Steve Harrington Appreciation Zone

Kris's random assortment of stuff. 34. He/she/they. Icon by @angstyastro

[renmorris]

I wish more people...cis and trans...understood that transitioning and passing is just not possible for a lot of us and never will be. I’m so tired of the trans narrative being focused on this supposedly universal experience.

I’m extremely disabled. I will probably never be able to transition in any capacity. I am dependent on my bigoted family and on a bigoted medical system to survive. HRT could hurt my body very badly and I cannot bind because of chronic chest pain. I cannot have top surgery for those same reasons.

There’s so much more to being a man, woman, non-binary than how you can present yourself. And a lot of us are trying desperately to come to terms with that. With the idea of being closeted forever or just straight up trying to navigate our own identies among other trans people more privileged than us.

[everyone can reblog but don't clown on this post, no t*rfs, no tr*sc*m]

[renmorris]

👏 HUGE HUGE HUGE AGREE 👏

It’s so fucking frustrating. And frankly I’m getting pissed off because tucking and binding are dangerous! I get so worried, especially with trans youth who could really hurt themselves 😰 being told you HAVE to conform to this presentation or you aren’t trans, pushing it as the ONLY way to feel better if you're dysphoric is not safe! It’s not helpful!

[renmorris]

okay everyone

somehow people missed this.

cis people, any kind of ‘I’m cis but....' or 'I don’t understand but...' comments are completely unasked for, you can reblog posts without adding commentary.

more pressing though, this post is absolutely not the place to goof around and act cutesy. your voice is not needed here. please learn how to listen to and boost trans voices by themselves.

I am talking about disability and the health and safety of real goddamn people, do not infantilize my words.

[prismatic-bell]

I’m genderqueer, which means I fall under the trans umbrella, and I confuse the shit out of people when I say I don’t feel the need to transition. It’s very simple, really: if I were going to swap anything I’ve got for anything else, it’d be a deeper voice and a penis. I’m not satisfied with the (very very expensive) options for getting a penis and I don’t want to deal with the facial hair that comes with testosterone for the voice, and I actually like my boobs most of the time, so.....no transition it is. I’m okay with that. It doesn’t make me “more cis” to feel that way. And if you have a problem with it, I need you to examine closely why you feel it should be distressing to you what I choose to do with MY BODY.

[hupperts]

[bluebeetletedkord]

[lastnightspants]

[saint-batrick]

that photo is one of the sexiest things i have ever seen.

[butt-berry]

Dragapult family (about to adopt a new sibling)

[charlisgarden]

Puppy gets excited hearing squeaker toy

[yume-fanfare]

windows movie maker on the internet archive we are so back

[bwabbitv3s]

I finished the last constellation tonight. All 40 of them are now done! Went through and double checked and every stitch is in place for them and all the beads are in place. Which just leaves the milky way part to do.

[bwabbitv3s]

Started stitching the Milky Way in. Slowly making progress on it as I am hiding the travelling thread so the back will look nice.

Looks pretty cool and keeps the readability of the other stitches. Very happy with it. Just a thousand or so to do. As they are in a grid roughly every centimetre apart.

[bwabbitv3s]

Update on the constellation quilt. I have gotten the last Milky Way stitch done now. Which means the quilting part of this project is done. My next step will be to baste the edges down, remove the pattern, trim the quilt square, and lastly attach the binding.

[bwabbitv3s]

Progress on the constellation quilt has come along quite a lot now. Finished the binding on the quilt over the weekend. I prefer to machine stitch the binding to the front then hand stitch the back side. It gives such a nice finish to the quilt. Took the time to measure it also and it ended up being 72" by 72" (183cm by 183cm).

With that done I could finally start removing the pattern. Which is taking both less time and more time that I thought it would. As it rips really easily so that goes fast, but the tiny corners and removing it under the beads is slow. You can now see the difference in the glow effect with it against the dark front of the quilt instead of the pattern.

[bwabbitv3s]

Behold the stars of the constellations of the northern sky! I love how this quilt has turned out. It was a lot of fun to work on and the effect is so cool in person. Overall I would estimate it took about 90-100 hours to complete. Give or take 10 hours if you want to count the time I spent custom dying the fabric.

I made sure to get a nice photo of it in daylight. For once I also remembered to get a quilt label on it. The back really shows the difference in readability of the quilting on the ice dyed fabric compared to the solid front. Thank you everyone that has followed this. I am glad you all found joy in it.

Those that are interested, here is the pattern I used by Haptic Lab. I made the large northern hemisphere version, and plan to make the matching southern hemisphere one next year. I also got your back for the less crafty people. Haptic Lab sells finished quilts in this pattern, both as a large quilt and a small one.

[future-crab]

So I follow N. D. Stevenson (comics writer and animator, most famous for Nimona and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) and his husband Lee Ostertag (also a comics writer and animator) on Instagram. When I started following them, they were both publicly presenting as women, and then a few years ago N. D. came out as transmasc nonbinary, and then earlier this year Lee also came out as transmasc. Anyway this is all setup to say that Lee had the chance to make the funniest post of all time and he took it:

Absolutely iconic.

[fearoftheminotaur]

I want to throw in that part of the context behind this meme was N.D. talking about how he sometimes gets hatemail for marrying a man as a former lesbian, and how many people seem to think he divorced his wife.

I have not managed to find anyone who thinks that in the wild, but it is so damn funny.

[nikoanesti]

Real shit

[fluffysheeps]

Flower cows! 🌼🐄

[spectre-squared]

@bovineblogger !!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluerose5]

Me, when the elves of Dragon Age kill their oppressors:

[el-shab-hussein]

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[cheaphalloweencostume]

anyone else feel compelled to be like “☝️ ‼️” when your birth date is mentioned in either fiction or nonfiction but then sometimes you be watching true crime and it’s like “the victim’s eviscerated remains were located on november 27th” and you’re like ah.. birthday.. ☝️.. but i am sorry

[tommyknards-archive]

STEVE HARRINGTON Stranger Things 3

[sparkle-fiend]

Color/lighting study (IWTV/TVL screenshots are perfect for this- so much cool lighting)

Focusing on color theory and more interesting/painterly brushstrokes

[seil1n]

[solitairians]

many small purchases add up to a large amount of money

[abigailspinach]

[sarahwestcott]

Information about the two new tests:

Rapid endometriosis tests to be made available on NHS in England and Wales

Saliva and gut sensor-based tests hailed as ‘gamechanger’ for millions of women who can wait years for diagnosis

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NICE recommends non-invasive tests that could speed up endometriosis diagnoses

Two diagnostic technologies that could speed up NHS diagnoses of endometriosis in primary care have been recommended by the National Institu

Apparently you can do a saliva test kit at home:

A saliva test for endometriosis providing a reliable diagnosis within just a few days. A new era in the diagnosis of endometriosis, marked b