glass animals and transgenderism friday

Mo (it/its) ♠️ i like moths, (horror) books and dog-coded characters.

[doggeddetermination]

today is a good day to think about being a swarm of crows loosely assembled into a human shape

[unamusedsloth]

Nude Portraits series by photographer Trevor Christensen

[julianlovesdogs]

This is my new favorite thing

[whetstonefires]

‘portraits of people reacting to nudity’ fresh, inspired, art sfkas;lk

[headspace-hotel]

according to the notes, yes, the subjects do know ahead of time that he will be nude, so yes, this is very funny and cool

[ahmnorhein-zkn]

Repost, now do your honors.

[jkl-fff]

Trans people just existing is no more sexual than when cis people just exist.

[whatthehellisthis-world]

"theyfab" "theymab" how about I theystab you in the theychest

[queerautism]

Hey so as the economy continues to get worse in the next few years, gambling companies are going to go extra hardcore predatory as people become more desperate. Yes, even more than they already are. You have to promise me right now you're not going to fall for it. No gambling, okay?

This is going to be especially bad with prediction markets and sports gambling, and it's already really fucking bad. But it also goes for loot boxes, blind box collectables, trading card games, and ESPECIALLY gacha games.

[sewickedthread]

And for AI trading apps/programs. Which is gambling in another form.

I have seen so many ads for these (I am _not_ their target audience).

[arodabi]

Some aro cryptids for pride month!!!!!

[anistarrose]

[ID: drawings of cryptids in the aromantic colors. The first image is the Fresno Nightcrawler, wearing shorts with an aromantic flag pattern as it kicks out its long legs. It's surrounded by exclamation marks.

Second is the Mothman, colored in mostly black with green and white accents. It's staring at the viewer, and has a :D smile emoticon next to its head.

Last is Nessie, who has a neck fin with webbing in the aro flag colors. It's swimming, and has hearts next to its head. End ID.]

[jewish-joy]

I volunteer at an elementary school through a school club. For the end of year party, I was discussing the logistics with the organization's president when she broke the news that there'd be no pizza.

"Aw, shucks!" Was my response. "You couldn't order it from a school approved vendor? Even with our funds?

"Basically," she groaned. "The usual place isn't open that day and I wasn't going to order from the other one."

"What was the other one?" I asked.

"It's" she wrinkled her face and whispered. "A kosher pizzeria."

I waited for the follow up. It didn't come. I repeated her words. "because it's kosher ? "

"Yeah." She sighed. "I just can't endorse that. With global politics."

"You can't endorse a local restaurant so you're not getting pizza for 8 year olds?"

"Yeah. And I bet that their stuff isn't that good -"

"Actually," I interrupted. "That place is fantastic. I love their pizza."

I couldn't tell you her response because I walked away from that conversation. But I am still reeling. This is just the many ways antisemitism shows up and we are all lesser for it.

[jewish-joy]

On a funny note, I ran into two of my rabbis and told them this story. They then got into an incredibly intense argument on if that kosher pizzeria was even that good.

One insisted it was the best and the other hated it, fighting for another spot.

I interrupted-- "guys, what about the antisemitism?"

They turned to me, consoling. "Listen, antisemitism is always going to be there. But at the same time, we can have standards."

And promptly got back to their debate.

[deathbydyingpod]

It's pride month, Obituary Writer. you know what that means

…g-gay obituaries?

[boombox-fuckboy]

Putting the bi in obituaries...

[starful02]

24 hours left of this amazing kickstarter that fantasy author Alex Rowland is doing for the special collector’s edition (and super cool merch, which it and the collector’s edition will ONLY be available through the kickstarter) of their upcoming Fantasy Romans book “THE WISDOM OF EMPERORS”! If you love academia, Antinous and Hadrian, the Romans, and/or want to support a queer author, check out the link below!

There’s also 3 Extra Special Luxury Handbound Edition left!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexandrarowland/the-wisdom-of-emperors-deluxe-collectors-edition/description

[oinkhop]

seo changbin in [RACHA LOG] Ep.22 용복라차 : Changbin X Felix X Seungmin

[godlessondheimite]

In 2026, the chicest thing a gay actor can do is never explicitly come out as gay but also make it abundantly clear that he is. Coming out is too modern. Staying closeted is too old fashioned. But this method merges contemporary freedom with Old Hollywood glamour and allure, and it weeds out the dumbest people who truly don’t get it. I call it the Pascal Method.

[nobodys-odyssey]

Taylor Swift does this

[godlessondheimite]

no she doesn’t

[nobodys-odyssey]

You clearly don't go here or to queer history and signaling, or both, enough to have this conversation and I'm not going to explain it to you. You could have asked questions, you could have done even a modicum of research. You didn't and you made yourself look ignorant. Goodbye.

