#maya wheatley

[deathbypufferfish]

the economy would collapse without his incredible work ethic

[shrimperini]

first batch of portal refs done!! the second will come soon (i hope) it will include spin off and mod characters as well :D

android AU: everything stays the same but the robots are more humanoid. thats it really xD

human AU: set in 2010. quite a few things change (i oc-ify the characters pretty much). the main things to note is that it’s a lot of what if scenarios. what if the resonance cascade in black mesa never happened, what if caroline had a daughter (gladys, so glados and caroline aren’t the same person in the AU. i wanted to explore the possibility of them being two separate people haha), what if the disk operating system project was put into halt and AI never took over. in the AU black mesa and aperture are still rivals in the development of teleportation technology, portals are still being experimented on, human test subjects are paid to test, they don’t go through cryo sleep stasis but live their life at aperture in dormitories (let me slice of life portal okay im self indulgent). Aperture still has questionable work ethics and morals but things work slightly more differently. Gladys is the CEO of aperture and she pushes for a lot of work to be done so they can surpass black mesa. Also important to note, Chell registers as a test subject for the cash deal but she also aims to investigate what really happened to her adoptive father who died at Aperture.

that’s the main essence of the au, still working on it and some plots here and there but, like most of my fandom aus, it’s really self indulgent slice of life crap LOL

if you have questions or feedback don’t hesitate to let me know! :>

[little-desi-historian]

Black Historical Figures I think are cool af!

Happy Black History Month! Below the cut you’ll find a list of 10 black historical figures I think are super cool (and often overlooked in favour of their white/non-black counterparts) all of the figures are inspirational to me in some way and I think anyone can learn from their examples, regardless of race.

Dido Elizabeth Belle aka Dido Belle Lindsay - staying the course of your beliefs, knowing you deserve better. Knowing what’s right is more than possible.

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George(s) - don’t let anyone take your talents and passions from you. Those who treat you wrong don’t deserve you.

Phillis Weatly/Phyllis Weatly - no matter what you’ve been subjected to, don’t let anyone take your voice from you.

James Armistead Lafayette - fight (spy) for what you believe in. You may turn out to be the most powerful piece in the fight.

Harriet Tubman - no matter the evils of the world, there are good people out there, don’t forget your strengths and allies.

Freda Josephine Baker (née McDonald) best known simply as Josephine Baker - dance and keep dancing, no matter how bad things are. You only live once.

Bessie Coleman - pursue your dreams no matter who tells you that you can’t. You may match them in renown yet.

Gladys Bentley - wear what you want, speak how you want, and love whomever you choose.

Marsha P. Johnson - be here, be queer, and speak truth to power.

Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson - write, write, write, oh… and don’t fear life.

[april-is]

April 28, 2024: The Mother’s Loathing of Balloons, A.E. Stallings

The Mother’s Loathing of Balloons A.E. Stallings I hate you, How the children plead At first sight—

I want, I need, I hate how nearly Always I

At first say no, And then comply. (Soon, soon

They will grow bored Clutching your Umbilical cord)—

Over the moon, Lighter-than-air, Should you come home,

They’d cease to care— Who tugs you through The front door

On a leash, won’t want you Anymore And will forget you

On the ceiling— Admittedly, A giddy feeling—

Later to find you, Puckered, small, Crouching low

Against the wall. O thin-of-skin And fit to burst,

You break for her Who wants you worst. Your forebear was

The sack of the winds, The boon that gives And then rescinds,

Containing nothing But the force That blows everyone

Off course. Once possessed, Your one chore done,

You float like happiness To the sun, Untethered afternoon,

Unkind, Marooning all You’ve left behind:

Their tinfoil tears, Their plastic cries, Their wheedling

And moot goodbyes, You shrug them off— You do not heed—

O loose bloom                With no root                                  No seed.

