The Prodigal Daughter Returns

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[noshamehustle]

[formerglory25]

reblog if you too are bi and confused or support others’ right to be bi and confused

[francoisarnaudsource]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH FROM @FRANCOISARNAUDSOURCE!

I'm sure many bisexual guys feel the same and end up doing as I did: letting other people's assumptions of straightness stand uncorrected. Perhaps out of fear of oversharing. Under the guise of privacy, maybe. Probably because "masculinity" is a most fragile currency, ready to nose-dive at the first sign of vulnerability or difference. And because it's really fucking scary to give up your privilege. Without a doubt because stigmas of indecisiveness, infidelity, deception and trendiness are still clinging to bisexuality. But here's the thing. Silence has the perverse effect of perpetuating those stereotypes, making bi guys invisible, and leading people to doubt that we even exist. No wonder it's still a chore to acknowledge bisexuality without getting into lengthy explanations. So, yes, labels are frustrating and words, imperfect. But I've always considered myself bisexual. Not confused or trying to look edgy. Not disloyal. Not ashamed. Not invisible. - François Arnaud

[tsunflowers]

there's some US states where they won't let you put ø or ñ on your baby's birth certificate, along with ' and -, and it's stupid. we all have unicode now. we all know that people use different languages which use different characters. the name Lucia Íñiguez-Garcia will not be too hard to type or break your computer

[charlotte505]

This happens world wide. My name has an - and it's not allowed even in some government forms. BUT THATS MY GOVERNMENT GIVEN NAME TOO it's so fucking frustrating.

[ryan-sometimes]

This makes me feel like such a boomer, but I hate it how all media has been TikTok-ified and algorithm primed. Songs are shorter, designed for short viral clips rather than a full listening experience. TV shows and movies are sloppier, dragging on and on, assuming you’ll be on your phone and have it only in the background. Even books have been chewed up and spat back out as easily consumable tropes, with bite-sized chapters and mannequins for characters. This late stage capitalism hellscape we’re in has made art into something you snack on rather than savor.

[plushefemme]

not to be a hedonist but. pleasure IS the whole point, my loves. we are made for pleasure. humans have not survived out of spite or sheer grit or simply to make more humans. we live for pleasure. the pleasure of licking the last delicious crumbs off your fingers and feeling sunlight on your skin and massaging a loved one's shoulders. we're made to fill our bellies with delicious food, to nap in soft grass, to touch each other in joy and comfort.

there is no shame or guilt in our bodies doing what they were made to do. and we are made for pleasure.

[power-chords]

This Dan Piraro comic always makes me cry.

[tnc-n3cl]

@zeawesomebirdie

[thesobsister]

Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet

The internet’s largest stockpile of free knowledge is under threat from MAGA, A.I. and foreign autocrats. A bibliophile ex-ambassador is here to help.

"Wikipedia is in peril.

In a world where trust in truth is crumbling, the grande dame of collective online fact-gathering is under threat on every front. The MAGA right, with Elon Musk at the fore, is slinging accusations of political bias and antisemitism and has even questioned the site’s nonprofit status. Artificial intelligence is raiding the encyclopedia’s resources and draining attention. Repressive governments have hauled its volunteer editors into penal colonies.

In Wikipedia’s 25-year history, it has never had to fight this hard." -----

Interesting, alarming article.

tl;dr: If you use Wikipedia every day, like your sobsister, or even regularly, and you have a few bucks to spare, think about a donation to help it fight off MAGA/Musk, AI, and authoritarian governments around the world.

[charlotte505]

Please contribute people, Wikipedia is much more respectable than any AI. We all use it on a day to day basis. I myself have donated 3 times.

