#all women! theyre all SUPER nice.

[greppelheks]

One of my new year's resolutions was doing more fun things, stepping out of my comfort zone and doing things I think I can't do. So i did a ceramics workshop on the second day of the new year and I had so much fun!!

[asthedeathoflight]

The reason I think the Bizzies being gender swapped works way better than having the Lizzies be gay is because it makes space in this musical for women to have sexual appetites and agency towards men in a way that's fairly rare in depictions of heterosexual relationships. For the Bizzies to seduce the Warriors by offering what they know the Warriors want and have the Warriors feel empowered to take it is imo more subversive than just like. The concept that women can be attracted to other women. Within the context of Warriors, because the text does address queerness in other places, I think it ends up being a more powerful statement to depict (some of) the Warriors as heterosexual women who have sexual agency than just being like. Well in a lesbian relationship someones gotta be the "guy" and tonight its gonna be the Warriors. Cowgirl is a heterosexual woman and she likes sex and the narrative never calls her a slut for that, and even when her sex drive gets her into trouble its still explicitly the fault of the person who tricked her, not her fault for wanting to get laid. When Rembrandt is listing the needs the Bizzies are offering to fulfill for the Warriors, she lists sex right up there with food. And thats something that I feel like doesnt often get talked about with heterosexual women especially in fiction. Theyre expected to be passive. The idea that the Warriors could need to get laid as badly as they need to eat and take a nap is just treated as like yeah duh. They've had a bad night. And that IS a revolutionary thing to put in a musical.

[bunnyb34r]

Lmao so NewLady hasnt been there at all this week (either sick or sick of work, either way I get it) and I was the only one in clothing yesterday while RC was in another area

They were sick today, NewLady was out sick, the one lady who is supposed to work our area but conveniently always has other areas to do was off today. I almost called out (only went in bc I remembered I had liquidations to pull and was like eh I guess I could use the cash) and NetflixCoworker almost called out sgdggdgdgd

We were both like "I was so close to calling out too..." like that wouldve been so funny like just absolutely no one in clothing, the recoverer wasnt in last night either, so it was a fucking mess EVERYWHERE, and like no one was there to cover our shifts in our section had we all bailed 😭 but it'd have been so funny

[celticwoman]

theres only two types of girls that study english translation: the weird girls with coloured hair (i.e. myself) OR the fake blondes who looooove ta/ylor sw/ift, think har/ry st/yles is a fashion icon and are probably on the wrong but more popular side of booktok (where they like things like aco/tar and coll/een ho/over or whatever idk). and then you have the boys.

[calcium-chan]

DRAWMEGLE DUMP FROM LIKEFORVER AGO

drawmegle was this weird little website that was like omegle, except for drawing and nominally fewer nazis?? tho at launch that was a bit of an issue lol (idk the creator went on vacation right after advertising or something? oops). i got sucked into it for like a day or two and ended up drawing a bunch of stuff. ive lost some of it because there was this weird glitch that just deleted my drawings before i could save them or anything. OH WELL. thats also the reason some of these are slightly unfinished. im also going to be cropping most of these to just my side, exceptions where its funny, or the other persons art was nice or whatever. just know that these almost all had people on the other side who were also drawing their own thing. also of note, i wont be posting these in order of creation, its mostly arbitrary tbh

this first one is of haru from dorohedodo. i had just finished reading the manga about a month or so prior, and i really loved this character a lot. disregard the amogus or whatever. dorohedoro is really cool and its really special to me now. not a fan of the anime adaption but what the fuck else is new (im sorry if you like the anime, i just didnt like the style very much). Q hayashida is brilliant, and she clearly just really loves women like a lot, thank you miss Q!

next is this silly drawing of knives chau. scott pilgrim takes off had just aired, and i was slightly enamored with knives for a bit, i kin the scott pilgrim girl fucking sue me. i also drew kim, but the drawing deleted and this was the last save i had WAHOOOOOO its so fucking over. scott pilgrim takes off was obviously really really good in my opinion, and its like the perfect way to adapt an original work in my mind. uh shout outs knives or whatever.

oops shitty cowboy bebop drawing. i like this one well enough for how goofy it is. jets fucking face still kinda gets me. i love bebop a ton, but i dont think ive ever drawn the characters despite that. theyre actually a ton of fun to draw, like their shapes are all super varied and they have distinct style about them. very good cast of characters. i didnt even realize or mean to, but i kinda gave spike a fucking granny face, oops

uuuuhthese pissing dogs are really funny, they were fun to draw, and seeing peoples reactions to this one in particular was cool. having even a little bit of ability to draw on sites like this where randos are looking at your work as youre drawing it is always kind of an ego boost. like none of these drawings are really that great, but for the medium im happy with them, and having people show up and go "woah" was always really flattering and it was fun watching the other people draw and interacting with them in some limited capacity.

ggggundam bullshit. i left the other persons side this time because i thought it was kinda funny. i had been rewatching the early part of turn A gundam, and it really reminded me how fucking cool that series is? loran is like top 10 gender non conforming mech pilots (there are a surprising amount honestly). and it always kinda takes me off guard when i watch any gundam because they were just so forward thinking in a nominally "boy" coded genre. shoutouts the fucking gundam staff frfr.

