[endiness]

Did you ever love someone who didn't love you back? I know you know who I'm talking about.

[moreclaypigeons]

when ur grandad is a celestial #awkward

[clementine-kesh]

[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.

[tanoraqui]

Ways in which Julien Davinos is a more attractive marriage prospect than Ethrand Tachonis:

Hot

GREAT hair

Engaging and interesting in conversation for ~5 minutes at a time, on multiple occasions

Potentially fixable

[revvethasmythh]

[distinguishedbaloney]

[eilooxara]

Non cooking spray stick

[eilooxara]

Non spray stick cooking

[that-house]

Non cooking stick spray

[yeahokayillreblogthat]

yeah okay ill reblog that

[autism-official]

[charmingpickles]

AHHHGHHH!!!!

[lioncourtz]

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT Live at the Beacon Theater (06.02.2026)

[storm-of-feathers]

yeah yeah rainbow capitalism is bad and whatever but like. when I was a child, being pro gay was not the popular or lucrative choice. I'm happy that times have changed.

[storm-of-feathers]

I miss rainbow capitalism. I do. I miss when it felt like public opinion was still pro gay. I understand it was always an empty gesture, but it mattered in a sense of knowing how socially acceptable being queer is. If that makes sense.

[our-queer-experience]

we DO grow old and happy. btw.

[imconfusedallthetimehelp]

And you find love and it stays with you.

[irisbleufic]

Older women are so, so beautiful, and older trans women are no exception. Celebrate the beauty of our elders! Celebrate trans beauty!

[our-queer-experience]

^^^

[stayingmachine]

I wanted to share some more of these, specifically trans women of color. The images I'm posting are from a project called To Survive On This Shore and it's an interview project. I am only posting a handful so it's so worth checking out!

This is Linda, 60

Alexis, 64

Helena, 63

Kendrah, 72 (!!)

Tasha, 65

It was deeply healing to me to discover this project. The site has selected photos and attached interviews and it's definitely worth your time. I didn't include any because the focus of this post imo is transfems but there are a lot of beautiful interviews with transmasc people too if you're interested! But that'll have to be another post 💖

[houndmother]

for those interested, the photographer is Jess T. Dugan. The link to this particular project is as follows:

To Survive on This Shore — JESS T. DUGAN

[no-sharks-on-the-sun]

[no-sharks-on-the-sun]

they killed him for this

[endiness]

SAM REID as LESTAT DE LIONCOURT The Vampire Lestat Season 3 Premiere + Concert

[5bi5]

Yelling “we got company” right before being attacked by a horde of enemies probably feels good as fuck for an action protagonist

[miscellaneousmao]

Clodsire coffee jelly with a little surprise on top! ☕🍒

Felt like they were missing something so I added a Cheri Berry at the end - immediately made me laugh, look at my boy 😭 Hopefully Saiki K. would be proud.

[acepalindrome]

Another thought about Azune’s breakdown: he seems aware that there’s a good chance he might be killed if things go to shit with Einfasen, and is trying to prepare for this by asking Thimble to remember him as (what he believes to be) a better version of himself. That seems to be the core of his distress, his potential death and the loss of who he used to be.

But wait! Azune was already prepared to die just a couple weeks ago for Thjazi. He didn’t tell anyone about it, and didn’t break down until his self sacrifice fell apart. So why is he so torn up about possibly sacrificing his life now? What changed?

MAYALI. Mayali is the reason why everything was turned on its head. Before, he could accept dying for Thjazi and the cause. That was all he was living for. That was the entirety of his identity.

But now he knows his sister is alive, and out there somewhere. Suddenly he has something else to live for beyond Thjazi and his mission: getting Mayali back. Giving your life when you feel you have nothing to lose is one thing. But when you have family and loved ones? That changes things. He doesn’t want to die now. He doesn’t want to be the person he shaped himself into for Thjazi. He wants to be Mayali’s little brother. He wants his sister back, and he can’t get her back if he dies now.

[depsidase]

[do-not-u-dare]

Stole this from somewhere but i think it’s appropriate