astral theater

ajax | he/him nl/en | white tme 20s

[nyajax]

The name’s Ajax and I’m a white dutch trans guy in his 20s who's also figuring out plurality. Love, respect, cherish and uplift trans women's voices. Unlearn your racism and transmisogyny. Learn about class and intersectionality. Work on bettering yourself everyday. Start now.

[technofinch]

I have GOT to stop spending $30

[moveslikekeithrichards]

the voice call text channel is the most fucked up space of any discord server

[amarysue]

[genderoutlaws]

An abandoned theater in Rochester, New York. Formerly a pornographic theater, then just a facade after the Walgreens next door gutted it to use as a warehouse. The Walgreens with it's shampoo and baby formula and half of the store locked in cages; the contradictions stare into you. You go because it is the nearest pharmacy, close in walking distance for you and your disabled loved ones.

The Walgreens shuts down and it too, is now just a vacant facade, next to a vacant facade. You stare into the large windows meant to advertise it's contents, now only showcasing absence. A wide open space with torn up floors. You think about how perfect the location could be for low income housing, for squatting, for anything other than standing as a constant reminder of the city's failures to her people. The parking lot is empty, save for the occasional cop car, to ensure no one uses the lot or the building for anything at all. The cop ensures the space will stay as useless as himself.

They add letters to the theater's marquee; a reminder and encouragement of surveillance. "If you see something, say something. In progress call 911, over and done call 311." They board up the doors, ensuring that the space will stay in it's intended form: empty, useless, an eyesore that reminds everyone of their place. The freshly boarded up door has been emblazoned with a message from those who lack.

"A man would shelter, if he could / in the nook behind this new plywood / the building, abandoned / the man is too / how I wish you'd imagine / that it were you."

[numberonevirginiansimp]

Pictured above is Rain, an artwork by Thurlow Small Architecture, hung from the M Street NE underpass in the NoMa neighborhood of Washington, DC. It’s one of three artworks in a series commissioned by the neighborhood to beautify the area.

And by beautify, I mean drive out the unsightly homeless.

Local law states that the homeless cannot encamp on, in, or under public art, so the NoMa Parks Foundation identified three underpasses uniquely situated out of the elements and targeted them for their installations. Now of course, it doesn’t completely deter souls seeking shelter, but it does empower law enforcement to harass them and drive them into more hidden, less comfortable crevices of the city. Out of sight and out of mind.

There is a cold, cruel beauty in the piece. It’s almost self-conscious in a way. Art weaponized against the viewer, designed to resemble the very element they are trying to escape. Rain.

[dailynarnia]

is jake gyllenhaal gay??

why would you ask us, a narnia blog, this

[helloitsbees]

happy pride month to this post specifically

[apocalypsegay]

[hotvampireadjacent]

[hotvampireadjacent]

Update on Pinoy pride

[maxknightley]

"it would be so good if it was good" will haunt you but "it's extremely good, except for the one or two parts which are so bad it's genuinely kind of insulting" will straight up drive you insane

[maxknightley]

one has you making posts like "okay but if the author UNDERSTOOD the POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS of the story they were telling, and leaned into it, it would actually be a really interesting exploration of..."

the other has you pacing your bedroom at one in the morning going "why. why would you ever in a million years do it like that. genuinely what possible thought process was involved. was the writer possessed by a fucking ghost or something."

[holdoncallfailed]

it's lowkey exhausting to live in the constant state of cognitive dissonance required to enjoy nearly anything in the universe while simultaneously being aware of the violent misogyny that undergirds it all 😂😂😂

[rpfwasfine]

it takes 10 layers of the water filter to completely drown a tumblr screenshot if anyone was wondering

[rpfwasfine]

[dailycatsblog]

[tamamoland-with-a-gun]

[empathviv]

Gay Winston from Overwatch: Excuse me for... being gay

[brainless-moe-white-lotus]

He doesn't need a fucking excuse honey that's the point of PRIDE Winston !!!!

[empathviv]

PROUD Gay Winston: Did somebody say... penis?

[lakemojave]

People are unfazed if you hate women but if you dislike dogs they assume you're a bad person

[interestingmistakes]

Reblogging this manually. Op doesn't want credit for fear of being terminated.

[circusheart]

I do think the post that's like "when they torture you to insanity and then torture you for being insane 😂🤣" is one of the most succinct and foundational analyses of interpersonal violence and conflict that had ever been written