#i’m equalizing now

[hisonlybegottenbeysuschrist]

it’s generally insane that i have done my job —talked about taxes and processed invoices and filled out forms all day—full of heartbreak and sick to my stomach.

[sstarfruitz]

Tried to draw in a way that’s more fun for me, lmk what you guys think!!

[disappointeddyke]

happy butch

[pocketsizedquasar-3]

didn’t want to rb this post directly partially bc i see/get the overall point and partially bc i don’t want ppl to be a dick to me if i say shit (n i def do not intend any ire/ill will to op; i am just adding my thoughts)

but anyway. while i again do see the point of the post (not all queer ppl are harmed the same way/amount by the govt & more specifically by the recent Executive Orders), i also with respect think that the assumption that they are only specifically about targeting trans women or protecting cis women from trans women is just untrue (smthn some ppl in the notes are also claiming).

the eo’s have language that is explicitly targeting / inciting violence towards trans women & this is undeniable. everything that mentions “protecting women from men” and keeping “males” out of “women’s spaces” is very deliberately about targeting and harming trans women. there is an entire section of one of the EO’s dedicated specifically to removing “males” (trans women) from women’s prisons, and this is horrific and violent. transfems also suffer from the effects of hypervisbility, making them very easy targets for enforcement of these laws and the language within them. all of that is true.

& also, it’s very untrue that these eo’s aren’t designed to harm other trans ppl and intersex ppl. i’m not even talking generally “oh these orders are about transphobia and so will harm all trans ppl”; there is specific language in them that is violent specifically towards intersex and transmasc ppl (in addition to the language that directly violently targets transfems) (none of which (transfem, transmasc, intersex) are mutually exclusive categories!).

the multiple eo’s concerning trans folks are rife with defining sex strictly as an immutable binary — the “immutable biological reality of sex” —“protecting sex-based distinctions,” (both quotes from the “defending women from gender ideology…” executive order) and deliberately codifying the erasure of any and all acknowledgment of sex outside of male/female is intentional, specific violence towards intersex people. this is deliberate targeting intersex people for violence and oppression (just as other parts of the same EO are deliberately targeting transfems).

there is also the entire EO for “protecting children from chemical and surgical mutilation”, which obviously is directed largely at any gender-affirming trans healthcare as a whole, but also very specifically names protecting against “female genital mutilation” — directly targeting transmascs, and ‘protecting’ cis women and girls from transmascs.

transmascs are very much also viewed as a threat to cis women and cis girls, painted as “corrupting,” “stealing,” and “mutilating” poor innocent young cis girls (or poor innocent cis lesbians, depending on the person wielding this rhetoric). transphobic rhetoric and anti trans laws are rife with this belief, deriding the “mutilation” of their idea of the “pure ideal female body,” the “hacking off healthy tissue” (re: top surgery), “testosterone poisoning” of girls, and the idea that trans men want to turn all young girls trans, want to turn all young lesbians trans — “i was a tomboy and if i were a kid today i would’ve been turned trans! they would’ve made me transition!” (this is also part of the driver of the incredibly high SA rates among transmasc ppl)

this EO is simply a codification of that view of transmascs as a threat to cis womanhood. this EO targets all trans people’s right to our own bodies and bodily autonomy, and this language specifically directly targets transmasc’s rights to their own bodies.

i do think it’s important to discuss that not all queer people are immediately impacted the same way by trump’s bigotry. i also think it’s incredibly disingenuous to ignore the parts of these laws which are deliberately targeting specific subsets of the trans and intersex community (including ignoring the parts that explicitly are about transfems!). all trans and intersex people are intentionally, directly, and explicitly targeted by the government’s bigotry and violence in different ways; none of it is incidental or unintentional. they are “protecting” cis women, or, the white supremacist status quo, from trans & intersex people — most especially nonwhite trans and intersex ppl.

anyway. those are my thoughts.

[pepperpixel]

SAID HE LIKES CRAZY GIRLS,

BUT HE HATES WHEN I ACT CRAZY,

IT TAKES TWO TO TOXIC!

