ah crap I got an influx of new followers. Hi everyone!
I should warn right now that I am a professional blogger of sexy/kinky things on QueerEarthling.com and I do share links here when I post stuff on my blog; if you would rather not see that stuff (or if you're under 18) you can block the tag "Queer Earthling." It mostly consists of sex toy reviews, erotica, and discussions of kink, as well as asexuality and trans nonbinary stuff.
honestly the human brain is so small that you *will* forget how much beauty there is out there to experience unless you leave your house every three days. ik its fucked up but i promise its true
my brain, trying to deceive me: there's literally nothing outside!!!!! it's the same neighborhood it's always been !!!!!
me, tying my shoes: shut up shut up!!!! by god we're gonna try to find magic in mundane today !!!!
much to Yahoo's chagrin, Firefox is actually the new pdf
My friend (state_of_desiree on Instagram) made these for International Whore’s Day. Sex work is real work and must be decriminalized so sex workers can organize themselves and do their work safely.
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!
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alright everyone we’re gonna spell out gay
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Pedro Pascal’s Slutty Little Knee attends the Met Gala 2023, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty
Gotta say, I am so charmed by Lucy Westenra as a character. This is my first time reading Dracula, and with my light knowledge of the original story, I went in expecting a bland ingenue with no personality, but Lucy feels like a real person. She has a best friend whom she shares secrets with, opinions on societal norms, a love life that feels very grounded, and she’s funny. That last point doesn’t feel like such a big deal, but you really don’t see too many female characters in classic lit with a sense of humor. She feels almost like a real friend and is such a charming character, and Beth Eyre’s voice acting in Re: Dracula only adds to this.
Honestly, the characters are one of the biggest strengths of this story throughout.
Stoker’s two female leads in this story are, in particular, way ahead of their time in terms of development and depth (at least, when it comes to male authors). Even the “oh men are so wonderful they don’t deserve us” line from the other day really reads to me as more of a reflection of Lucy’s insecurities than Stoker not knowing how to write women.
I won’t expand further yet since you said it’s your first time reading, but suffice to say, whenever you get to a point later on where your instinct is to dismiss it as a product of a man writing a woman, it’s worth taking a second look. I learned so much I didn’t know about the historical views of women at the time that really put a lot of the things that feel off to modern readers into perspective.
Without butches the universe would literally become unstable and collapse, rendering time and space meaningless and garbled. So be grateful
Housekeepers and Janitors Need Praise As Unsung but Very Much Important
Remember when the NRA told doctors to “stay in their lane” RE gun violence and #thisismylane trended as a result?
One of the tweets I saw was a surgeon who’d taken a picture of her OR, having just finished surgery on a young man who’d been shot. Blood. Everywhere.
This bloke retweeted her, mentioning that he worked as a cleaner in a hospital and had had to clean up stuff like this and worse.
Surgeon replied to him (and went up *greatly* in my estimation) and, despite living in different countries, thanked him for his hard work.
I can’t find the tweets sadly, but hers went something like;
“Without a clean and sterile operating room to work in, my team, our skills and the best medicines in the world are next to useless. You are doing invaluable work, without which my work would be impossible.”
WITHOUT PEOPLE DOING THE CLEANING, SOCIETY WOULD GRIND TO A HALT WITHIN DAYS
Every garbage workers’ strike shows it.
Give them the respect they damn well deserve.
Makeup in 2003 (YM, November 2003)
It's June 1. It's time.
Go be gay.
Since it's June, I figured I'd link to some of my old queer-centric QE posts.
Pride-Friendly Sex Shops (that actually mean it) --a list of sex shops that show queer-inclusivity year-round instead of just splashing rainbows on their banner for a month.
Asexuality and Queerness (And A New Definition of Sex) -- this was my first QE post ever, back when I thought I was cis and allosexual, but never mind that. I talk about how my sex-averse spouse and I worked out a sex life that might not look like anyone else's, but is pretty awesome.
