I'm keeping the spooky aesthetic.

Foster, they/them, in my twenties. Fandoms of the non-podcast variety, mixed in with some other stuff. I follow from plethora-podcast. Icon is by the lovely honeyfolklore.

[contact-guy]

what I would not give for a really good film adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray that could fully be about gay love and lust and friendship in a way that would make Oscar Wilde proud. Luca Guadagnino what are you doing next

[contact-guy]

watched the 2009 film last night, which may have the dubious honor of being the worst movie I've ever seen. TBH I think the fundamental miss of all film adaptations is that they never can resist having the revealed portrait be a horrifying, inhuman, zombie-like depiction of Dorian. But that's a misunderstanding of the entire point of the portrait. It's a much more mundane horror:

From Dorian's point of view, the horror is partially that of aging, but much more of having the cruelty with which you've lived your life show on your face. No longer being a muse, untouched by the world, but an ordinary person who must suffer the consequences of how they chose to live their life. It's a commonplace horror that every single other person must learn to face over the course of their life - except for Dorian Gray. So when he does face it, it terrifies him.

For Basil, the painter, the horror of the painting is tied to the fact that he has been in love with his young and beautiful muse for so long, and has projected so much of himself and his art onto Dorian. So when he sees the painting, and sees the cruel man that Dorian has grown into - due to the influence of Basil and his friend Lord Henry - it's the deep horror of realizing you loved an empty vessel. Of wondering - did I help to shape this man? Was my love somehow responsible for this? Or was this in him the entire time, and I was somehow drawn to it, and what does that say about me?

The TRUE horror, the really disturbing concept that I think would be AWESOME IN FILM, lies in the person of Dorian himself. A creepy, nasty, cunning old man, living in the body of a beautiful young person who everyone cannot help but project innocence on. It would be the role of a lifetime for an actor who really got to explore that. Anyway I guess I have to do everything myself and write the screenplay which is in my head BYEEEE

[artillustrationarchive-deactiva]

[deadbeatpos5]

babe r u ok? u rebloged the good puppy affirmation post w th lil pink dog

[rowzien]

The Trans Court Suit

This was my big project I made over the summer! I am beyond proud of and happy with the coat.

The first initial project I wanted for this was a pink waistcoat. I grew up liking pink and most of my stuff was, but that along with growing up in a hot pink room, made me start to resent pink a lot especially as a teenager. (I think a lot of trans guys have similar stories.) But of course pink was very popular for men throughout a lot of European fashion history. So in many ways this was a self healing project for me, at least in that regard. Which I think was a success!

I actually found the first two portraits after I started working on the outfit, they looked perfect! The first especially is super close to my hair.

The silks for the coat as well as the linen interfacings were second hand or scraps in my stash. The cotton sateen was from Burnley and Trowbridge. This is the first project I fully drafted myself. The waistcoat and breeches were made from an 1820s manual and the coat was primarily taken from Period Patterns by Doris Edison, using also Agreeable Tyrant for interfacings and The Taylor's Complete Guide (for shape reference).

This is also the most hand sewing I’ve done for an outfit. Both of the fronts of the coat and waistcoat are completely by hand. Most of the coat is by hand with machine for structural/backstitches, mostly the seams but not the edges. In total there are 22 buttons.

I made the waistcoat straight across for two reasons A. So I can wear it with my other stuff B. I didn’t have any more trim, that was it. I’ll probably make a more 18th century style waistcoat out of white for this (at some point).

The breeches ended up being too small for my thighs so I started getting frustrated with the fit and rushed them by the end so I could move on. (I accidentally sewed the buttonholes on the wrong side).

[worme4ter]

yo dudes so i'm currently making a tma book for my friend!

it's basically the tma wiki but in book form :)

(highly inspired by what pricklypearviking on reddit did just much less cool)

current status: i run out of printer toner and im in pain so decided to share this to pass the time

[bobbysox]

[buppydoll-deactivated20241119]

i think the whole thing is wonderful

[buppydoll-deactivated20241119]

oh my bad! i posted this months ago but i shouldve included what the book is, this was from kate bornstein’s “my gender workbook: how to become a real man, a real woman, the real you, or something else entirely” and it’s also on internet archive where you can borrow it for an hour

[genderoutlaws]

you can also download the new edition directly as a pdf here !