@oretal joined me for these next two!

a lot of the shit in the second drawing is probably totally incomprehensible to like anyone outside of a select group. were both have that like, 3ds era nintendo brain parasite, so a lot of these are just weird obscure game characters or memes, or just straight up OCs. most of these are actually oretals little characters which have kind of entered that inside joke canon of being so ubiquitous between the two of us (and honestly i assume oretals friend group at large) that i kinda forget "glasses girl" isnt a well known character. many such cases. thank you oretal for drawing silly shit with me! i really like your drawing of james and your madotsuki yapping about blunt rotations to uboa. very cool

uuuh quick fire round of stuff i dont like how i drew but want to post anyways. the first one is my irl husband, aki from chainsaw man. i love him a lot, kinda hate this drawing tho, i think it was the first one i did? the second one is basil from omori, im a big fan of little blorbos who peep the horror, and basil is no exception. my friend got me the little vinyl figure of him for my birthday so i end up thinking about him a lot and i doodle him every now and then. very good design. the last one is kiruko from heavenly delusion. i did not have much hype going into the show after my middling feelings on summertime rendering (they were both in the news for being on disney+ for absolutely no reason). i dont remember what got me to watch it, but by the time episode 2 ended i was stuck in big time. i ended up binging the whole series in like one night and it was such a good time. the prototypical calcium show is probably somewhere between heavenly delusion and made in abyss. its a rough watch at times, but if you have this specific brainrot, its probably one of the best in its league tbh.

second to last is this drawing of vriska homestuck. i kept the other side because it was really pretty. im genuinely quite pleased witht his drawing, its not perfect but for what it is i find it visually appealing enough to like it. vriskas design is probably the best in homestuck, at least to me. its been a long time since ive read through homestuck proper, but something about these little shits sticks with you pretty much forever. actual fucking deadly brain parasites you get from dunking your head underwater in an infested pool, dead within days.

OOPS ALL KUMI CHAN! it had to be alien nine, it could only be alien nine. i love alien nine more than i love any of my blood relatives. kumi is literally me, i love this stupid fucking series so much you have no idea.

[midnightmayhem13]

Hey May- Mayhem? Midnight? Do you have a preference? Let me know I wanna respect whichever you go by. 🩵 But either way I’ve been enjoying your headcanons so much!! And if you’re taking prompts, if not you can ignore this, I’d love to read some domestic grocery trips with all of the women or a fic with one you’d like to write. I think Carol and Nebula would be an interesting experience to take them with you lmao honestly all of them would be but something abt them makes me think they’d be all grumpy until they pass, aka stop at, the toys section and grab one

On the counter was a cardboard box

love this❕ and call me whatever one you feel like!! thank youuu

carol danvers

danvers hasn't been to a store in a while, and it definitely changed since the last time she when grocery shopping. why is everything so expensive? but she'd be willing to go but she wouldn't be so excited. she didn't like going in the 60's she probably wouldn't like it now. but if she's with you it's okay. she'll b a whiney baby and just like "babeeee when are we going home?". when you can't reach something she'll reach over you or literally lift you to it. then she'll be like "here you go baby". she'll be riding the cart around too, like a child on the loose. but if you buy her twinkies everything is okay.

sharon carter

sharon would actually be helpful omg. she'd hold you're hand the whole time and even make a list. if you ask for her opinion she'll state why one is better. and if you disagree she'll be like sweet and get that one for you. home girl is eyeing the whiskey the whole time judging the crappy ones they have on display, then giving you a full rundown of why to never get that one. she'd definitely offer to pay for you and you gotta fight her with to just not. it's not that it's not nice to have someone pay for you but you got money.

darcy lewis

dr would be so fun to shop with. she'd jam out to the playlist theyre playing over the speakers. she'd take random pictures of you too. and she deff would jump on your back and make you carry her around the store. you two get into arguments about cereal and shes a firm cheerios hater. she's also an almond milk girlie. and as if it were a ritual you two cheek the sweets section. if she seems smt over priced she'll be like "we can literally make that at home babe". then if you guys go past the tots section you definitely get a kick out of them. you guys spend more time in the toys section then the adult section. she also has a very strong opinion on specific pads. darcy definitely gives you puppy eyes if she sees a fuzzy blanket you two could add to your collection.

nebula

nebs is completely lost😭 she's never been to anything that wasn't some sort of space market. and you have to repeatedly tell her she can't just open a bag of snacks or punch a mannequin because they were "provoking her". she'd also be holding on to you super duper tight. to assert dominance over you of course. and she'll glare daggers if anyone looks at you. and if any workers offer assistance she'll be a little mean. you gotta love your blue meanie tho. when she passes by the toy or baby section. how could a thing be so adorable. she's never say anything tho. and she'll only calm down if you buy her a plushie. she'll even smile if you buy her one. if anyone even looks at her blueness you literally jump them.

maria hill

maria's gotta get shit done. so she doesn't really like spending time doing or looking at useless things. so when you drag her to the store she's not very happy. but you try you're best to cheer her up, her pout is so cute tho. you say it'll be a fun couple bonding experience, so she feels bad acting so annoying. she'd definitely geek out in the pen aisle. but if you're stuck between to cereals shes no help. she just says "i don't know love, you chose" she'll watch you in adoration as you pick out stuff and smile when you see something cute. she'll offer to hold the basket or shopping cart. she also loves dark chocolate and always checks out the stores coffee selection.

