cannibal pantry

Sarillin. Fae/faer. Mad, queer elf.

[spiteyote-resurrected]

tapping the sign preemptively

[hearthfire-heartfire]

250 Years of Lies, 500 Years of Uprising - NDN COLLECTIVE

Reflection. The so-called “United States” is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 2026. We,...

”The so-called “United States” is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 2026. We, the first people of this land, do not have to look far to spot the hypocrisy of celebrating a document that calls our ancestors “Merciless Indian Savages.” Today, we witness a country that proclaims “freedom” while kidnapping our immigrant neighbors without due process, passing laws that encourage harassment and discrimination against our LGBTQ and two-spirit relatives, and pulling out every political, legal, and military strategy to suppress any form of dissent against the state. At the start of this nation, the government ratified over 350 treaties with Native Nations – and then proceeded to break every single one of them. Just as it was clear to our ancestors, it remains clear to us now: this colonial experiment has failed at building anything resembling a true democracy.”

[evelmiina]

Elf and devil

[closet-keys]

I know there's some number of nonbinary people who aren't comfortable identifying as trans in a good faith way (not as a crypto-twerf thing). earlier in my life, I felt like I wasn't "trans enough" to claim it, for example. I know some newly out nonbinary people irl who are sort of grappling with those feelings.

but, if this is you, please hear me: this feeling is internalized transphobia. it's understandable, but you need to work through it. you are trans.

there are not "levels" to being trans.

there are material circumstances that can impact how transphobia impacts you. the more things you choose to do with your life that are prohibited according to assignment, the more you will experience transphobia, because transphobia is assignment enforcement. so yes, trans people who encounter these structural modes of enforcement are experiencing transphobia that those who are not encountering these structures are not.

(for example, I have not changed my name or gender marker legally. this means I have not experienced the specific mechanism of assignment enforcement that exists to restrict legal sexgender re-categorization. I have changed my sexed traits medically (hormones and surgery) so I have experienced the specific mechanism of assignment enforcement that exists to restrict bodily autonomy over sexed characteristics. these are structures, right?)

but we are all trans. avoiding these structures to avoid dealing with the transphobia inherent to navigating them is also experiencing the impact of this enforcement. whether you decide to go up against any specific enforcement structures or not, you are still trans. you are still experiencing living in a world that enforces assignment and punishes people for disobedience to it. you are still being impacted by this restriction on your autonomy, whether you openly fight any particular aspect of this restriction or not.

at a time when people are constantly promoting the idea that

nonbinary people "don't transition,"

nonbinary can mean being "detrans" or cisgender,

nonbinary people are "neither trans or cis" or "less trans" than other trans people,

nonbinary people are always assigned female at birth and transfems can't be nonbinary

we need to all understand this is an effort to insist that:

nonbinary people are somehow inherently, categorically different from other trans people,

that we do not have shared material interests or life experiences navigating the same structures of assignment enforcement, and

that TME nonbinary people should not work together with transfeminized people--nonbinary or not--for shared liberation.

this is some divide-and-conquer shit. we cannot allow this idea to flourish. it is dangerous.

nonbinary people are trans. materially. categorically. we are trans and our liberation is trans liberation.

[ellewantsrevenge]

as a non-binary person i don't disagree with this but it also doesn't address any of the reasons that i don't personally claim that label

i feel it makes me an arbitrator of knowledge and experience that i do not have and will detract from speaking on

asking in good faith, is someone able to reconcile that for me or am i accurate in that line of thinking?

