#and then i'm like nah i'm just a woman

[friend-of-a-cat]

The Gender Crisis™ is still Gender Crisising™ but I don't have time for that right now lmao.

[the-music-maniac]

Is it bad that a part of me wants to see Kuina (who beat Zoro at fighting over 2000 times, training to be the greatest swordswoman, acutely aware of what people say about her gender and how it impedes her dream) meet Sanji (refuses to fight a woman just because they're a woman), just to see what type of trainwreck ensues. I feel like it would either be awful or absolutely hilarious.

[aceredshirt13]

today on things I ponder while playing rhythm games: I think that when fellow queer people say that so-and-so m/f pairing is "for the gays" what people actually mean is that so-and-so m/f pairing is "competently written and makes you invested in their relationship as human beings, rather than shoehorning in a romance because of the belief that if a man and a woman are in close proximity they are required by law to kiss and/or bang"

so like. perhaps we should stop denigrating m/f relationships as inherently inferior, and instead acknowledge that the problems often seen in m/f relationships in fiction (especially when the romance isn't the main subject of the work) are caused by authorial laziness in favor of the heterosexual hegemonic rule of "boy + girl = sex"

[shannonsketches]

like why did they change where Vegeta was when Cell announced the cell games in the anime

why did they make this vegeta starting shit with yamcha instead of chillin in the lab with his family? why did they take Bulma out of the lab? Why'd they say she was Out while Dr Brief was repairing 16? Why did they change Bulma working on advanced robotics to running in late with her baby?

it's the same scene except: - Bulma's actively at work being a scientist - Vegeta's not being rude to her (or anyone else!) - Vegeta waits for Trunks instead of leaving the room - Cell interrupted the airwaves, which means Trunks and Vegeta were just hanging out with Bulma and Dr B while they were working

Those are all Great Character Details!! That the anime rails against!!

[tododeku-or-bust]

So based off my readings and observations, it seems like people find Wyll's pact maker to be a source of attraction but all I can see is

(Mary Epps, played by Sarah Paulson from 12 Years a Slave)

[myatlantispoets]

Not me sitting here looking for wedding dresses and tiaras and planning out my Artistic Vision when i've only known my bf for like 3 months...

Anyways my vision in the tags

[atomatowriter]

I made a joke in the D&D server about Promise taking one of the other pc's animal companions with her for something and said "girl's trip with the only girls in the party" and immediately felt weird about it and now I'm like...is one of my oldest OCs having a gender questioning moment completely of her own accord?

[mint-mumbles]

Gonna use this image any time someone says something low key sexist about Sable (ie "she's showing too much skin" regarding a fucking bathing suit 😭🤦)

I don't hear you complaining about Spirit 😭

[tenderjock]

i do think the most interesting interpretation of btvs lore is that non-vampire demons and mystical entities ALL have souls, unless they sold, destroyed or otherwise got rid of them (like the mayor)

[antiyourwokehomophobia2]

Please oh please write more about BES

Okay!

Spoilers under the cut.

It is so disrespectful to frame Mizu as a trans man. If you genuinely think that she's trans then you have completely missed the point of the show and have no media literacy. Before asking yourself "Is she a man" ask yourself "What does it mean to be a woman in her world?" When you consider the way people treat you for being a woman, when you consider that 'woman', in her world, means "slave for men's pleasure" and 'man' means "the sky is the limit" do you really think she wants to be a man or do you think she wants the freedom that comes with being perceived as one? One of the lines in the show is literally something like "there are two paths for women: you can either be a proper wife or an improper whore." This line is said to our other female main character who is in the process of being convinced to marry a man she has no desire for. If being a woman hindered mizu's goals in no way shape or form would she still adopt a male persona?

Ask yourself this: What is stopping Mizu from presenting as a woman? No headcannons. I want actual evidence from the show. Lines said. What world is she living in? What are her goals? How might being perceived as a woman hinder those goals? How would people treat her differently if she walked around as a woman?

I'll save you some work!

When she fights her husband and wins, he calls her a demon because that's not how women should behave. Women should not have that much swordsmanship knowledge. He has no problem holding a sword and fighting. Oh no, it's not improper for him. But a woman? She really is a monster. When she presents as a man though? Suddenly, she gets respected. She gets a name for herself. She makes a man revere and want to duel her so much that he follows her every footstep. Her power is something that's honorable and talked about in awe.

In the very first episode, mizu tells swordfather that she has made his weapons unclean. The implication being that the mere act of being a woman renders you so impure that anything you touch will share the same fate of impurity. Swordfather knows that she's a woman but cannot bear to hear her actually say it. He does not want confirmation. He does not tell her that she is not impure. He tells her that the fact shes a woman is her burden to bear. This man is her father figure, spent literal years with her, and still views her as lesser just because she's female. This is their last interaction before she leaves him. You think that had no effect on her? You think any 'desire to be a man' is not just her having a cold realization that she has no choice? Because the thing is: she does realize exactly that. Her husband point blank asks her "you wanted to be a man?" and her response is that she "had to live as one."

I wish that people didn't ask "Does she wanna be a man?" I wish they asked "Is being a woman a viable option for her when considering what she wants to achieve?" No? So can you really honest to God say that her dressing as a man stems from wanting to be one rather than the fact that being a woman does not give her the same opportunities that a man would have? You cannot put women in a world where being a woman means a life of suffering, servitude, and abuse, and then call them men when they want no part of that bullshit. That is not being trans, that's called having a survivor instinct and wanting to be viewed as a person.

[navree]

do we think that ilhan omar winning her primary is gonna finally get Those people to stop it with their 'the only reason x person is losing is because of the outside influence of evil jew cabal blood money i mean aipac' spiel, or nah?

[7-oh-ta1]

Me when I see pretty art but the woman in it appears to not have ribs and simply cannot reblog it anymore

[a-flickering-soul]

dacryphilia

The very worst thing you can do right now is bore me. Caleen shudders. “You’re not going to believe me anyways, are you?” Her voice tremors, and Dedra wants to hear it break. “No,” she says slowly. She can feel a smile tugging at her lips. She fights like mad to suppress it, and fails. It pulls at her lips, threatening to split them, and she lets her teeth show. “I suppose not.”

Or; The Interrogation Scene and some bonuses from Lt. Dedra Meero's point of view.

Or; Sophia "Dyke With Bad Taste" A-Flickering-Soul saw this

and this

and THIS

and thought, "How can I not write the most reprehensible, terrible, Dead Doveish 2.6k words about it?"

Mind the tags.

[potatoesandsunshine]

6 femslash pairings in the top 100 ao3 pairings this year..... stay strong everyone

[james-is-nasqueer]

barbie is aroace SHUT THE FUCK UP

[running-in-the-dark]

went somewhere with my husband and his dad today (to pick up my in-laws' "new" camper van). the guys that were selling it had a baby with them and it was so freaking adorable. so I kept making silly faces and hiding for a few seconds and that kind of stuff to make the baby laugh (it was fun!). anyway, after a while one of the guys asked when my husband and I are having kids and I just went like oh never. we have two cats, that's enough, and most babies aren't as cute as that one anyway so nope not interested in that.