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30🙃, gender fluid(she/her/they/them), bi, Aquarius, I have never been so tired before in my life and fuck the U.S. (icon by @/smilepaint)

[emerald-studies]

“The most disrespected person in America is the Black Woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black Woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black Woman.”

-Malcolm X (1962)

(Originally made on insta by @michaelabalogun)

[Multiple people have pointed out that the Sojourner Truth speech isn’t accurate. Interesting none of you bother recommending other resources to spread awareness of what it’s like to be a Black Woman while you are pulling attention away from the main point–Black Women need to be recognized. If you have such a problem with how accurate the speech is, just know I looked into it and apparently she approved the second version which also expresses how she’s feeling. Let’s move on or pm me and I can list some alternatives if it’s weighing on your mind.]

[gotylocks]

Happy 10th birthday to the best tweet of all time.

[boo-topia]

Pride

[bb8mangoes]

okay now give me the muppet show starring very special guest star chappell roan. quinta brunson. hudson williams. meryl streep. marcello hernandez. ayo edebiri. joe keery. janelle monae. doechii. shall i go on.

[kookyburrowing]

it is 1976. the United States is in economic crisis and the Muppet Show is on air. it is 2026. the United States is in economic crisis and the Muppet Show is on air.

[natalieironside]

Due to my weird childhood and my weird brain, I have this very unhelpful compulsion to conceal Everything I do from Everyone. I Cannot be observed performing any action, no matter how mundane. My nervous system is convinced I'm gonna, like, Get In Trouble for eating food at dinnertime or sleeping in my bed at bedtime.

I've taken to asking myself, "Okay does this task actually require subterfuge or am I stealing a balloon on Free Balloon Day"

[natalieironside]

I see from the notes that we're all havin a normal one 👍

[crabussy]

I bet it feels real good to be a sailing ship when they tighten the rigging

[crabussy]

wrong. everyone get more perverted about marine vessels now and I'm not kidding

[crabussy]

this post reaching Actual Ship Captains is beyond delightful holy moly

[yuriskies]

How to Write Yuri in Five Steps

Watch an episode of Hannibal

Think "this dynamic would be more interesting with women"

Read josei manga until you begin to feel your masculine-centered value system melt away

Stare at park benches and rewilded landscapes until you can imagine the lives of the women who once inhabited them

Write about whatever interests you

[yuriskies]

Ok this throwaway post is breaking containment, so I should explain the joke before this starts getting notes with corrections or real advice...

This is how Iori Miyazawa described the development process for Otherside Picnic. The first draft originally had Sorawo as a guy but the story wasn't coming together. Then he happened to see a few episodes of Hannibal and had the lightbulb turn on about same-sex relationship dynamics being compelling enough to carry a serious story. So, being a himedanshi, he decided to go all-in on a long-held desire to write yuri and spent like a year reading josei manga and novels written by women to make sure he understood womens' perspectives on relationships. Then he rewrote the first Otherside Picnic short story with that in mind.

That's the backstory on the Yuri Made Me Human interview. It's basically the writers' equivalent of a comphet rejection arc

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

i wish you kinder, softer days that put your heart at ease

[speedlimit15]

[ciqqy]

I will lock in tomorrow like nobody has ever locked in before

[ciqqy]

[hotrale]

Frequent visitor

[quendergeer]

there he goes

[crownofstardustandbone]

[magpie-trove]

“Do it afraid” I do everything that way! I’d like to do it normal for once thanks!

[mynorthernattitude]

they should make a sleep that feels like you’ve slept

[bearloonz]

how it feels to really like your ocs

[depsidase]

[depsidase]