[dancinbutterfly]

#I'm fucking crying#this is an instant classic#this is the next meme#i can't believe I'm here to see a baby copypasta nary two hours old#I can't#lol#i laughed way too hard#iconic

[beemovieerotica]

[atsu-kinnie]

Doomed siblings have me on a chokehold in a way no trope can ever achieve. Something so gut wrenchingly beautiful about two kids going through unimaginable trauma and coming out damaged forever. I always eat it up. Maybe they stay together and find solace only in each other, used and kicked out by society! Maybe they end up on opposite sides of the war! Maybe they end up betraying one another! Maybe one of them dies haunting the narrative forever! Maybe one of them destroys the world for the other! So many endless tragic possibilities!

[anasabdin]

Ephemeral [ 7 colors ]

[copperbadge]

Men, boys, and eggs of my acquaintance, I cannot stress this enough:

Nobody worth being with will ever judge you based on your deli sandwich choices.

Sincerely, a dude who had to watch like two dozen men pretend to find vegetarian sandwiches unthinkable in order to maintain a sense of masculinity today.

[copperbadge]

The sando gender spectrum I osmoted this weekend according to a specific type of dude:

1. Roast beef is the most masculine of sandwiches. The only sandwich it is permissible to ask for by name (we did not have roast beef as an option).

2. Ham is an acceptable substitute for roast beef. There appears to be some controversy, however, over the bread options; we only had two, croissant or ancient grains roll (gluten free). Croissant is considered slightly more manly than ancient grains UNLESS you are under 20 in which case "ancient grain" sounds badass.

3. Turkey is okay, obviously not ham but if you don't like ham it's an option as long as you don't show enthusiasm for it. Definitely has to have mayo however. Mustard is a bit much. (Initial field research indicates mayo is the manliest of condiments but we have not introduced barbecue sauce into the study yet.)

4. Chicken salad is woman food. Absolutely not acceptable unless you announce loudly that it's for your wife or that she's making you for your health.

5. Vegetarian wraps require a recoil reaction or a sheepish "oh, no, no, what meats do you have?" protest. We had the veggie wraps off to one side so vegetarians could get to them more easily, and guys would come up to the wrap boxes because there was no crowd/line, then I'd say "that's veggie wraps" and they'd stagger back.

To be clear, most of the people of all genders at the event were totally fine, this was a small and specific set of guys -- mostly older dudes and (unsurprisingly) their young sons or grandsons. Maybe 20-30 people out of the 400+ attendees. But it really was both sad and a little funny to watch them unnecessarily assert their manhood using deli meat to me, a guy in a floral shirt with neon blue hair handing out box lunches at a charity event. My indifference to your masculinity is so vast it has its own international calling code, fellas.

[copperbadge]

Friends, I have volunteered in the lunch tent once more and I have new scientific findings to share regarding the Sandwich Gender Spectrum.

We still do not serve roast beef, the most toxically manly of all sandwiches, but it turns out that there is a sandwich option almost as masculine, the mention of which will preclude a certain type of dude from even asking for roast beef:

The Italian.

For those unfamiliar, an Italian sandwich in most American sandwich shops is composed of ham, capicola, salami, and sometimes pepperoni, with provolone, the usual sandwich veggies, and a drizzle of Italian dressing.

The hierarchy from ham-downwards remains undisturbed by this revelation currently rocking sandwich discourse, but new data has indicated that the Italian sandwich occupies a special place above ham and technically below roast beef but so acceptable a substitute for roast beef that I only had one guy ask me for it this time around. I would say, "We have ham, Italian, turkey, or veggie," and the Certain Kind Of Man would look skeptically at the ham and then ask for an Italian.

I am now working on my doctoral thesis in Sandwich Gender, where I will be examining whether there is a direct correlation between how masculine a sandwich is and how weirdly homoerotic the name is. I'm going to call it "I'd Like An Italian: Gender And Sexuality Between The Buns."

[tgirl-subway-the-dark-ages]

i find this very interesting

[oak1985]

I would like to submit additional data for your groundbreaking study. The deli nearest me has some sandwiches named after four private schools in the area. The boys school: roast beef. The two girls schools: vegetarian (different veggies, color coded to the school colors). The co-ed school, turkey.

[copperbadge]

I feel....I feel so peer-reviewed. Independent replication of results!

[chrysa3tos]

returning to my roots with more huntrixgenius as a birthday gift for my friend @frogsnfungi203 !!! can you tell i'm weak for zoemira getting pattern tattoos of their own? :')

[hyydraworks]

The first of many lil Dumbo Octopus friends 🐙