kate bishop

katie is like a child in the store. she kinda stays glued to you if they're too many people around but if it's rather empty she'll be touching everything. you two spend a while discussing in the snack lane. she also likes to sit in the shopping cart when you've been theyre "way too long". she'll be trying to convince you to by little things like you wouldn't do anything for her. kate also grabs little toys kids have left around after their mom said no. and if she accidentally pokes a toy and the package breaks she'll make her cute little face nd put it back silently.

a/n sorry if maria's and kate's are a little sloppy, i usually run outta ideas when i get to them but gotta do them justice❕❕

[closetdbisexual]

the only movie ive watched for one of myguys that id recommend rn is uhhh. i did actually like entertainment it was very bleak but i liked that the comedy (movie title) was kind of similar to it and also very bleak i cant really rate the comedy because i spent 3 hours trying to watch it and being super super scared of it so. and if you wanted to see either of them shirtless they get shirtless in their respective movies so. eric is in that one which is nice. uhhh billion dollar movie was funny TO ME because i think tim and eric are funny but if you dont think theyre funny then you wont and even if you do think theyre funny you apparently still might not. and well the peoples joker is the best ever probably one of the top 10 movies ever made i love transsexuality and women and the jokar so yuou guys should watch that but its only in select theatres :-( hour away for me to even get to. totally inaccessible for other people. sucks . tim isnt really important to that at all he has a voice cameo but he doesnt matter <- well he might matter as like a structural influence i do think there was heavy influence from him and the editing style of awesome show there but whatever its not important to anyone other than me. there were like four actors from awesome show there though. it doesnt matter. so anyway my point is you should maybe watch entertainment i thought it was interesting i know i often steer you guys wrong with my movies i liked but i did like that one. and you should watch the peoples jokar

[sheyfu]

pls i have so many prompt ideas abt sae like im crazy abt this man like

SOO we know sae is loaded right he got the money when he ws asked what he will do if he got 100 mil yen n he said hes not interested in such a small amount?? SO HIS WORTH MUST BE HIGH.

so im thinking like sae with a filthy rich ceo reader who wants him to model for her brand but he said hes not interested in doing those stuffs so she basically increases the pay until he finally agreed and things js escalate from there until they started dating 🤗🤗

but i see this as a series fic rather than like a oneshot cuz its gonna get long🤔 (NOT THAT IM ASKING U TO MAKE A SERIES PLS DONT GET ME WRONG) i always see sae being the rich one in the relationship (which is also nice i love him having the provider mindset 💪💪)so i thought maybe make the reader rich too n its funny bcs they always fight on who to pay on dates n like imagine when sae is in spain n shes in japan n she misses him shes like fuck im gonna go to spain tmr i wnna see u

omg this went on longer mb i have brainrot for this man😇 ily u potray his chara so well

wait. wait. wait. WAIT THOIFSAFSAIJGFASF SOH MY GOD WAIT.

anon you are onto smth holy fucking shit.

i love rich women, women in power, women in corporate, women entrepreneurs, I LOVE WOMEN SO MUCH UHFSDGNASJDKGCF idk if this exists but i see them to be both grumpy (grumpy x grumpy 😓😓) and theyre both super prideful (no one backs down) they try to dominate each other in a relationship but like the longer they are in a relationship the softer they both get and like spoil the fuck outta each other mhm mhm and I AGREEEEEE reader dgaf about her work and would cancel all her meetings/plans just to see sae when she misses him.

lowk i want sae to be weak in the knees for her. like outside he's like MACHO MAN or smth nonchalant dgaf girlboss but in the inside hes like HIJFDJSDFADFKJAOD I WANT HER TO BE MY WIFE sum typa shit 😦😦

AND DW IT'S ALR i do also see this as a series BUUUUT LETS SEE HEUHRUEHRUEHR

AND OMG THANK YOU EHSAOIF when i first saw his character i was like mmmmm this man is nonchalant af but at the same time he exudes chaotic energy mhm mhm (also please i love how its long HIDFOAISJF dont stop your service please 🙏🙏)

IM SORRY IF THIS DOESNT MAKE SENSE UEHUSHUDHSFDJAJD im running outta brain power for some reason 😓😓

THANK YOU SOOO MUCHHHH i'll put this in my gdocs NEOWWWWWW

[official-megumin]

H iI saw your additions to the transfem thread and I don't like arguing on my blog but I want to bring up something I see a lot that nobodys brought up yet. Which is that you give bad reasons perisex afabs identity as transfem, seeing trans womanhood as different from cis womanhood, and that's like super bad yeah. But I've seen people say other reasons too that seem less bad and maybe should be talked about why they are or aren't bad. The most common one I see is that they are a person who is legally and socially seen as a man even though they're a perisex woman. I don't know how that works but I've met two people IRL who fit that and call themselves transfem because of it. One I literally thought was a man she has a beard and a masculine body and her ID will say male forever (I didn't ask why but she did say she is 100% perisex confirmed by her doctor) but she identifies as a woman and mostly hangs out with trans women because of this. She faces harassment and problems at places like the Dmv and County Office and has been sexualized and experienced violence that trans women around her say is transmisogynist. The other is more androgynous but her ID also says male and she can't change it. I don't know as much about her life but since her ID is male I would guess she also experiences harassment in legal places. I haven't seen anyone else bring up examples like this and I think theyre important to refute also if they are also bad and explain why similar to explaining why the first reasons are bad. Thank you have a nice day.

that first one is pretty much certainly not perisex, doctors will very often exclude some conditions from being seen as intersex for stupid and arbitrary reasons, and this gal is almost certainly one of those(potentially she has PCOS and her doctor doesn't think that counts)

The other girl you've mentioned is also a very fringe case that is also covered by being forced to live as male.

