tag, you're queer

Ally, 25, he/she/they, bi.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Nissan Harlecube, 2009. A special edition of the third edition Cube

[dorothycastlemore]

Folks I feel old, I'm out of touch, never on desktop only on phone. Does anyone have recs for good apps to make memes on? (Or honestly good photo editing apps with minimal AI and layers and stuff in general)

[devioushabit]

when I’m staring at a girl and she thinks I’m hating 

but really I’m just gay

[pansyfemme]

being someone’s loser boyfriend would legit be so gender affirming for me. i was meant to be a guy who sucks

[sartorialadventure]

[fullymechanized-consoomer]

At the annual Houston RenFest we’d always get one or two furries that walk around and every time the general reaction from the medieval roleplayers is akin to  “BEASTS? BEASTS THAT WALK LIKE MAN? FOUL!” 

Last time I went a furry volunteered for an impromptu conversion/exorcism and a guy dressed as a monk gathered a bunch of people and using a Gatorade bottle performed an entire catholic christening while reading off the instructions on his Ipad. When the furry was fully “converted” he removed the head of his costume and everyone in the crowd pretended to freak out and say shit like “GlORY BE HE IS SAVED” “CHRIST HAS BROKEN HIS CURSE”

[aierie--dragonslayer]

That’s the best crap i’ve heard in months

[headspace-hotel]

have I mentioned that i’m fucking in love with humankind

[bluwubewwy]

Getting pinned to the wall by a beautiful girl named centrifugal force

[detectivehole]

why are people so mean to steampunk. what did steampunk do to you. are you too good for cogs? too good for goggles and a top hat? hmm??? bitch

[arkanaea]

You don’t like cog? ⚙️? Whir whir?

[nat-20s]

The desperate desire to create vs the oh so constant sleepiness plaguing my every action

[permanenthistorydamage]

a weighted blanket is not enough please compress me into a .zip file

[tom-spanks]

remember when u were like 11 and the only thing u wanted was a lava lamp

[scumfuckus]

[yiffpunk]

[heatseekingbehavior]

[nonbinarybeartrade]

[myresin]

God this was me in 2002 too. Never again.

[i-wear-the-cheese]

Two types of people, prev with the “never again” and me with the “I’m an adult now, I bet I could make this a single room in my place”

[sapropel]

no nuance. what do you have

small boobs

big boobs

Voting ended onMay 3, 2024

[hotvintagepoll]

Who is the hottest old movie woman? (round 4)

Xia Meng

Anita Ekberg

Voting ended onApr 28, 2024

Propaganda

Xia Meng, also known as Hsia Moog or Miranda Yang (Sunrise, Bride Hunter)—For those who are familiar with Hong Kong's early cinema, Xia Meng is THE leading woman of an era, the earliest "silver-screen goddess", "The Great Beauty" and "Audrey Hepburn of the East". Xia Meng starred in 38 films in her 17-year career, and famously had rarely any flops, from her first film at the age of 18 to her last at the age of 35. She was a rare all-round actress in Mandarin-language films, acting, singing, and dancing with an enchanting ease in films of diverse genres, from contemporary drama to period operas. She was regarded as the "crown princess" among the "Three Princesses of the Great Wall", the iconic leading stars of the Great Wall Movie Enterprises, which was Hong Kong's leading left-wing studio in the 1950s-60s. At the time, Hong Kong cinema had only just taken off, but Xia Meng's influence had already spread out to China, Singapore, etc. Overseas Chinese-language magazines and newspapers often featured her on their covers. The famous HK wuxia novelist Jin Yong had such a huge crush on her that he made up a whole fake identity as a nobody-screenwriter to join the Great Wall studio just so he can write scripts for her. He famously said, "No one has really seen how beautiful Xi Shi (one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China) is, I think she should be just like Xia Meng to live up to her name." In 1980, she returned to the HK film industry by forming the Bluebird Movie Enterprises. As a producer with a heart for the community, she wanted to make a film on the Vietnam War and the many Vietnam War refugees migrating to Hong Kong. She approached director Ann Hui and produced the debut film Boat People (1982), a globally successful movie and landmark feature for Hong Kong New Wave, which won several awards including the best picture and best director in the second Hong Kong Film Award. Years later, Ann Hui looked back on her collaboration with Xia Meng, "I'm very grateful to her for allowing me to make what is probably the best film I've ever made in my life."

