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how does tumblr work anymore fuck if I know. fuck if I ever knew. bru/li, they/them, 33, queer in every sense. this is my personal blog. I mostly reblog things. my tags are inconsistent at best.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

I'm a simple bitch. i believe the purpose of government should be to improve the lives of its citizens and protect its most vulnerable members. unfortunately i live in a day and age where this gets me labeled an enemy of the state

[sabinerondissime]

Bohatyrka by sculptor Vasily Korchevoy

[wanderingnelipot]

Here's some more amazing plus size sculptures by Vasily Korchevoy:

"Standing in Marble"

"Luxurious"

"Lush"

"Prosperity"

See more here: (https://www.saatchiart.com/v.korchevoy)

Also check out artist Adam Shultz...

"Untamed"

"Sisters"

"Aphrodite"

See more here: (https://artcloud.com/artist/adam-schultz)

[greenekangaroo]

These are only some of a HANDFUL of pieces of art I have ever seen that truthfully portray what fat bodies look like.

Which makes them very dear to me and also very frustrating.

Because not seeing variances in body is a huge part of why fat phobia persists.

Make more REAL ACTUAL fat art, not that honkai star rail size 10 bullshit.

[heartwarminganimals]

I wish we could teach each other how to love the way we can teach animals that aren’t supposed to be able to feel it.

[godmybackhurts]

@kaijutegu is this cute? I know you deal with tegus and not iguanas, but I didn't know who else to ask

[kaijutegu]

This is precious.

So, first thing you need to know is that is a very visibly healthy adult green iguana. Every part of the iguana is sharp. The claws evolved to haul a ten pound lizard up a tree. The spines are like tiny icepicks. The tail is a bullwhip. The teeth evolved to shred leaves, but they'll just as easily shred your flesh. Good luck making a healthy adult iguana do anything they don't wanna. That puts us on our first thing to look at- is the animal capable of defense and getting away, physically? Yes, definitely.

Next thing to know is what does a threatened or scared iguana look like? When an iguana is threatened, it doesn't stand on its hind legs like that; it stands on all fours and puffs itself up to look bigger, aggressively bobs its head (note: head bobbing is a behavior used for a LOT of things, it does need context- for example, they also head bob as part of mating displays), there is hissing, there is tail whipping- iguanas are not subtle creatures. None of this is the behavior of an iguana that feels threatened or is being a threat!

So what does standing like that mean? That's just simple reaching. The iguana sees something they want and is attempting to reach it, and what they want appears to be uppies, because they settle into the human's grip immediately.

Then, we see some GREAT handling from the human. There's really great communication happening between the two of them! The person picks up the iguana very securely- pelvis and pectoral girdles are well supported, and he doesn't grab. (Iguanas typically do NOT like being grabbed around the sides; many of their predators are birds and coming at them from above or gripping the sides is scary!)

As he goes in for the pet, he lets the iguana support their back half on his knee. The hold is secure but not tight; at any point, if the iggy was distressed, they could leave. But they don't- instead, you see them leaning into the pets, actively participating in the behavior. They're not even closing their eyes to block stimulus. They want this to happen.

This is the kind of bond that's possible when you can prove to a big lizard that you're trustworthy, and easily the best iguana video I've seen in a long time. Thank you for tagging me in!

Some green iguana body language resources under the jump!

Barten 2003. Green Iguana Management and Husbandry. Iguana: Journal of the International Iguana Society. I refer to this guy a lot when thinking about iguana behavior because even though the Green Iguana Husbandry issue of Iguana came out 22 years ago, Steve is a member of my herp society and has forgotten more about iguanas than any of us will ever know.

Burghardt 1977. Social behavior in hatchling green iguanas: life at a reptile rookery. Science.

Yes, Burghardt's iguana stuff is older. Yes, it's still highly relevant in the world of reptile ethology. If you can get your hands on a copy of Iguanas of the World, it's amazing how well it holds up.

Kaplan- everything on anapsid.org is at least 10 years old, but that doesn't change how valuable some of it is. Melissa knows her stuff, she just can't have iguanas anymore and unfortunately her health interferes a lot with what she wants to do.

Behavior article collection

Change-Related Stress in Green Iguanas and Other Reptiles

Interpreting Non-Breeding Behaviors in Green Iguanas

Testosterone, Aggression, and Green Iguanas

Köhler 2003. Green Iguana Communication. Iguana: Journal of the International Iguana Society.

Rice et al. 2022. Heads Nods and Boat Bobs: Behavior of Iguana Iguana Is Affected by Environment and Boat Traffic in Riparian Tropical Forest. Biotropica.

Darren Naish wrote a cool blog post for Tetrapod Zoology that's got a lot of social behavior observations! His blogs are always backed up with great sources and evidence.

[acidwashwerewolf]

made a new sticker design the other day

[noelcollage]

"The earth is not dying. It is being killed. And those who are killing it have names and addresses." -Utah Phillips (1935-2008) folk singer, labor organizer, trainhopper, poet, and ardent anarchist. ID in alt text.

[captainjunglegym]

rick astley did a cover of pink pony club and i loved him singing about having fun on stage in his heels

[babbhad]

is this a set up

[captainjunglegym]

hehehe only one way to find out

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

"the world isn't kind" ok??? Much more importantly are you?????

[whatsupwalnut]

"the world isnt kind" skill issue. I am

[inkieswirlsgaming]

This is a threat

[annielostmarch]

Tim Curry with his GameBoy on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993)

[chilewithcarnage]

cunt levels off the charts

[depsidase]

[deathtokillian]

Snitches get stitches

[anarcho-smarmyism]

nobody talks everybody walks

[redlipstickresurrected]

Kim Dorland (Canadian, b. 1974, Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, based Toronto, Canada) - Last Light, 2018, Paintings: Oil on Canvas

[jijidraws]

the era of chaos stickers available xx

[tetrafelino]

[stolen from bluesky]

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

unhoused people are vulnerable members of your community who deserve basic respect and solidarity!!

we owe it to the unhoused people in our communities to fight for their rights to live unharassed by police and to get their needs met in ways that preserve their autonomy!!

if you see people living outdoors, especially when the weather is bad, your first instinct should be concern for their wellbeing!!

If you hear people talking about vulnerable members of your community like they're vermin, SPEAK UP.

speak out against your local government responding to vulnerable people having no place to go by sending cops to steal all their stuff or imprison them!!

If you're a "respectable" Nice Middle Class Citizen, USE THAT to protect people in your community treated as disposable!!

agitate for housing first programs and aid programs, and to end police harassment of encampments!

unhoused people are our neighbors!! they are human beings worthy of protection and care!!

[aropride]

“calories dont count over the holidays” WRONG! calories don’t count ever. stop counting them enjoy ur life

[secondlina]

Please check out Crow Time on Webtoons.

[momdusa]

From 3DBearnadette on tweeter...

[klapollo]

okay i looked into this and apparently this isnt even just dracula the wolfman and frankenstein's monster like. they're DESCENDANTS of them who are normal guys who turn into a vampire a werewolf etc. they do this to "atone" for the actions of their ancestors.

this is them normally and they apparently transform by slapping their hands together and shouting WACKO and this is called the "drak whack." dracula is alive too. they call him Big D.

[azure-aeon-soulstar]

There is no heterosexual explanation for this

[cohendyke]

the line “your worst sin is that you’ve betrayed and destroyed yourself for nothing” is so raw you’d think it’s from a destiel fanfic or even hetalia but it’s actually from dostoyevskys crime and punishment