--

More A.E. Stallings: + Consolation for Tamar + Homeric Hymn, A.E. Stallings

Today in:

2023: To Be Alive, Gregory Orr 2022: A Metaphor, J. Estanislao Lopez 2021: Ode to the Unbroken World, Which Is Coming, Thomas Lux 2020: What Kind of Times Are These, Adrienne Rich 2019: Conversation with Phillis Wheatley #2, Tiana Clark 2018: Love Poem, Denise Levertov 2017: Young Wife’s Lament, Brigit Pegeen Kelly 2016: For the Confederate Dead, Kevin Young 2015: Awaking in New York, Maya Angelou 2014: when you have forgotten Sunday: the love story, Gwendolyn Brooks 2013: Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey, Hayden Carruth 2012: My Place, Franz Wright 2011: from The Wild Geese, Wendell Berry 2010: Love After Love, Derek Walcott 2009: To This May, W.S. Merwin 2008: Father, Ted Kooser 2007: from Little Sleep’s-Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight, Galway Kinnell 2006: Crusoe in England, Elizabeth Bishop 2005: Dream Song 1, John Berryman

Quick poll on the future of these posts, if you have a moment. <3

[let-me-date-them-bracket]

Some of you seemed interested, so... Submissions for round 2 are opened :)

Characters from the first round that can be re-submitted:

Valdemar, N, Jeff "Joker" Moreau, Cremisius Aclassi, Yosuke Hanamura, Miles Edgeworth, Cloud Strife, Lilith, Kaito Momota, Volkanon, Dimitri, Ren Amamiya, Valerius, Five Pebbles, Peko Pekoyama, Claude, Albert Krueger, Peach, Varric Tethras, Jag, J'zargo, Vanderwood, Wheatley, Tsumugi Aoba, Maya Fey, Hornet, Isabelle, Geralt of Rivia, Keiji Shinogi, Handsome Jack, Goro Akechi, Sans, Yusuke Kitagawa, Victor Blake, Connor, M. Rasmodius, Nagito Komaeda, Krobus, Monika

[chaosmultiverse]

🦁

🦁 my favorite ships

Okay this hard so lmk break it down my major fandom I RP

Horror

Danny x Jake, spefically with my friend Beau

Danny + Norah (aka a qpp ship), spefically with my twin @playedbetter

DC Comics

ZachThad, spefically with @playedbetter again

Slobo x Anita Fite

Booster Gold x Ted Kord

League Of Legends

Jayce x Viktor

Hwei x Jhin

Caitlyn x Vi

Jinx x Lux

Cookie Run

Lilac Cookie x Yougurt Cream Cookie

White Lily Cookie x Prue Vanilla Cookie

Danganronpa

Makoto Naegi x Izuru Kamukura

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu x Peko Pekoyama

Dragon Age

Darrian Tabris (my warden) x Zevran (& Alistair but it's complex) spefically @playedbetter's versions

Marian Hawke (my Hawke) x Anders, spefically @playedbetter's version

Garrett Hawke (Jay's Hawke & twin to Marian) x Fenris

Solas x Zinnia (aka Jay's Inquisitor)

The Iron Bull x Dorian

Maryden x Cole x Krem (x Zither)

Monster Prom

...Despite this being a dating sim for the most part, I don't actually have a OTP, I am sure when Jay gets cooking with Monpom muses I'll get highly specific brainworms

Homestuck

Sollux x Eridan, spefically Jay's version (I'm gonna stop tagging him at this point lol)

Nepeta x Jade

Jane x Roxy

Calliope x Roxy

Payday

Sokol x Jacket

Bain x Dallas

Bain x Duke

Houston x Jacket

Borderlands

Krieg x Maya

Katagawa Jr x Reyes

Claptrap x a victory of some sort for once in his life this robot has suffered more than J-

Tf2

Spy x Sniper

Medic x Heavy

Overwatch

Cole Cassidy x Baptise

Jack Morison x Gabe

Undertale/Deltarune

For Undertale I don't really have any strong ships and Deltarune is not at a point I want to get too invested in ships yet

Don't Strave

Wilson x Maxwell

Death Note

L x Light

The Owl House

Tbh I am not that interested in toh ships

Portal

Chell x Wheatley, spefically Jay's version

[lotus-flower-writes-history]