Both of these people have very real and tangible ties to transfeminity due to either having non-conventionally female bodies or for some reason being forced to be amab?

And like, literally none of these people are afab. Both have been assigned as male at birth it seems? If I am reading what you're saying right. Like AFAB and natally female are not synonymous

Also if it wasn't clear, but I also don't think that any of the people that have started this debate have tried to ID as transfem in bad faith. I want to make that clear. I think they don't fully understand what they're actually asking is all.

I think what should be done here usually is just to create a new label, that says the same without appropriating trans fems. Because the feeling that has made these people want this label is very much valid, I don't want to villainise their feelings

[mosswolf]

reading summary - april

braiding sweetgrass by robin wall kimmerer: i've read this before, but i wanted to listen to the audiobook after enjoying listening to gathering moss

paladin's faith by t kingfisher: wren <3 paladin's strength is still my fave but really enjoyed this as ever, i love that the demon stuff is being revisited and made more complicated!!! hey judith. whats goin on mate...

gender outlaw: on men, women and the rest of us by kate bornstein: shes really funny. so shes a transfem lesbian who's had bottom surgery, right, and at one point she jokes that more manhating terfs should appreciate her because after all, shes the only person in the room who actually HAS castrated a man!

guides for dating vampires 2, 2.2 and 2.3 by d.n bryn: didn't like these very much, found one of the mcs really irritating. ah well, the first one was good at least...

the last sun, the hanged man and the hourglass throne by k.d edwards: it was super fun to reread these, theyre so easy to read and messy and fun. i was keeping an eye out for plot stuff this time and there was loads of foreshadowing i'd missed!!

the picture of dorian grey by oscar wilde: id actually never read this and wow, by god can that man pontificate. i enjoyed it but am super glad i listened to the audiobook haha...

no one is too small to make a difference by greta thunberg: i was given this because people really know (1) thing about climate change when i tell them i study it haha. it was darkly relatable to read through her speeches in chronological order and see them just getting angrier and angrier,, me too ms thunberg. me too

persephone station by stina leicht: this was so good. i love scifi about fucked up criminals and robots and robot criminals!!! its Quite long, over 500 pages, and i do think it could have been edited down some more to be perfect, but still!! thoroughly enjoyable

the black god's drums by p djeli clark: really enjoyed this as well, steampunky fantasy new orleans with gods and storms and airships!!! nice and compact, blazed through it super quickly.

the other significant others: reimagining life with friendship at the center by rhaina cohen: some of this was definitely aimed at people who arent aro and in poly qprs already (which is fair enough) but even so, i really enjoyed the stories of the people she interviews about their unconventional relationships and stuff!

[jackie-shitposts]

WAIT THERE ARE OTHER NOVELS ‼️⁉️ need to read those soon too

YES THERE ARE!! And there are 2 canon novels that I particularly recommend. Minor spoilers meant to entice you to read them heheheh

First, The Secrets of the Silver Lion by Emma Otheguy!

VILE is after the Throne of Felipe’s priceless decorations: The only one they dont have is the Silver Lion. Team Red’s got to find it before Paperstar, Le Cherve and El Topo do

It’s been a while since I properly read it, but I do really like the book. Though there are some inconsistencies with it and the show, like the students on VILE isle having connections to the outside world. Also the ending ISBFJBD. They arent super bothersome though.

Again, I love to see how Carmen feels about everything going on. she gets EXCITED when she’s learning about history, when she’s getting close to solving the mystery. she is weirded out by a rich billionaire. she MAKES FRIENDS WITH A DOG. she uses glowsticks and its so cute. Her interactions with Zack and Ivy are fun too! But my absolute FAVORITE part of the book is when Carmen and Player have this heart-to-heart, and we learn why Player got into hacking. its SO GOOD I LOVE THEM.

The other book I recommend is Clue By Clue by Catherine Hapka!

VILE is after pirate treasure! Team Red’s gotta get to it before Tigress and her “pirate crew” do! Also Chase is there ig

Again, its been a while since I read it, but I like this book too. There’s also some inconsistencies- this one’s ending is also funky but not as 👁👁 as the other one.

Seeing Carmen’s perspective is part of what I always love about the books. The Team Red interactions are great . IVY BUILDS A THING shes their mechanic fr. The book’s pretty funny, too- There’s one joke in particular from this book that i think about ALL THE TIME. Seeing Chase’s perspective is nice ig? but god i would KILL for a julia perspective. The book also goes into pirate history and how women were a part of that, which i appreciate. One part I particularly love is that based on context clues, you can figure when this book takes place in the show’s timeline!!

I love these books because theyre just FUN- they aren’t insane masterpieces or anything, but theyre creative and passionate and FUN. I think the authors of all three novelizations that I recommend are very smart and I lowkey wish they were on the CS show writing staff.

