detaching at the seams

Olivia. 34. Gaysian. Equeerstrian. Back after 4 years, hurrah!

[pangur-and-grim]

I have a sinus infection, so I was blowing my nose a lot while on the exercise bike and throwing the tissues beside me. anyway I just glanced over, and Pangur is nesting in the used tissues. kinda cute, kinda nasty

[pangur-and-grim]

[theblob1958]

some of us still call it femslash. i love femslash #ilovefemslash

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

never be good at your job. it's a trap. they'll just give you more and harder stuff to do and it'll pull you away from your true passion of writing gay fanfiction for people on the internet

[imkeepinit]

Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

[directactionforhope]

Feels like a good time to remind certain people that this is coming from Judith Butler, who is not just a leading feminist philosopher, but also THE COFOUNDER OF QUEER THEORY

The literal cofounder of queer theory as an academic field says that abandoning trans people is fascist logic.

The voices in our community trying to exclude us may be loud, but they are not right, and they do not speak for the community as a whole or our history or anything at all.

Trans people belong here. We always have, and we always will.

[imstillalexcomic]

There’s something about Fran @crazygnomenclature and good timing that’s impossible to ignore.

I'm Still Alex - Webtoon | Tapas | Linktree | Patreon

The general idea for this strip was planned out quite a while in advance, and it mulled around until pride month was about to begin.

Earlier this week, Fran sent me a video of some rainbow shoes she got.  They’re cool! 

A day or two later, I mentioned the next comic would be about Rainbow Capitalism, and she responded with, “Looking forward to see that after showing you my new sneakers, lol”

I hadn’t figured out exactly what the words for this strip would be yet, but her statement sparked the idea for the introduction.

Eleventh hour Fran from the top rope!

Regarding Rainbow Capitalism, I 100% get that some folks aren’t going to agree with me here, and that’s ok.  But please consider leaning into cheering on the companies that celebrate pride month, and consider celebrating the ones that join in the future, even if they’re companies that have dropped it right now.

We need all the support we can get, and having pride being something seen as positive by as many folks as possible, corporate reasons or otherwise, is a win. 

So wear those rainbow shoes!  Get a rainbow bagel!  Go to some pride events!

I’ll be volunteering myself at a couple local ones which I’m excited for!

If you’re safe and able, try to get involved, even a tiny bit!

Whether it’s volunteering, supporting local businesses or initiatives, being visible, etc, every little bit helps!

Much love, <3

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[hypokeimena]

#'this is present in the text' is often a good first step #but those second and third ones (naming it; describing its function) are vital (via @elucubrare)

[ionomycin]

alleyway meet up

[ionomycin]

protect the little one

[valtsv]

basically the best thing any character can do is decide they don't want to be afraid anymore - in fact they never want to be afraid of anything ever again - and take action so drastic they fail to realise that this too is a decision motivated by fear. or to account for the Consequences of that.

[valtsv]

[with obvious perverted intent] hey. don't you want to release the safety catches on that character. don't you want to flip off all the switches holding them back and let the control rods go.

[romans-art]

year_of_hell.png

[corvophobia]

was in a painting mood

[pencil-line-deactivated20241029]

method actor this method actor that. toshiro mifune played a guy getting shot at by arrows by getting shot at by arrows

and yeah i believe it. ^ this is the face of a guy getting shot at by arrows

[lysenkoite]

[weaselle]

[abz-j-harding]

i can't cope

[vamptits]

Happy pride! Census time

Is your pet queer?

My pet is gay

My pet is trans

My pet is gay & trans

My pet is aro and/or ace

My pet uses microlabels

My pet is cisgender and heterosexual

My pet has something else going on

No pet/other nuanced take/my pet won't tell me/I'm homophobic

Remaining time: 1 day 7 hours

Pick whichever identity your pet most strongly identifies with if there's multiple.

[isabelle-bt]

New pride issue out: Read all the gossip and fashion tips and tricks from our very own Devil In Prada. Coming to a store near you!

[shoomlah]

Just got back from a week-long art intensive studying horse anatomy with Terryl Whitlatch out at New Masters Village in Mancos, CO! I've followed Terryl's work for over 20 years, and her passion and expertise is unmatched—feeling challenged, refreshed, and like I want to draw a bajillion horses.

The week was made up of a whole lot of classroom time, balanced with hands-on horse sessions and some fun creature/character exploration on the last day—my brain is completely fried, but I have ZERO regrets. Can't recommend the lovely team out at NMV enough. ♥️

[lesly-oh]

Granita 🏴‍☠️

[lesly-oh]

Sherbet and Granita 🥰