[laurajameskinney]

Hi I'm Gayle! please tag me in spider things

b. 2005, he/they. tme white. lesbian. description quote from wildcats #30.

ko-fi (currently taking commissions)

Blog primarily runs on queue.

KNITTING BLOG: @gayledayleknits

used to post about knitting under:

#crafting journal for all of my knitting and some other fiber arts-crafty stuff

#knit gallery for finished pieces

[girlfailure-poetics]

they only know how to steal from trans women lmao

[girlfailure-poetics]

i think the thing that really stuck with me about this is the way that it frames trans women as cops for having specific words with specific definitions that have arisen out of material analysis rather than what something "feels like." just pure vibes-based reactionary nonsense from the tmras, as per usual. neologisms are a tool of last resort for serious political theorists!

[rickybabyboy]

im am learning sleepy tiger softness techniqu zzzz

ID: Orange and white tabby laying on a soft blanket, he is closing his eyes

[ndnbutch]

like, I myself have also never lived on the rez so I can really only speak to the experiences I’ve had shared with me by friends and family—and frankly, there are some things my loved ones just straight up won’t even talk about because it was just that fucking bad. but with the way some folks on this site (in particular, as I’ve mentioned before, white Europeans who seem to have convinced themselves that just because they’re not American means they’re absolved of all the evils of white supremacy and imperialism) talk about Native people living in the imperial core it feels really clear to me that a lot of these people have never even, like, attempted to so much as imagine just how fucking bad the conditions on most reservations are. they’re certainly not doing any research into it. just, like, speaking loudly and confidently about how privileged we are to live in the US without a shred of consideration for the fact that these places were intentionally constructed to have the worst living conditions possible. and like that’s not to say that you can’t have any semblance of a good life there, I’ve also heard so many stories of joy and love and community on the rez and I don’t want to take away from that. but those things are hard fought for through the fucking incredible power and resilience of what it is to be a native person surviving genocide, they happen IN SPITE of all the odds stacked against us. I promise that you as a white person in fucking France or whatever are not worse off than generations of people forced into reservations, with extremely limited access to food and clean water and healthcare. for real.

[ndnbutch]

and of course the justification is always “oh well that’s such a small percentage of the US population though” as if that’s not literally the same logic used by the government to allow these people to continue to suffer, and as though population percentage is supposed to make me just stop caring about my relatives. like that just doesn’t make you look better. and if you’re from a colonizing European country it was your fucking ancestors that created the conditions that led to people suffering today. shut the fuck up!

[validblogname]

one fight at a time

[lizardlicks]

Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local grou

[wizxrdpendrxgon]

The backlash was a major lawsuit from 9 tribes alongside other lawsuits from advocacy groups like NDN Collective. You can support NDN Collective by donating to them here.

[colonthreedotexe]

if you’re a certain level of tall as a trans woman people will start acting like they genuinely believe it’s ok to treat you like transmisogynistic futa porn is real life and you’re the futa

[colonthreedotexe]

this sounds like an exaggeration but literally i will mention that i'm 10cm taller than someone as a joke about how i can reach a taller shelf at the grocery store or something and the immediate response will almost always be "omg you're tall can you step on me" and i'm being fully serious. i hate it. believe it or not those extra 10cm don't make me want to have sex with every person who is shorter than me and also they don't make me a dom or a top.

has anyone considered that maybe this is sexual harassment? has anyone considered that maybe being taller than you doesn't mean i'm going to act like a futa from porn? has anyone considered that the trans woman might have some dysphoria surrounding height or pressure to be sexually dominant?

[lokaror]

*defensively* not all of us were taught the wheels on the bus go round and round in school

[lowpawly]

people foolishly dismiss desserts and treats as having no nutritional value when they actually are necessary for refilling your sanity stat. to prove my point please observe the emotional stability of the next person you meet who doesnt let themselves ever eat any form of dessert

[regging]

eating disorders and abortions are two things that are like, spoken about in most mainstream discourse as though they are pretty rare and aberrant, but then when you’re actually friends with a lot of women you come to find out that they are extremely extremely common and kind of banal & mundane

[girlfailure-poetics]

“transandrophobia affected/exempt” is like the kind of cartoonish buffoonery i’d make up in a joke post as a hyperbolic example of misogynists stealing the intellectual labor of women rather than expend thought and effort on doing their own analyses and yet it’s real

[saveaboud]

#THEY_LIED_TO_YOU

They lied to you when they said the war in Gaza had ended.

[saveaboud]

My God… what happened before my eyes today was beyond horrific.

[saveaboud]

[saveaboud]

An entire family was killed. Only one little boy survived because he was outside. He is in shock, calling for his mother. My heart is breaking for him.

[saveaboud]

I’m thinking of asking if he can stay with my younger siblings. Please donate. Maybe I can give him a little safety and hope.

Chuffed – PayPal – Verified

[aboud-lives]

The last donation was a while ago!!

[kuttithevangu]

I need all the hyperlexic statistical outliers on tumblr to look up what’s meant by low literacy, it means like, can’t read the notice from the electric company that says they’re cutting you off. Can’t read your doctor’s instructions on how to treat yourself at home. It means “school system failed you so badly that it might kill you”, if you’re reading simple fiction for fun you are already so far out of the window of maximum concern

[letmefixthatforyou]

Okay but can we stop using hyperlexic to mean "has a large vocabulary" or "knows how to read really well"?

Hyperlexia is a real condition that makes people more likely to have a low literacy level because it's defined by being able to read words without comprehending what they're reading.

[kuttithevangu]

I’m hyperlexic and I used that term in that post because I recognize the pattern of people who know how to read every word but have a very hard time understanding the (especially social) meaning of the gestalt

[rickybabyboy]

ive been studying shrimp style

ID: Orange and white tabby curled up laying on a pink plush toy sofa

[riseofthecommonwoodpile]

someone is mad i turned on the light

[endreal]

Solid medications (pills) really do be coming in two varieties - edible plastic, and smarties (derogatory)

[endreal]

Spoken like a person who truly knows what it is to have Ailments

[hypokeimena]

image description: two replies by @vegathelich, reading: it's all fun and games until the smarties (derogatory) start dissolving in your mouth because your hands don't want to work today

and you Taste It /end description

[ilynpilled]

[mens-rights-activia]

[mens-rights-activia]

I would like to note that I left flowers for her afterwards, just as a “sorry for using your grave for content”