[whinyvirgobaby]

me on a date

date: did u like the movie??

me: i mean….it was good but not as good as captain america: the winter soldier (2014) directed by anthony and joe russo 

[assiraphales]

“ yOu wAnt a PieCE of ME?” “YES!” *bites a bitch*

[yo-its-matt]

Elmo heated gamer moment

[shitpostgenerator]

please do not disrespect the moon

[salparadisewasright-deactivated]

[kibblesundbitches]

unmute this please

[culturevulturette]

This never gets old.  Ever.  

[adventuresoutsidethegenderbinar]

People ask, “How many genders are there?” a lot - sometimes out of innocent wondering and sometimes to try to ridicule/shame the trans community.

The thing is, asking how many genders there are is like asking how many colors there are. Yeah, there are a few main ones, but you could never name every. single. color. Plus, there are many shades that fall outside of or in between the few labels that we’ve created to categorize them. Asking a nonbinary person if they’re a boy or a girl is like asking if turquoise is blue or green - it’s somewhere in the middle, and that’s okay. 

 That’s why color is a spectrum, and that’s what we mean when we say that gender is a spectrum. Furthermore, just as with gender, everyone’s perception and experience of color is different.

[gallusrostromegalus]

Other Aspects of Color That May Be Useful In Understanding Gender:

Impossible Colors: Sometimes you will look at something and see more blue light than yellow in one eye, and more yellow than blue in another but no green light in either, so your brain decides that this object is Yellow And Blue At The Same Time But Not Green and it’s really cool.

Everyone Percives Color Differently: Every single one of us has a similar but unique mix of red, blue and green cone cells and some of us see blue really well, and some barely see it at all, some of us can’t tell red from green and some of us don’t reccive those signals at all. Each perception is valid but it doesn’t change the light reflecting off an object.

There is a Huge Difference between Color and Pigment: Color is the way our brains interpret the combination of light waves reflecting off an object. Pigments are specific chemicals that refract very specific wavelengths of light. Some colors exist with having no pigments at all- the blue of blue jays is made by the refractive surface of the feathers, not a blue chemical.

Color is more than just Hue: Hue is the root color like “Red” but color includes things like intensity/Chroma (bright red vs dull red) Shade/Value (cherry vs brick red) context (Red looks different on a pick background vs a green one) Luminosity (is it backlit? in shadow?) Texture (Powdery vs Shiny vs Rough) and lots of other things that are not Color, but influence and are influenced by it.

Color is largely social: The ancient greeks didn’t have a word for ‘blue’ despite being perfectly capable of seeing it, prefering instead to describe things by texture or shade. For a long time in Japan “blue” and “Green” were considered to be the same color. My own beloved husband has never quite gotten the hand of Violet vs. Purple, let alone “Pink is a very pale warm purple, not a red.” A lot of Color perception is influenced by the language we use to describe it.

[wiltkingart]

gay astronauts on a romantic honeymoon space adventure (oil on canvas 10" x 10")

[thefollow-spot]

Just saw a TikTok where this bi woman was like,

‘I’m a woman-leaning bisexual and you know what pisses me off? The fact that I’m dating a skinny white man and I love him and I’m happy, like what the fuck.’

And I just have to say. What pisses me off as a bisexual woman is that TikTok.

This is the Woke version of ‘my wife is the ol’ ball and chain, doesn’t it suck to be married,’ jokes. It’s not funny. Your queerness is not negated or tarnished by opposite-gender attraction, dating men isn’t inherently worse than dating women.

Love your partner.

Cherish them.

For fucks sake.

[higgsboshark]

So much this. I’ve had a rant building for a while and it looks like today’s the day.

I’m getting REAL SICK of that “bisexual means I’m attracted to all women and two men” joke. I’m getting equally sick of the implication, in a thousand ways, that men are bad and it’s inherently worse to be attracted to them. If you’re a woman or woman-adjacent and you fall in love with a man, there’s this horrible and easy-to-internalize idea that you’re taking the lesser option.

Like y’all. Y’all? You know that’s gender essentialist radfem bullshit, right?

If you didn’t, I’d like to gently suggest you consider the idea that “Men are problematic (read: sinful) and violent, women are pure, beautiful and loving” is just conservative Christian ideology in a gay hat. We are not advancing towards equality for all genders by flipping which end of the scale is The Bad One ™.

I’m bisexual. I make a point of talking about being queer (because it’s my identity and culture, and that’s important to me), and I present mostly in the androgynous area of the spectrum. People often assume I’m only/mostly interested in women.

That’s actually not true. I like all genders, but when it comes to specific people, I’m most often attracted to men. And it makes me sad – really, genuinely sad – how many times I’ve felt ashamed to talk about that. Even though I’m not a woman, liking a man has made me feel “not queer enough.” Hell, some days it still does.

I’m gonna say this, even though I know a lot of people won’t like it. And I will also say in advance that I am not accepting criticism and I don’t argue on the internet as a personal mental health policy.

That said, here is the statement: This too is a closet.

Anytime you’re ashamed to admit to liking someone because they’re the “wrong” gender, anytime falling in love is treated like a disappointment instead of a celebration, I don’t care who you are or who your partner is, that is a FUCKING CLOSET. And I would appreciate it if we could STOP PUTTING PEOPLE IN THOSE.

[thegreenmeridian]

Honestly, shit like that should be seen for the relationship red flag it is.

If you’re a man, absolutely do not date someone who thinks their attraction or affection for you is something they ought to be ashamed of.

And regardless of your gender, avoid women who subscribe to the idea that women can do no wrong and are inherently pure and safe because holy fuck is that an easy and gaslighty shield to hide behind for abusers. I’ve heard a variation of that story too many times to think there’s not a correlation there.

[chiribomb-deactivated20220820]

Amen to that. And “it’s a joke” isn’t the excuse people think it is.

[gayestpirate-deactivated2021060]

ppl be acting like being attracted to men is a disease

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[antennafarm]

Visit Original Link

[filipinoprincefili]

[born-to-strange-sights]

[bbylumps]

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[high-quality-tiktoks]

[spore-entities-ltd]

🥺

[gagtrees]

for those who are (rightfully!) concerned about animal welfare in tik toks: Wildcat Ridge Sanctuary is a true sanctuary and this animal is safe and happy!

[shaiza]

No joke I would die for Howie

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[glumshoe]

I pretend to be complex and clever but in reality, nothing has ever made me laugh harder than those bad Chinese subtitles from the bootleg Lord of the Rings DVDs. Tears streaming down my face, core aching, slowly suffocating because I’m laughing too hard.

[absynthe--minded]

also (because one can never have too many of these)

and my personal favorite:

[glumshoe]

I somehow forgot to add my own favorite, which is this one:

I also appreciate the ones that really change the tone and suggest that the characters openly loathe each other…

and this one, which gently encourages self-care:

[steddiely]

listen you guys forgot some important ones

[nosoundinspace]

ya’ll forgot the best one

[mantisanarchy]

I CAN’T BREATHE

[jugex]

this is a treasure that cannot be buried

[mantisanarchy]

Had to reblog again because I spent hours searching for this and I finally found it.

[eltonjohndenver]

DJHSFAJDGHFDJGHFKGHG

[priscellie]

Excuse me, but you are excluding some GEMS:

And the greatest of all:

[caldraws]

hey bi people

[graceful-not]

Holy fuck

[collie-cutie]

How could you forget 420A55?

[newtonpermetersquare]

The Scientific Method