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leninisms

good by 2007 hello 2008!

pnwnativeplants

waspsinyouryard

admittedly i know little of the subject but one would think, at 45 years of age, he would be a ryan goose by now

deathtofun

I told a guy his total was 13.21 and he said “wish it were that year, could actually get some good music on the radio”

regularlesbian

breaking news from the AP, our boys on the front have just sacked constantinople. take that, heretics. coming up next are the soothing lute dirges of bing crosby

minipliny

Seen today on walk peace and love on planet earth

hapalopus

thingsfromthedirt

details of Maruyama Ōkyo's Morning Glories and Puppies painting on cedar doors (1784)

chongoblog

ITS APRIL 13 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

FETCH ME NEIL

chongoblog

HAPPY BIG TWENTY NEIL

suzispoonerart

Digital files from my "Good News" zine

This work is about the joy and freedom that come with deconverting from an oppressive religion. I hope you enjoy!

Debates about belief/religion are not welcome. If you disagree, just keep scrolling :)

dogpuppy

liquidpaperfoundation1

My Very Punctual Wife Gets My Night Worm can also be used to remember the order of the planets in the solar system!

cryptid-on-a-string

Mercury Venus Pearth Wars Goopiter Maturn Nuranus Weptune

thatguyvitor

She maturn on my pearth til I goopiter

dogpuppy

chickenmim

Dude... allow me to add to your trove.

I have a folder of these on my phone... I'm not sure what that says about me!

neovagina-penisis-evangelion

When people argue that food from Chinese and Mexican restaurants in the US are not 'real' representations of that culture's cuisine ignore the historical reality that these dishes were developed by diasporic communities striving to recreate the flavors of home with available resources. Such criticism frames adaptation as a loss of authenticity, rather than recognizing it as a sincere and evolving expression of culture by people separated from their homeland.

ninhaoma-ya

Too good to leave in the tags

gahdamnpunk

A QUEEN

bathroom-stall-musings

Okay, I don’t normally add on to posts but in this case I’ve got to.

Rachel Ann Bovier is a Pittsburgh legend who has been publishing her poems in city newspapers for decades. In more recent years, she started putting up these bill boards along major roads. For what reason? I have no clue. But I would often pass them on my way to Oakland for therapy. They never failed to cheer me up.

As a young trans writer, they gave me this precious little spark of joy. There was someone like me, a writer, a Pittsburgher, a trans person, who was confident enough to put their face on a bill board! I would always smile as we passed by and my mom took note.

Fast forward a few years and it’s my 21st birthday. My mom has been super excited about my gift and teased me about it over and over again. She said it was the best gift she’d ever gotten me and in many ways she was right. It was a custom poem she commissioned from Miss Bouvier! It congratulated me on my birthday, my academic success, lots of little stuff. It was simple and sweet and perfect.

I’m still not out to my parents about being trans, but that poem serves as a reminder to me that trans people are every where, they are artists, they are all ages, and their visibility is essential. So thank you to Rachel Ann Bouvier for being a great poetess and a Pittsburgh treasure!