FINALLY!!! Finished these pics of jinx I’ve been working on!!!!! HOLY SHIT, these took so long…. But finally… they’re done… pls enjoy this art of my beautiful princess w a disorder. Featuring alternate colors for the big pic and also a closeup! Cuz I rlly like how both the lines and coloring on her face turned out… like the pink gradients w her eye… her deer in headlights expression,, like uve just startled a raccoon digging thru ur trashcan and r two seconds away from getting mauled.. m proud of it!

[starrology101]

I think one of my most hated tropes is the boss babe/pathetic man trope that social media seems to be married to. Especially when the guy is constantly called a malewife.

I can’t fully explain it, but it does the opposite of what people think it does. At least for me. It’s suppose to be empowering and it just sounds patronizing. Especially when the guy is extraordinary in his own right.

Why are y’all so afraid of power couples??

[myokk]

For writers:

What’s your favorite piece of writing you’ve done, and why??

Idk I just woke up thinking about this & now I’m curious!!! & may or may not be compiling a tbr based on your responses since I really haven’t had the time to read any hl fics yet🫶🫶🫶

[idontmindifuforgetme]

I love girls who’re comfortable being feminine in male dominated stem fields. Such is the case for chemistry but it will not stop me from going to lab in a pink fit if that’s what I want

[waitmyturtles]

The tweet is great; the graphic is better. The tweet:

The graphic:

[humming-fly]

This 4th of July I’m stealing the patriotism euphoria that’s usually associated with assholes idolizing the worst attributes of this country because fuck ‘em I live here too and remembering the things this country actually got Right is an important exercise when trying to rally anyone to want to defend it in November SO putting my money where my mouth is I’ll start easy and say I really like National Parks!! It’s rad how many of them there are and how they’re actual set up to preserve some of the most beautiful wild areas in our country while still letting people visit to enjoy and experience nature!! (Less important but I love how they put national parks on the quarters I think that’s real fun)

Feel free to add on if something speaks to ya!

[its-a-hare-pom-pom]

Omg I’ve finally moved on from my Simpsons hyperfixation and am now in a Stardew Valley hyperfixation. It’s a good thing the characters are so different. Oh wait…

[melodiousoblivionao3]

golden age

[soothedcerberus]

Using my sketchbook for.. sketches. Nearly incomprehensible, messy sketches just to jot down ideas lol 

I have sooooo many dion and raz doodles i want to complete 🥺🥺

[thenarwhalgal]

At what point does Jinx’s crimes against Piltover in Arcane go from appalling, to an understandable if even necessary evil? This is not to say she did nothing wrong. It would be a lie to claim that. The whole point of Arcane is that even with the best intentions sometimes you just end up making everything worse.

But those who see all of her actions as bad because they’re terrorism, because ‘violence is wrong’… and therefore shooting a missile at the council is automatically an unforgivable crime, who can’t understand why they took her character the way they did in season 2, how Ekko could make up with her, how Zaun started looking up to her as a hero, I just want to ask a question.

At what point is it ethical to use violence as a tool against injustice and subjugation? If it ever is. Even if every peaceful option has been walked down before and the best that ever gets you is the tolerance of being allowed to exist as long as you don’t exist too loudly. That’s not a hard answer, there’s no definite line in the sand here. It’s one you have to draw yourself.

Personally? I think the reason some people look at Jinx and see an irredeemable monster, is because they live in a society that feels more like Piltover to them than Zaun. Have already drawn a line of what Zaun is in their society so that they live above it, are better than it.

How fucked does a country have to get before we can fight back and people will look back on us as revolutionaries instead of terrorists? Two sides of the same coin after all, the only real difference is perception.

[swampybogg]

sketch Twin-Shadowed Knight spoiler

[ficandkaboodle]

I want to see that old man in makeup. And by old man, I specifically mean Terzo and by makeup I mean smoky eye and black lipstick but only on the top lip bc obvi and he glossed it up for you because y’all are going on a date and he plans on planting big wet marks on you either in the middle or the end of it we’ll see