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if you tell a trans woman she is "enforcing passing culture" by wanting to pass and expressing it i honestly hope nothing good happens in your life ever after that

foxxxighost

Crazy that once I'm passing and starting to feel good about myself, fake allies are trying to tell me that being bricked tf out is actually the best.

kayla-denker

This is why I'll never shut up about the part of Whipping Girl where Serano says we gotta stop calling it "passing." It pretty directly accuses us of 'hiding' or 'fooling people into thinking we're women.' We aren't "passing as women," we are women, we're being correctly gendered as women. When people deride us for "passing", they're blatantly saying that they don't think we're women. Afterall, nobody says cis women "pass as women" when they're correctly gendered as women.

teddy-bearer-of-bad-news

FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT

i have always despised the term "passing" but could never articulate why until now

Some Jay sketches to get back into the groove

#descendants #jay son of jafar #jay descendants #descendants jay #descendants fanart #disney descendants

comicallyqueer

mxrtified777

i havent touched my tablet in days ive just been watching the 1998 movie Over and Over and Over and Ov

catboyandroid

Everyone say thank you to trans femmes for showing us a version of femininity born from joy and desire instead of just through coercion

Everyone say thank you to trans mascs for showing us a version of masculinity born from joy and desire instead of just through coercion

Everyone say thank you to all people outside of the cis gender binary for showing us a version of gender born from joy and desire instead of just through a simple frame work in which our oppressor have used to kill, erase, and censor us.

Thank you for showing us the existence of a history before and a future ahead.

grunklebongrip

When a fic doesn’t fit my head canons but it’s well-written

signalfirefly

#he wouldn't fucking say that but i'm getting kind of attached to the guy you invented who did say that

geneeste

@mrv3000 telling truths in the tags:

megan-karau

I watched some decedents with friends a month/few weeks ago

(SPOILERS FOR DECENDENTS 1 AND 2)

(I've watched 3 i haven't watched 4 SO NO SPOILERS PLS)

Murder drones cosplay

purplecherryuwu

ATTENTION ALL DESCENDANTS FANS

I introduce you to one of the greatest thing that's come out of the fandom from what I've seen

NOW GO WATCH IT I DEMAND IT

an-artist-kindof

Descendants Redesign!

This is Part 1 of me redesigning and redrawing Descendants characters! I'm not sure if I want this to be an AU or not, but I wanted them to look more like their parents and less human, especially with Mal. I wanted her to look more fae like. I also got rid of all of the leather because, realistically speaking, where would they get the leather from if all of their resources were from Auradon's trash? No one in Auradon wears leather, and there's no livestock on the Isle to make leather with. I wanted Evie to have a more princess-y, regal look since she and the Evil Queen care the most about their appearances. I pushed more of the apple motifs rather than the heart motif. I gave Carlos a more polished look. His mom's a fashion designer, would she really let Carlos walk out of the house looking crazy?? Jay's was the simplest. I really wanted to play with shape with his design. I wanted the top to resemble a snake head. I also gave him the most jewelry, all of which he stole.

Overall, this was a lot of fun to draw, and I have more redesigns coming soon! I think I'm gonna do the AK's (Audrey, Ben, Jane, and Chad) or you can choose who I redesign next!

descendintorantness

So this is insane, Jay.

And not actually all that subtle.

lexfaithsmh

genderbent core four? Why, yess

its been done before i will be doing it again

#descendants #descendants fanart #the designs for them are just fangtastic #and the little dude in the corner is just #chefs kiss

honeybananagrilledcheesesandwich

I'm new to the Descendants fandom, so I don't know if it's been said before, but I feel like the romantic love was less important to the first movie's conclusion than other kinds of love.

Sure, the whole thing of "I don't know what love is," seems, in context, to be romantic love, but:

Jay's arc is about learning to admit he cares for his friends and to trust them. On the Isle, he looked after them, but I have no doubt that he would left if it benefitted him. Evidence: the way he trampled Carlos during Tourney practice. His own dad taught that to him ("There's no team in I!") and I feel like that's something he learned the hard way. I don't imagine Jafar was a caring and soft parent. His arc is about learning to trust others- particularly, his friends. Romance was no part of it, no matter how much he tried to flirt.

(Edit: Jay treats them like Family. He just has to re-learn what it means to be family.)

Evie's arc is about self-love. The idea that she doesn't need a prince- frankly, she doesn't need anyone. Doug was nice, but I felt like he wasn't necessarily plot important. I understand her arc was supposed to be that she didn't need to love a prince, but it wasn't that she could love anyone, it was that she could love herself. The big moment where she's reflecting the night before the coronation, she's alone, proud of her grade- a B+. Not an A+, but she was proud of it. Her mom belittled her constantly, making comments on how even laughing could cause wrinkles. Evie's arc at its most simple is that she didn't need to fit this perfect standard to be proud and love herself.

Carlos' arc was similarly about self-love, but particularly about feeling worthy of love from others. He's used to being used and belittled by his mother, being told his worth is what he can do for her (ex. The comment about keeping him so he could touch up her roots and treat her bunions). He bonds with Dude, who loves him for no reason. Ben is nice to him, and you can see the wide-eyed surprise in his face. It's Ben's reassurance at the end that he's safe that's important to his arc.

Mal's arc is about True Love. And no, I don't mean romance. It was about her realizing her mom didn't really care for her, but her friends did. Lonnie's comment in the kitchens hit her especially hard- the others seemed to know that their parents didn't love them, but Mal only then began to realize that her mom did not treat her with love. I feel like this is what prompts the "I don't know what love is" comment to Ben. But she learns that the love she has for her friends- reassuring Jay (in and Isle way), protesting Evie doing Chad's homework, being Carlos' sheild when he gets scared, Jay looking to her and Evie when he's proud of his win, Evie getting her ready for her date with patience and kindess (despite knowing it was fake), Carlos sitting in their room to do homework just to be near them- that's love. And sure, she's starting to feel romantic love for Ben, but it's the love between her and her friends that saves the day.