#the repulsive bed

[weirdlookindog]

Clarence John Laughlin (1905–1985) - The Repulsive Bed, 1941

“The house has corrupted, and the marriage bed has disintegrated -- turning into a monstrous head of repulsion, whose snout rests on the hip of the nameless figure in black -- thus crystallizing the repugnance of the bed to her” — Clarence John Laughlin

[shell-th]

"Referring to his own fraught relationships with women, Laughlin described this ethereal photograph of a woman lounging atop a collapsed, tattered bed in a decaying house as an “Image of those who endure marriage, without love, because of convention. [The] marriage bed becomes repulsive, and part of it turns into a monster head.” The veil across the woman’s face gives her a haunting look, as if she is fading away along with the house around her. The cracks in the wall reinforce the idea of a fractured, failing marriage, while the shadows envelop her in darkness."

Source

Clarence John Laughlin. The Repulsive Bed. 1941

[icelogged]

[unityrain24]

hate when people refer to sex as "the bedroom." also hate how "slept/sleeping together" is a way to say "had/having sex together." why do you hate romance. why do you hate platonic. why must everything be about sex. did you really have to use platonic/romantic/nuetral terms and make them about sex. can't you just use sexual terms for sexual things.

[ogenoger]

and I'm not happy and I'm not sad

[aroapl]

Recreated the original friendship/plato favorability flags in full size and high quality, and also made the two that were missing (desired and piqued) to complete the set. This was done for archival purposes for a project I'm working on.

No idea if this has already been done, but if it has I couldn't find them, so here ya go.

The flags from left to right and top to bottom:

Plato Favorable | Plato Indifferent | Plato Averse

Plato Desired | Plato Ambivalent | Plato Repulsed

Plato Piqued | Plato Oscillating | Plato Drained

[Image ID: All the flags have a vertical yellow stripe on the left that takes up a third of the flag. It has a yellow semi-circle coming out of it to the right, and inside of it is a circle that matches the background color and a symbol.

The plato favorable flag has a red background and a white plus sign symbol.

The plato indifferent flag has a light gray background and a black hollow circle symbol.

The plato averse flag has a gray background and a white tilde symbol.

The plato desired flag has a red background and a white check mark symbol.

The plato ambivalent flag has a blue background and a light gray double tilde symbol.

The plato repulsed flag has a gray background and a white minus sign symbol.

The plato piqued flag has a red background and a white up arrow symbol.

The plato oscillating flag has a blue to light blue horizontal gradient background and a white wavy line symbol.

The plato drained flag has a gray background and a white low battery symbol. End ID]

[duckyfann9871]

The asexual x allo dating dynamic is so wack because you guys will have sex like once a month and they’ll be really needy for you but you’re like “?? We literally JUST had sex!” And they’ll be like “no we didn’t, it’s been like 2 weeks” and you have to remember how some people literally do this like every other day HOW

[a-blip-of-billdip]

this isnt what i usually post on this blog but I'm already sick of all the memes and 'jokes'. I am almost certainly leaving the fandom for good now because of the book of bills release and NO it is not because billford's community has an influx of supporters.

So the worship and romanticization of asylums and other abusive practices for mental health have been steadily gaining traction in recent years, especially with the rise of tiktok's toxicity.

SO many people, especially younger people, regularly talk about how they want lobotomies or how women they don't like should be lobotomized. They get tattoos of lobotomy like it's some quirky fun thing and not one of the most horrific tortures someone can endure.

These same people, ESPECIALLY leftists, will look at anyone they disagree with or don't like and say "get institutionalized, loser" or "et therapy" and it's always in a mocking way. it's always in a policing way.

because these people know that mental wards strip everyone of their freedom and their bodily autonomy. they know these places arent for healing--theyre for silencing.

So the amount of people i see treating bill being institutionalized like a good thing---even the writers and alex himself?

Yeah. Im out ✌🏼

[hostradio]

sunday headcanon but it's literally me just declaring alarie is 100% unfuckable.

[kamikazeonwings]

me: man i really wish i had a romantic partner :((

how i look after imagining being in a romantic relationship:

[therosicheeks]

I hope your days aren't as heavy and dark, I am sending all the positive thoughts your way. You deserve the best, fairy princess. <3

😭

[relevant-url-incoming]

The thing about the "is Theron good in bed" poll floating around rn is my aceness comes in a flavour where I have no idea what constitutes being good in bed, and when i ponder it i get very confused, but also I'm not sure that my only character (so far) who's actually fucked Theron would know the answer either. Kit is deathly afraid of many things and unfortunately for him that includes the process of assessing and/or stating what he wants from a sexual partner. Defining "good in bed" is actually a circle in Kitiver's personal hell

[chemicalarospec]

no cuz one time I helped my friend (whose wrist was hurt) take off a necklace (which I gave her because her parents are transphobic) and I literally think it's the most intimate moment I will ever experience in my life.

[official-bunbun]

wait oh my god massive brain. prince solar and eclipse are so fucking queerplatonic i am a FOOL

[trans-leek-cookie]

as a certified Aromantic Asexual (I should make myself a certificate) I genuinely don't Believe there is systemic oppression that specifically targets Aromantic or Asexual people.

I do however believe that people Cannot be normal about ppl who don't have sex or romantic relationships, and that can Really Impact Aromantic And Asexual People.

Also like. Aros n aces are still. Experiences Other forms of oppression that can interact with the aro and/or ace-ness

[mars-ipan]

they need to invent sex without the sex