“you don’t like the proliferation of terms like Unalive outside of TikTok because you realize that you’re aging out of youth culture and it makes you uncomfortable!”
no I don’t like it because there’s something INCREDIBLY dystopian about being forced to soften terms for basic parts of the human experience like death and sex (and even more so terms for oppressed minorities- call me a “le-dollar sign-bian” and I will bite you) purely because advertisers and corporations demand it
What and who is included in the lgbt/queer/gay(general) communities aren’t always super clear cut actually and like... that’s fine.
Like a cishet man that likes doing drag likely doesn’t consider himself queer and neither would any of his queer/lgbt friends but he might still be super active in the community and mostly hang out with gay guys and bring his girlfriend to pride and maybe even perform at pride. And maybe the queer community is where he feels most at home because he’s kind of feminine, and doing drag is a big part of his life.
Irl probably almost nobody would kick this guy out. A lot of internet discourse would. But that kind of makes no sense.
I grew up in the theatre community, and after I learned what being gay was I discovered that gay people were everywhere in theatre. But so were straight people that just kind of fell outside of societal norms a bit. Straight people that often just felt more comfortable around gay people because they could just be themselves.
And yeah that’s an obvious example of people that aren’t queer hanging out in queer spaces but there’s also a ton of gray area. Straight polyamorous people for example. People that identify as cis that “crossdress” or even do some things that might be considered to be part of “transitioning”. Or some intersex people that don’t id with the lgbt community. Or people that id as non binary but not as trans.
At some point you need to stop trying to figure out who definitively belongs in the club because like... there is no club. Irl queer spaces tend to cover huge swaths of people. There’s a lot of gray area. And also you’ll also tend to find a lot of cishet gender conforming people in these spaces too. Because their significant other or a family member or a good friend is lgbt+ or because they’re poly or because they just feel more comfortable around queer people or they just feel like fighting for gay rights is something that they’re supposed to be doing. And if they’re respectful and the space isn’t explicitly “no cishet right now” then like, them being there isn’t that much of an issue usually.
All of this internet discourse that tries to exclude or bully people just isn’t grounded in reality.
Absolutely this. I have known cis straight drag queens who were totally welcomed at the gay club right alongside trans people.
One of the biggest activists in Pensacola for the queer community is a cis, straight former priest who sacrificed his career standing up to the Orthodox Church on the issue of queer rights just because it was the right thing to do. We did a lot of work together and of course he was totally welcomed. He still often gets invited to speak at queer events. Last thing I heard, he served as interim pastor for the queer church when they lost their pastor for a bit.
Never ask an Italian how to say “I love you” in Italian because they can and will fuck with you
fanfic writers my beloved, you have made miracles with those Solangelo's sexual-tension-be-like-oh-you-are-so-gorgy-i-be-lovey-sniff-sniff scenes, where they just gaze into the other's eyes and wonder expectations. making all of us readers scream in pain and loneliness.
but headcanon they are just very straight forward and shy and being the awkward teenger they are, trying to get it.
Nico: Hello William.
Will: hi
Nico: I have this block of sugary thing that my dearest sister has handsomely honored upon.
Will: oh Hazel made a cake? thats very nice of her
Nico: Indeed.
Nico: Apologies, my good friend. For spoons have not assisted with me here. And forks are forever begone. I can not accompany you and have this nourishment together.
Will: oh ok, well, let me go get some spoons then—
Nico: Blasphemy.
Will: ok
Will: well im just gonna eat it later, u really dont wanna? Hazel made them for you too
Nico: Fear not, William. It is I who requested her such edible treasure, but I too, wanted nothing but rejoice them proudly to you.
Will: aw...even tho they are chocolate?
Nico: That is, a misfortune.
Will: hm i thought you like chocola—
Nico: Hold one's tongue! Such sinful judges. I do not, William Andrew Solace, you have failed me once again.
Will: oh darn sorry
Will: you wanna kiss?
Nico: oh my goodly gods, finally, you are so annoying i hate you so much why are you like this why—is this one of your many stupid hobbies for gods sake—
i'm convinced this is an ad for every product in existence
So. Today in class we assigned Macbeth roles to students to read. When I asked the class who wants to be Lady Macbeth, a young man raised his hand. I kind of stared at him like “Lady Macbeth,” and he nodded like “I know what I’m about ma’am.” So then the student who ended up as Macbeth raised his hand and said “HE’S THE ONE, HE’S MY WIFE!” So I said “yeah sure why not,” and the entire class period they were blowing kisses to each other and winking at each other, and every now and then Macbeth would say “I’m the luckiest man on Earth” and Lady Macbeth would put a hand to his chest, and be like “BABE!”.
I just stared at them, knowing that they CLEARLY have never read ‘Macbeth’ before, so… all this lovey dovey… I don’t know if I have the heart to tell them the truth.
Update:
THIS is what “boys will be boys” ACTUALLY means
I want a love worth waiting for...
there is a light that never goes out, the smiths // unknown // i will follow you into the dark, death cab for cutie // the fortune teller, caravaggio // pride and prejudice (2005) // my private broadway, lin zhipeng // hilda, season one episode two // unknown
gonna start decomposing soon for so many reasons
reblog to decompose
you know you want to
it's soooo messed up how you have to go and do work to get money. im literally a cute girl
Never try to control the radio when your in the car with a child of Apollo because they have a 200 song playlist for this exact situation and are ready to use it
shitting tears to the thought of either will or nico canonly listening to lil nas x
