if it is possible to live well, then it is worth it to try.

cedar | they/them, ze/hir | 28 | crippled white/anishinaabe gendermenace | my art acct is @antlerlad | icon by @niftybiscuit

[cervidy]

you can call me cedar. my pronouns are they/them or ze/hir.

here’s my carrd in case you want to know things about me

art blog: @antlerlad

insta: antlerlad | antleredartworks

inkblot: antlerlad

cohost: antlerlad

if you need me to tag something, please send an ask or a dm! I am very forgetful due to a number of Brain Problems, but I promise I will try :) please feel free to remind me if I forget.

if we’re mutuals you’re welcome to ask me for my discord or just hit me up about whatever in dms <3

[sashaforthewin]

[mrhealyourgirl]

happy pride to losers who get no bitches and stack no paper

[scalycat]

OC checkpoint because I'm curious... What's the physical trait you like the most on your OC's face? A little detail you love paying attention to when you draw them. Their face just doesn't feel complete until you've added that thing. Tell me

[oursystemblog]

sure

[anistarrose]

if you are a parent, or may become one, or you are otherwise likely to arrive in the situation of caring for a child while they eat, promise me this: if a child doesn't like a certain food or food group, you will ask them WHY. and specifically, you will pay attention to either confirming or ruling out "it makes my mouth itch" or "it makes my stomach hurt," both of which are medically important info that children may not provide unprompted. which i know because this PSA has been brought to you by "i spent my entire childhood and much of my early teens eating peas and lentils while wondering why everyone else liked the Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation so much, like were they a bunch of legume masochists or something, before i finally realized that Violently Itchy Mouth Sensation was in fact a sinister demon appearing only to me, and her true demonic name was: Legume Allergy"

[brainrockets]

Do not let your child suffer from spicy bananas!

[w0nderland42]

i get that americans love their cultural imperialism, but it really does piss me off that june is “international” pride month just because something happened in the united states.

in aotearoa, june isn’t our pride, it’s theirs. marsha p johnson and sylvia rivera are their historical figures, not ours. the phrase that “you owe your rights to Black trans women” is true there, but here we owe our rights to (mostly) Māori historical figures. i have the freedoms i do because of the legacy of an entirely different set of people operating in an entirely different context at entirely different times.

But because of american cultural imperialism, most queer people in Aotearoa don’t even know our own queer history. Carmen Rupe, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, the Dorian Society, Gillian Laundon, Georgina Beyer, and the Wolfenden Association are some of our queer history. We should know their names! we should know what they did for us! but because of the power of the american imperial machine, we don’t.

our national pride month should be july, the month that the Homosexual Law Reform Act passed in 1986. our two largest cities hold their pride festivals in february and march, respectively. american queer history has very little (or nothing, depending on who you ask) to do with our queer history. anecdotally, from my own queries, queer youth in aotearoa know more about american queer history than our own.

anyway, happy pride, americans. i’m truly sorry that most of you don’t see the negative impact your nation’s culture has on the rest of the world. and to the rest of the world reading this, try searching for your own country and culture’s queer history, don’t accept the american narratives as your own. we deserve our own histories divorced from the cultural hegemony of the USA.

[lavenderarts]

Hey Guardian, race you through the Ascendant Plane sometime?

[lavenderarts]

for to worship is to yield all power

[dono-cho]

[lavenderarts]

Thin Line

Sometimes you forget which side you're on.

[lavenderarts]

Been feeling really normal about Wild Card for a while now 😊😊😊

[lavenderarts]

"You're not brave. You've merely forgotten the fear of death. Allow me to reacquaint you."

For the no one who's ever wondered how Orchidia got his scar during the Red War, now you know. It's quite a drop from up there on Ghaul's ship

[lavenderarts]

I will not elaborate

[freenarnian]

You know what would make a GREAT plot twist? Fidelity.

[freenarnian]

And yes I mean in the context of romantic relationships, but not only in the context of romantic relationships. Or did AND ROHAN WILL ANSWER mean nothing to you?

[cervidy]

Lately I've been feeling like every time I open my mouth and speak I need to be shot in the head

[cervidy]

Ants are literally sooooo cute is the thing. They are so gentle and curious