Masterlist

🚧 Under Construction🚧

The Unofficial Black History Book

Author's Note

Phillis Wheatley

The 16th Street Baptist Bombing

Janet Collins

Juneteenth

Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner

The Tulsa Race Massacre

The Eulogy of Malcolm X

Clara Hale

Maya Angelou

Ruby Bridges

Huey P. Newton

Henry "Box" Brown

Bessie Coleman

The Jim Crow Laws

The 1866 Memphis Massacre

Jessie Owens

Bayard Rustin

Freedom Summer

Fred Hampton

Ella Baker

Colfax Massacre

Della Reese

St. Elmo Brandy

Elbert Frank Cox

Dr. Wade Nobles

Fern Hunt

Henrietta Lacks

Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry

Hattie McDaniel

Red Summer

[mogai-sunflowers]

MOGAI BHM- Belated Day 18!

happy BHM! today i’m going to be talking about seminal Black authors! there are way too many to fit into one post, so i’m choosing a few for this post and including more resources at the end for looking further into the subject!

Phillis Wheatley-

[Image ID: A fuzzied portrait-style painting of Phillis Wheatley, a thin Black women. In the painting, she has a somewhat stoic expression on her face, and her hair is up in a crown of braids. She is wearing a pair of dangling earrings, a pearl necklace, and an off-the-shoulder, puffy-short-sleeved white gown. End ID.]

Phillis Wheatley was perhaps the very first Black person to become a famous writer in America. She was enslaved, but her owners believed she was exceptionally smart, so they taught her to read and write. Phillis began writing poetry at a very young age, and at the age of 13, she published her first poem, called “An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of that Celebrated Divine, and Eminent Servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and Learned George Whitefield ...”, or the Whitefield Elegy, which elevated her to national fame.

Phillis was rejected by many publishing houses in the North because she was of African descent, so she went to London publishing houses instead. There, she met with many noted abolitionists and activists of the time, including Benjamin Franklin. By the age of 18, she had published 28 poems. Her poem anthology, “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious, And Moral” was the first collection of poems ever published by an African-American person. 

Phillis was deeply religious. She often incorporated biblical themes into her writing, and she wrote many elegies, poems about notable people, and poems about her employers. She also wrote poetry about slavery in America, and combined biblical commentary with poetic depictions of slavery to decry the institution. An example of this is her most well-known poem, “On Being Brought From Africa To America”.

It is now believed that Phillis Wheatley wrote around 145 poems, though not all of them were published. She has been both heavily criticized and heavily praised by Black literature critics, but the significance of her poetry and her efforts are undeniable.

Olaudah Equiano-

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A contemporary of Phillis Wheatley, Olaudah Equiano was born to Igbo heritage in West Africa. When he was only eleven, he was kidnapped into slavery. After a few years of travelling with his master, learning the mariner’s trade and being sold a few more times, he was allowed to purchase his own freedom, and after he did so, he moved to London, where he joined the abolition and anti-slavery movement active there. There, with a friend named Ottobah Cugoano, he advocated fiercely for the end of the slave trade.

In 1789, Olaudah’s abolitionist efforts culminated in his publishing of his autobiography, called “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African”. This book was a narrative and exploration of his experiences during his kidnapping, selling, the Middle Passage, and his few years of being enslaved. This autobiography became very popular, and it ushered in a new genre, dubbed the ‘slave narrative’ genre, wherein Black people wrote narratives of their experiences with slavery. This genre helped sustain and advance abolitionist movements.

His narrative was internationally popular. It went through nine editions in some places, was translated into many languages, and became a huge part of abolitionist scholarly work. When he died in 1797, Olaudah hadn’t gotten the chance to see any British action against slavery, but he nonetheless was pivotal in inspiring such action, even posthumously.

Maya Angelou-

[Image ID: A black-and-white photograph of Maya Angelou, a thin Black woman. In the photograph, she is smiling and her hair is held up in a checkered head scarf. She’s wearing a fancy, intricately patterned dress with flower patterns and checker patterns. End ID.]

