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21 she/her(it/its?) I sometimes post abt nature but it’s mostly vague posting about stuff going on tbh. DNI if I don’t like u >:(

[coral-muncher]

It’s been a little while since I’ve posted pictures from my walks, so I thought I’d share what I found this weekend!

So the first two pictures are of a clearing in the forest I walked through, wildflower season and I'm looking forward to more of this.

Next is what I think is shrimp of the woods, but that's more of a guess than an ID. Beside that is a blue mushroom that I have no other information on. It was a bit more blue in person, and quite pretty.

The next picture is too over-exposed(?) to make out the detail of the mushroom, and is reminding me that I need to get my camera fixed so that I can start doing this properly. Next to that is a small example of my absolute favourite group of mushrooms, Boletes. I love them because they are round and have pores instead of gills.

This last mushroom has been appearing all summer, and has evaded identification just as long. As far as I can tell it looks like some kind of Lactaria, but doesn't seem to produce the "milk" that give the genus its name. Very pretty mushroom regardless, always a welcome find.

This last picture is possibly my all-time favourite find and I'm so excited to talk about it. This is (half of) a shed skin from the only species of lizard native to this province, AND is currently thought to be extinct in this area. I've been fascinated with these ever since I was a kid so finding something hopeful like this is very exciting. I've been wanting to get involved with conservation in my area for a while so I think I'll try contacting the local university, I think they might be interested or could point me in the right direction to someone who is. In any case, I want to learn more about these lizards specifically, and see if there's anything I can do to help this local population do well.

To You specifically (reader): If you take a nature picture, I would love to see it! If you don't take nature pictures, you should! You don't need a forest near you to see nature, it can be weeds taking over an abandoned lot. Anywhere left undisturbed has an ecosystem.

[fuckyeahviralpics]

[mysticalcoffeequeen]

When you thought it would be easy peasy lemon squeezy but it turns out to be difficult difficult lemon difficult.

[switchnx]

Wait that’s actually really good, gonna pop this out of the tags

[itsreallystupid]

[carabid]

Not enough people are using environmental science/wildlife work/etc as like the setting for their yaoi or yuri or au fanfiction or whatever. Because they’re scared of not knowing that much about it. Theyre missing out on the incredible potential of messy, exhausting field work in insane weather conditions, shared housing, lab-induced boredom, being forced to cooperate with others both internal and external to your organization, struggling for grants etc….. the narrative potential… the opportunities for conflict and overcoming conflict… for creating intense, powerful bonds in a short period of time. They don’t know!

[carabid]

I’m glad you guys agree with me bc I KNOW I’m right

[bintro]

[dacuala]

why is trespassing not allowed. like i just want to look

[peoplegettingreallymadatghosts]

“But they forget”

[xylophonetangerine]

[peoplegettingreallymadatghosts]

“But they forget”

[xylophonetangerine]

[shopkeeper]

if your water breaks… i will fix it.

[shopkeeper]

no... i will be the best wife wolf... nothing stands in my way anymore...

[others-oni]

Button

[pleasestopthese]

What Is Transmisogyny?

My 2007 book Whipping Girl is probably best known for two things: It popularized “cis” terminology (which I did not coin) and introduced…

I have found that many people who have not had a trans female or trans feminine experience often have trouble wrapping their brains around the concept of trans-misogyny, so I will offer the following two anecdotes to help illustrate what I mean by the term. Once, about two years ago, I was walking down the street in San Francisco, and a trans woman happened to be walking just ahead of me. She was dressed femininely, but not any more feminine than a typical cis woman. Two people, a man and a woman, were sitting on a doorstep, and as the trans woman walked by, the man turned to the woman he was sitting next to and said, “Look at all the shit he’s wearing,” and the woman he was with nodded in agreement. Now presumably the word “shit” was a reference to femininity — specifically, the feminine clothing and cosmetics the trans woman wore. I found this particular comment to be quite telling. After all, while cis women often receive harassing comments from strange men on the street, it is rather rare for those men to address those remarks to a female acquaintance and for her to apparently approve of his remarks. Furthermore, if this same man were to have harassed a cis woman, it is unlikely that he would do so by referring to her feminine clothing and makeup as “shit.” Similarly, someone who is on the trans masculine spectrum could potentially be harassed, but it is unlikely that his masculine clothing would be referred to as “shit.” Thus, trans-misogyny is both informed by, yet distinct from, transphobia and misogyny, in that it specifically targets transgender expressions of femaleness and femininity.

The second example of trans-misogyny that I’d like to share occurred at an Association for Women in Psychology conference I attended in 2007 (for those unfamiliar with that organization, it is essentially a feminist psychology conference). One psychologist gave a presentation on the ways in which feminism has informed her approach to therapy. During the course of her talk, she discussed two transgender clients of hers, one on the trans male/masculine spectrum, the other on the trans female/feminine spectrum. Their stories were very similar in that both had begun the process of physically transitioning but were having second thoughts about it. First, the therapist discussed the trans masculine spectrum person, whose gender presentation she described simply as being “very butch.” She discussed this individual’s transgender expressions and issues in a respectful and serious manner, and the audience listened attentively. However, when she turned her attention to the trans feminine client, she went into a very graphic and animated description of the trans person’s appearance, detailing how the trans woman’s hair was styled, the type of outfit and shoes she was wearing, the way her makeup was done, and so on. This description elicited a significant amount of giggling from the audience, which I found to be particularly disturbing given the fact that this was an explicitly feminist conference. Clearly, if a male psychologist gave a talk at this meeting in which he went into such explicit detail regarding what one of his cis female clients was wearing, most of these same audience members, as well as the presenter, would surely (and rightfully) be appalled and would view such remarks to be blatantly objectifying. In fact, in both of these incidents I have described, comments that would typically be considered extraordinarily misogynistic if they were directed at cis women are not considered beyond the pale when directed at trans women.

—serano

[abigail]

yes the rumours are true !!! i would like a kiss. perhaps two or three actually if that’s not asking too much

[hoot-alex]

[mumintroll]

[coral-muncher]

does a wolf mourn its kill? does the raven picking apart a squirrel on the road feel empathetic? perhaps a scavenger feels a sense of wastefulness when it finds an animal, dead and rotting.

[thaumbody]

Does a wolf mourn its kill?

No, but is thankful and honors the gift of life lost for life of their pack...

Does the raven feel empathetic?

Yes, for the raven and its kin shall live knowing the loss of life means loss of family...

The scavenger's sense is gratitude that there is food for another day and that what was left is not wasted but wanted...

Humans are not alone in knowing grief, empathy, respect, and gratitude; we have forgotten, but they remember, and one day we, too, shall remember.

[coral-muncher]

does a wolf mourn its kill? does the raven picking apart a squirrel on the road feel empathetic? perhaps a scavenger feels a sense of wastefulness when it finds an animal, dead and rotting.

[qubesos-official]

[transfemme-shelterdog]

French people when you call it bukake and not "nut a la visage" and shibari instead of "corde attacher l'submissive"

[transfemme-shelterdog]

Pisse? In le pantalons???

Mon tabarnak j'vais te décâlisser la yeule, câlice!