Just a ineffable bowl of queer soup that does things sometimes
Alterhuman | Plural | Queer
Artist | Writer | Equestrian | Qaudrobist | Vulture Culture Enthusiast
I was previously the blog owner of @/ari-chronism, @/comprehensive-sex-ed, and @/thisisantisemitism.
I'd noticed the other day that every time I tried to log in, it would reroute back to the main screen and not actually sign me into my account. I assumed Tumblr was glitching and so didn't bother doing anything about it, especially given I hadn't been notified of any sort of ban.
Then I got the idea to use my alternate account to check and see if my blogs were still there. Lo and behold, they were all gone.
I'm pretty sure I had been on the staff's radar for a while, and I don't know what the final push was to ban me. I don't know if I'm going to try and rebuild my accounts - I was stupid enough to not back up any of my content, so I'd have to do a good bit of digging to try and find my posts again and I'm not sure I have the bandwidth for that. If I don't, I might still remake my accounts and try continuing where I left off, but we'll see.
If you knew me on any of those accounts - hi. I'm alright. Sorry if my vanishing scared you.
I'll probably try and reconnect with my mutuals, if nothing else, so if anyone wants to circulate this post, feel free. I don't remember usernames well enough to search for them, but feel free to send an ask or message me and I'll probably recognize your profile if you're someone I knew.
hey, it's Ari. did my blogs get nuked or something? I kept trying to log in and it just kept rerouting me to the main screen without actually signing me in and I dont know what's going on.
I actually have no idea I can go check though hold on
One thing you need to know about English is we don’t give a FUCK about the hard letter “T” unless it’s the first shit or the last shit we see in a syllable.
Look: Caddle ranch. Putado chips. Conservation. Anthony. I don’o. Cach the bus. Ged addit.
Hard “T” is lucky to get noticed in the middle even half the time, and if it’s after an S you can forget about it. Cassel. Lissen. Wesdern.
Neglected middle child ass consonant
I had a dream about you last night. It was like looking through a rift in the fabric of the universe, what could have been, a rotten hope whose flame refuses to extinguish. It almost felt real, though deep down I knew. But I wished it was. I wished so hard that I let myself bask in the warmth. I flew too close, and now I'm grounded with featherless wings.
I rewind the tape, over and over, analyzing every single piece of evidence I missed. Everything that should have been clear as day. Everything I missed. Everything that I was a fool to believe was real.
I still dissect myself every day, in any way I can. Searching, praying ceaselessly for an answer of what's wrong with me. Which piece of this cursed flesh is it? Tell me so I may cut it out and be freed.
You can be as offended as possible about the language used, or you can look at the actual intent behind the words.
This man grew up in a time when trans people used that word for themselves. He probably hung out with a few often enough and just absorbed the language.
He was very much using it in a positive context. The barista he’s referring too is probably the only one that makes his favorite drink just right.
This is why Queer elders get so annoyed with the younger members of the community. Too focused on policing the terms people use while there are far bigger problems we are all dealing with.
#this is all true#baby gays PLEASE learn that the words you scream at people online for are still in active use AMONG OUR COMMUNITY IN REAL LIFE#there are trans people who refer to themselves as trannies & transssexuals. there are lesbians who call themselves bulldykes. gay men who#call ourselves faggots. and it's done not in a self-effacing way but in honest joy and reclamation and it is NOT your place as#self-appointed keyboard warriors to bitch at us to stop. YOU'RE the new ones here. learn the culture if you want to survive.#and make the fucking effort to go meet queer people older than 20 in meatspace for FUCK'S sake#i get that you didn't get the trial by fire that the rest of us got but we'll be goddamned if we're gonna let you tell us we're not allowed#to be in OUR spaces smelling like smoke#old man yells at cloud#queerdom#trans matters#twitter dot com#blog together queue alone
This.
I'm 30something and new(a year and change) to my transition and you can pry tranny from my cold dead hands.
I'm also a gay man and you can pull faggot out of my clenched teeth.
I stood on the outside for decades like an orphan in the rain but I never stopped fighting the good fight as an "ally" and now I'm inside I will say and do whatever I fucking want forever because those words feel right on me.
It's fun and it's sexy and its mine and just fuck all the way off. I didn't walk alone through the dark for 25 years to get here to be told by angry children with anxiety what I am not allowed to do.
In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.