Born in 1928, Maya Angelou was many, many things- a singer, an actress, a director (Hollywood’s first Black female one), a teacher, an activist, and a dancer- but she was most famous for her writing. Maya was a humanitarian civil rights activist who worked with both Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, and her writing was a beautiful example of her deep drive for justice. In her civil rights work, she was the northern coordinator of Dr. King’s SCLC.

Maya had a traumatic childhood, which she expressed through her most famous work, the one that promoted her to national and even international fame amongst circles of writers, called “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”. In this autobiography, she spoke of her childhood, including the trauma behind how her love for language developed. Maya was a contemporary of another massively famous and important Black author, James Baldwin, who convinced her to write “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” after she returned from living in Cairo and Ghana with her son.

Maya Angelou wrote other autobiographies as well- 6 all totaled. These biographies depicted real-life experiences with racism, sexual abuse, sexism, and other deep issues, which have made her autobiographies somewhat controversial to some. In her final autobiography, titled “A Song Flung Up To Heaven”, she discussed the span of four years in which so much racial violence, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, had such a deep impact on her and the Black community in America. She spoke about how difficult it was to express that pain, and the impact those events had on her.

Maya Angelou was also an incredibly accomplished poet. Her poetry, including volumes like “Just Give Me A Cool Drink Of Water ‘Fore I Diiie”, was very diverse- she wrote about Black beauty and Black pride, womanhood, Black womanhood, social justice, Black American experiences, sexuality, and anti-war activism, and her poetry is perhaps best known for its unabashed celebration of Black female power. 

Maya Angelou also wrote several children's books throughout the 1990s, including “My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, And Me” and “Mrs. Flowers: A Moment Of Friendship”. She has won many Pulitzer Prizes for her work, and is one of the most prolific and influential Black female writers of all time. She passed away in 2014.

James Baldwin-

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Born in 1924, James Baldwin grew up in poverty in Harlem. Having always had a passion for Black justice, he grew up feeling like an outsider due to being a Black gay man. Throughout his life, he would write about the intersectionality of Blackness and sexuality, long before terms for the concept of intersectionality were outlined.

Baldwin is most famous for his earlier works, which he published during the 1950s and the 1960s, the heart of the civil rights movement. Baldwin did work closely with notable civil rights activists. His two first novels were two of his most famous- Go Tell It On The Mountain, a semi-autobiographical work about his childhood and Black issues, and Giovanni’s Room, a book that was ahead of its time for depicting the white world but especially for depicting the struggles of a bisexual man. Around the same time, he published his first collection of essays, titled Notes of A Native Son.

He published another book of essays, called Nobody Knows My Name, in 1961, which became a huge part of Black civil rights movement literature and is known for exploring interracial dynamics and relationships during the time period. This theme, coupled with themes of sexuality, also dominated a second book of his, called Another Country.

Baldwin, who lived in Paris for awhile in later commuted back and forth between America and Paris, embraced an outsider’s position. He was able to gain an outside view of America through living in Paris- he felt that he could not truly be a writer in America due to the stress of always having to look over his shoulder and the suppression he faced in the field as a Black gay man. His work reflected an international view of American racial dynamics.

An article about Baldwin on Black Muslim separatist politics, published in a newspaper in the early 1960s, was turned into a best-selling Baldwin work called The Fire Next Time, undoubtedly one of Baldwin’s most famous works. James Baldwin is also known for his plays- one of which, Blues For Mister Charlie, was performed on Broadway.

Throughout his life, James Baldwin forged a unique path for himself, exploring the realms of Black masculinity and Black sexuality and gender- which both ostracized and elevated him. Today, he is rightfully considered one of history’s most influential and seminal Black writers, and he remains the paradigm for Black gay male literature.

