— Ernest Hemingway

Michael Cunningham, from “The Hours,” originally published c. 1998

An original piece created on 9" x 12" bristol paper using Indian ink and Copic markers of my Original Character, Joy! The original is for sale on my Etsy. 

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Peryton!!

Like, people who identify as Queer know the word is used like a slur. Trust me, we know.

So when we say “queer is a slur” was started by terfs, maybe use some critical thinking and try to understand what we mean. That is, if you actually care about queer people and the damage terfs do, rather that just screaming “queer is a slur!” and ignoring the actual point.

Terfs did not like that queer was reclaimed. End of. This is a fact. Queer was too broad, too accepting, and embraced all the people they wanted gone. And I know y'all exclusionists feel the same but get pissed when we point it out so you deny it, but sit down and listen for a minute.

Queer was the preferred term for poc. For bisexuals. For trans people. For people with multiple identities. It neatly encapsulated everything, and was a friendly community to those who felt thrown under the bus by mainstream LGBT activism. It was a political and social statement, “you treated my like I was different and weird, and guess what? I am and that’s something to be proud of.”

So the response? “You can’t use that word. Its bad. Its a slur.”

And at the time, a lot of people rolled their eyes. Everyone knew why they didn’t like the word and brushed that off. It was fine.

So they started more subtly. “Just so you know this word is very harmful and is a slur so be careful how you use it :))) in case you didn’t know :)))) its a slur :))) friendly reminder :))) for the sake of other people of course :))))” type shit on every post involving the word, including and especially posts simply mentioning self identification.

Always worded in friendly, concerned ways, like the derailment was meant to be nice and considerate, and not about normalizing their rhetoric.

And what happened because of that was a younger generation of community kids growing up with these statements being thrown at them and absorbed on every. Single. Post. That. Mentionioned. Queer.

The result? That same generation of kids cutting it all short, removing the meant-to-be-palatable niceness, to just say “queer is a slur.”

Exactly how it was originally intended. “Queer is a slur.” People drop on posts where young queer people talk about it being a self identifier that actually fits them. “Its a slur,” they comment, with nothing else, on posts they clearly didn’t read past that word, written by people twice their age who had reclaimed it before they were even born.

Its nasty. Its disgusting. It’s plain old bigotry, whether the people saying know it or not. It is a terf tactic, plain and simple.

And no one wants to deny that it is indeed used as a slur (right along with all the rest of our identities.) No one wants to be insensitive and force it on people who haven’t reclaimed it.

But invading queer people’s posts to spit “queer is a slur” is flat out queerphobic. You do the dirty work of terfs, of cis straight oppressors, by saying in one simple sentence: “its a dirty word, there is no pride in it, you haven’t/can’t reclaim(ed) it.”

And regardless of your actual intentions, when you do this, that is EXACTLY what you are communicating and doing.

“Queer is a slur” is a terf movement. Stop fucking supporting terfs just because you want to pretend like it isn’t.

This is why I block people who say ‘Queer is a slur.’ 

You quack like a terf, I block you like a terf. 

This thing was so weird to me when I first encountered it on tumblr, because like… in academia

queer studies

 is a thing. Queer Theory is a thing. If I search my Uni’s library for ‘queer’ I get 138,481 results. Here are some of them: 

Do those look like queerphobic texts? And do you think that most of the writers writing about queer theory are straight? Lols. If you don’t want to be personally be called queer, that’s cool. You don’t get to stop other people using the word though. It’s ours now and we’re keeping it.

