not today, motherfucker

kenny. 31. queer. he/they

[nemfrog]

Bees, beetles and waps. The illustrated natural history. v.3. 1880s.

Internet Archive

[kendrysaneela]

God just the fact that Carol is a full grown independent adult who’s been an adult for decades with enough money to be completely independent from her homophobic family and who’s been in a relationship with a woman for at least over a decade if not longer and yet she’s just still SO fuckin TERRIFIED of coming out because she’s just so incredibly traumatized by her homophobic upbringing and her experience in that conversion camp. She has built an entire career on writing heterosexual books that she wanted to make sapphic but she was too afraid to, she lies about which man she is attracted to online when her fans ask cause it’s safer, she wears more feminine clothing at her book signings than she normally would in normal life so that no one will suspect that she’s gay and her agent is her wife. It’s just so sad. Can you imagine knowing you were gay when you were sixteen years old and then still being closeted in your fifties? Can you imagine how scared and traumatized you have to be of your own identity to remain closeted for that many decades? How trapped she must feel within her own identity? How she’s built a career that in her head rests on her continuing to be trapped within it never letting anyone know? It’s so sad. And I bet it was just so incredibly hard for Helen to watch Carol go through for so many years. How hard it would be to watch someone you love so much subject themselves to so much pain no matter how many times you try to tell them that they’re safe they’re not sixteen anymore it’s safe it’s okay and they’re too traumatized to hear you? And then at the end of all of this after decades of the incredible pain of being closeted for so many years….your wife the only person you could be your authentic self with. Dies in a pretty horrific manner right in front of you. And then the next day you’re informed that the entire world now knows you’re gay and knows how you were originally going to make your books gay before you got too scared and talked yourself out of it. Even sent you a woman who looked like a female version of the character you forced yourself to make male. So what was the point in the end? What was the point of subjecting yourself to so much pain for decades only for none of it to matter anymore in the span of 24 hours? Only for it to never matter again? What was the point?

[ostdrossel]

It was a great pond day, even though I had to constantly run out to clean the lens 😆Even a Cedar Waxwing finally came down (I've been hearing them for days up in the trees), and the first baby Grack! Others are male and female RWBB, Oriole, Grosbeak, Blue Jay and Cardi. I also changed out the pond livecam, the old one was letting in water and fogged up too much.

[urgetocreate]

Soon Young Warren (Korean b.1960), White Daisy with Turquoise, 2023, Watercolor on paper

[campsis]

FUJITA TSUGUHARU, Sleeping Cat

[l3irdl3rain]

Junior has the sillies tonight and he wants Arthur to play with him. Arthur is less convinced

[ruinedchildhood]

Tigers with a frozen milk brick on a hot day

[dragondriana]

needless to say they are hopelessly dependent on the ingot

[arualmeow]

Beverage!

[reynard61]

Let's ambush mama! 😼

[campsis]

Susan Lautmann Hertel, Red Onion

[muppetshow2026]

you may think misogyny is good because it is made up of miso, which is delicious, and gyny, which is woman. and girl miso sounds great. but 👆 it is not girl miso

[getbentdaily-deactivated2025122]

"Miso" is Greek for "hatred". "Gyny" is Greek for "woman" Misogyny literally means "hatred of women".

The word "misogyny" is always associated with the unnecessary hatred and abuse of women. No one ever thinks about this word in a positive light.

[muppetshow2026]

will you ever forgive me

[muppetshow2026]

jesus christ did i fucking kill them im sorry

[tobiasdrake]

you may think homicide is good because it is made up of homo, which is gay, and cider, which is delicious. And gay cider sounds great. but 👆 it is not gay cider

[leedlebeetles]

Lily of the valley

[e3n-ethan]

John Blanche, one of the people who gave warhammer a visual identity, has passed away.

I don’t think that I need to talk about how influential he was or how talented and gorgeous his artwork was, I think that speaks for itself.

The world was a bit more colorful to have him, and the world of Warhammer 40k was more grimdark thanks to him.

Requiescat in pace.

[jakey-beefed-it]

Bon voyage to one of the greats. His art was striking, bold, and inimitable.

I never got to meet the man, but I did manage to pick up a couple of his art books and they're among the most cherished in my collection of either art or wargaming (adjacent) books.

Posting a couple of my favorites of his pieces as a little memorial.

[innerchildabortionclinic]

your cat was an honor to see in the window

[catchymemes]

[amnhnyc]

It’s time for Caturday! Here’s a feline that enjoys being around water: the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus). Found in parts of Southeast Asia, this critter prefers to inhabit areas near bodies of water, like mangroves, marshes, and swamps. As its name implies, this wild cat specializes in hunting fish, scooping prey out of the water with its paws or even dunking its head below the water’s surface to catch one with its mouth! It has a layer of short, densely packed hair close to its skin that helps keep it dry and warm by preventing water from seeping through.

Photo: Sarah_Cheriton, iStock 

[snoopyoftheday]

snoopy of the day

[bad-love]

I just wanted to add this quote from the peppermint patty peanuts wiki page about Charles M. Schulz and his relationship with his gay cousin. The source here leads to a book that I did not read but the original source is Schulz's wife who confirmed this in an interview. If I can find the interview again I will link it here but uh. just in case someone tries to claim Schulz was a homophobe on this post again.