Stuff Kivrin Likes

LJ woman in a Tumblr world, sharing assorted Anglophila, bibliophilia, Foyle's War fandom, and history, not necessarily in that order.

[the-almost-fashion-historian]

carriage dress, c.1885 by Franziska Noll Gross

this dress is made of silk velvet, decorated with jet and celluloid beads

this dress can be found in: the Metropolitan Museum of Art

[paper--machete]

it bothers me that you often don't really hear about people having a "favorite album" the way they might have a favorite movie or favorite video game

[paper--machete]

fuck it. reblog this and tell me in the tags what your favorite album is

[newyorkthegoldenage]

John Philip Falter, Central Park Rainbow, 1949. Oil on canvas. This image was the cover of the Saturday Evening Post for April 30, 1949.

Photo: Sotheby's

[northern-punk-lad]

Being prime minister of the uk has a higher regret rate than being trans

So the solution is to ban prime ministers

[northern-punk-lad]

[hailraykin-deactivated20230814]

Reblog to give mutuals a break from whatever they're been going through

[lickingandsuckingchristmascoins]

come over

[trangoldin]

American diet and "healthy living" culture is insane and runs DEEP

[jennamoran]

who the heck is eating dice, cards, and pool

[aniseandspearmint]

WHAT is the first one supposed to be? It looks like 'piecing between meals' to me, but that can't be what it says, right?

[prfury-lavaca]

It does in fact say “piecing between meals” and it refers to snacking

[prokopetz]

I'm more struck by the fact that the progression set forth here implies that laudanum and cocaine are less concerning that spicing your food.

[kivrin]

Even the Mormons aren't coming out well with "coc(o)a" getting lumped in with the demon tea and coffee.

[sartorialadventure]

Michael Cinco FW24-25

[lupusbaby]

Say it with me! Wheelchairs aren’t sad! Mobility aids aren’t sad! Mobility aids are instruments of freedom!

[goth-princess-gwennie]

Forgive me if this is inappropriate but

So are

colostomy bags

Diapers

insulin pumps

Oxygen systems

Braces

[cuntpunkop-ed]

catheters

rollators

hearing aids

compression garments

prosthetics

FREEDOM AIDS

[seraph1c-mo0n]

- canes

- service animals

- noise cancelling headphones/ear defenders

- wheelchair attachments

- fidgets

IT’S DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH YALL

BE UNAPOLOGETICALLY DISABLED AND TAKE UP ALL THE SPACE AND TIME YOU NEED!!!!!

[kivrin]

FREEDOM AIDS!!

[for-the-love-of-the-arts]

Soundtrack Act As If vs show Act as If is so different and it’s a jump scare every time.

[ineffablyholistic]

Making A Man

Closeups because I made this really unnecessarily detailed

This was supposed to be posted in time for pride but unfortunately. That didn’t happen. Either way this is a big happy pride and I love you and you’re doing great to all trans and gender queer folks! I hope the premise of the art obvious but if not my intention was that Monty has burnt a portrait of a version of himself that he no longer identifies with, and has brought the spotlight over to himself as he is now. (I’m now worrying that this could be bad messaging but maybe I’m overthinking so could someone who is part of the community just confirm or deny thank you x)

This took a long time, nearly 13 hours of tracked because I couldn’t just copy from a single reference and had to make a lot of stuff up (we’re one step closer to commissions! Yippee!), but in reality a lot longer because my iPad needed frequent breaks throughout the heatwave.

Next piece will not be mincemeat (unless it gets thrown into the WIP pile) but I will be back! I have a few more ideas for pieces and it’s criminal that this is the first time I’ve drawn Alex’s face, so this is for all the Alex!Monty enjoyers and I will get back on the case of that soon.

But anyway love to you all, stay safe in the hot weather and special shout-out to anyone who writes or draws trans Monty, you are pillars of this community xx

[kivrin]

Vacation successfully concluded. The mountains were not as much cooler as I hoped (packing jeans was overly optimistic) but the scenery was lovely, Mrs K and I did a little early holiday shopping at a delightful bookstore/coffeeshop/bar (The Common Good, Ellenville NY), and I got to sit in the shade with a campari & soda reading the latest Perveen Mistry book, so I'm counting it a win.

[kivrin]

I have achieved vacation.

[wordpress-blaze-7923175]

Testify To Love

"With every breath I take I will give thanks to God above, for as long as I shall live I will Testify To Love."

Founding member of the award winning Christian group Avalon, Michael Passons, who was pushed out of the group for being gay, joins former Avalon member Melissa Greene and gay country artist Ty Herndon to re-imagine the hit song "Testify To Love," creating a totally awesome queer anthem.

Source: Testify To Love

[kivrin]

A... a sponsored post... showed me... something unexpected and... good?

(I want to add a slideshow of same-sex weddings in churches though. And queer parents getting their kids baptized or dedicated.)

I have not thought of this song for over twenty years and I didn't know about the history, but another bit of my younger self just healed.

[comradecowplant]

Alright Bridger was one of my favorite characters but if the writers persist with this flirtationship with the woman whose mother he literally dated, I'd rather he fall into the sea never to be referenced to again 😒😒😒

[kivrin]

I wondered if I was going to find on rewatch that I had been too hard on Wendy Smith back in the 90s, and I WAS NOT.

[kivrin]

Four sleeps to vacation.

[kivrin]

I jolted awake at 3am with free-floating anxiety/despair and it keeps flooding back. What the hell, brain, knock it off.

[achillesinhighheels]

sorry i never replied. everyday is blending together and i'm losing sense of time