a different kinda cat altogether

33, she/her

[zendeyas]

Zendaya wearing MATIERES – New York premiere of The Odyssey

[starrynet]

hockey players complimenting each other about looking huge/bulking up during the offseason feels similar to what it would sound like if bears could congratulate each other about preparing well for winter. like good job with the weight gain bro. that’ll increase your odds of survival for sure

[princesssarisa]

What is your middle name?

The name of one of my parents

The name of a relative or ancestor

The name of a friend of a parent

My mother's maiden name

A religious figure's name

Just a name my parents liked

Other

I don't have a middle name

Voting ended onJul 13

I'm Option #1: My middle name is my mom's name. But I'd like to know if that practice is very common or not.

[seekmy]

Dressed to Fly (1994)

[random-brushstrokes]

Alicia Czechowski (American, b. 1945) - Lady Sleeping on Couch

[artemisiasea]

From Octavia Butler’s notebooks, 1988

[blondebrainpowered]

The sudden end of a hockey game in Sweden, 1959.

[endeus]

[ID: 5 bandy players in various stages of trying to climb out of the water after crashing through the ice in front of the net. The net is in the process of sinking into the water. One, presumably the goalie, is in the water up to his shoulders and under the net. A few other players look on, shocked. end ID]

article (in finnish) about this photo: https://www.is.fi/muutlajit/art-2000000853901.html

[beauvilliers]

Laila Edwards announces the ninth overall pick for the San Jose Sharks!

NHL DRAFT 2026 | June 26, 2026

[goodsirs]

Widow's Bay 1.10 "We Hope You Enjoyed Your Time!"

[pharmersonly]

#wowza

[mabellonghetti]

Jane Campion, Costa-Gavras, Terry Gilliam, Louis Malle, Idrissa Ouédraogo and Zhang Yimou photographed by Catherine Chabrol, 1993 - 1994

[allthespoons]

thepwhloffical: you'll just have to wait and see 👀

[d0omedtodestruction]

I'm obsessed with this new collection of Abodi transylvania!! Photographed by Szilveszter Makó another huge new obsession mine.

[probuccalfat]

people will describe their incredibly nebulous sexuality to you that they’ve never been able to define and the whole time you’re thinking that sounds like bisexuality brother

[dontliveinthefuture]

Subraiana, Outlaws for Life, 2026, mohair and alpaca yarn embroidery

[tungpin]

it's interesting to see people so vehemently insist against sasha's russianness as if admitting to it will detract from his also being finnish. it's interesting to see finland, a country with so much of its history and national identity built on preparing for/resisting russian invasion, now construct a national mythology around an athlete who is russo-finnish and attempt to deal with the accompanying unease. like the model for finnish leadership being vilho koskela, a (fictional) lieutenant serving in the continuation war against the ussr, and this is the guy sasha is being compared to with a conspicuous disinclination on the part of the comparison makers to acknowledge any irony or disjunction.

it makes me wonder whether the response to sasha would be different if he didn't behave the way he does, wrt online discussions about his humility and conscientiousness and reserve, which are all true qualities he has that also happen to contrast conveniently against the western stereotype of the russian hockey player as being flashier and more prone to selfishness and laziness. specifically thinking about the common refrain that he's so modest, he never celebrates his goals, prefers to credit the teammate who set him up, etc., i always read a thread of relief, even if unconscious, in those comments as if they are pleased to be able to reaffirm his finnishness against the unspoken threat of his russian background. on the other hand as far as i can tell it's not something that comes up in discussion about ethnically finnish (or ethnically swedish in lundy's case) players. like idk lundy and rantanen and aho celebrate goals all the time and people don't accuse them of besmirching the respectability of finnish hockey or whatever. vs last year during i believe the conference finals when sasha celebrated his goals there were jokes (referring to the jatkoaika forum threads) feigning shock and outrage abt his shamelessness and one comment that really stuck out to me about how when sasha scored they were waiting to see if his arms went over his shoulders or if it was "a familiar and safe sasha." and like omgggg it's just a joke omg it's not that deep okay i get it!!!!!!!!! tbh i will probably continue to think the comments r funny and cute too but like there is truth to the fact that sasha would be much more difficult to reconcile within the finnish cultural consciousness if he did not happen to embody exactly the qualities of finnish hockey itself that make him quote unquote safe.

basically this is a sasha glaze post bc how crazy that he perfectly represents the finnish hockey ideal both in playstyle and personality in such a way as to make this almosttttt not a conversation at all. but also i wanted to raise the question of his being held to a higher standard of assimilation than his ethnically finnish peers & also just say generally i don't think it does anyone any good to pretend he's not russian lol. anyway..

[valveilla]

one side-effect of mostly reading fic where sidney crosby is one side of the couple for a number of years is that i find it SO unsexy for anyone to choose love over hockey. preferably everyone would, if forced to, unquestioningly choose hockey over the relationship in sidnate fashion, or do it with some narratively juicy difficulty (which has more of a sidgeno vibe to me).

i haven't read tlg but whenever i read on this website about shane assuring ilya he'd choose him over hockey (or whatever that discussion is) i'm like, the shane-apple has fallen too far from the sidney-tree!! i can reluctantly admit that ilya probably would choose shane over hockey as unattractive as that is to me personally, but #myshane would never