I made these as a birthday gift for my partner, out of balls of our actual hair: they have very long black hair and I have very long, usually pink hair. There is a lot of hair going on at all times.
You can’t say I’m not romantic 😂💖
finally got around to photographing this experimental guy! I went through many different glaze tests trying to figure out if I could get a gradient effect out of my celadons and finally got it to work on him. im so happy with how he turned out and will definitely be playing with this glaze technique more in the future!!
skills: walking around at night holding a candelabra looking scared
"anyone can do that" yeah but i'm really good at it
wonderful finds at a thrift store in Perth, Australia
This seems insane, but I can’t exactly call it unhinged.
Perisex (non-intersex) people please take time to work through this. I'd also appreciate if you reblogged, even if you don't have time to do the exercise.
When you think of an 'intersex body', what comes to mind?
-Do you think of a stereotypical "hermaphrodite"? (Ex. a penis + vagina, a penis + pair of breasts, a very feminine person with a beard)
Do you, or have you ever, used one of the following arguments;
-Intersex people are living proof that trans people exist/that gender/sex is not binary
-Intersex existing disproves everything TERFs/transphobes believe in
-Cis kids with hormone issues are allowed to take HRT or participate in sports, which is hypocritical against trans people
-Nobody is forcing kids into sex reassignment surgery or hormones, that isn't a thing that happens
-Any kind of argument which uses intersex people as a statistic, whether that is framing intersex people existing as either "common" or "rare"
Do you, or have you ever, said any of the following statements;
-Technically I'm biologically intersex now because I took HRT/had surgery, which makes me biologically nonbinary aka intersex
-I tell people that I am intersex/have a hormone condition to avoid discrimination
-I wish I was born as/could become intersex, it would help my dysphoria a lot
-Intersex people are so lucky because they're already biologically nonbinary, they don't even need to transition
-This animal was born with a mix of sex characteristics/without a sex/developed characteristics of the opposite sex over time, which means they're nonbinary/trans
When it comes to sex, do you;
-Believe that sex is binary
-Believe that all intersex people are infertile
-Believe that all intersex people produce both sperm and egg
-Fantasize about intersex bodies, or consume or create porn that displays either intersex bodies or exaggerated stereotypes of hermaphroditic bodies
-Ask invasive questions about what genitals or reproductive organs an intersex person has
-Treat AFAB/AMAB the same as "[non-medically-transitioned] perisex female/perisex male", such as saying "AFAB anatomy" when you really mean vulva, vagina, uterus, ovaries, breasts, and so on
-Believe that HRT/surgery makes you intersex
-Believe that intersex only covers certain types of variation in sex and not others (Ex. Counting ovotestes, CAIS, and CAH as intersex but not counting PCOS or Klinefelter's)
When it comes to creating (artwork, writing, videos, etc), do you;
-Wish to include an intersex character, but do little or no research on how to write/draw them
-Fail to consider how your work will affect real-life intersex people consuming your work
-Ask random intersex people to help you create an intersex character
-Wish to include an intersex character because you personally think intersex people are interesting, or because you are seeking to include as many marginalized identities as you can
-Create intersex characters because you personally find them sexy
-Refer to characters as "hermaphrodites"
-If you create pride artwork or sell pride artwork, if you include a large variety of other LGBT+ identities but do not include intersex, why is this?
When it comes to advocacy work, do you;
-Fail to bring up intersex issues in conversations which should directly involve them, such as the Kansas bathroom bill
-Attempt to push intersex people out of queer spaces by saying that they are not queer
-Fail to recognize or acknowledge how many anti-queer and anti-trans arguments are inherently also anti-intersex arguments
-Say that intersex people are just "collateral damage" or "just caught in the crossfire/targeted by mistake" when it comes to discussing discrimination
-Never think to bring intersex flags or pins or similar to pride even as an ally, contributing to pride being vastly void of intersex pride
-Never attempt to organize protests specifically for intersex rights, or never bring intersex issues up in LGBTQIA+ support groups or resource centers or online
-Never educate others on intersex issues or lift up intersex voices
-Believe that intersex people have more rights than other marginalized groups, or that they are not discriminated against for being intersex
-Believe that all intersex people who are discriminated against are only discriminated against because people believe that they are transgender
Now, not all of these will point towards internalized intersexism; however, if you find yourself hitting several points listed here, you do likely have some internalized biases and intersexism to unpack.