[closet-keys]

I understand and empathize with your concern, sincerely.

here is what I think: no trans person is an arbiter. every trans person can only speak to their own life experience and accumulated knowledge.

some trans people spend a lot of time and effort collecting information about many trans people’s experiences (through talking to a lot of people, doing surveys and studies, etc). some trans people spend a lot of time and effort applying and modifying theoretical frameworks about oppression to form coherent analysis around trends in experience. these people can speak to the knowledge and understandings that they have about transness broadly, and can cite their sources and explain their influences that led them to these conclusions.

any legitimacy someone holds when talking about transness is not an innate quality derived from their identity; it is an earned, living, relational trust.

you can speak on your own experiences and whatever knowledge and understanding you have gained from engagement with these things. same as any trans person.

you might not know a lot yet, so you might not have much knowledge to offer in these situations besides anecdotes from your own life right now. that’s fine and is the case for many trans people.

in my opinion, as long as you are humble and honest about the limits of your own knowledge about transness when you speak on it, then you are responsibly wielding that label and not detracting from anyone else's experiences.

also there are trans people who are irresponsible with this all the time & claim anecdotes from their own life is in-and-of-itself proof of some universal truth about what it means to be trans. they're still trans. trans people grift and let themselves be tokenized sometimes. transness does not imply knowledge, authority, or investment in trans liberation in and of itself.

trans people are just people. there is no test. saying you're trans is just an honest report that you are not living your life within relational/medical/legal bounds of the sexgender assigned to you.

I think it's wonderful that you feel responsibility to treat discussion about being trans with gravity. it is genuinely a very good thing to move with respect for how these discussions impact other people's lives.

you do not need to deny yourself language to maintain this respect. in fact, your ability to advocate for trans people more broadly may strengthen when you claim your stake in the struggle directly.

you're already in this with the rest of us. <3

[wheelie-sick]

maybe this is just because I'm schizoaffective but every example of a "bizarre delusion" I see I'm like "yeah I might not believe that but I can see how you got there"

"I had a delusion where I thought my roommate was secretly a centaur and hiding it from me" and I had a delusion where I thought my old best friend was a mind reader involved in a secret society of mind readers. we've all been there.

I can't explain how I think you got there but... I can see how you got there. it makes sense. to me. I might not believe it but like yeah I think that could make sense.

[bbyhog]

monster needs to release a "smol bean" flavor. that tastes like pure cinnamon roll

[pokkin]

monster needs to release a heckin pupper flavor that tastes like wet dog

[jame7t]

monster needs to stop these two before their dark work is complete

[inspectre-gadget]

Y'all understand that it is a patient's right to refuse treatment, yes? You understand that this extends to psychiatric treatment? That there is something deeply troubling about immediately dismissing a patient exercising their right to refusal as Symptoms™? It's very important to me that you understand this.

[viralfrog]

[evilhorrible]

[chronically-unhealthy-fairy]

Originally saw this from @heartheangels . It's super cool to see how it looked fresh

[infiniteartmachine]

"a woman stands on a hill in front of an alien spaceship"

[perfect-puppy]

[capitaobarba79]

[goodpark]

Jungsun Jung: Garden Nasturtium quilt

[barbarajreadytoplay]

Listening to the radio while they report on the SCOTUS ruling yesterday that states can ban specifically trans girls and women from girls/womens sports programs. The people they interview: a trans boy with his cis mother and a trans man. The trans man says one of the things that hampers progress is "no one talks to us." Idk man the radio station didn't talk to any trans women, they talked to you, a trans man. Seems like they are pretty willing to talk to you and not the people this ruling actually directly affects.

[heavensghost]

yeah shoutout to pleasures of the flesh

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Voice of the Woods

The ritual of making draws upon the elves’ memories and pasts. And elves have long memories and ancient pasts.

Artist: Pete Venters TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[apolladay]

What category is your last name?

Son of some guy ("Johnson", "O'Brien", etc)

Job ("Smith", "Miller", etc)

Place/town ("Hill", "del Valle", etc)

Nickname/attribute ("Short", "Goodman", etc)

Hyphenated/multiple of the above

Other (describe in the tags!)

Unsure/results

Remaining time: 1 day 16 hours

[monochrome-stars]

big fan of telling people "have fun" when they say theyre going to the restroom