Chartreuse and Bananas

I love monsters and fairies and finding beauty in the hideous. Harry Potter/fanfiction/tomarry/writing blog: valloryrussups.tumblr.com

[sixpenceee]

Taken by Kiel James Patrick in Vermont.

[gayporcelain]

no hypothetical potential situation is encouraged as much as lesbians being attracted to men in the future

no gay man says “well, I dont know what will happen in the future! i MIGHT be attracted to a woman, so i can’t say for sure I’m gay!”

women are so pressured to make space for men in their lives. i hear so often gay women saying they’re 98% attracted to women and that they dont want to be in a relationship with a man, they dont want to have sex with a man. but they still feel pressured to remain open and available to men, even if its the complete opposite of what they know they want, just in case a “”“mystery man”“” in the “”“"unknowable future”“” comes along

no other sexuality comes with this disclaimer of, dont worry! i could still be with a man! and hearing other gay women say things like this makes me so upset

[broke-boujeeandlovingmarvel]

staff: no more nsfw tags

Y'all: Oh no how will we tag our nsfw work!?

Intellectuals:

[whiskeycrutch]

Power move of the century.

[kelssiel]

i looked this up cause i wanted to know if you could and you can technically but then you’re instantly guilty of contempt of court and go directly to jail

[sjowgren-deactivated20240728]

trial speedrun

[klubbhead]

When you skip the dialogue

[gahdamnpunk]

People with low income literally depend on dollar stores..

[curiooftheheart]

“One activist investor” Good then we only need to break one set of kneecaps.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

[ilovepeppers-deactivated2019122]

[thoodleoo]

my advice to anyone out there in academia is to write with the confidence of an ancient natural historian talking in a position of authority about something he knows absolutely jack shit about

[thoodleoo]

like imposter syndrome is a real and terrible thing but if it makes you feel better you’re definitely not nearly as wrong as pliny “there are 176 kinds of fish in the ocean and that’s a real true fact” the elder

[captainlordauditor]

Dr James Barry, the first doctor to perform a successful C section wherein both mother and child survived, was a huge champion of handwashing at a time when most doctors didn’t wash their hands. For this reason, many of the chilldbirths he delivered resulted in healthier babies and mothers. He was also a gay trans man, who specifically wrote that upon his death he wished for his body to be taken in its nightshirt, wrapped in his sheets as a shroud, and placed into the coffin so that nobody would see his body. His wishes were not respected, and as a result he was outed at his death.

[captainlordauditor]

i’ve also been informed he had a poodle. He named his poodle Psyche. I’d just like to congratulate him on being an excellent human being, who not only pioneered modern medicine but also had good taste in dogs. that is all.

[captainlordauditor]

types of responses to this post

i thought this was fake but it’s not

here’s the sawbones episode about him

cis people

[asymbina]

He was also reportedly quite the ladies’ man, and he’d apparently carried a child to term and gave birth.

[nunchler]

he’s one of my favorite historical figures and ive read a lot on him including the biography Scanty Particulars by Rachel Holmes. a lot of the details of his life are difficult to figure out, partly cause he was very private and partly cause he had so many rumors surrounding him. here are some of my fave facts about him:

-he was very concerned with protecting poor people, women and people of color, aka all the people most of upper class british society at the time cared the least about. he worked to reform prisons and hospitals in south africa at risk to his own career, and also improved the conditions under which poor enlisted british soldiers and their families lived

-he was kind of a known hothead. he was rumored to have fought at least one duel (probably not true though). florence nightingale hated him even though they had similar ideas about medicine because they had such a clash of personalities in the brief time they worked together

-he was a vegetarian and took a goat with him on sea voyages so he could always have fresh milk

-even though he had an abrasive personality and made a lot of enemies, his patients, especially the women, really loved him because they felt like he knew what he was doing and actually cared about their health

-he died poor because the british army ripped him off >:/

edit i almost forgot the best thing. he didn’t just have one poodle named psyche. he had a bunch. when one died he would get a new poodle and name that one psyche too

[the-real-seebs]

“i thought your poodle died?”

“psyche!” [poodle comes trotting in]

[captainlordauditor]

this is the best response

[gehayi]

Photo of Dr. James Barry in the late 1840s:

You can read more about Dr. Barry here.