Still Queer, Still Earthling: Some Updates On Identity -- when I realized I wasn't cis and allosexual.
Let's Talk Neopronouns! -- I discuss neopronouns and respectability politics.
Gender Affirmation, Kinkster Style -- how my spouse and I affirm each others' gender through kink.
Book Review: A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities -- what it says on the tin, a review of a cute graphic novel that discusses queer and trans identities.
Erotica: Respecting Xeir Things -- an erotic piece where both characters use neopronouns because I'd never seen any erotica that does so.
That's just a handful of stuff. Queerness is embedded throughout my blog, hence it being called Queer Earthling. It's like. A thing. Anyway, happy Pride, etc etc etc.
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Aphobes, bi/panphobes, trans/nb-phobes, anti-kink, TERFs & SWERFs DNI
Reblogging last year's roundup!
[ID: 11 gifs from season 3, episode 22 “explorers” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show miles o'brien and julian bashir inside o'brien's personal quarters. they are both drunk. julian is seated on the couch, and miles is on a chair behind the couch.
1st gif: "unless she really ignored you because she can't stand you." miles tells julian and then keeps laughing to himself.
2nd gif: miles is still laughing while julian says, "isn't there some explanation in between?"
3rd gif: miles stops laughing and sits up, he tells julian, "well... you're not an in-between kind of guy." and julian asks him, "what do you mean?"
4th gif: "well, people either love you or hate you." miles tells him matter of fact, he is holding a snack with his fingers. julian has turned to face miles, "really?"
5th gif: "i mean, i hated you when we first met." miles tells julian, pointing towards himself and chewing on his snack. "i remember." julian replies.
6th gif: miles leans back in his chair, "but now..." he trails off chewing his snack, and eating the one in his hand.
7th gif: the camera cuts to julian as he turns his head to look at miles once more. "and now?" he prompts him.
8th gif: the camera cuts to miles, he turns his head to look towards julian, he tells him, "well... now i don't." then looks ahead once more and goes to eat more of his snacks.
9th gif: the camera cuts to julian as he turns his head to look ahead. he is nodding while telling miles, "that means a lot to me, chief. it really does."
10th gif: miles leans over the couch, he tells julian, "really! now... that is from the heart, huh?" julian is nodding as he speaks and he pushes his fist against julian's shoulder to stress his words.
11th gif: julian turns to look at miles who continues talking, "huh? i really do. not hate you anymore." miles seems surprised with the realisation as well. /end ID]
I don’t like the idea that I’m not in control of my life. The Matrix (1999)
The Supreme Court is expected to reach a decision on the attempt up overthrow ICWA in June 2023.
Several states are trying to codify ICWA before it's potentially overturned.
Please reach out to your representatives to express your concern for the protection of ICWA.
(Each state has its own representatives, so you'll have to go in your state legislature website, do a search on which representatives represent you, and email and call them.)
This post has links on more ways you can help.
-fae
people who watch musicals and bitch about how it doesn’t make sense that the characters randomly burst into song are so funny to me. babe it’s literally a musical like this is the standard of the genre what did you expect
THAT’S THE WHOLE PROBLEM WITH THE GENRE AS A WHOLE, THAT’S THE POINT
i’m sorry you’re allergic to fun i’m sure that makes life very difficult for you
Me watching a murder mystery: What the hell…why are so many different characters suspicious, in reality cases aren’t normally this complicated, this whole genre is a mess…
Me watching a comedy: What the hell…so many silly and unlikely situations keep happening…
Me watching an action movie: What the helll…why is it so violent…
Me watching a fantasy film: What the hell….elves aren’t real….
sometimes I see things that are so absurdly horny that it circles back around to being sexless you know what I mean
like when I see really horny art of female characters where the sexiness is so generic -- their boobs are cartoonishly large and they have a waist the size of an atom and some vacant ahegao stare etc -- I'm just like hmmmm this is so uninteresting and kinda repulsive I think I'd be more aroused by a tin can