PLEASE GO READ THE BOOKS PLEAAAASEEEE I DIDNT SPENT AN HOUR+ MAKING THIS POST ONLY FOR YOU TO NOT READ THEM

[youremyheaven]

OH MY GOD?! My bharani friend would say the same shit verbatim when we were still close and me or my magha friend wanted to talk about our feelings! Girl this is scary I just got flashbacks! She did the same thing to me as your Venus friend did to you too, my bharani friend would literally tell us that she couldn't talk to us cause she was talking to her friends, like are we not your friends?! We've known each other since we were 7! 😭

I have to state the contrary in regards to Venus men however, because they can be and are as insane as the women. I have various Venus men in my family, including my Purva ashadha moon conjunct Venus father. Venus men are extremely image conscious, they do a lot of charity, are polite, charming, but most of the time it's with the goal of getting something out of you. I personally feel like the experiences you've shared of Venus men being kind to you and then being overly sexual, giving you the ick, is their true colors showing.

Venus men, just like the women, are prone to be captivating, and we definitely shouldn't romanticize or idealize them, or any other placements. All the ones I've observed are serial cheaters, have had multiple failed marriages, and love bomb their partners until they get bored and move on to the next pretty thing almost immediately. The absorbent nature of Venus is very palpable, I knew one Purva ashadha sun conjunct Venus man who literally morphed into his girlfriend's a la Brad Pitt, he was always In a relationship or situationship, he was sleeping with a girl and then ended up getting into a relationship with her best friend and breaking them up 💀

So yeah, also, I think it's important to emphasize that it's not a one size fits all universe, people are their entire chart, not just their dominant planetary energy, what works for one person will not work for another, which is why I refrain from glorifying or villainizing any specific energy, otherwise the occult and astrology community will never beat the space racism allegations 💀

Venusian women 🤝🏼pretending their friends dont exist lol

ykw i agree, i definitely think men are never nice without some ulterior motive (and the ulterior motive usually comes from being attracted to you) i think ive really tried to believe that people/men are nice because theyre nice people but every day it dawns on me that its not true lol,,,

i just realized that my grandma is Purvaphalguni Moon and she's the same as my creepy friend from college. always touching me inappropriately, making lewd comments about my body, often body shaming me and other girls/women, one thing about my grandma is that she WILL sexualize tf out of both my mom (her daughter) and me. she always gave me the ick but now ive made the Venus connection lol. she's super religious too and is completely devoted to god (which is something i explored in my Venusian cult post).

nooo not the Venusian love bombing 😩😩ngl it kind of describes me tbh lmfao,, i never thought of it as an issue but i can go overboard with my affection and then cut them out without second thought when i feel "done" (😬😬)

i agree that everybody's the sum of their whole charts (and the sum is always greater than the parts<33)

tysm for sending this ask, it was vv thought provoking <33

[mejomonster]

(The tldr is this is about gender and then versus now) I was listening to the podcast Enterprise Incidents on youtube. The Mudd's Women episode. The podcasters are 2 fans since the original airing, and I like them generally because they're really well informed in screenwriting and directing choices and so to some degree their analysis touches points I find a chunk of star trek type commentaries tend to miss: that optimisitc vision of the future, that star trek's goal was to be progressive but it also at times had flaws of its time (something Im painfully familiar with regarding Rick Berman and DS9 and TNG, so its nice hearing older watchers aware of those flaws from ToS). Now. Its not perfect. In my ideal podcast Id like to find some day (lol) a guy podcaster is capable of acknowledging the influence the spirk premise/fan perception had in some ways (from The Motion Picture thyla, that "i imagine love of men in that time" quote from Rodenberry, the Asimov suggestion to make them a team to help Kirk be accepted more by audience and Spocks individual popularity tying to Kirk was partly a bid to link their popularity). And I dont know that for all the great ideas they have, that they have any idea of the spirk fandom perception (like that quote in academia about slash fiction being the end of the Wrath of Khan if the glass were removed) or how the canon goal of making a duo unit at least created the dynamic that led to that fandom interpretation. But they do touch on many a good thing some less layer-looking people miss. They notice Kirk's actual personality (should be easy but often failed due to cultural perception versus The Show itself), Nimoys acting choices and spocks development into the character he became, the show itself deciding its identity over time and its ventures in various angles until then, what worked and what didnt regarding the progressive future versus the biases of the time it was made. They miss some nuance but theyre doing really in depth so its a treasure trove overall.

Now in Mudds Women, they miss some nuance of a story about beauty and worth that I think... i dont know. I think yeah the writers failed to hit the goal story meant to be told, but i also think outside a women perspective it can often be a miss in such storytelling (yoko taro doing the Singer in Nier Automata is the first time a guy telling a raw story about beauty and its impossible standards, invasive toxic expectations, and self destructive pressures, managed to feel totally on point and realistically managed). So i sort of yeah expect mudds women to need to be viewed Generously to grasp the message, and i sort of yeah expected guy podcasters to at best recognize where the story failed (which they did) but unfortunately not realize all the story was aiming to do (because it does Approach many topics i feel women and beauty standards and ppl who grew up in certain enviornments would recognize as Trying to be a reference to a real problem - the episode does say a fair bit if ur used to looking for those points, but not Super well done so i can see why an audience less used to relating to such points would notice them much less).