Toni Morrison-

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Undoubtedly one of the most famous, influential, and seminal Black authors of all time, Toni Morrison is perhaps most well-known for her fierce exploration of Black issues in her work, including colorism, slavery, misogynoir, and Black relationships and love. Black culture and storytelling was very formative in her childhood, and influenced the content of her work. An alumnus of Howard University, a famous HBCU, she taught there for several years. In 1993, she won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

In 1970, Morrison released her first book, a novel called The Bluest Eye. A bold novel about beauty standards in the Black community, it told the story of a Black girl who wanted deeply to have blue eyes and was heavily influenced by white beauty standards. This theme of body image issues among Black girls and how colorism affects them, was also echoed in a much later (2015) Morrison work entitled God Help The Child. 

Some other seminal works written by Toni Morrison are Beloved, Song of Solomon, and Jazz. Beloved, which won a Pulitzer Prize, tells the tragic true story of an enslaved woman who tried to escape but was recaptured, causing her to kill her infant daughter because she wanted her to escape a lifetime of slavery. Song of Solomon, a tale from the perspective/narration of a Black man trying to find his identity, elevated Morrison to national fame. Jazz, a 1992 novel set in the 1920s, was about passion and violence during the time period. 

Toni Morrison has also written several childrens books along with her son, as well as essays and speeches, the latter two of which have been compiled in such volumes as “What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction” and “The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations”. In 2005, Morrison won the Coretta Scott King Award for her book Remember, which chronicled the lives of Black children during the fight for school integration during the Civil Rights Movement. In 2019, after passing away at the age of 88, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor.

Amiri Baraka-

[Image ID: A black-and-white photograph of Amiri Baraka, a thin Black man with an afro and a beard. In the photograph, he has a stoic expression on his face, and he’s wearing a black cloak of sorts with a necklace over his garments. He’s standing at a podium crowded with several microphones and gripping the side of the podium. End ID.]

Born in 1934, Amiri Baraka was for decades one of the most prominent Black voices in American literature, especially as it pertained to civil rights and racial justice. After attending Howard University, an HBCU, and spending 3 years in the Air Force, he began publishing very incendiary works, like his essays and poetry, which spoke fiercely about racial pride and racial justice, and were often very difficult for white audiences to engage with.

In the 1950s, he aligned himself with beat poetry and beat poets like Allen Ginsburg and Jack Kerouac, and in the 1960s, he became more radical, aligning himself with Black nationalism and the Black Power movement. He is well-known for his poetry about Black politics, which was critical to the literature of the Black Power Movement. In 1965, he ushered in the Black Arts Movement by founding a studio theater for Black artists in Harlem.

Amiri Baraka aligned himself more with third-world movements during the 1970s. His plays and poetry expressed his desires, and though he remains controversial to this day, he is also undoubtedly one of the most important Black writers from the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power eras.

Summary-

Phillis Wheatley, the first famous Black American writer, wrote large amounts of poetry during the 18th century, and was propelled to national and international fame

Olaudah Equiano, a contemporary of Phillis Wheatley, helped largely to promote British abolitionist politics through his internationally famous autobiography which he published in 1789

Maya Angelou was a multitalented singer, dancer, actress, and most famously a writer whose poetry and memoirs detailed civil rights and Black existence in America

James Baldwin was a Black gay man who was active in the Civil Rights Movement and wrote seminal works about Black sexuality

Toni Morrison, who won the Nobel Prize in 1993, explored Black womanhood, Black culture, Black community dynamics, and Black sexuality through her prolific novels and writings

Amiri Baraka was a controversial, nationalist Black artist who wrote incendiary essays and poetry about Black identity and Black power, and helped found the Black Arts Movement

tagging @metalheadsforblacklivesmatter​ @bfpnola​ @intersexfairy​ 

Sources-

https://www.britannica.com/art/African-American-literature/Prose-drama-and-poetry

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley 

https://npg.si.edu/blog/phillis-wheatley-her-life-poetry-and-legacy

https://slaveryandremembrance.org/people/person/?id=PP003

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olaudah-Equiano

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maya-angelou

https://www.mayaangelou.com/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Toni-Morrison

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amiri-baraka

https://poets.org/poet/amiri-baraka

https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Baldwin

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/james-baldwin-s-sexuality-complicated-influential-n717706

[wrenthemoralfander]

Listen:

Why do I want these characters to interact with each other? I personally think the conversations would you be interesting. But like… Why do I either want them to be friends, know each other, or want to give them a reason to fight?

