#queer blogger

[a-little-revolution]

Photo ID: two screenshots, one of a past post titled "Please discontinue fantasy 'dwarves'" that can be found here, detailing why fantastical "dwarves" we know from myths and legends featured in media such as Lord of the Rings are problematic. The second is a comment from that post that reads "I doubt that real people care that much about naming cool fantasy creatures (I mean, who wouldn't like to be associated with tough dwarves who have beautiful deep singing voices?) and more about governmental institutions giving them better opportunities"

Hey there lovelies! I received this comment a while ago and I wanted to take a moment to delve into it further - because it really touches on why I started this blog in the first place, and what it's become since then.

I mostly started posting to spread awareness for little people through means of real world education, but due to the nature of tumblr, I was quickly picked up by the fantasy and writing community. I now break down dwarfism representation in media because that's what there's been a demand for (I've now been a consultant on several published written pieces). And we know that the ways marginalized communities are represented in shows, movies, books and even board games affect the way people see them in the real world - it creates stereotypes, bias, and sometimes hatred or disgust. It matters that most of the media out there depicts little people as non-human, burly, labouring creatures. It matters that most films make a laughing stock of bodies like mine. These depictions are the remnants of a world that enslaved little people, that put us on display, owned us as pets, made us entertainment.

Activism is fought at many fronts - whether it be legislation, public access, human rights, or representation. On this platform I reach over 1800 people, many of whom are authors, artists, creators and character designers. I do my part to change some minds, and in the real world I do public speaking, community outreach, and sticker graffiti (I'm also writing a book). There are lots of other little people fighting for all kinds of things - I'm doing what I can with the spoons that I have, and hopefully that inspires some progress.

[blackquirkyqueer]

New Blog Post: Belonging

Well ... a new-ish blog post! It's been a minute since I've posted anything. Sorry about that! I'm just busy. Better late than never, right? Pretty please check it out now.

Belonging — The Black Quirky Queer

We all want that special person in our lives, whether romantically or platonically. However, we’ve got to remove the rose-colored glasses an

Disclaimer: A music license was purchased to use this music track of the artist Trigubovich. Please do not reuse or repurpose any portion of the audio. Thank you!

[ruetheblogger]

January 15, 2024

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| ✧*̥˚ Amandla Stenberg *̥˚✧ |

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It's MLK day. Hope you're all enjoying your day off. In honor of Martin Luther King Day, I'll be talking about Amandla Stenberg, an actor who I mostly only know as Rue from the first Hunger Games movie.

While others of you may know the actor from other acting roles, such as Starr Carter from the film version of "The Hate U Give", or their role as Alana Beck in the film version of "Dear Evan Hansen", or even their singing career or activism in politics, Amandla Stenberg is a prominent figure in today's society.

Amandla Stenberg is amazing at what they do, and I hope to see more films with Stenberg in them, and they are beautiful.

Long live Amandla Stenberg.

[evanonpluto]

call me evan! he/him

interests:

falsettos (2016 revival)

heartstopper

stranger things

be more chill (broadway)

percy jackson & the olympians

magnus chase & the gods of asgard

taylor swift

cavetown

chloe moriondo

legally blonde (broadway)

loveless (book by alice oseman)

radio silence (book by alice oseman)

newsies (broadway)

the lightning thief (broadway)

butterfly soup (story game)

i'll give you the sun (book by jandy nelson)

content i don't interact with:

terfs (trans-exclusionary radical feminists), eating disorder content, nsfw content, bigoted content/creators, pedophiles

i block creators whose content makes me upset or uncomfortable! it's for my own mental wellbeing so please do not take it personally

i'm a theater kid, traditional artist and fanfic writer! i love sharing things that make me happy and making things that make other people happy. i am trans, queer, and arospec. this blog is a safe space for women, queer people, neurodivergent people, and people of color. take refuge, scroll awhile. have a good one

[betoomuch]

2.6.22

Forgiveness/Confrontation. 