[lanque-hates-terfs]

MY MAN

[tofu-pofu]

[captainlordauditor]

Imagine trying to explain this addition to the post to Dr. Barry himself

[lynati]

Oh, I think he’d get it.

[kankri-is-a-transmed]

he’s hot

[the-rice-cat-deactivated2021070]

hes hot

[gowns]

lower-income people tend to be “hoarders” and richer people are able to do more “minimalist” living spaces. if u don’t have much, you will hold onto any little thing that comes across your way. you got a new tv, but you still keep the old tv because you know things can break. you keep extra boxes of macaroni and cheese lying around because there will be a week when you don’t have money for groceries. you hold onto your stacks of books and clothes for dear life. those are your assets. physical evidence of where your money’s gone. it’s hard to get rid of it. the bare wall is terrifying when you don’t have much.

[femmeemberme-deactivated2018022]

Fuck. This makes so much sense and explains so much about me. I must have inherited this from my mum.

[lokahjarta]

so I’d normally put this in the tags but it’s kind of a lot so just reblog this from OP to skip my commentary. But I dogsit for a family who is clearly LOADED. Their house is immaculate. High, vaulted ceilings, wood flooring, two chandeliers in one room. These things are fancy, right ?? I really don’t know, anything that isn’t tile or 30 year old carpet seems fancy to me. It also so… bare. Everything is organized perfectly, they have no excess. Their decor is extravagant and yet minimal - it is carefully and precisely executed. Nothing that doesn’t match the aesthetic sits in their living room. I tried to replicate some of it, but it’s just not possible. I have every book I’ve ever owned, my mom keeps papers upon papers, VHSs in a dresser, how do you just get rid of these things when you know you may not have the opportunity to buy them again? How must it feel to live in such orderly quarters where everything is replaceable?

[ignescent]

This really locked into my brain when I was reading one of the declutter your space things and it suggested getting rid of duplicate highlighters and pens. /Pens/. It suggested that you needed one or two working pens, so if you had extra you should get rid of them. That was when I realized minimalist living was /innately/ tied to having spare money, because the idea was, of course you just went out and bought the single replacement thing whenever the first thing broke. You obv. Had the time and money to only ever hold what you needed that moment, because you could always buy more later.

[jiangchengdidnothingwrong]

there’s a nice article titled “minimalism is just another boring product wealthy people can buy” by Chelsea Fagan which i feel addressed lots of my problems with minimalism, you can read it [here]

[scavengedluxury]

Adding this article by Ian Svenonius: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/07/all-power-to-the-pack-rats/

[earnedmagic]

topics apparent in traditional christmas carols that have Strangely Disappeared from modern canon:

the devil

the lord of this manor better give us booze or we’ll burn his house Down

alternatively, give us some cash

this plant is Red like the blood of Childbirth

i was wooed in the sheep field

what up, it’s the Devil again

goods or tuppence may be exchanged for a viewing of this wren we’ve killed

SWORD DANCE TUNES

we sing in thanks of the maidservant who let the mob into the laird’s home

dancing is a sin but do you think i’m gonna stop

unlikely

the apple crop better be good or next year it’ll grow fertilized with your blood

the winter is cruel but the laird is crueler

the church is also cruel

it’s lucky to give us money. in this case, the luck is not getting stabbed

really there are so many bangers

[takethewatch]

Other highlights include:

this plant is a metaphor for Jesus or Mary

here’s dinner and also the recipe I used to make it

Joseph freaks out on Mary because she’s pregnant but then a tree puts out cherries for her so he backs off

fuck but it’s cold

[whoooonose]

Treat spiders the way you want to be treated

[foryourhealth]

Killed without hesitation

[jennfercheck]

coherent people are the worst..like stop making sense for one fucking second. say some nonsense every once in a while. literally so boring if i can understand every word you say like shut up or say some dumb shit i swear to god

[gaypussyretard]

[sugarmountainspring]

When people say “this is actually a good thing I am so smart” I want them to realize that the govt isn’t killing buzzfeed “reporters”, they’re killing reporters who are talking about government corruption and investigating powerful elites you fucking dummies

[yayfeminism]

Great news guys 🎉 

So if women wear makeup at work we’re “frivolous” and it harms our leadership chances.. but if we don’t wear makeup we are being unprofessional and are deemed less competent.