But the podcast said something this episode i found so refreshing. They mention how mudd explains how the venus drug works: it makes you "more of what you are" makes men more strong and aggressive, women more soft and feminine. Basically its a line about idealized traditional gender roles when ToS was made. And the podcaster mentions yes as a teen first watching (when we probably most feel a pressure to fit in, still most likely to believe society expects us to meet it and rewards that standard) it sounded like the drug made u better. But that in the life he lived, with the family he had, he had never been raised to think he had to be strong or women had to cook or any of that strict expectations. Then they talk about how the discussion of gender has grown so much in these years, and trans people of course can live more openly, and they say the question in society is like what does it mean to be a certain gender anyway.

And the guy says. Well i always thought and strongly think, when i say im a man, it means nothing. Because a man can be anything. Anyone can be any way, like any things, do any things, look any way. Being a certain gender means nothing beyond "im that gender."

And god how refreshing that was.

Growing up, in the 90s, yeah i felt to some degree those gender roles and expectations somewhat pushed as a teen: when girls start being pressured to wear makeup (by ads, movies, peers, trying to please crushes, avoid insults etc) and boys start being pressured to be strong (bullied for not being, attacked for being perceived as less strong by any number of reasons they get singled out by peers, movies and ads telling them their lack of strength is their reason for any failures etc). But like. There was ALSO a big push growing up, that i saw, of girls can do anything. Girls can cook or do construction, can wear dresses or play sports, can wear makeup or none at all, can have long hair or chop it off, can go into STEM or childcare, can marry or never marry, can be the career head of home or a stay at home parent, basically: anything, all of that or none of it or anyrhing in between. That was the direction of progress anyway. Guys were a bit behind (and oh of course bullying with their own peers limited their options of what wasnt ostracized) but we were seeing more acceptance of intelligence as equally desireable and acceptable to strength (at least for adult men), more media glorifying the nerds, more examples of a bigger variety of men with more niches that could still be considered ideals. And the result of that in some ways was good, i saw more guys my generation more accepting of their love of painting, cooking, wearing makeup, more guys who didnt body shame themselves as much, who didnt feel belittle themselves if they were stay at home dads or made less income, more who talked about their emotions than my parents generation ever did, more genuine friendships than we ever saw during toxic-teenage-pit when the strict standards weighed heaviest. The ideas were moving toward what is a man? Anything he wants. What is a woman? Anything she wants. What is a person? Anything they want to be. What is your gender? Whatever you feel it is. And it doesnt need to match up to Any preconcieved notions or box to be "justified" because no gender has specific strict traits it must include. Yes we still knew society had "ideals" for genders that it pushed, and that traditional and conservative thinking people held themselves to. But for people in general? What is your gender? What I feel I am. What must you do to Be that gender? Nothing. Anyone can be anything as any gender.

And god it was so refreshing hearing someone say that again. What does being a man mean? Nothing. Because a man can be anything. Anyone can be anything. Theres no box a person fits into, no box of traits any gender must conform to in order to be valid. A person can be anything and do anything and have any traits interests looks, and be whatever gender they are.

I dont know if its the way the worlds medias been shifting (so opinions we get stuck hearing more of), or cause i see trans people so often expected by society to conform to those stricter gender ideals with this weight of threat and isolation if someone in the majority finds reasons to attack (but in the end they always might, the whole thing is theyre fucked for attacking to begin with). But its like. God i miss when gender meant in my head only: what am i? What do i feel good calling myself? What feels like home. Cause im me, and me is not changing to appease some strangers. (Though i am to some degree, we all do even cis people do, because those stupid old ideals are widespread enough all ppl face some punishment or threat if they deviate from the strict boxes, despite no one fully fitting them). But like. If im me and i can do anything, what feels like home? Thats all it is to me. I miss seeing it that way. I miss when i didnt see quite so much of the looming strict standard pushing so hard on everyone to conform more. To try and force all people to cut themselves down and confine themselves to roles that serve what anyway besides littling all of us, oppressing all of us in limitation. (I mean. I know why it spreads. Maybe conservative voices are louder now about their ideal gender roles then when i grew up, or maybe its louder cause im an adult now. It doesnt mean they have any point.)

You are a person. You can be anything. Your gender is whatever you feel it is. Your gender does not inherently define your life and what you can do and be. Whatever forces we feel, remember whatever brings you joy is okay to be. Its okay to be you.

Like. Yes a person of a specific gender can define it very specifically in what that gender means TO them. How They define it for themselves. But that definition isnt universal and there is no limit to the definition of what a specific gender's people can be. A woman can look any way have any life any interest any traits any values. You can't define a woman as specific things and not others, a woman is as broadly defined as there are so many unique women in this world with so many varied unique experiences selves lives. Any gender is not universally always a confined list of traits, because theres all kinds of people with all kinds of traits of specific genders. What is a man, anything. What is a woman, anything. What is a nonbinary person, anything. A genderqueer person, anything. Any specific (or unspecific or undefined) gender person, anything. People are so varied they have too many unique traits to be always these X Y Z things and never these A B C things. Youre the gender you are cause its what feels right to you. But your definition of your own gender For u isnt universal to all people of your gender, cause people define their gender all kinds of different ways and people of your gender can have any traits in this whole spectrum of being alive.

This is the podcast btw:

And if you do know of a podcast that is aware of spirks influence on/from tos please send it my way.