John “Soap” McTavish (MW2) and Ethan Winters(Resident Evil Biohazard/Village)?

Nea Karlsson (Dead By Daylight), Ada Wong (Resident Evil) and Carmen Sandiego?

Lee Everett(TWDG), Joel Miller(TLoU) and Ethan Winters?

Ace Visconti and Doug Houser (Dark Deception)?

Ellie (TLoU), Clementine(TWDG), and Rosemary Winters (Resident Evil Village/Shadow of Rose)?

Amanda (Amanda The Adventurer) and Agatha (Dark Deception)?

Simon “Ghost” Riley (MW2) and Reaper(Overwatch)?

Dale Horvath and Michonne? (TWD)

Kitana (MK) and Lady Urbosa (Breath of The Wild)?

Kaeya (Genshin Impact) and Link (Breath of the Wild)?

Rick Grimes (TWD) and Lee Everett (Telltale: The Walking Dead Video Game)?

Dale Horvath(TWD) and Joel Miller(TLoU)?

Ethan Winters (Resident Evil Village) and Doug Houser (Dark Deception)?

Parvati Holcomb (The Other Worlds) and Caleb Quinn (Dead By Daylight)?

The Duke (Resident Evil Village), Joel Miller and Ellie Williams (TLoU)?

The Plain Doll (Bloodborne) and Donna Beneviento (Resident Evil Village)?

The Duke, Lee Everett and Clementine (Telltale: The Walking Dead Video Game)?

Cicero (Skyrim) and Jinx (League of Legends/Arcane)?

Revali (Breath of The Wild) and Hanzo (Overwatch)?

Caleb Quinn and Karl Heisenberg(Resident Evil Village)?

Gavin Reed (D:BH) and Revali (Breath of The Wild)?

Parvati Holcomb(The Outer Worlds) and Karl Heisenberg (Resident Evil Village)?

Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) and Arnetta Larkin (World War Z: The Video Game)?

John “Soap” McTavish(MW2) and Ana (Overwatch)?

Father Sergei Popov (World War Z: The Video Game) and Vicar Max (The Outer Worlds)?

Lisa (Genshin Impact) and Zatanna Zatara (DC)?

Feng Min(Dead By Daylight) and Parvati Holcomb (The Outer Worlds)?

Whistle/Willow Zimmerman (DC) and Yondu (Marvel)?

Nyoka (The Outer Worlds) and Diluc Ragnvindr (I just think a conversation between them would be entertaining)

Sarah Williams (Labyrinth) and Bilbo Baggins (The Hobbit/The Lord of The Rings) {Just for shits and giggles}

Aloy (Horizon: Zero Dawn) and Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)

Ralph (Detroit: Become Human) and Wheatley (Portal 2)

Maya (At Dead of Night), Nea (Dead by Daylight) and Sarah (Labyrinth)

Please someone just tell me why I want these conversations.

[dear-indies]

fc masterlist updates:

fc wishlist:

Blake Patrick Anderson (?) - is queer - actor.

Alex Thomas-Smith (?) - non-binary - they/he - actor, model, instagrammer.

fat/plus size:

Ali Adel (1998) Egyptian - actor. 

Laura Adlington (?) - instagrammer.

disabled:

Alex Parra / alex1leg (2000) - instagrammer and youtuber.

updated that Gabe Adams come out as a trans woman**

black lgbt:

Alex Thomas-Smith (?) - non-binary - they/he - actor, model, instagrammer.

updated Yasmin Benoit's ethnicity**

nonb:

Diana King (1970) Afro-Jamaican / Indo-Jamaican - non-binary and lesbian - they/them/it - singer-songwriter.

Zanele Muholi (1972) Black South African - non-binary - they/them - artist and visual activist.

Honey Mahogany / Alpha Mulugeta (1983) Ethiopian - non-binary - she/they - drag artist and singer.

Thishiwe Ziqubu (1985) Zulu South African - non-binary - he/they - actor, director, and writer.

