A Cosmic Gumbo

Mak .:. they/she .:. I like art and I'm gay.

[paintbynumbers]

[that-house]

partially-managed mental illness is so fucking funny i'll be sitting around doing my job and suddenly think "wow i hate myself" and immediately get confused because, like, that's not TRUE! i love myself so much. who are you to talk to me like that

[jetix]

Black Jack graffiti, 2025-08-17

[daily-cursed-jotaro-deactivated]

ay yo look like i`m goin for a swim

[gendercensus]

The 2026 Gender Census is now open!

[ survey.gendercensus.com ]

The 13th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 13th August 2026.

It’s short and easy, for most participants it takes 5 minutes or less.

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!

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.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

PS: You can see some regularly-updated statistics about incoming data here, with lots of demography and graphs to peruse!

PPS: Image credits, bark and grass.

[dedmm]

Hot pants my beloved🌹

[fatcowprincess]

Artist: Dierdre Sokolowska @unwashedace

[sorrythathappened]

does ringo starr still have the elf stones or did he return them to the silverwood? i know there was a pressure campaign a few years back

[couchnapping]

he's cagey about it but reputable sources say ringo starr still has the elf stones

[filthburger]

people debate about whether wojaks carry fascism within them inherently or not, and yknow, maybe there's something to be said about how symbols work etc, and then you see a communist make a meme that features the one that's drooling with a dent in his head to represent someone who is incorrect, and you just kind of take a pause and ask yourself what the fuck is wrong with everybody

[cryaki]

Meanwhile.

[longsightmyth]

I bring a real 'actually people who are pregnant do deserve some special consideration because they are effectively at least temporarily disabled if not permanently after some complications' vibe to the party that a lot of people don't seem to like

[genkais-arcade]

[genkais-arcade]

[psikonauti]

Cara Macwilliam (British,b. 1972)

In the Eye of Entanglement

Ink on paper

[retroscifiart]

Art by Michael Whelan for Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov (1983. Acrylic on board). Easily a top 10 favourite book cover for me.

[pmamtraveller]

Leonard Koscianski

[pmamtraveller]

By Je Shen