Did I reblog this already? If I did, doesn’t hurt to blog it again. I usually unfollow people who use the tag (or the equilivant) q-slur. Because fuck you, I’m queer. Have been since like 1986.

queer was mlm slang/code in the 18th and 19th centuries, turned into a slur in the 20th century

when we say it was reclaimed, we mean it was reclaimed 

^^^^ Queer was used since the early 18th century, like Anarchistettin said. Butch was also a mlm term from the same period that referred to butch men. Femme was first used in a queer context about a bisexual woman, in a sentence about her husband. Femme was popularized as a queer term in America by the black ballroom scene. Tom was used in the 18th century to refer to AFAB people who presented as male. The word Tomboy? It very much doesn’t refer to cis women. The policement of these words, the idea they are exclusive or slurs, was started by radfems in the 60s and those ideas for the most part were laughed at as ludicrous in queer spaces. Still in IRL queer spaces, especially those occupied by queers over the age of 30, you will hear gay men and trans men call themselves butch. You will hear trans men call themselves dykes. You will hear the word tomboy and boi used to refer to trans men and stone butches. You will hear the “stone butch” almost always in the context of Asexual Butches and Trans masculine people. The policement of labels and enforced categories, the removal of the ability to self-idenitfy? That is the first step is not just the first step to being indoctrinated by radfems. It is the first step towards fascism and genocide.

100 Follower Art Raffle!

So this is a pretty new blog and I’m super thankful for all the support I’ve gotten from it! So I want do something fun even though 100 was a lil while ago ahah.  So, on August 1st, 2020 I’ll draw a winner, and they’ll get a halfbody sketch like the ones above!

RULES

- Be a follower of this blog  (though if youre a new follower please dont only follow me for free art. Id rather the prize be for someone who likes my work!)

- Like this post to enter

- Reblog this post for an extra entry! ———-

Though preferred, you don’t have to give me a ffxiv character to draw. I can do other fanart/ocs too (though please note I dont do real people)

Stretch goal: If this gets 50+ notes I’ll add headshots as 2nd and 3rd place prizes! 

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Way too funny not to share

Etoilé and Aluce <3

urge to fly  my twt@ moribreeze :) 

Qilin sketches ✨ One of my favorite creature from eastern mythology

Hello! I’m reopening sketch commissions! 

Please read everything in the form before filling it out, thank you!

Order form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHyLKaxM-IvZCNHTIznUM9wv0lQkA01OAy4yQPMeS9y8r9Jw/viewform?usp=sf_link

You can view previous commissions here: 5hehzada.tumblr.com/tagged/commission

Blue morhpo dragon 🦋

Commissions are open! I still have a couple of slots available :)

Hi everyone!! My work opportunities have been postponed due to covid, so I am currently in a tight spot financially - any commission requests right now would be so incredibly appreciated 🙏

Final version of the smoke dragon, now with corrected out problems from the scan. :’D I love it when paper waves so much, you can see it on the scan~.

Stuck like the moon, unable to see your own light

© 2020 To The Solarium

Macbeth:

I legitimately just laughed for five minutes straight. Tears are leaking from mine eyes. My stomach is burning. I actually cannot stop. 

Oh my gawd, I laughed so hard my face hurts.

@cedrwydden

FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT TREES LITERALLY ATTACK ISENGARD BECAUSE TOLKIEN WAS SO FUCKING PISSED OFF THAT SHAKESPEARE PROMISED MOVING TREES AND ALL HE GOT WAS DUDES HOLDING BRANCHES

of course he was

THIS is a helpful addition; thank you. Please show the class.

Glorious things happened when Tolkien got mad at Shakespeare.

and the eowyn thing happened because he got to the part about “no man of woman born can harm me”  and then found out shakespeare made it be the whole c-section thing….. an he’s stares deadpan and is like “i have a better idea, how about if IT’S NOT ACTUALLY A DUDE??”

New commissions prices masterpost with updated art samples. The first two are Sketch commissions, second two are Illustrated. Please specify which you would like in your email! I will draw: real people, fanart, OCs/D&D characters. Extra characters per image can be discussed! Prices are USD, payment is upfront through paypal. Email me at amewzingly@gmail.com if interested. :)

reopened for my break week :D

reopening again for (next week) when im finished with my current list.

reopened again, this batch will be started next week. i dont have enough money for rent so even rts are appreciated!