Honey Davenport / James Heath-Clark (1986) African-American - non-binary they/them - drag artist and singer.

Caldwell Tidicue / Bob the Drag Queen (1986) African-American - non-binary, pansexual and poly - he/her - drag artist, comedian, activist, musician, songwriter, and reality television personality.

IRAWNIQ (1986) Mexican / African-american - genderfluid and lesbian - she/they - singer and rapper.

Ian Isiah (1989) Afro-Trinidadian - pangender and pansexual - he/him - singer, director, and artist.

E. / MHYSHA (1990) African-American - non-binary - they/them - artist and singer.

Monét X Change / Kevin Bertin (1990) Afro-Saint Lucian - non-binary - drag artist.

Dahlia Sin / Erick Anthony (1991) Afro-Brazilian - non-binary - drag artist.

MegaGoneFree (2001) African American - non-binary and pansexual - she/they - singer-songwriter.

Megane Mercury (?) Black Spanish - non-binary - he/she/they - model and singer.

Anjimile (?) African-American - non-binary - he/they - folk musician.

Yves Tumor (?) African-American - non-binary - they/them - singer. 

Dreamcrusher (?) African-Ameirican - non-binary - they/them - singer.

Maxi Glamour (?) African-American -  non-binary - they/fae - drag artist and reality star.

Maya Finoh (?) African-American - non-binary - they/them - model. 

Squishyykins (?) Black - agender - it/its and any pronouns- Instagrammer.

Hollow Eve / Caitlin Crandall (?) African-American - non-binary - they/them - drag artist - tw for horror imagery. 

Alex Thomas-Smith (?) - non-binary - they/he - actor, model, instagrammer.

Grove (?) Black British - non-binary and queer - they/them - DJ.

updated Sonny Kiss' pronouns**

trans:

Louïz (1984) Réunionese - singer, dancer, Miss International Queen France 2020, and choreographer.

Jazell Barbie Royale (1987) African-American - model and singer.

Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile (1988) Motswana - singer, performance artist, and writer.

Kia LaBeija (1990) African-American / Filipino - artist - is HIV positive.

Backxwash / Ashanti Mutinta (1991) Zambian - rapper and producer.

Bobrisky (1992) Nigerian - internet personality and actress.

Gabe Adams-Wheatley (?) Brazilian - has Hanhart syndrome, is a wheelchair user and congenital amputee - is trans - Instagrammer.

Kelet (?) Somali - model and actress.

Kokumo (?) African-American - singer and poet.

KC Ortiz (?) African-American - artist, rapper, musician, writer, and entertainer.

[deathbypufferfish]

Fall has arrived! 🍂

Marinella had her first day of school! It turns out she's a huge metal head and she uses it to gas herself up in the morning.

Oscar recently developed the Outdoorsy Lifestyle.

Sibel discovered what fire is.

The vet clinic has been making good money! Miyu and Oscar have been saving up to take a family vacation soon.

[shrimperini]

june 20 is my headcanon birthday for chell :3 happy birthday girl 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 i love her so much

[baxtervalentine]

FAVORITE CHARACTER BRACKET: Round One!

a poll bracket with a bunch of my favorite characters!

Eldona Valkenheiser vs. Baxter the Clown (x)

Glen vs. Ruby Gloom (x)

Maya Fey vs. Phantump (x)

Barb vs. Janice (x)

Too-Ticky vs. Rachel Bighead (x)

Strong Sad vs. Edd (x)

Baikinman vs. Wheatley (x)

M1-RE vs. My Melody (x)

Sergeant Jackrum vs. Snook the Sloth (x)

Henrietta von Marzipan vs. Abbey Bominable (x)

Captain Amelia Smollett vs. Sasha Nein (x)

Merasmus the Magician vs. Winter Warlock (x)

Max vs. Duck (x)

Pyro vs. Rabbit (x)

Kinga Forrester vs. Lady Redundant Woman (x)

Floofty Fizzlebean vs. Doc Ock (x)

[april-is]

April 28, 2023: To Be Alive, Gregory Orr

To Be Alive Gregory Orr

To be alive: not just the carcass but the spark. That’s crudely put, but. . . If we’re not supposed to dance, why all this music?