I appreciate this! I'm happy to say that I already don't believe/do many of the incorrect things about intersex people.
I will say, are intersex people not living proof that sex is not binary? (Okay, the phrase "living proof is a bit dehumanizing, but they are still proof.) It seems like if someone's body is neither binary male or binary female, so intersex, wouldn't that be proof that sex is not binary?
Thank you!
Yes, we are "proof" that sex is not binary.
Yes, it is also often dehumanizing to call us "living proof".
But the main issue with this statement is not the truth of it - It is that we are constantly used as bullets in arguments to shoot TERFs/transphobes with but never cared about outside of that context. If we are not being used to prove anti-queers wrong, we are ignored entirely. We are discourse chips to people rather than human beings that face our own unique kinds of discrimination.
I have never seen a single person who uses the "Intersex people are living proof" argument ever give a shit about intersex rights outside of that argument. No sharing of resources, educating people, correcting people on their intersexism, bothering to learn about intersex people or our issues, no organization of intersex protests, nothing. A reblog/share of something an intersex person said once at best. It all feels so performative.
Leopardy!
So? #girlboss
It was really fucked up, and the leopards seems worried that it might be next
Voltron Paladins and whether I think their first instinct is to have a battle of wits or to physically scrap when arguing
Pidge and Keith: They scrap they always scrap, they'll start by like elbowing each other and soon Keith is trying to pick pidge up by the scruff of her neck to throw her while pidge is trying to bite his arm
Lance and Hunk: Battle of wits, those two wouldn't stoop to scrapping would never, they'll just try to outwit each other, which you'd think Lance would lose in terms of like a debate of expertise in topics, but Lance has got that charm and knowing people (at least how I view Lance he does... if I'm talking about the characters I'm never talking about Canon portrayals unless I outright state it) so he can get Hunk by just being better at arguing sometimes
Hunk and Keith: Keith is generally scrappy but Hunk isn't and he's not budging on that stance, but tbh these two rarely argue, they're chill
Lance and Pidge: Battle of wits and Lance is on par for the same reasons as Hunk but then Pidge will start getting scrappy and Lance will have yo try to redirect cause if pidge starts fighting he's gonna lose. He's got some hand to hand combat down but with his own siblings, his way is talking them down and pidge is just chaos
Lance and Keith: Bit of both, Lance tries to keep it more battle of wits cause he's well aware Keith will crush him, but the rizz he tries to use with pidge and Hunk is not as effective most of the time cause Keith is somewhat immune (unless it's flirting based then he gets bewildered.) Honestly, in terms of physical scraps, they mostly just shove each other that's it
Shiro and Keith: Shiro and Lance conflict resolve in a somewhat similar way, though while Lance tries to outwit his opponent, Shiro is moreso trying to get them on his side, so it's more effective. Though when he and Keith were younger, it was non-stop scraps on Keith's end think Lilo and stitch, Lilo licking nani's arm and trying to hide in a dryer and hammering nails into the door while Nani sets traps and yellsnthreats cause she's so very tired with Lilo just turning elvis up on her
Shiro with all the other paladins: Battle of wits, maybe with keith he can go about scrapping cause Keith's his younger brother but he can't very well go around scrapping with other people's children, he's a grown man and the responsible one
Allura and Keith: SCRAP SCRAP SCRAP SCRAP
Allura and Lance: Battle of wits, but Allura can combat Lance's charm well and get him with her own, so it's usually more in her favour
Allura and Pidge: Scrap, but mostly cause Pidge will offer to fight it out and Allura will try charm but will give in to scrap request
Allura and Hunk: Battle of wits, but similarly to Keith and Hunk, Hunk has that chill effect, so they rarely argue, but when they do, battle of wits
Coran and all the other paladins: SCRAP- No I'm kidding, battle of wits, and also no one ever wins against coran no matter how right they think they are.
preserving this here bc op turned off reblogs
& the thrilling sequel
yeah bro it's a character study. the 2 thousand words of blowjob is vital to the study of the character
this clip from make some noise s1e8 with oscar montoya and brennan lee mulligan is the only super mario bros content i care about personally
brennan lee mulligan has the greatest superpower: the unlimited ability to make an absolutely off-the-cuff monologue and then follow it up with the ultimate turnaround. he can share the power with others
but credit also needs to be firmly planted in the hands of oscar for hearing the prompt say "dramatic video game cutscene" and then going "got it, mario and luigi."