So we just need to think of a way for women to not have faces and we’re all set 🤔

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

A clear example of how performance of femininity is both compulsory (enforced by social, legal, and economic consequences) and devalued because of misogyny.

[frankfurtschooldropout-deactiva]

For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain

A beloved Robert Frost poem is among the many creations that are (finally) losing their protections in 2019

“‘The public domain has been frozen in time for 20 years, and we’re reaching the 20-year thaw,’ says Jennifer Jenkins, director of Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain. The release is unprecedented, and its impact on culture and creativity could be huge. We have never seen such a mass entry into the public domain in the digital age. The last one—in 1998, when 1922 slipped its copyright bond—predated Google. “We have shortchanged a generation,” said Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. ‘The 20th century is largely missing from the internet.’”

[afloweroutofstone]

“We can blame Mickey Mouse for the long wait. In 1998, Disney was one of the loudest in a choir of corporate voices advocating for longer copyright protections. At the time, all works published before January 1, 1978, were entitled to copyright protection for 75 years; all author’s works published on or after that date were under copyright for the lifetime of the creator, plus 50 years. Steamboat Willie, featuring Mickey Mouse’s first appearance on screen, in 1928, was set to enter the public domain in 2004. At the urging of Disney and others, Congress passed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, named for the late singer, songwriter and California representative, adding 20 years to the copyright term. Mickey would be protected until 2024—and no copyrighted work would enter the public domain again until 2019, creating a bizarre 20-year hiatus between the release of works from 1922 and those from 1923.”

[laundryandtaxes]

[iwilleatyourenglish]

poor people exist y’all…

[iwilleatyourenglish]

so a friend of mine saw this post and wanted to share his thoughts on it but was uncomfortable doing so publicly, so he asked me to just paste a message he sent me. he wanted me to note that English is his first language.

“I understand that the intention of this joke is harmless. It is making fun of men who put little effort into their lives even though they can do better. That is worthy of mockery.

But when I saw this post that was not what I could focus on. See my apartment is almost identical to the one in the picture above.

I am 29 years old and a college grad. All that means is I have a ton of debt and a degree that is useless because my field only wants people with MAs now. I am also disabled.

I work two jobs that pay minimum wage. What I I make is about enough to cover rent, utilities, gas, groceries, loan repayments, and medical expenses. At the end of some months I have about $5 left in my account. Sometimes I have to get by with the help of my friends.

In my apartment I have a bedframe and mattress, two chairs, a chest of drawers, a TV stand and a TV with an Xbox. There is one poster on my wall of Captain America. Almost all of these things are from college almost a decade ago.

My parents do not help me. They stopped speaking to me six years ago after I was outed to them. I lived in my car and on friends’ couches for a while.

I’m much better off now and very thankful to have shelter, medical care and food but I still have a lot of shame. I hate how naked my apartment is. I hate that I can’t buy both food and decorations. I don’t have people over much.

In the comments on this post are some things like people saying even poor people do not have an excuse, that everyone can get furniture if they just go on craig’s list. I have one day off a week and am usually so tired all I do is sleep.

Even if someone was giving away a free sofa and I had time to meet them, I do not have a car big enough to fit it in, would not be able to move it into my apartment because of my disabilty and do not have friends who can lift heavy things. I would get there and not be able to do much but stare at it.

This is getting long and I’m sorry. I know this was not meant to hurt people like me but this post, along with many of the comments, reminded me of the fact that sometimes I look around my apartment and feel very afraid that this is the best things will ever get even though I work hard and pray for change.

It hurts because I don’t think it’s fair to say there is a problem with a home like this but at the same time I feel like there IS a problem because posts like this tell me there is. My shame is like a circle in this way.

I am glad that there are people who even though they are poor can get furniture and decorations for their home but I am not one of them and it is not my fault.

We should laugh at men who can do better but don’t. But we should also remember that doing better looks very different for everyone. I think that jokes like these must be told carefully or else they cast a large net that can catch a lot of marginalized people on the way.”

[meangirlnurse]

“i can leave the door open while i’m cleaning my bathroom,” i reasoned to myself. “surely my beloved cat, Meatball, isn’t dumb enough to try and jump into an open toilet full of Clorox”

[meangirlnurse]

i caught this tiny-little fool MID-FUCKING-AIR. i watched him start leaping and time literally slowed down. and then he had the audacity, the NERVE, to beep indignantly at me for ruining his plans