ChristHeGeek

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My best friend from the age of 6 through my mid twenties would get actively mad at myself and other friends if we did anything to our appearance that made us less attractive. Like she might stop speaking to you or slam doors, etc if she didn’t like a new haircut. One time, to be funny, a friend of ours dressed up very glamorously and then give herself a five o clock shadow with makeup and we tried to go out for the evening.

My bestie refused to go out with us and wouldn’t speak to my scruff friend the same way for the rest of high school.

When we reached our thirties she began her plastic surgeries; breast implants, a nose job, chin implant, then there were the hair extensions, eyelash extensions, tanning…

There’s no real point to this post other than to say that I didn’t come out of that friendship completely unscathed, but given how close she and I were, I wonder sometimes that I’m as happy with my face and body as I am.

[prole-log]

[unadulteratedhideouttrash]

[angelbabymikaa]

does anybody know if we have hope tomorrow

[christ-he-geek]

Does anyone remember who had it last?

[pettykittyx]

[mortifiedandawesome]

[christ-he-geek]

When a guy from 8 years ago texts out of the blue and says, “reminded me of you” and it’s a video from a hair metal band doing their rendition of the Arthurian legend

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Content warning:

This is America

[christ-he-geek]

This “I’m gay not queer and that matters” essay has brought a lot of discussion and I’m sorry, but it seems to boil down to what is respectable for conservatives.

When I was first doing burlesque, I drew a very hard line between what I was doing and what strippers did in strip clubs. And then a very patient burlesque performer who had been at it for significantly longer said, “The only real difference is privilege. You are not economically dependent on burlesque so you can perform how you want to perform when you want to perform. When strip club performs set aside what otherwise might be a boundary because they are relying on a tip-based economy, it’s not because they prefer their boundaries to be more flexible; it is because they need that pay. We should want what we have for all performers who take their clothes off on stage.”

(This is a 15 year old memory but that was the thrust of her argument.)

And now back to our story, already in progress:

I want to say that while I support people identifying as they’d like, (I myself have been annoyed at being told I’m pan when I identify as Bi, but you know what? It’s actually whatever) Butfor someone to say, “I’m just gay, just not QUEER like all of the rest of you,” to me it sounds like a burlesque performer going, “Oh, but I’m not a STRIPPER.”

…I just take my clothes off for an audience.

(“But what I do is respectable , see?”)

Gurl.

You should want what you have for everyone.

[christ-he-geek]

Meanwhile, the people who have pooped the country’s pants are mad at those of us declaring, “no no, stinky”

[christ-he-geek]

I saw a post this morning giving an angry takedown of captionist who will caption *speaks in foreign language* rather than captioning the foreign language as “lazy”.

That can be the case, but as someone who does alternative formats as my whole ass job and has listened to the requests, complaints, and descriptions of people with access barriers over 13 years, I want to explain that this can be an intentional choice.

If the original intent of the film or tv episode was not for the audience to understand what was being said, as in, the assumption in the use of a foreign language in that scene is such that few to none of the audience would know what is being said, the captioner may choose this type of caption so that the person taking in the visuals with captions has a similar experience to those with visuals and full auditory access.

If the language is meant to be understood by the audience, or there may be Easter eggs, jokes, etc for those who are bilingual, then the captionidt will likely choose to caption in the language spoken in addition to the primary language used in the original audio.

Some csptionists will hold fast to Vivi giving full translation, even if it offers unintended spoilers. That is okay.

But most of us are listening and working towards what we have been told (by users with auditory Barry’s, processing issues, etc) to give them the best equity of access possible.

If you have input, formatting specialists are absolutely listening and want to hear it. But I am asking sincerely that you don’t assume laziness where there is often a deliberate choice.

I am not currently up against AI replacement, but others in my field are. We request support for our caringvsn intentional work wherever possible

[christ-he-geek]

Me: teehee, I will take a sexy picture of my sexy legs for my boyfriend while I’m on vacation

Moth: HELLO I AM ALSO HERE ALSO QUITE SEXY *flirt cavort frolic*

[slayerbuffy]

BUFFY & SPIKE — season 2 / season 7.

[christ-he-geek]

Realizing that everyone around me, including my bf at the time, was watching this shit and shipping this couple for years before they got together explains a lot about the fuuuuuuuuucked up in relationships 1997-2004.

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👀

[jackdawwhat]

how I love Boston

[massachusetts-official]

Official Post of Massachusetts

[christ-he-geek]

Wicked bi

[christ-he-geek]

Tonight was very good 😊

[tennant]

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (1987-1994) “Haven” (1.11)

[toloveviceforitself]

True and valid

[chernobog13]

Agon was as mad as a wet hen when he found out he'd been walking around all day with a boat stuck in his teeth and no one bothered to tell him.

GIFS by me

[christ-he-geek]

Damnit say something 😪