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Today in: 

2022: A Metaphor, J. Estanislao Lopez 2021: Ode to the Unbroken World, Which Is Coming, Thomas Lux 2020: What Kind of Times Are These, Adrienne Rich 2019: Conversation with Phillis Wheatley #2, Tiana Clark 2018: Love Poem, Denise Levertov 2017: Young Wife’s Lament, Brigit Pegeen Kelly 2016: For the Confederate Dead, Kevin Young 2015: Awaking in New York, Maya Angelou 2014: when you have forgotten Sunday: the love story, Gwendolyn Brooks 2013: Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey, Hayden Carruth 2012: My Place, Franz Wright 2011: from The Wild Geese, Wendell Berry 2010: Love After Love, Derek Walcott 2009: To This May, W.S. Merwin 2008: Father, Ted Kooser 2007: from Little Sleep’s-Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight, Galway Kinnell 2006: Crusoe in England, Elizabeth Bishop 2005: Dream Song 1, John Berryman

[userparamore]

2022 creation summary

a creation for every month of 2022

post your favorite or most popular post from each month this year (it’s okay to skip months)

i was tagged by @daenerys-stormborn​ and @elena-gilbert​, thank you so much mali and tanya!! <3 i was a little inactive in the first half of this year tbh

january:

fave: song for sharon by joni mitchell - collage art pop: turn it off by paramore - collage art

february:

fave: my favorite lyrics from flowers for vases/descansos & paramore | monster pop: hayley + GDY & i guess by mitski - collage art

march:

fave: paramore + screenshotsofdespair​ pop: hayley + GDY’s tiktok

april:

fave: harry styles at coachella + 🌈 pop: hayley at coachella with billie eilish

may:

fave: 5 years of after laughter & satellite by harry styles - collage art pop: hayley williams | 2015 -> 2022 & daylight by harry styles - collage art

june:

fave: strangers by ethel cain - collage art pop: 15 years of riot

july:

fave: rhaenyra & alicent + art by dough wheatley & both sides now by joni mitchell | 1970 -> 2022 pop: rhaenyra targaryen + HOTD trailer

august:

fave: my limb by hayley williams - collage art & rhaenyra costume appreciation & types of people at tourneys | HOTD 1.01 pop: rhaenyra + alicent in 1.01

september:

fave: first and last appearance of milly alcock as rhaenyra & #i support women’s rights to be covered in blood | HOTD 1.03 pop: #a plague and a headache | HOTD 1.04

october:

fave: paramore | this is why & HOTD + official art pop: HOTD | 1.08

november:

fave: htsyhb and crystal clear parallel - collage art & paramore + 🌈 & hayley in atlanta & the blacks & the greens pop: #hayley saying “gay” for a minute straight in respons to florida’s “don’t say gay” policy

december:

fave: rose-colored boy and the news parallel & HOTD: end of the year review - 1.08 pop: paramore | the news

no pressure tags: @iero, @taylorisapuppy, @paramores, @petersevan, @tomlinsun, @cellphonehippie, @mercymaker, @maya-hawke, @hoe-biwan, @milesgmorales, @cindymooons

[menagerie-politics]

Thank you JK Rowling for inspiring, all the women mentioned above as well as, in no specific order;

Sappho

Virginia Woolf

Harper Lee

Zora Neale Hurston

Lousia May Alcott

Alice Walker

Edith Wharton

Xue Tao

Charlotte Brontë

Anne Brontë

Sei Shonagon

Frau Ava

Li Qingzhao

Catherine Parr

Arangela Tarbotti

Phillis Wheatley

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Maya Angelou

Laura Riding

Beatrix Potter

and many other amazing female authors worldwide.

but yeah, jkr paved the road for female authors everywhere!! Better thank her because now women can write!!

Can’t believe Jane Austen wrote Pride and Prejudice in the 2000s

And in 2015 Emily Brontë released literary clsssic Wuthering Heights

Thank God someone paved the way for them…