I’ve always had a strange relationship with it. My Aquarius nature is to just let it all go, not judge, act like everything’s cool or to cut them out of my life completely. I’ve done a lot of cutting muthafuckas off these past years for how they did me. It doesn’t take away the heaviness of my feelings. Many times I don’t even violate or confront them like I want to in my head. I’ve visualized many times the type of shit I would say, practiced it even. Sometimes I would get upset that I didn’t hurt them like they hurt me. That I didn’t tell them off, read them like a muthafucking book the way I know I could but my heart won’t allow it especially if it's someone I love. 

Often after a period of time they reach out and apologize for how they did me. They tell me how I didn’t deserve it and sometimes explain why they did what they did. In some ways it feels good to hear accountability and my heart wants to forgive and let them back in. I used to do that, but now I don’t. 

I don’t when the pain is too deep to forget, when I know that I'll never be able to look at them the same ever again. When my body feels uncomfortable at the thought of having them back. My stomach literally turns and now I listen to that gut feeling. 

Don’t get me wrong, it took me a WHILE to get here. The feeling of not pleasing someone I care for is something I had to work through. I hate making people feel uncomfortable or guilty even if they’re the one that got me fucked up but that’s done with. I’ve learned that forgiving from afar is enough for me sometimes. Thank you for your apology but I can't grant you a seat at the table. You don’t fit here. I will always want the best for those I love/loved. That doesn’t mean I’ll provide you with the peace of having a part of me. Find peace elsewhere. Please do better the next time you come across someone that makes you feel like I did. 

For the past three years I’ve been strengthening my throat chakra. I’m finally starting to feel comfortable with confrontation. Challenging myself to say shit. At first the only real time I spoke about how someone has wronged me is when I couldn’t keep it in no longer. I would cry as I spoke and could barely breathe. Bitch I'll be shaking! But as they say “SPEAK EVEN IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES”. I had to challenge myself to speak up because if I didn’t it would again make me physically sick. Anxious, depressed. Waking up with stomach aches every day. I refused to keep hurting myself because I’m too scared to speak up. FUCK THAT SHIT and them too lol. What you feel matters and no matter how people try to gaslight you and say that you’re too sensitive, WHAT YOU FEEL MATTERS! You don’t need anyone to validate how they made you feel. It is valid. It needs to be heard. The ones that truly love you will respect that and hear you out and try to understand you. They will take it into consideration and those that don’t, don’t need to be in your life. 

A reminder: YOU are in control, YOU decide who gets to experience you. Who gets a seat at your beautiful table. Make room for those that deserve to sit & tell that bitch to get up and get out if they don’t deserve to be there. 

Song-  One by Amber Mark 

Con mucho Amor y pasión, Ashley Hernández aka Odd Ashley.

[queerbookdom]

Supporting Debuts: 2022 queer debuts you should make sure not to miss! – Part 3

We are queer. In part three. Get used to it! Part one and two. Nota Bene: an asterisk (*) from here on out will be added near the titles to mean that the book DOES NOT feature queer characters on p…

[whilereadingandwalking]

It was a weird pride month, but still full of pride. It took me a long time to come out as pansexual. At first it was internalized biphobia, and then it was this worry that it didn’t “really matter,” that I wasn’t really allowed to say I was gay and proud. But I own my pansexuality all day every day. And I know it matters, because it is a part of myself I have fought for. Last year I walked in the Chicago Pride Parade; this year I marched for Black Lives Matter protests and spoke out for trans women and took care of my body. Both were months full of pride for myself and my demiromantic pansexual body and soul. Happy pride to all. 

[fracturedaesthetic]

Even if all sexual identities stan layers just as much as me, it feels better, more sacred, to have the act be one for queer people, and queer women especially. I use them now as a gay safety blanket, when taking my vulnerable self out into the wild feels too difficult without the facilitation of at least three layers, to protect me from both the cold and the scary world queer people live in.

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