[yveltalreal]

your grandma seems pretty cool! can you talk a bit more about her?

okay!

shes super cool and strong and nice to me!! she says im her favourite grandson but im her only grandson but its special cause she says im her favourite. or at least i think im the only grandson i havent really spokennwith her and my family on tjat side in almost 4 years

shes in her 70s but shes still super fit and stuff. shes always worked out and worked with pokemon and ate well and stuff so shes kept a lot of her flexibility and strength. 70 isnt like frail frail by any means its not like shes 90 but shes doing pretty well compared to some 70 year olds. people in my family also just tend to like. be spry for a bit longer than most too i guess we're pretty durable and i guess long lived as well. but like grandma and her siblings have all worked with pokemon all their life and gotten up close and personal and like kept healthy so shes doing pretty well

you should see grandma fight though its amazing. i mentioned how in my family battles involve you and the pokemon and she really knows how to move with them. like im good at it keeping my disabilities in mind but shes great. the moves with her pokemon like they have one mind together its crazy and she has no fear when getting close to her opponent and their team. ive seen her take down a salamence by herself!!! it was one of the families and was born in captivity but still!!

a lot of people think shes scary actually cause shes solidly 6 foot and regularly runs in heels and stuff and is alwahs wjth her two big ass houndooms. and a bunch of other stuff a lot of people have always said my family is like a pack of dogmons and shes the head with every tooth and i guess i see it. i never thought she was scary though until. a few years ago.

i dont talk to her for a reason. it wasnt her fault. wasnt related to her really. just cant stop thinking of what hurt me though

um but shes really cool and i love her a lot and she used to take me on trips with her and get me treats and she taught me a bunch of what i know today. she helped my parents learn how to parent me right and stuff and i met so many people i wouldnt have without her. ive mentioned it before but im 90% sure clavell is in love with her (theyre friends and know eachother + she donates a ton of money fo the school) and i hate it. brcause mr clavell should not be in love with my grandma and also my grandma is a lesbian. did i tell you she was a lesbian she figured it out after having kids and sfuff byt she absolutely loves aomen shes told ms that she likes women <3 shes so cool shes ghe best

[silverstonesainz-archive]

f1 drivers + sororities .ೃ࿐

a lovely anon asked me what sororities f1 drivers would be sorted into so here we go. i would like to say as a disclaimer is that greek life varies from campus to campus, so do take my opinions with a grain of salt. also, i was vp of recruitment last year so i know a thing or two about matching girls with chapters hehe.

i am gonna do class of 2023, with a bonus of our two fav reserve drivers so here we go! also, i'm including sororities that aren't on my campus and doing very limited research on them.

max v. - delta zeta

i dont have much knowledge on dz (seeing as they were kicked off my campus before i rushed), BUT they were the it girls on my campus. they we're top house, everyone either loved or hated them or wanted to be them.

checo p. - gamma phi beta

gphi on my campus is so hit or miss (as are most organizations, but the chapter on my campus is more out right about it). they're either really nice or they really mean. i think checo has that charm about him LOL

charles l. - alpha chi omega

i don't have achi o on my campus, but of every video i've seen about them, they are more often than not the pretty, philanthropic, top house kind of gals. charles would fit right in. (also the cherry on top is that red is one of their colors).

carlos s. - kappa kappa gamma

i know nothing about kkg, but their mission statement says "...respect for intellectual development, and an understanding of and an allegiance to positive ethical principles" which i feel like is very carlos. carlos is always trying to learn more and get a better understanding.

lewis h. - alpha phi alpha / not rush

lewis would NOT join a phc organization. he would join one of the divine nine for sure, just in solidarity with culture and history. but i will say that the rush/pledging process of the divine can be fucking brutal so there's a chance he'd drop. or better yet, he wouldn't rush at all because he's better than that.

george r. - zeta tau alpha

george would 100% be a zeta. zeta is also a very top house sorority, but when you're zeta you are a die hard zeta. i feel like every sister of zta i've met lives and breathes zta. very george.

esteban o. - delta delta delta

they describe their org to be "an assembly of women with shared values where you can be yourself and belong to something bigger. we are brave, bold and kind." thats so esteban, and considering the work he's put into alpine + the time he's spent in the team. very este bestie of him.

pierre g. - pi beta phi

i was gonna make him a zta, but when i was reading other sorority values i came across this chapter. under reputation it said "many consider them obsessed with their looks" and that just feels like pierre.

lando n. - sigma kappa

sk on my campus is on the come up. they recruit a bunch of cute, sweet little girls who are very active on campus. they're everywhere. like lando. he's every where.

oscar p. - gamma phi beta

i know what i said under checo but pretend you didnt read it for this. oscar is also gphi to me because theyre new member class is so bold and just wants to be involved in everything. giving oscar energy i think.

valterri b. - alpha gamma delta

agds on my campus arent top house by any means, and they have girls who you would've thought would end up in top house but they chose agd. thats valterri to me.

zhou g. - alpha xi delta

these girls on my campus are super underrated. known to have the most genuine sisterhood on campus. they aren't super active on campus, and aren't super well known. but the people the know them, love them.

lance s. - kappa kappa gamma

aligning with carlos. i think lance does try his best at what he does, and improve. he definitely aims to be bigger than daddy's boy. you know?

fernando a. - pi beta phi

please he is just pretty. thats all fernando would bring to the table. he's a pretty boy and should be in a pretty sorority.

kevin m. - alpha gamma delta

i love agds so much. they're a bunch of goofy girls who are loved by a lot of people. theyre on the smaller side on my campus, but are just full of girls you would generally like.

