A Colony Of Racoons Worpshiping A Flaming Trashcan

He/they, Canada. Artist, disabled, I am like 30 and I am So Tired

[alvie-pines]

what people dont get about the transmasculine experience is that transitioning often subjects us to MORE misogyny than before. after my family found out i was trans, they were MORE misogynistic to me. my gender presentation was more closely controlled. i was more closely controlled. i was screamed at for dressing tomboyishly. my breasts were suddenly a topic of discussion. i hadn't even mentioned medical transition, but i was told i was "ruining my [divine female] body" by... what, flattening my chest and wearing flannel? i was suddenly a source of embarrassment, the eldest daughter who refuses to conform to her role as a woman. i was forced into dresses that showed my cleavage and bare back, in middle school, which i was extremely open about not wanting to wear.

all of this is explained by a very simple fact, which has always been common knowledge in the transmasc community: they don't treat us like men just because we say we are.

[mangablug]

[dalals]

Byzantine mosaics found on the ceiling of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy.

[bobbole]

Anthony Machuca, Wake up Steve, our bowls are empty

[natalieironside]

I think I was well-served in the long run by having already come to terms with being a freak and an outcast many, many years before I came out as a transsexual.

I heard all these horror stories like "You'll have a hard time finding a job and everyone will think you're a big weirdo and you'll be subject to a panopticon of social scrutiny and face violent bigotry" and I had thought Well all of that stuff is already happening to me anyways so why not, you'll hang for a sheep as well as a lamb

[natalieironside]

Feels like there's a significant intracommunity divide between those of us who were already living on the outskirts of life and those who see themselves as temporarily embarassed average citizens

[asteroidtroglodyte]

It’s dangerous to go alone; take this:

[expressions-of-nature]

by hajime3776

[davidemmerich]

I'm bisexual, which means I'm not attracted to blondes regardless of gender

[whaile]

late summer / early fall thoughts

[hylltonart]

Finally finished painting this water nymph

timelapse + WIP images

[pitviperofdoom]

I try not to fall into the "I never liked their work anyway" ditch when an artist/creator reveals themself to be a terrible person

BUT

a feeling I do have and will stand by is "While I enjoyed their work overall I did have some gripes that I overlooked out of affection and whimsy, but now that my loyalty is gone and my affection tainted there is nothing holding me back from enumerating my many grievances, to which the revelations of the creator's shittiness may or may not provide a new and infuriating context."

[beatrice-otter]

#such a good summation of this actually#because yeah there’s usually things that were always present#but which were easy to overlook or give the benefit of the doubt#that suddenly become relevant after a revelation about the creator#and it’s really not the same thing as the self-defensive “’I never liked it anyway’

tags via chimaerakitten

[unidentifiedflyingoutrage]

I really did not predict how many ads a day that I would see about toe fungus, not really the future I had in mind

[unusual-suspects]

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[leahgardner-art]

blue hour on I-65

[curiositysavesthecat]

If you could restart your life from age 15 with all the knowledge you possessed now, so that you COULD go back and fix all your regrets/mistakes, would you do it?

Yes

No

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[idafloreak]

Tiny imagined landscapes

Oil on wood 4x4”

[phlegmaphoto]