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The Angel, Standing in the Sun, J.M.W. Turner, 1846

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Give Us Roses While We’re Still Here Transgender Day of Remembrance // Nov. 20th

This is just a poster I made the other day. I love all of my trans family, and I hope you take the day for remembrance & self care. 

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Our Lady of Częstochowa

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i want to change my pfp sososo bad...... but will you guys remember me.....? will i be forgotten........? will i fade in your hearts..? will you all replace me with another equally beautiful and haunting lesbian+catholic+latina tripledeadlycombo.....?

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room decor updates: my new altar (a work in progress) & me

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i did that thing with my friends where you make power point presentations about Literally Anything and i did mine on the BYU Virginity Club. this was their favorite slide

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st. thérèse of lisieux resting on st. joan of arc (art by me!)

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Various depictions of Joan of Arc | (Artist names in captions)

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if there's something you should know about me as a catholic is that i have not met a priest that has not been immediately charmed by my wits and humor YET

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No one is beyond compassion or mercy. This is a basic Christian fact

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how are you lesbian and any pronouns?isnt lesbian woman who loves another woman? Ive never nmlnm before but I think its sexist since it puts men as the standard. Idk though

well, i don't identify with nmlnm. i'm also not wlw. i'm femme. a lesbian. non-binary. a lesbian isn't "a women who loves other women." a lesbian is a lesbian. semantics is not something i'm interested in, because i am infinitely more invested in the material reality of being queer and in relationship with other queer people. identity and experience aren't really something you can earnestly explain in a single-sentence definition.

you cannot spend your life sweating over the exact boundaries of labels and identities. it's not worth it. they are meant to be helpful language to put words to similar life experiences, not dogmas.

here's one of my favorite quotes about this is by the incredible Minnie Bruce Pratt —the poet, activist, educator and essayist. the wife of equally incredible author-activist Leslie Feinberg, the author of 'Stone Butch Blues.'

"She has said to me. "A butch is not a man." Now I say, "A femme is not a woman, at least not the woman people think. It's a case of mistaken identity." - Minnie Bruce Pratt, S/He (1989)

so.... almost all my lesbian friends are trans in some way or another, because lesbianism tends to affect the way you perceive, interact and perform 'womanhood.' anyway, that's it. i will never engage in this type of discourse ever again.

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hey all! i have somewhere solid to donate monetarily. since it IS a SINPE (National System of Electronic Payments) number, that means that you'd need a Costa Rican phone number/bank to send money. i can definitely do that. i can post receipts of everything next week.

if you send me a coffee, from now UNTIL Monday 18 Nov. 2024 — 10:00PM CST. (i'd like to set that deadline, for organisation purposes.)

The tiers listed below, translated & converted to U.S. dollars. You do not have to donate these specific amounts, this is just a reference!!! You can give as low as $1 !!! Whatever you can!!!

BASIC FOOD PACKAGE BASKETS (₡5,000 ≈ $10 )

FOOD PACKAGE BASKETS FOR SMALL FAMILIES (₡10,000 ≈ $20)

FOOD PACKAGE BASKETS FOR LARGE FAMILIES (₡20,000 ≈ $40)

if you have any questions, don't hesitate to send me an ask or an email!!! thank you all for the love. pura vida <3

it has not stoped raining in Costa Rica. the tropical wave caused by hurricane Rafael has turned into a tropical storm. we are in state of emergency. the entire Pacific Coast is under a red alert, and the Central Valley and Northern regions are under an orange alert. we are talking floodings, landslides. a 23-year-old student at my university died on campus after a tree-branch fell on him. so many more people have died, or are missing. there are 1,400 displaced people. especially in Guanacaste and throughout the Pacific. countless more people have lost their homes, their pets, their cattle, their crops, their livelihoods.

this is not normal.

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anyway. time to be weird about it

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meeeooowww