nico h. - alpha gamma delta

this also makes sense to me because he just- he loves f1 and he'll never leave. i've met my fair share of 25+ greek women in their chapter and they just...... never leave. but he's dedicated. and that counts for something...... right?

yuki t. - alpha phi gamma

an asian sorority. i love these girls. theyre so goofy, but really sweet and also die hard for their chapter. yuki would thrive.

nyck d.v. - alpha delta pi

i love my adpis. so much. they're the sweetest girls ever. on my campus theyre super strong in academics and support so many diff organizations on campus. nyck is one hundred percent an adpi.

alex a. - alpha phi

part of their mission statement is "high expectations for character and a drive for innovation" which i feel is alex coded. i can't say what exactly, but alex just screams that.

logan s. - zeta tau alpha

he just has the look that would land him into zeta. what he brings to the table, we'll just have to wait and see.

bonus !

daniel r. - alpha delta pi

he gives me vibes of one of my friends in adpi. just always so happy and dedicated to their chapter. also daniel gives off the vibe of adpis on my campus. and he'd 100% be a sweetheart of a fraternity.

mick s. - delta gamma

their values read "foster high ideals of friendship among women, to promote their educational and cultural interests, to create in them a true sense of social responsibility, and to develop in them the best qualities of character." i just think thats mick. always fostering growth and developing his charachter.

another addition to d's shitpost studies. submit an ask if there are other topics you would like me to do!

[flooficandii]

galaxy slush headcanons!!!

here it is finally!!! 3 of them!!!! first part is gonna be detailing how they got together and the rest is just mushy stuff HEEEHHERHKWJ

so in nuniqs canon, its already established shes dating astra before harbor gets recruited

after the whole realm chase comes to an end, harbor and astra spend time together researching radianite artifacts. nuniq, wanting to learn about herself, her relic, and her radiance, taps into these research sessions and finds herself befriending harbor

also she needs a distraction from all the fuckery thats happened to her in ep 5 anyway (mostly the mental and physical toll of the pearl missions alongside personal investigations she's doing for an agreement)

ANYWAY

nuniq and harbor get along quick. they talk about their lives, their similarities and differences, and find eachother to be good company

harbor admires nuniq's strength and resolve while she admires his studiousness and his passion for what he does

they also both note that theyre connected by water

smth about that leads to them agreeing to train with eachother - to explore n discover themselves, their power, and eachother as people

beyond that, harbor is just a huge sweetheart!! hes so nice and genuine to her, and it makes her feel safe and cared for. she feels a fondness and closeness towards him that she felt when she fell for astra

nuniq feels guilty about these feelings though- she's already in a relationship with astra, it feels like she's betraying her in some way

her feelings for harbor confuse her and she begins to question the state of her relationship with astra; she wonders whether it means she doesnt love her anymore (even if she feels like she does)

these thoughts stew in her head for a really long while and she tries to think of a way to break it to astra

before she can do that though, astra one-ups her and sits her down for a talk

nuniq feels scared, initially. she worried- knew even that someone as perceptive as astra would be able to pick up the littlest of changes

while nuniq braces herself for a confrontation, astra confesses that she's taken a liking to harbor

it makes sense ! astra is a very honest and loyal person, she isnt the type to lie or keep secrets from someone she really cares about so its very much like her to tell nuniq as soon as she realized her feelings

however its also Very jarring because that is not what nuniq expected to come out of her mouth at all

for one she's relieved that astra isnt mad about anything, and it prompts her to blurt that she likes harbor too

shes still confused what that means for their relationship though so the two talk it over

they affirm they still love each other, astra opens up the possibility that both of them should ask harbor out so all three of them could date !

astra gives nuniq the option to not pursue it of course- they dont have to do anything about it, they can stay as they are if nuniq wanted and she would totally respect that

nuniq does agree though and they ask harbor out the next day

now harbor has the two cool women he admires the most holding his hands :]

 ❄🌊🌌

with the addition of harbor, architecture and archelogy documentaries have been added to space documentary viewing night

nuniq doesnt mind though she finds them super interesting

astra usually tests new beauty products with nuniq. harbor walked in on this once and now hes involved too (and eagerly waits for new arrivals)

harbor with smooth neatly polished nails for a week >>> (he is matching with his wives)

they all take care of eachother its wonderful ???

harbor leaving them glasses of water so they stay hydrated, giving them massages when theyre sore,,,,

astra giving the best pep talks and easing them when theyre stressed

nuniq checking on their relics after a mission to make sure they haven't overexerted, making little snacks (or even meals) to make sure theyre always well fed,

MEALS.... about that... oh my god they definitely take turns cooking for eachother

and if theyre lazy they can just go to a restaurant . they cycle who chooses every time

goddd they would love experiencing food from eachothers cultures... kitchen always smells good when theyre in charge

harbor definitely drives both of them on his bike

astra drives it too!

which means nuniq is always in the middle sandwiched by them HEHEHEHE

night rides!!!!

all three of them going out to look at the sky together :]

astra points out constellations to them and they both listen so intently wow they are so in love

astra doodling them in her little notebook all the time always

actually wait. harbor journals too oh my God they both do it

them swapping journals just to doodle and write little love notes for eachother. my GOD !!!!

nuniq and astra watch harbor's cricket matches and they get REALLY into it

as in screaming yelling gripping the couch gripping eachother shaking eachother

(insert all the agents down the hall very concerned)