daydreaming about the sun

nixie | black | she/they | asexual | 34 | gamer | artist | writer | disabled | witch | writing blog: @changelingdoll

[fullcravings]

Lemon Bars with Graham Cracker Crust

[voidpurr]

you

what’s your favorite pie? give me only one

[joshuaorrizonte]

Cherry or peach. Depending.

[redstonedust]

i do find the rules around clothes fascinating because of how made up it all is. we invented the idea of covering our bodies from the elements because we lack fur like other mammals and then made up all these rules around it and now people will unironically tell you "men cant wear skirts its unnatural" girl none of this is natural. we are born naked and made up the rest as we went along. hope this helps.

[voidvelociraptor]

It's now pride month and this Black queer would really appreciate some help. This bi enby barely made half my goal for May and that was almost exclusively due to the love of some friends, whom I appreciate and adore because seriously y'all always hold me down and I'm forever grateful. I'm working on finding some ways to generate a little money, but my kid's birthday is on the 17th and she needs clothes too and I hope some folks understand the importance of Black Kid's Joy.

She'll be ten, and she loves paper dolls and Cinnamoroll and music and drawing. She likes Animal Crossing and really wants Tomodachi Life and she loves Dogman and Catkid comics and Phoebe and the Unicorn. I'd love to get her the Tokyo MewMew omnibuses. I'm going to stick all those things on my throne wishlist for folks that want to buy gifts directly.

Throne Wishlist

Otherwise:

My Ko-fi

Cashapp and Venmo are both SingsongRaptor

Our survival goal for June is 0/700 (200 towards clothes, 400 for food, 100 for electric bill)

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[creatingblackcharacters]

I apologize in advance if this is me overstepping as a non-Black person, because I'm sure you mentioned this in your lesson about AAVE—and I'm fairly certain that you did—but it really irks me when I see people refer to the dialect as "AAVE slang."

Perhaps it's the linguist in me, perhaps it's because I read your lesson and I'm feeling angry/frustrated/annoyed on your behalf, but it bears repeating that AAVE is not slang. As you mentioned in your lesson, many AAVE words and phrases have been turned into slang, but it's because of appropriation and the disrespect for Black people and Black language. I don't think slang is always necessarily derogatory, but it is... discomforting to see the entirety of AAVE referred to as slang, to say the least.

Again, I apologize if this is overstepping your authority or knowledge considering you've already delivered the lesson. I myself am an educator in public education and try to find opportunities to educate my peers, colleagues, and students (if I can manage without being flagged for it) about how to be anti-racist, how to recognize racism in everyday life, and how to recognize anti-Blackness specifically as it manifests in the United States.

Please feel free to answer this privately, but these are just my personal thoughts on the subject.

No, I agree. Slang feels dismissive towards the dialect as a whole. As if the way we talk is less appropriate. Temporary, or childish. And not the language that it actually is.

[doffy2]

My Melody when she’s put in a picture of some abandoned house with glittery red trauma text overtop of it for no reason

[manuciruja]

awww the like button turns into a rainbow when you press it! that's so cute...hey staff what's with all the trans women you keep nuking?

[manuciruja]

i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users

[smadsel]

would be remiss not to mention that the rainbow notably straight up just removed the trans flag colors from it. like they’re gone. it’s the progress flag minus the trans flag colors.

[smadsel]

that’s not the whole flag, now is it

[manuciruja]

hey staff what the fuck

[villainessbian]

hey staff don't you think you're being too on-the-nose

[shrodingers-catgirl]

HEY STAFF DONT YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING TOO ON-THE-NOSE

[contemptible-scoundrel]

fuuuck I could use a mysterious benefactor right now

[jay-rayart]

Black people dont need to be made into animals or aliens to become “palatable” to audiences. We are alive and we have stories to share. If you want to see black kids share their story with the world considering following FLY on Kickstarter. We launch June 9th ! (link in bio)

Coming soon: FLY : A Magical Black Boy Series - Pilot Animatic

A coming of age story about Black kids who finally have power to fight back against systems designed against them.

[daveedmee]

explosion at health potion factory 0 dead 0 injured

[star-mom-selkie]

happy pride month

[yourfaveisintersex]

what if I just made my profile picture a male calico cat or something. hurm

[icewingassasin]

Could I suggest a picture of Dawntreader Texas Calboy? He is a beautiful male calico cat who is a chimera. He's also somewhat controversial among some cat fancy associations since he is a male cat with female colors, and some people are strangely transphobic towards him, despite him being a cat? There was even a rule implemented to keep him from competing in a cat show. If you look up his name, he made a few news articles.

[yourfaveisintersex]

Oh my god?????

Yeah you're right about beautiful I'm squeezing him until he pops!!!!! I love this guy I think I'm going to make an edit real quickly Calboy I love you I'm so sorry people are calling you a freak??????

[yourfaveisintersex]

:)

[goldengirlsgifs]

THE GOLDEN GIRLS 2.05 — Isn't It Romantic? — 08.11.86 Betty White as Rose Nylund Lois Nettleton as Jean

[shipperwolf1]

1986!!

[dovewithscales]

Golden Girls was so incredibly progressive for its time and not even slightly afraid to be loud about it. They talked about queer people, about race, about ableism, and they made it central and overt. They talked about things that mattered, and they never punched down, and they were allies off the stage too.

[dovewithscales]

Reblogging this again to add some context for anyone who may not know. In the 80's, being outed as gay could get you blacklisted in Hollywood. It ruined people's careers.

Bea Arthur and Betty White both suffered damage to their careers for standing up against racism and homophobia. Back in the 50s Betty White hosted a variety show that was canceled because she featured a black dancer and doubled down when they told her to stop.

[voidvelociraptor]

It's now pride month and this Black queer would really appreciate some help. This bi enby barely made half my goal for May and that was almost exclusively due to the love of some friends, whom I appreciate and adore because seriously y'all always hold me down and I'm forever grateful. I'm working on finding some ways to generate a little money, but my kid's birthday is on the 17th and she needs clothes too and I hope some folks understand the importance of Black Kid's Joy.

She'll be ten, and she loves paper dolls and Cinnamoroll and music and drawing. She likes Animal Crossing and really wants Tomodachi Life and she loves Dogman and Catkid comics and Phoebe and the Unicorn. I'd love to get her the Tokyo MewMew omnibuses. I'm going to stick all those things on my throne wishlist for folks that want to buy gifts directly.

Throne Wishlist

Otherwise:

My Ko-fi

Cashapp and Venmo are both SingsongRaptor

Our survival goal for June is 0/700 (200 towards clothes, 400 for food, 100 for electric bill)

[parkchanwoohoo]

[creatingblackcharacters]

Remember when Lil Nas X beautifully explored his sexuality, seduced and killed the devil to the banger of all time, and instead of cheering on this openly gay and proud Black artist for his artistry and fighting back against respectability politics, suddenly said respectability politics was all the Queerest Place on the Internet cared about? Hm. Wonder what happened there.

Anyway I miss him and hope he's doing better with his mental health 🙏🏾