Anita Ekberg (War and Peace, La Dolce Vita)— I'm going to be frank with you. Every time I look at this woman, I lose my ability to form sentences.

This is round 4 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Xia Meng:

Anita Ekberg:

“I haven't seen much starring her (YET) but the scene of her in the Fontana di Trevi in La Dolce Vita is some of the most jealous I've ever been of Marcello Mastroianni maybe and that's saying a lot. Cinema history. Historical.”

[dorothycastlemore]

If you're reading this you should go vote for Anita Ekberg on this hotvintagepoll poll because I want her to make it through this round and also she's hot

[hotvintagepoll]

Who is the hottest old movie woman? (round 4)

Xia Meng

Anita Ekberg

Voting ended onApr 28, 2024

Propaganda

Xia Meng, also known as Hsia Moog or Miranda Yang (Sunrise, Bride Hunter)—For those who are familiar with Hong Kong's early cinema, Xia Meng is THE leading woman of an era, the earliest "silver-screen goddess", "The Great Beauty" and "Audrey Hepburn of the East". Xia Meng starred in 38 films in her 17-year career, and famously had rarely any flops, from her first film at the age of 18 to her last at the age of 35. She was a rare all-round actress in Mandarin-language films, acting, singing, and dancing with an enchanting ease in films of diverse genres, from contemporary drama to period operas. She was regarded as the "crown princess" among the "Three Princesses of the Great Wall", the iconic leading stars of the Great Wall Movie Enterprises, which was Hong Kong's leading left-wing studio in the 1950s-60s. At the time, Hong Kong cinema had only just taken off, but Xia Meng's influence had already spread out to China, Singapore, etc. Overseas Chinese-language magazines and newspapers often featured her on their covers. The famous HK wuxia novelist Jin Yong had such a huge crush on her that he made up a whole fake identity as a nobody-screenwriter to join the Great Wall studio just so he can write scripts for her. He famously said, "No one has really seen how beautiful Xi Shi (one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China) is, I think she should be just like Xia Meng to live up to her name." In 1980, she returned to the HK film industry by forming the Bluebird Movie Enterprises. As a producer with a heart for the community, she wanted to make a film on the Vietnam War and the many Vietnam War refugees migrating to Hong Kong. She approached director Ann Hui and produced the debut film Boat People (1982), a globally successful movie and landmark feature for Hong Kong New Wave, which won several awards including the best picture and best director in the second Hong Kong Film Award. Years later, Ann Hui looked back on her collaboration with Xia Meng, "I'm very grateful to her for allowing me to make what is probably the best film I've ever made in my life."

Anita Ekberg (War and Peace, La Dolce Vita)— I'm going to be frank with you. Every time I look at this woman, I lose my ability to form sentences.

This is round 4 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Xia Meng:

Anita Ekberg:

“I haven't seen much starring her (YET) but the scene of her in the Fontana di Trevi in La Dolce Vita is some of the most jealous I've ever been of Marcello Mastroianni maybe and that's saying a lot. Cinema history. Historical.”

[werewolf-girlfriend]

adding a keysmash to the end of a message like a dog sneezing on purpose to show theyre just playing

[cipher-fresh]

I must not mock Gen Alpha. Mocking Gen Alpha is the mind killer. Mocking Gen Alpha is the little-death that brings total generational solidarity obliteration. I will engage with Gen Alpha lovingly. I will permit them to be cringe. And when they grow up I will turn my eye to their accomplishments. Where mocking has gone there will be nothing. Only generational solidarity remains

[rosslynpaladin]

The Kids are indeed Alright.

We must teach them the Lore of things,

like piracy, and how to find stuff at the Library, and Unions, and what it's not legal for job applications to ask you.