[ilyasmole]

ilya's bisexuality really is such a vital part of his character and his identity and i Do get a little bothered when people (usually normies/straight people) just refer to him as gay bc he's in love with a man....but that's just my personal feelings as a #bi person

[ilyasmole]

ACTUALLY i'm adding onto this bc there's something i always notice in ep 6 that i wanna talk abt briefly, and that's yuna & david's faces when shane says "ilya likes both" - especially yuna

there's concern there. it's obvious. and it's SO common when it comes to bisexuality bc there's this huge and annoying misconception that bisexual people are unfaithful unloyal cheaters. and you can see it in her face as she processes the information that this is an immediate concern for her and for her son.

and now let's look at ilya's face

now he's concerned, because he knows he has to explain himself (which he does. he shouldn't have to but he does) and he's basically throwing out a hail mary to shane's parents that says hey, wait, no, i'm not gonna cheat on your son. i love your son. just because i'm bisexual doesn't mean i would hurt shane.

and this is something bisexual people deal with all the time btw. not just from straight people, not just from gen x & boomers, but from our own community too. it's incredibly exhausting. anyway i just notice this every time it makes my heart hurt a bit for ilya.

[puddle-books]

on siblings also idk how i made my first weave such a hit i feel like i lost my skill immediately smhsmh it's okay i am learning

credits under cut

please lmk if i have credited anything wrong, i am mostly going off of what i wrote down when i saved these images a while back richard siken, war of the foxes / the hunger games / user kxlon on tiktok / orla gartland, 'bloodline / difficult things' / gracie abrams, 'right now' / madds buckley, 'brother' / user ryan on tiktok / user val on tiktok / brenna yovanoff, 'the replacement' / the hunger games / user liz on tiktok / alice hoffman / the chronicles of narnia / unknown / geoffrey hill / the chronicles of narnia / @winchesterwhorehouse

[han0225]

As an older sister who felt like I was no longer needed when my younger sister got a partner, I hard relate to this. Of course I understand now- over 4 years later- that she needs us both in different ways 😅

The problem with humans is we need to feel needed. So I'm hyper-conscious of making sure my parents know I still want them in my life, even though I also want to be completely independent and travel and do things that they don't necessarily want me to do.

And with my friendships I often overthink about what if they don't want me or need me in their lives and then I get down about it cause I base my self-worth and purpose for existing on whether or not people need me. Not healthy but that's my brain 🧠

[charlotte505]

When I was younger I hated my sisters. Literally. I never asked for them and I felt like they were always in my space. My parents never had the capacity for one less alone 3. When I first got Tumblr as a tween I saw that quote about a shared childhood.

It literally changed my view of them. Who else would understand the nuances of my life like them? I started to get along with the middle one first. When I left I quickly found a house for all us sisters to live together. I wanted to support them as I should.

Didn't work out in the end. But at least I can safely say I have raised my youngest sister into a decent person. We get along to this day.

I don't regret not always having been the best older sister. I also don't regret leaving first. If I hadn't I wouldn't have grown to appreciate them. I support the youngest in a lot still, but I'm also still quite distant when compared to other siblings.

[byjove]

Without fail, every time a woman is talking about how she does not want to have children and never wants to be pregnant and how medical professionals, romantic interests and family members keep trying to bulldoze her decision and keep expecting her to change her mind because motherhood is something that is expected of all women and it is abhorrent to think a woman could not desire it, a random mother spawns in the comments to be like “Well, actually, you never know! I didn’t want children and then I got pregnant and I realized I love being a mama and I have five little babies now! Could happen to you! 🥰”

Sister, keep that to yourself or make your own goddamn post, you are ignoring that woman’s central concern and belittling her, you don’t even think you’re doing it. Formerly childfree women who ended up having children and loving it are like detransitioners in the sense that there is nothing inherently wrong with changing your mind about having children or realizing you were mistaken about your gender identity but immediately weaponizing your indecision to tell people that the barriers to healthcare and the violations of their bodily autonomy and the way society ignores that person’s wishes is actually okay because you were wrong. Some people do know themselves.

[charlotte505]

The first person, or at least one of the first people, I told about me not wanting kids was my grandmother. We had our ups and downs many times, she wasn't a great person and we weren't even on speaking terms when she died. But that time we had a talk I will never ever forget.

