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Hi im Cyanide or just Cyan, i'm your friendly neighborhood bootblack and a massive pervert about boots. as a bootblack locally w/i the leather community(im know around town but am not a pillar) and online (tumblr, bluesky, and instagram) i've been asked by several follower about good boots, because i suppose this is a Doc Martens hate account(hyperbole for internet entertainment..kinda)

doc marten is a quintessential boot for punks, goths, dykes, fags, queers all around, and whoever wishes to own doc martens. BUT they suck, they haven't always sucked but they do now(2010s+) they're low quality leather that's hard to break in, subpar construction, and difficult to repair.

"but Cyan, i like the look of Docs" i love that, they look good and are ICONIC, but there are other options of better made boots. like:

vintage/older Doc Martens: the boots weren't always crappy, they earned their position as THE boot by being well made... in the past. sites like Ebay, Depop, Poshmark, Marketplace, etc. are a great place to find genuine Doctor Marten's boots that are good quality. w/i reason, these are most likely used and may not be in the best condition from use. but gems can be found

2. evolutionary mimicry: Docs are indeed iconic and because of that there are many copycats. some good, some worse than Docs themself. two that I like are; Solovair. exact dupes, the best form of mimicry. they look exactly like docs. Steel. steel boots fit the ecological niche of docs but with a slightly different form. these are punk boots for a punk look. a bit of an exaggerated shape, but fun

3. just get modern Docs. yes i'm a boot snob, i like high quality boots. but Doc martens are affordable (debatable) and what people know. longevity comes from care, if you thrash you boots and don't care for them after, of course they'll fail you, Docs can (technically) last.... I, Cyanide, just hate them and honestly that's a strong position i don't fully hold(oh yes i do, but they're your boots not mine, i'll care for them as i would any boot tho)

"okay yeah, but do you know other boots? like work boots?" YES i do

Carolina boots; these are my current work boots, i like the logger look that the brand has

Red Wing; these boys are buck wild expensive, but they're no. this brand has cheaper options than their "Heritage" styles and are solid work boots

Caterpillar; these work boot were my longest lasting pair of work boots(3 years w/ no care) they look haggard now, but they'll last (based on my experience in demolition/construction)

"what about BIG STOMPY boots?" honestly just one brand that i (personally) fuck w/. New Rock, they're made very sturdy and with very good leather. you can also straight up just buy the metal bits that they have and put them on other boots.

"i have so much money tho. do you know really really good boots that cost so much money?" yes, if you're willing to throw down the dosh there's JK Boots and Whites

"oops wait, i have less money than that." Thursday boots

"what boot's do you wear, Cyan?" my daily wear non-work boots are Rocky jump boots, with my own personal touches

Your boots are your foundation. if you're starting a leather journey, start at your feet, learn to take care of your boots, even mildly. go to local leather events, the community will welcome you in

there's a couple sites i pull from for boot care (anyonecanshine.com, bootblack.wikidot.com) and other bootblacks i learn from (Buck Harder on tiktok, and my local folks) as well as trial and error, it's kinda hard to fuck up a boot in a way that is irreparable. i'll also answer any other questions y'all have and point you were i can when i don't know.

i also can not be your only guiding light in boot care, make a constellation of people to learn from and your own exploration will serve you well

#bootblack #leather boots #boot blacking #leather care #leather dyke #leather #trans #me #dyke #butch #i am not an authority about this either and the list is what I Cyan think and is limited by my experience #thank you to those who trust me to know things #leather is fulfilling #you're going to be okay #also yes i did ask myself questions to drive this post and add humor #i think it worked #but tell me otherwise #critiques are welcome #i'm not a writer im hardly a blogger

mossgirl

Rise and Monty Kissing, (1980) Nan Goldin

bouncing-bimbo

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transsexual summer

yoursweetcorpse

"puppy wants a treat? ohhh do you? yeah?" while they're shoving their steel-toed boot into your crotch and watching you whine

celestedarlings

You can’t be talking like that White Petplayer… you can’t be saying mutt like that White Petplayer… I know no ones ever called you a filthy mutt unless they were letting you hump their boot but let’s use some critical thinking, White Petplayer….

joansilence

Yeah, don't be this guy.

Like this take may sound woke and seem to make sense to you, but apply any critical thinking and you'll realize this puts you in the same camp as the homophobes, transphobes, and all other bigots.

You don't get to police what other consenting adults do in their bedrooms. You don't get to make people feel ashamed of how they get off. No one does. No matter how much you dislike it. No matter how justified you feel about it. Those folks who want to genocide us for being queer and trans feel just as justified, they feel just as much that it makes sense, they feel just as much that it is their right to take their personal discomfort out on people who are different from them. Which is all this is just with a progressive veneer.

Lay off this shit.

celestedarlings

Hi! The thesis of the above post was “if you are white, you should be practicing some critical thinking about how you use certain words in your play that are historically used as racial slurs when applied to people.”

I think it is interesting that there is an assumption here that my advice to practice critical thinking in regards to racial dynamics, one, has the goal of making people “feel ashamed” about their kink, and two, that it equates to a desire to police and enforce what people do in their bedroom. I think it’s interesting that white people, when told that they might be saying something racist or perpetuating harm out of ignorance, assume that the nonwhite person talking to them has the intention to shame and police them.

To be clear. I am a mixed race petplayer. I am both a pet and a handler. I have used the word mutt in my petplay in the past, and while it’s not my preferred term, I am very open to using it!

However, I have observed in the petplay community, a massive skew towards whiteness. I’ve talked to other racialized kinksters who tell me that they have avoided petplay, not because they have no interest in the pet dynamic, but because the way that the widely white participant base are so ignorant to the nuance and complexity involved when a bipoc person is compared to an animal when squared with our racial background.

White petplayers have an obligation to understand that when they say things like “filthy mutt” all of the racialized people around them, especially the mixed race people, are going to have our hackles raised in a way that another white person might not. They have an obligation to consider how they’re using words that are used as racial slurs around and directed at real people who come from real racial groups with real histories of oppression and violence rooted in calling us certain terms and comparing us to animals.

I also think it is in exceptionally poor taste to call upon the imagery of “people who want to genocide [white] queer people” when you are talking to someone about a racial term that is literally related to genocide and “bettering the race.” This is, ironically, the very nuance that I said white petplayers people lack in their interactions. But that’s beside the point.

cupepe

they're getting too big

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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH HONEYS!👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾🏳️‍🌈✨

rabbitdyke

tramp: stamped

rabbitdyke

yall im so hot. damn

decompose1

neovaginas can get wet naturally

a neophallus can get erect with an implant (this will either be a bendable rod or a device that inflates with saline at the press of a button, usually in the testicles)

both can feel sexual pleasure and experience orgasm

most neovaginas will be able to tolerate larger insertions with enough dilating/training

the nerves in neophalluses take a while to regrow but it is incredibly rare to experience no sexual nerve growth

both can look and feel "normal" if that's what you want, just take good care of your scars and look at your surgeons' results portfolio (and don't be afraid to be picky! its your genitals, you get to decide!)

in fact it's possible for many people to stealth and for their sexual partners to never know. even for phallo, some people with natal penises have erectile implants too, ED is common. neocaginas are often indistinguishable from natal vaginas

many surgeons are starting to offer preservation options for patients who want a more mixed look/don't want to lose what they have

YOU HAVE OPTIONS! demystify bottom surgery