P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3
EDIT: Well this got a lot of attention! I got a few users asking to print or repost my art and I am unimaginably grateful to everyone's interest, especially since it's a really simple drawing I made on a whim haha! Anyone who is looking to print these out to hang or hand out or repost on another platform is free to do so, although I ask you to credit me and let people know it's from my Tumblr profile! If anyone wishes to do anything else with my art or post and wants to clarify what I consent to then they can message me privately and I'll explain! <333 all my love to my queer siblings
EDIT: I made an LGBTQIA+ version with a focus on trans and intersex folks, it's on my pinned if you prefer this version of the acronym.
hi all! i wanted to give an update about where i am currently at with the app, and some funding limitations i have encountered.
when i first began working on this, i expected only a handful of people to use it - i honestly did not even expect my initial post to go past my mutuals/followers. now that it is at a point where hundreds have shown interest, i no longer believe i will be able to afford hosting it out of my own pocket.
something i need everyone to understand is that i am not just paying for server costs, i am paying for a service/builder platform. this is what i use for my day job in web development, and what i am most confident using, especially when it comes to things like security. there is a limit to how many functions the app will be able to perform until i hit a limit and have to pay overages. and this is my biggest concern at the moment.
i have had to cap the total members one user can have at 1000, friends at 100, and groups at 30 (with members only being able to belong to 9 groups). i did not want to impose any limits to make the app as accessible as possible, but even this high of a maximum for members is going to start pushing it.
i really hate to ask for donations, as i know not many people can afford it - and i am not opening them just yet, i am waiting until i have the site functional so people will have something they can actually use when they donate to it. i would just like to know how many of you would realistically be able to donate to help me afford hosting this.
one sacrifice i may have to make if i do not get enough funding is a downloadable mobile app. this will cost me an extra $40+ (per month) that i would rather spend on extra workload so the app will not go down in the middle of the month after prematurely reaching its cap. the site will still be entirely mobile friendly, it would just be browser based instead.
there will be a closed beta stage for this app as well, and i will prioritize access to those who donate. this will give me a better idea as to just how much things will actually cost as well.
i am truly sorry if this is disappointing to anyone. if i had any control over it, i would not have to ask for funding at all, and i would not have any sort of limits or have to sacrifice other things. but i appreciate everyone’s support regardless.
on a brighter note, i will still share some images of progress i have made. i do not have too much to show as the past 2 days i have been primarily focused on optimization and security rather than UI, but i still want people to see i am in fact still working on this and it is not just a concept haha
these images are to show the member profile UI, difference between light and dark mode, and the last two show how updating your member term will change the display of certain things on your page! just using my own system as test data haha
thank you everybody for your patience. i appreciate all of the support all of you have given me on a project i am not even certain of when it comes to finishing it, or now being able to afford it. i really hope things will still be able to move forward with development.
something i would like to clarify is that i would need donations on a monthly basis, not just as start up money. while any amount of donation is GREATLY appreciated, i do not want a bunch of people to contribute money to something that may not be able to be maintained past a few months due to lack of recurring monthly supporters. that would be entirely unfair to anyone who contributed on a non-monthly basis.
again, any amount of monetary support is VERY appreciated, regardless of amount or frequency. but this app will still need to run on monthly supporters to stay online.
idk who needs to hear this: microlabels are so so so so so so fucking important
what makes me say this is aspec microlabels specifically. I have now two friends who realized they were on the arospec and the acespec because microlabels exist
please stop shitting on them, they are such a good way to explain to someone why they are still Identity, even if they don't fit the Identity Criteria
In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.
P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3
EDIT: Well this got a lot of attention! I got a few users asking to print or repost my art and I am unimaginably grateful to everyone's interest, especially since it's a really simple drawing I made on a whim haha! Anyone who is looking to print these out to hang or hand out or repost on another platform is free to do so, although I ask you to credit me and let people know it's from my Tumblr profile! If anyone wishes to do anything else with my art or post and wants to clarify what I consent to then they can message me privately and I'll explain! <333 all my love to my queer siblings
EDIT: I made an LGBTQIA+ version with a focus on trans and intersex folks, it's on my pinned if you prefer this version of the acronym.
kids of color, you’re allowed to get a bitey when a white friend does something racist. literally 0 percent of people of color are obligated to be nice and palatable for white people. holding your tongue in the name of kindness doesn’t really do much in regards to stuff like this because white people are going to see you calling out their own racism as unkind anyways.
white people, if a person of color comes off as aggressive while calling you out for racism, just fucking listen to them. they’re not coming from nowhere, and believe it or not: they know more about racism than you do! shocker, i know. just thickskin it, because it’s really not about you.