I was expecting all sorts of judgements as she was a conservative woman in general. But that was not her reaction at all. She told me "I never wanted to be a mother. Everyone kept convincing me it was the thing I had to do. Everyone said I'd get the urge to have kids once I was married. I married, I didn't feel the urge to have kids. People said: oh, you say that now, but once you get pregnant you'll love it. Eventually I was pregnant, I still did not feel like I wanted a kid or that I should be a mother. People said: oh, you say that now, but once it's here and in your arms that first time, you will fall in love instantly. Your aunt was born, and then your mother, and I never once felt motherly. I know I'm not a good mother to them and they both feel it too, I'm sure of it. So, if you don't want to have kids, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. "

I never told my mum nor my aunt that full story. I know they both had a complicated relationship with their mother. I had a complicated relationship with her too. I don't think they need to know their mother didn't really want either of them. Nothing good would come out of it.

But that day, I felt like I understood her a heck of a lot more. She wasn't a bad person, she just was not meant to be a mother. I could not help but think of all she could have achieved, had she not have been peer pressured into life decisions she did not want. How much did having kids also aid in the progression of her mental issues??

I was always an advocate for childfree women. 20 something years later, I still don't want children. I'm so so so so so happy that I'm fortunate enough to live in a time and place where I do not have to be pressured to have them. This is not the 60's, we no longer live (for now at least) in a fascist regime. Anyone who thinks I need to have kids to feel fulfilled can suck a dick and choke.

I even have a gyno who supports this decision. Im looking to have my tubes tied and should do it sometime in the near future.

Thank you Gramma for those words. I have never once doubted my opinion nor let anyone else pressure me into changing it. We didn't always get along but that day I gained an insane amount of respect for you, cannot imagine if it were me in your shoes.

[aropride]

why is there an upgrade button on gmail. why does twitter want me to scan my palm to get into my account. why is google a chatbot. why does the transit app make a transit app wrapped for me. why does youtube keep shoving its infinitely scrollable shortform content down my throat. why do my doctor and psychiatrist and therapist want to use an ai notetaker during our appointments. why do free trials want my credit card number. why are most scholarship websites just data brokers. how do i make capitalone stop sending me mail. why is my school making its own special chat gpt powered chatbot. why is every third video on instagram an undisclosed ad. why is nothing online real anymore. why is everything so FUCKING STUPID

[megacarapa]

ok so this is another long shot but a few years ago there was a twitter post (in japanese i think?) that had measurememts for how to make this book stand thing out of cardboard that you could use to double up books and use up more space on shelves

back then i made a bunch of these but by now i lost the pic and dont know how to find the original post anymore

if it comes down to it i can just take one apart and get the measurements from there but i would be very grateful if anyone happens to have the original post or something similar??

[megacarapa]

don't mind how long it's been since i made this post, anyway i realized that i don't even need to take one apart to get the measurements when i can literally just unfold it and refold it /FACEPALM

so anyway here is the diagram for anyone else who is interested!!

this requires pretty big carboard pieces, if you have a really big box or something you can make it from one piece, but if you don't, you can also just make each of the pieces individually and then tape them together

and then in the end you put it together like this!!

and then when you make a bunch you can put them all next to each other and stack your books like crazy

EVERYONE START GETTING MORE USE OUT OF YOUR SPACE NOW!!!!

[snowsmoked]

David did not tell Yuna what he saw at the cottage. But, he did come home visibly upset so he had to tell her something.

"Is Shane okay?" Was Yuna's first question.

"Yes," David was quick to reassure her. "He's fine. He's great."

"David," Yuna said worriedly, hand on his bicep. "Is Shane okay?"

"He really is. I promise, sweetheart. I would tell you if he wasn't," David promised her because he would. "But I - he was - he's probably going to be headed over here soon."

"Why?" Yuna started to get more worried, despite her husband's reassurances. "David, what happened? Did you two fight?"

David did interrupt his silent retreat but Yuna couldn't imagine Shane getting into a fight with his father over that.

