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david hockney with his dachshunds stanley and boodgie

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The sweet weight of family...

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you're never too old for a bedtime story

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"Fealty," a follow-up to this illustration: 👀

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was reading a book on the history of epidemics and it had a chapter on the pertussis vaccine, which was apparently spearheaded by two women who were such very good friends

Neither Kendrick nor Eldering ever married. For decades, they lived together in a comfortable four-bedroom house in an old apple orchard, on a hilltop overlooking the city. They shared the same leisure activities: reading, gardening and birdwatching. They owned pets and often traveled together. Redland spent time with her aunt and Kendrick at the cabin they owned on Lake Michigan; once, she says, they hosted her there for a month in an effort to discourage her from getting married at the age of 19. (It didn’t work.) The two women took care of each other. After Eldering lost a finger while attempting to repair an air conditioner at work, it was Kendrick who trimmed her gloves, stitching that finger down. “They had a wonderful life together,” Redland told me. “I don’t think there was ever a harsh word.” Were Kendrick and Eldering more than colleagues and devoted friends? It was common for single working women to live together then as they eked out meager salaries.

but before i could even roll my eyes at that it followed it with

[Researcher Shapiro-Shapin] asked about the relationship and [Kendrick and Eldering's laboratory assistant] Portwood, who was then in her 80s and hard of hearing, yelled into Shapiro-Shapin’s recorder: “I’m a lesbian and I would’ve known if those gals were up to something.”

new standard for writing about women in history: if you play they 'they were such good friends' card, you must immediately hear from at least one lesbian

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Date night: two coyotes crossing paths in Toronto, Canada, 2022 - by Andrew Interisano, Canadian

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As follow up to my rant post about Peri/menopause, I wanted to provide this resource to the trans/nb community since I'm not an expert, but this guy seems to be. Also, yes, you can still go through Peri/menopause after a hysterectomy - another common question on my original post.

There's also a Reddit for trans men over 50 that seems to have some discussion and resources.

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In Joyful Anticipation. Arthur Heyer (1872-1931)

via

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The Thing/The Kiss

After the 1982 film and Gustav Klimt

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as a child there's nothing cooler than a kid who gets subjected to evil experiments and gains special abilities. it's even cooler if these abilities also cause unfathomable suffering to use/against others. children love stories like this.

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