[weaselle]

when i hear complaints about the boomers, i say "was it not boomers getting shot by cops while protesting against the war in vietnam? Were not boomers the ones who insisted that banks would no longer require a cosign from a husband or father for a woman to open an account or have a credit card? Did they not literally take us to the moon?"

When i hear complaints about gen x i say " did not gen x bear the brunt of AIDS and the creation of the 'inner city'? wasn't it gen-x marching for queer rights and women's body autonomy and a change in corrupt banking policies in some of the largest protests in the country's history?"

when i hear complaints about millennials, i say "have not millennials fought against and lived through so many 'once in a generation' disasters they should by all rights have given up by now? Are not millennials those who rally against the status quo? the industry killers, the cop protesters, they who live through unending hardship as the economic noose tightens, leading the charge for sustainability and socio-economic reform?"

when i hear complaints about gen-z i say "hasn't gen-z gotten involved younger, and been involved stronger, in the continuance of these noble traditions? Are they not living without even the broken pieces of the promise given to the generations that came before? haven't they had their childhoods derailed by the imminence of consequences for actions they were never even present for?"

when i hear complaints about generation alpha i say "HOW DARE YOU. How dare you malign these souls who will have to fix so much that they did not have a hand in ruining... or else die of these mistakes made before they were born. How dare you do the work of our shared oppressors and alienate our fresh blood. You are not to mistreat and mock the youngest soldiers in this fight, no! you point out to them the best targets, you share your rations, you show them how to stay alive, because anyone in the trenches with us is our brethren, our sistren. Our safety and our strength."

don't let the worst kind of stand up comedian tell you other generations are terrible. Don't let the worst kind of headline convince you each generation is against the other. Don't let the worst kind of oppressive force keep us divided along lines that mean nothing real. Because that is how they win.

[untitledorb]

hot & vintage movie women round 4 masterpost

notes -polls that are especially close (defined as "46%-54% or closer as of whenever i last updated this") are denoted with a ✨ -the cutoff i used to determine what day a poll ends on is midnight eastern daylight time because it seemed as good as any other, but be aware that some of the polls end in the wee hours of the morning - i.e. the ones ending friday start ending on the cusp of late thursday night/early friday morning, so get your votes in early

ending friday 4/26

Judy Garland vs. Natalie Wood✨ Ava Gardner vs. Dorothy Dandridge✨ Suraiya vs. Yoshiko Yamaguchi✨ Sara Montiel vs. Marilyn Monroe Marpessa Dawn vs. Irene Papas Lupe Vélez vs. Greta Garbo Sophia Loren vs. Pola Negri Katharine Hepburn vs. Gene Tierney Barbara Stanwyck vs. Setsuko Hara Hedy Lamarr vs. Gina Lollobrigida Lena Horne vs. Jane Fonda Elizabeth Taylor vs. Nutan Audrey Hepburn vs. Jean Seberg

ending saturday 4/27

Kim Novak vs. Marlene Dietrich Gladys Cooper vs. Joan Crawford Tallulah Bankhead vs. Anna May Wong Madhubala vs. Linda Darnell María Félix vs. Julie Andrews✨ Lauren Bacall vs. Carmen Sevilla Vyjayanthimala vs. Gloria Swanson

ending sunday 4/28

Glynis Johns vs. Eartha Kitt Josephine Baker vs. Anne Baxter Rita Morena vs. Angela Lansbury Xia Meng vs. Anita Ekberg✨ Toshia Mori vs. Veronica Lake Deborah Kerr vs. Keiko Awaji vs. Hazel Scott Chelo Alonso vs. Ingrid Bergman Cyd Charisse vs. Mbissine Thérèse Diop✨ Nancy Kwan vs. Rita Hayworth Devika Rani vs. Diahann Carroll Shima Iwashita vs. Grace Kelly Anouk Aimée vs. Pearl Bailey

[hotvintagepoll]

Thank you @sapphorb! I only finished posting yesterday so many of these polls still have time to swing any which way :)