otherwise is biphobic and transphobic. But there is still a distinction - practically, the issues they face and the relationships they will end up in are the same, but emotionally and subjectively they feel different.

[j-erin]

Me reading the first post: I totally agree 100% quit telling me that calling myself bisexual means I’m transphobic

Me reading post four: OH I never heard that distinction before. Being attracted to masculine ppl DOES feel different to me than being attracted to feminine ppl. It never occurred to me that pansexual people experienced attraction different from me in that way. Today I have learned something.

[ebonyheartnet]

Okay, so this is a better explanation than I have seen before, and I’m really glad it crossed my dash. *throws love and support @ my bi and pan friends across the globe bc they’re all valid*

[03josten]

[just-positive-thingys]

Anxiety Help apps

I have a lot of panic attacks and have at least 3 a day, so I have tried so many apps in the past that claim to help and I’m going to share the ones that work for me.

Particle Flow - Calming Calm Harm - Use to stop you self harming. Password protected so someone can’t just open it and look at it Rootd - I use this the most WHEN I’m having a panic attack, it rides it out with you and if you need it to, it will call a designated person, to tell them you are having a panic attack (I have mine set to my mum) Also teaches you how to manage anxiety Monochrome - Like a fidget cube, but as an app What’s up? - Helps you when you are having a panic attacks, has coping strategies, information on depression and anxiety and more. Also has a diary feature. WYSA - Talk with a bot until you feel better MyOasis - Cute tapping game that is very relaxing Antistress - an app with over 40 fidget things from popping bubble wrap, to chalkboard drawing to a fidget spinner. 

I’m on android so I don’t know if these are available to Iphone users 

[assignedmale]