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Riot Women 1.02

#the way they look at each other #i'm gonna scream #riot women #gifset

its crazy how nobody has ever been as objectively beautiful as danny john-jules in red dwarf and nobody ever will be again

markodragic

I'll forever be chasing this high

castablank

@iiep-wop

spaghettinatural

all you guys talkin about catboys this n catboys that better pay respects to the motherfuckinnn ✨🪩ORIGINAL🪩✨catboy

this diva STRUTTED so dan from dan and phil could post that slutty lil sweatshirt pic in cat ears❗️

castablank

prev has demonstrated that this post has reached EXACTLY the right people

magicratfingers

I sing “I’m gonna eat you little fishiiieee” every time I open a can of tuna

#red dwarf

elierlick

The Department of Education worked with the far-right Family Research Council to officially designate March 12th as Detrans Awareness Day last year. But what actually leads people to detransition? It's not regret, but social stigma, incited by the very figures who claim to protect detransitioners. I want to hear their stories describing how the current moral panic influenced their decisions.

#queer #transphobia

specialagentartemis

This might be an odd question, but what's your opinion on changing the verbiage in museums of 'artist unknown' to 'artist once known?' I want to the MFA in Boston a few weeks ago, and I noticed the change from the last time I visited. You've always stricken me as someone with a finer bead on these things, so I wonder if you have any thoughts.

I've also seen that, also in the MFA! I understand the logic behind it, but I... think it's a bit cheesy honestly.

I appreciate the goal. A lot of works by unknown artists are either very old, or made by people from communities who were not given the same kind of institutional respect that European artists get, or both. "Artist unknown" too easily fades into the background, makes it feel like the piece just materialized in place; "artist once known" is an attempt to remind people that just like Van Gogh painted those paintings in the Impressionist wing, somebody - some artist - made this pot, or textile, or furniture, too. And just because we don't know doesn't make them nebulously unknown. Someone once knew who they were and that they made this artwork.

I think that's beautiful and a good impulse. I feel bad for thinking it sounds kinda dumb. But every time I see it, it feels like... when someone's trying too hard to be poetic and ends up saying something meaningless. Like no kidding the artist was once known, but we don't know who it was, which is the relevant information we're trying to convey here.

My instinct is always for verbose clarification so if it were up to me I'd have it say something like "Artist: a Puebloan potter, likely a woman, who lived Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, in the 11th century, who probably lived in one of the outlying settlements around Pueblo Bonito" or "Artist: a woman textile artist, likely a mother or aunt, who lived in a small village in Shangdong, China" or something that emphasizes 1) anything we do know about the person who made it 2) that they were an artist and an individual with a whole life. But that's wordy and changes for every piece and not conducive to the way museum plaques are done. Another equally wordy option I also kind of prefer would be "The name of the (Puebloan/Chinese/Egyptian/Nigerian/Colonial era apprentice/Enslaved African/Beninese/Inca/Maya/etc.) artist who created this piece is not known to the MFA." Still, I will always prefer specificity, and I think giving a few details we can extrapolate about the artist is preferable to the vague obviousness of "artist once known." But also I don't resent it, because I do see what it's trying to do, and what aspect of "artist unknown" it's trying to get people to think about.

#interesting #museums

walkthegale

Among the guest cast will be actors such as Rab C Nesbitt’s Gregor Fisher and Still Game’s Gavin Mitchell

The BBC said when a car is pulled from the water, “a grim discovery is made – crammed in the boot are the decomposed, skeletal remains of an unknown male”. “The team’s search to uncover the victim’s identity, begins with a hunt for the vehicle’s owner – a respected, local GP who left the isles under a cloud of troubled rumours nine years ago,” the BBC added. “As Calder and Tosh dig deeper into the enigmatic GP’s state-of-mind and the lives of the loved ones he left behind, the investigation takes them to dark and dangerous places in their quest for the truth.” Gaynor Holmes, commissioning editor for the BBC said the new series is “brimming with twists, turns, and the kind of emotional punch that keeps viewers hooked”. “Paul Logue has once again spun a gripping, atmospheric story, with the wild beauty of the Shetland Isles at its heart,” he said. “Alison and Ashley lead our stellar core cast who are joined by a brilliant line‑up of guest stars and supported by a crew whose craft and passion shine through in every frame – together showcasing Scotland on screen at its very best.”

#yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay #bbc shetland

timeloopfemme

lesbians love and support our trans sisters 💖💖

timeloopfemme

the terfs have found this post and they do not fucken like it god help me

dead-discourse-account-lmao

reblog to make a terf big mad

dis--gay--bled

reblog to make a trans lesbian feel big loved

#queer

estrogenesis-eeveeangelion

quiz: why do lobsters have one claw bigger

goth-princess-gwennie

They evolved to handle different prey. the larger crusher claw cracks open ahrder prey like a molar tooth, whilst the smaller pincer claw rips apart soft prey similar to an incisor tooth.

estrogenesis-eeveeangelion

theyre lobsided

goth-princess-gwennie

oh I see! yay!

#facts and a joke in one post #the best of both worlds

walkthegale

Shetland, 10x02

#LOOK AT HER #bbc shetland #gifset #ruth calder

lizardsfromspace

Once upon a time news broadcasts and newspapers everywhere were obligated to include one genial, good-naturedly befuddled older man rambling about the most inane bullshit imaginable. Notable events, weather, sports, then close on five minutes of someone saying "today's fourth graders will be fifth graders next year" or "I've discovered carrots aren't just for nutrition - but can make a delicious cake" or "VCRs are useful but its dang hard to program one". But all of our gently dopey old men died off and weren't replaced so only British newspaper columnists keep the dream alive

lizardsfromspace

Last King of a fading lineage

sourcreammachine

latriviata

A personal fave:

chongoblog

ITS APRIL 13 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

FETCH ME NEIL

chongoblog

HAPPY BIG TWENTY NEIL

#i always feel like neil is heralding my imminent birthday #which is nice #thanks neil #rat #rats

alittletuttle

three (is a magic number) ((yes it is))

see also: this post by @harbingerofsoup

#cute!#mash #fanvid

cigaradd

Janegay painting I did a while ago

Support me on Ko-Fi | Prints | Commissions | VGen

#star trek #voyager #kathryn janeway #fanart #beautiful

dykepuffs

Bootblacking is top level kink because it's one of the few I can think of where the nominal sub is treated as a thoughtful, knowledgeable technician from the outset.

Like, a flogging bottom might be praised for their ability to take pain and know their limits, or a rope bunny might be recognised as keeping themselves in good physical shape so they can hold complicated stress positions for longer than a novice, but even the most beginner of beginner bootblacks has learnt a little bit of materials science (Will this type of brush scratch this patent finish?), a little bit of basic chemistry (If these were last polished with a silicone wax, how do I remove that to start to bull them?), a little bit of leatherworking history (Is that natural fibre stitching on those surplused Warsaw Pact boots, will my polish rot it?) and spent time practising techniques on their own boots.

And it's one of the few kinks I can think of where the top is so immediately physically and emotionally vulnerable to the bottom in that way: I put my foot in the hands of a stranger bootblacking at a party, and I trust that they won't damage the boots I was gifted by my long-dead Master when I was 17, that they won't soak the stitching and start the rot of the boots I was wearing when I first fucked the love of my life, I trust that they'll carefully work around and treat the cuts and scuffs in the leather that I picked up wearing these same boots marshalling at a dozen prides and going toe-to-toe with strikebreakers and scabs on twenty years' worth of picket lines. The experienced bootblack can look at my soles and where my boots crease, and see that I have a weak hip, that I'm slightly bowlegged, that I don't drive and that I walk even in the weather where I'd rather not. And I trust that they'll see that worn-out, poor, slightly sad old man and still call me "sir".

It just feels like a lot.

faggotfungus

@spitfaggot

spitfaggot

the joke among my leather circle is "everyone subs for a bootblack," not necessarily that bootblacking = sub or dom, but rather, we could have the most stone-top, left-pocket-black-flagging, powder-coated-steel-paddle-gripping Sir Dom, and all a bootblack has to do is move their wesco boot with a palm and they obey. "give me this foot." tugging laces loose with one practiced finger. hefting a heavy-soled engineer up to wrench pebbles loose from in between the lugs. "stay still." taking finger-fulls of huberd's and lathing it meticulously and lavishly over a pair of oil tans - watching my customer curiously eye the lubricated shine with a rising heat behind their cheeks. planting the full weight of their boot on my shoulder and commanding them, gently, to press their weight onto me.

there's something so deeply fulfilling in being a technician, someone who restores leather like a museum archivist, accentuating scratches and blemishes and returning life to those leather pieces so they can go on to keep fucking, kicking, running. i am as much a craftsman as i am a history keeper. my respect is given not just by the titles i refer to you with, but the care i have given to your boots, jackets, and harnesses, and the stories they tell.

#queer