Craftastrophies

30 something, Australian, queer, white, Demi femme. She/her pronouns. Please let me know if there's anything specific you'd like me to tag. Please let me know if I have triggered or offended you, if you can.

[craftastrophies]

My name is Me And wen I tred Thru halls wer all Shud be in bed Tho e'vry care And caucuin's myn I did commit An awful cryme I must confess My cryme is that I accidentally Kik the Catt

[craftastrophies]

[aedeagus]

the united states of america is fucking horrific and repulsive and people have every right to shit talk it but leave fat people out of it and stop acting like having fat people makes the usa a bad place, when you could focus on idk literally everything else

[cartoonpolitics]

[gradientlair]

Ugh…I swear…

[misandry-mermaid]

Matt Bors is seriously the best political cartoonist ever.

[90stvqueen]

taylor swift in the style of e.e. cummings

[craftastrophies]

i remember when we broke up

the first time saying, “this is it, i’ve had enough,”

‘cause like we hadn’t seen each other in a month when you

said you

needed

space

                                     what

[hoopdiddydiddy]

[kidviscious]

#he praises women to the high heavens in his music and y’all still don’t believe that he loved us#imma start a campaign called bi not gay#and another called pale not white#just for him (tags by @stankface, not me)

[nerdyhbic]

#white ppl just can’t accept that their precious white gay fav is actually an indian bi man and would slap you in the face if you thought oth#*otherwise#ppl praise british music for being the best but ignore that freddie brought his indian roots into it

[cheshire-foxcat-deactivated2024]

I hope the porn blogs following me are learning a lot about social justice

[itispossibleihaveissues]

No one swoons quite like Dick Grayson swoons.

[batarangkisses-blog]

dick what are you doing, get up.

[thesaltysniper-deactivated20170]

Oh my gosh, what a drama queen.

[hungarianhungarianhippos]

[testsubjectb]

My goal in life is to always faint and land in this pose.

[awkwardbirds]

-Primadona Girl plays in the distance-

[nondeterminism-deactivated20191]

[death-by-lulz]

where can i buy that apron

[discordcomics]

http://www.discordcomics.com/minoritymonsters/04-lucie-decline/

I like to think she wears a jumper because a bakery is the only place warm enough for her demonic skin.

Vote for the next one!

http://vote.pollcode.com/45182596#sthash.01d5wqrc.dpuf

[transjowan-deactivated20150104]

do u ever have that one female character who u like that could literally beat u up and you’d say thanks

[tsunamiwavesurfing]

[yourbigsisnissi]

black excellence

[ikazed]

No, human excellence.

[errorschacha]

Let’s talk about set theory! In mathematical logic, we have a subfield called “set theory” where we study how items are collected into groups.

Providing a sort of logical bedrock, set theory informs foundational mathematics and computer science, among other fields, and continues to be a topic of mathematical research.

Sound too esoteric? Okay, you’re familiar with Venn diagrams, right? Venn diagrams are an example of basic set theory.

And you know how all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares? There we go, more set theory.

So, Black people are group within the larger group humans, i.e. all Black people are humans, BUT not all humans are Black people.

As you can see in the photograph above, Keven Stonewall, the Chicago teen who may cure colon cancer, is Black. Keven Stonewall’s membership in other groups such as humans, Chicagoans and teenagers occurs simultaneously; consider “Chicago teen.”

Why do we say “square” when we could say “rectangle”? Because “square” conveys useful information, including “rectangle”—as well as a refinement.

When we say Keven Stonewall is an example of Black excellence, we mean Keven Stonewall is an example of Black excellence.

[crystalpapiii]

👊👊👊

[lovelyandbrown]

read DOWNNNNNE

[hogna-lenta-deactivated20160930]

Black excellence! And … Black Chicago excellence! Repping the South side, I’m so proud of him! Rush University is great!

[zowieee]

[death-tones]

What does this mean?

[setbabiesonfire]

That, my friend, is exactly the question you have to ask.

[fiorinda-chancellor]

It means that this is one of the best ways to pile up rocks and not have them fall down for a long time.

[rettaroo]

#i’m not saying it was architecture #but it was architecture (via life-of-a-fanatic)

[afrorevolution]

[sprinklingdiamondz]

Something done right

[therealproteinpowder2486]

It’ll never happen

[bigolblackfreak]

Hollywood would rather burn.

[asslord4000]

please be stoked for your friends when they’ve accomplished something that they worked really hard at even if it’s the most boring ass thing your eyeballs have ever witnessed please please please for their sake just pretend to be excited

[werewolf--barmitzvah-deactivate]

teacher: you can’t bullshit this essay me (under my breath): if you’re an ameteur

[moniquill]

[blazepress]

This three-legged decorated war hero had one leg lost to surgery after taking four rounds from an AK-47.

[shoothikedrinkfuck]

Bad. Mother. Fucker.

[aspiringearthbender-deactivated]

Those eyes say “Pretend to throw the tennis ball. I dare you to only pretend.”

[whiskey-weather-deactivated2016]

I think those eyes say a lot more than that. He’s seen more than I ever will, done more than I’ll ever do, and his war will never be over.

[metal-queer-solid]

He’s got Ranger scrolls on his collar. That dog is a god damn hero.

[revengeofthemudbutt-deactivated]

I just noticed the Purple Heart and that Scroll. Wow. Just wow.  The picture alone, in all it’s detail says a lot of things. god damn.

[ronin134]

I can’t not reblog this dog… his you Eyes say so much

[gonnagoandrunwiththehorses-deac]

I’ve never seen a dog with such a face like that. Like an old man who went to war and if you ask him about he just stiffens up and face turns to stone. 

[elodieunderglass]

Layka is a lady dog. Let’s remember that.

Now, it’s an understandable problem - our socialization instantly encourages us to see this rugged, sleek, military animal as a male. Three-legged hero dog with military decorations and stern-appearing eyes? TOTALLY A DUDE DOG, JUST LOOK AT HIM. It’s a programmed response, and nothing to be ashamed of - let’s just be accurate and note that Layka’s a female.

I’ve highlighted all the reblogs above where Layka is described as a hero, an old man, with male pronouns - rather than the fierce, charming heroine she is. It’s kind of a teachable moment: how does an image of an animal, displaying absolutely no secondary sex characteristics, instantly give us these fictional headcanons about its gender and gender performance? It’s an impressive demonstration of our ability to translate body language.

The photographer who took this compelling shot noted that Layka’s playful, bouncy energy made it nearly impossible for him to get a shot with her mouth closed! He ended up having to stop using the tennis ball he was using to get her attention, because it made her too excited and smiley. Based on the photos below, I think she’d have quite a sense of humor about the “where’s the tennis ball?” game!

Of course, the photographer did end up connecting with a fundamental aspect of Layka’s nature in the cover photo; her serious, soldier side. But that’s not all the animal is. Does the dog in the unused shots still resemble an “old man?” Is the dog in the unused shots male or female? Is it still a hero with its tongue out? Is it still admirable without a “face like stone?”

This is what I mean when I say that we have to examine the lenses of culture and society that we are always, always looking through when we talk about science biology.