darian @lavendertake-4 - Tumblr Blog

made of mud and flame

#penda's fen #penda's fen 1974 #film recommendations #everyone watch this now because i'm going crazy

#claire fisher #six feet under #liking a girl for the first time is sooo scary

A visual archive documenting queer films and its pioneers, as well as a space for contemporary filmmakers.

sharing this wherever i can because i think it's very special

#film recommendations #trans cinema #gender troublemakers #queer cinema

one thing i find strange about TERFism and trans-criticism is how much of it is just attractiveness politics. it seems to be the leading talking point. sure, make your points on sexual dimorphism or biological sex differences (which any normal trans woman is fully aware of already, mind you. the average transsexual is not claiming she’s experiencing period cramps lol) but so much anti-trans discourse seems to just be “well you’re ugly so you’re not a woman and i feel unsafe.” which seems…. so counter-productive to your movement. trans women, like any group of people, are nowhere near exempt from criticism, but what is the point of putting so much emphasis on such an empty and invalid viewpoint? so much of feminism seems to hark on how men only respect women they find attractive, yet the majority of your breath is spent on here pointing out physical characteristics that you seemingly think invalidate someone’s identity. how does having broad shoulders, a wide jaw, and a five o’clock shadow somehow equate to being a predatory rapist? it’s a mindset i’ve never understood. obviously it’s prevalent outside trans discourse, people just generally seem to equate ugliness with evilness, but you would think a group of individuals who posture themselves steeped and rooted in theory and academics wouldn’t weaponize such a vapid and vague talking point. (not to say only terfs do it, your average Internet Man absolutely loves to dunk on the fuckability of any given trans woman at any given time, but….. fork found in kitchen.) idk, i’ve just always found it odd. like i’m sorry but i just don’t buy into the idea that you’re supposed to be reasonably terrified of someone in a public bathroom because you think they’re ugly. i think you might just be an asshole.

a lizard in a woman's skin (1971)

#a lizard in a woman's skin #giallo #like oh my god wow this is crazy #happy pride month

teetheater333

ethel & willoughby :)

pilgrimage to the lake from the "i wish i knew how to quit you" scene from brokeback mountain

#brokeback mountain #kananaskis #snoopy came with me

pictures as of late

#road trip #photo diary

waterfalls i've seen recently. it's nice to feel so small and yet so in the world.

#waterfall #british columbia #2 + 3 are a 360 pov of the falls i was behind them :)

aksually2008

I visited my childhood home for the first time in a decade today. The signals inside were conflicting. In my sock drawer it was all as I had left it when I left, yet everything around it was dying. The floors were covered in junk and rot, the piano was crying out for help with each key press and the plates I once ate with greeted me with dust and yellowish hues. A great meditation on the passage of time. This decay let me know: "This period of your life is dead. You are free!"

sweetpea golightly is maybe the best name ever thought up by the human mind

#industry hbo #sweetpea golightly

both of them inadvertently killing someone in water related deaths by inaction.... coke addictions and constant self destruction due to the abuse from their father that has shaped every possible action in their lives and every connection they could ever make. only ever feeling seen by their homoerotic best frenemy who constantly betrays them. trying so hard to follow in the family business footsteps but failing every step of the way. Wow. yay!

#yasmin kara hanani #industry hbo #kendall roy #succession #i love them both