"No," David caught her eyes. "Do you trust me?"

"Of course."

"Then please don't ask. I saw something I shouldn't have and I - I want it to be Shane's choice if he tells us. I promise you he's safe. We didn't fight. He's - he might be upset with me, but he's okay."

Yuna searched his face for another moment before she slowly nodded.

She had an idea of what David might have seen.

She had considered that Shane's 'silent retreat' might not be the complete truth. She also recognized how upset her husband was at unintentionally learning something about their boy that he wasn't ready to share.

"Okay," Yuna pulled him in for a hug. "I'll make some tea."

"I feel so horrible."

"Shane loves you, he'll understand," Yuna said.

"I hope so," David pulled back. "I can make the tea. Shane will probably want some if he comes over."

He used to make Shane hot chocolate after nightmares, or doctor visits, or difficult practices. When he was a teenager, he started asking for tea instead.

Yuna, sensing David needed something to do, said, "use the new one my aunt sent us. It takes a little longer but I think Shane will like it."

~*~*~

"So, what did you see," Yuna asked her husband as they watched their son and his boyfriend, Ilya Rozanov, drive away.

"I wondered how long it would take for you to ask," David smiled.

"Hush you," Yuna glared. "Like you wouldn't be curious. Unless, god, did you walk in on-"

"No," David stopped her. "They were just walking up from the dock. I would have left but when I noticed it was Rozanov - or Ilya, I mean - I was just frozen there."

"Then how did you know they were, you know, together?"

"Well they kissed on the porch," David winced. "And Ilya..."

"Ilya what?"

"He, uh, had his hand on Shane's…bottom."

Yuna and David stared at each other for a few seconds before Yuna couldn't take it anymore, smile spreading across her face and burst out laughing, hand gripping her husband’s shirt to hold herself up.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Yuna laughed out.

"Yuna!" David admonished but he was laughing too. He reached out to steady her. "It's not funny!"

"When you put it that - that way!" Yuna tried to gather herself. "Ilya Rozanov. Ilya Rozanov. I can't believe it."

"He's a sweet kid," David was still smiling, thinking about Ilya standing awkwardly by his son, happily eating pasta, saying he'd leave the team that drafted him for their Shane.

Yuna softened. "He really is. He looks so much younger in person."

"Well," David wrapped an arm around her waist. "I think he might be ours now."

[hussyknee]

How long have you been on Tumblr?

Over 16 years (before 2010) (toddlers in the dawn of the ant colony)

16 to 14 years (2010-2012) (livejournal and Myspace refugees)

13 to 11 years (2013-2015) (you used to follow thebootydiaries)

10 to 8 years (2016-2018) (era of Russian bot conspiracy)

7 to 3.5 years (2019-2022) (post sex ban to Goncharov)

3.5 years or less (2023–2026) (Twitter refugee)

Voting ended onJul 15

Rebagel for science pls.

[charlotte505]

My first account, which is not this one btw, is from 2011 or 2012.... I'm so fucking old

[20thcenturystarlet]

New York City ballet production of Midsummer Nights Dream

[thepeelingrenoir]

The fact this isn't a painting is a testament to one of the greatest feats of set design and production I've ever seen.

[thepeelingrenoir]

My god just look at this! The lighting, set design, photography... I've just never seen anything like it.

[sisaloofafump]

This is from 1966 and you can see over a hundred photos on the NYPL digital collections website. It is absolutely gorgeous. These are just a few of my favourites.

Plus Puck's face here:

[depsidase]

[charlotte505]

This should not start any fight. Like ever.

If you do not think that everyone deserves food on their bellies and a solid roof over their head before extravagances like yachts and whatnot, you are a sick individual who needs to be checked for psychopathy.

[polyamandhellaglam]

Polyamory is safe for work. Polyamory is safe for kids. Polyamory is safe for day time tv. Polyamory isn’t more sexual than any other relationship and it can be just as romantic, sweet, and healthy.

[evilwriter37]

Aggressively reblogs.