Arrayed In Purple & Scarlet

alchemist | ambivert | AuDHD | face mask advocate | gen x | i grow saffron | kinky | nblm | textile artist | they/them | transmasc | virgo

[besidebloomingirises]

[deepdwellingsteamboat]

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE 1974・dir. Brian De Palma

[deepdwellingsteamboat]

TWIN PEAKS 1990 – 1991・2x09 Arbitrary Law

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Death Proof (2007)

[tattooed-alchemist]

The mayor of Fort Collins showed up on Friday (in cosplay!) to read a proclamation making it Local Heros Weekend, in honor of the Fort Collins Comic Con having raised over $150,000 for local charities over the years.

The room was full of volunteers corralled to fill seats as Friday is the most-lightly attended day of con.

[useyourimagination2020]

紫陽花パフェ

(via 梅雨の時期だけ。アジサイのパフェで感じる季節の香り、季節の音。上野毛の名店「ラトリエ ア マ ファソン」 - ufu. [ウフ。])

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Adam West and Burt Ward on the set of Batman (1966)

[transmasc-theory]

A moment of silence for the trans men who, due to their assigned gender at birth, have been legally banned from speaking in public in areas under Taliban rule.

A moment of silence for the trans men who, due to their assigned gender at birth and religious backgrounds, have been taught that they are forbidden from being anything but broodmares to a man they may or may not consent to marriage or sex with.

A moment of silence for the trans men who died in childbirth from a pregnancy they may or may not have consented to.

A moment of silence for the trans men who dropped out of high school after getting pregnant.

A moment of silence for the trans men who only knew their desire for masculinity, but were beaten to death for it and told they were going to hell.

A moment of silence for the trans men who had their clitorises mutilated by female genital mutilation.

A moment of silence for the trans men who died without ever once getting to wear pants or cut their hair the way they wanted.

A moment of silence for the trans men who committed suicide rather than be seen as a woman anymore.

A moment of silence for the trans men who never were allowed to learn how to read.

A moment of silence for the trans men with perfectly treatable conditions who were allowed to die to avoid violating "modesty" rules.

A moment of silence for the trans men subjected to honor killings.

A moment of silence for the trans men who were murdered by abusive partners.

A moment of silence for the trans men who were subject to "hymen checks."

We remember all of you, past and present.

[atmeal012]

[portalibis]

Les dovze clefs de philosophie de frere Basile Valentin, c. 1660

[sodomit]

Tired of being witness to this conversation.

[sodomit]

I kinda crammed multiple issues into one here, because it's a big topic. But this is equally about people who try to scare others out of T because they think T effects are ugly and people who genuinely enjoy T effects and think you're not fit for T if you only want some of them.

There's a big pressure in some trans spaces to enjoy the idea of looking like a mythical "normal dude". Like if your transition goal would stand out in a line of extras for a family comedy, you're doing it wrong. And whenever someone says "I want to go on T, but don't want more body hair", for example, these people treat it like an insult to the practice.

[sodomit]

I guess, what I'm saying is less "some people think T will make you ugly" and more "some people think T will take away your chances at a more artificial and ethereal type of beauty and you're supposed to love that".

In minds of many trans people, cis men are allowed more diversity of visual expression, and in part it is because their existence is seen more like a blank slate. They're often not perceived as actively having a gender that femininity or androgyny could be in conflict with. And nobody thinks about them as "people on testosterone", even though, technically, in some ways, they are.

Meanwhile trans men and other people who may want T are seen as taking active masculinizing steps. And an attempt to deviate from typical masculine body goals confuses and enrages some people. It's seen as a waste of T, as appropriation of the "true trans" experience.

Obligatory disclaimer that this applies only to some online spaces, not the society as a whole. But it's a thing that exists.

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

Have you seen Never Say Never Again (1983)?

Yes

No

Haven’t even heard of this movie

Remaining time: 3 days 8 hours

[tattooed-alchemist]

For the first time in about seven years, I have the time and energy to volunteer at a con, and so this weekend it's FoCoComicCon. It's their first year as a three day con. I am doing general two-hour volunteer shifts with the con each day, as well as a one-hour shift each day at the booth for the USS Cordilleran, the northern Colorado Star Trek fan group that I have been slowly getting involved with.

Today I am doing laundry and getting stuff cleaned up around the house because that's stuff I will *not* be doing all weekend. I looked online and have worked out places to get meals near the con. Tomorrow I want to do a grocery run for sustenance and snacks that can be brought with me, plan out what I am wearing each day and figure out exactly what I'm going to be carrying with me.

For the first time in about eight weeks we are not hitting 100F this weekend but the trade-off may be thunderstorms.

[atmeal012]

[portalibis]

Mercury, c. 1581 by Philips Galle

[portalibis]

Dantes Divine Comedy, c. 1928 by John Augustus Knapp

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