[bayrut]

wait do you guys actually carry purses/bags everywhere you go i really need to know

[rukafais]

so i just learned that people fucking dove inside a god damn iceberg and good to know that even for cave divers, who in my opinion are already a special kind of unhinged, and i say that with all affection, there are people even more unhinged than that

[cappurrccino]

I was going to post some Choice Horrifying Quotes from the article, but turns out the whole thing is a horror story and i’m just.

the fact that they got trapped and pulled in and thought they might die three times and were still like “hey what if we do one more” and only didn’t die because they decided to have a meal first??

[rukafais]

#//juri speaks#look. i love caves. but there is no fucking way#also not to relate everything to my current hyperfixation but. this could EASILY be a tma episode 

yeah you wouldn’t need to change anything for this to be a TMA episode i absolutely agree, the damn thing already tried to kill them three times

[discordarchitect]

okay guys u gotta read it. I was making highlights but it turned into a summary. still. read it. so worth it.

Ok so two people sink down to look around. Jill and her partner. First glimpse of horror (lots and lots of sea creatures) happens. But everything is pretty and they continue on

That’s the sound of their way in collapsing btw.

They find a way out. And then proceed to dive in again

they get out again.

The photos are sublime. So next day, Wes decided, hey, i want to go with you. Remember the camera i tested? We’re going to take even better pictures with it.

so they dive

and the current picks up again

Dude.

They got sucked in, obv. Water pouring down, the three try to get out. Fail. There’s no way up.

And then Jill decides to show human determination and ingenuity. Holy shit.

They get out. They see the boat with the science team, reaching for them. They’re late for two hours, but alive.

[discordarchitect]

i did not manage to find the iceberg photos, but her other stuff is breathtaking

Jill Heinerth

JILL HEINERTH is an underwater explorer, writer, photographer, speaker, and filmmaker. A pioneer of technical rebreather diving, she has led

these photos are from some of her other cave dives

[dieaerzte]

I found a picture from the iceberg dive!

[gendercensus]

The 2024 Gender Census is now open!

[ Link to survey ]

The 11th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 13th June 2024.

It’s short and easy, about 5 minutes probably.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful - it’s what helped us get 40,000 responses last year.

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

For the curious, you can also spy on some graphs and demographic data for the incoming responses here.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

Image credit: Malachite and rhodochrosite.

[kigner]

[louisinart-like-cuisinart]

Anyway if you see this you have to reblog and tag with a delight from ur day -- even the littlest thing counts

[solidwater05]

Pros of hyperfixiation:

Happy!

Art ideas

Life is good

Cons of hyperfixiation:

I am going to blow up

All my art is of the same guy

If I don't think about this 24/7 I get violent

[xioryo]

Basically

[seveneyesoup]

is a vampire a mammal. discuss

yes - humans are

no - don’t give birth to live young or produce milk

no - vampires are not living animals

yes - another reason

no - another reason

Voting ended onMar 18, 2024

[great-and-small]

I have strong opinions regarding the walrus/fairy poll

[zellvion]

papa’s serveria… papa’s slayeria…

[zellvion]

papa’s cunteria, even

[zellvion]

Oh no. Bestie have some mercy

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

Once again, we do not accept "aita for feeling" submissions here, please stop sending them.

[aniseandspearmint]

Thought crimes are not real y'all be kinder to yourselves

[flamboyantly-employing]

Time to talk about the saying that's been most helpful for me: "Thoughts are free." It essentially means that thoughts (and feelings!) have no moral value. Some may need addressed in therapy or through communication or whatnot, but your thoughts alone will never make you a bad person. Thoughts are free. You are not your thoughts or your feelings, you are the one experiencing those things. Whether that's intrusive thoughts or urges or feeling things you think are 'bad', none of it matters on a moral level.

Sometimes my brain is a bitch and thinks things I don't mean. Sometimes I feel things that I absolutely do feel deep in my soul, but I know it isn't logical. That's when "Thoughts are free" comes in. Don't condemn yourself for being a person.

[wootwona]

since the old version of this post was flagged for 'adult content'...

reblog this post if your account is a trans safe space or owned by a trans person!

along with that, reblog if your account is a trans non-binary spectrum safe space or owned by someone on the trans enby spectrum!

[planandexecution-deactivated202]

everyone take my 114 result ‘which character are you’ uquiz

[yasashiinaya]

Gonna cry. Vriska

[girlwolf]

Neat :)

[tundrakatiebean]

Yeah u right

[polyamorouspunk]

Good morning faggots, dykes, and transsexuals

[polyamorouspunk]

This post is making the terf rounds so reminder to reblog it like warning shots to keep the mindless cultists off your blog

[anti-terf-posts]

official anti terf post

[beargirlstink]

Reblog if you're also a self mutilation enthusiast calling a terf a "mindless cultist"