my fav exchange when i was teaching elementary schoolers a few yrs ago:
student: “are you gay?”
me: “yeah, i like boys & girls.”
s: “oh, so you’re mediocre.”
m: “what?”
s: “that’s liking boys AND girls. my sister is mediocre”
m: “......do you mean bisexual?”
s: (shrugs) “maybe.”
They/them not in a nonbinary way but in a way that honors my body’s microbiome and the thousands of species of bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists, and viruses that inhabit me
the origin of “if we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known” is from an article by a dude talking ab the fact that some1 accidentally cc’d “oof” to a mass email he sent about the fact that he rented a bunch of goats
When I was a freshman in college my friend and I bought a pennywise bodysuit from Walmart while having a joint manic episode, stuffed him full of trash, and created a 6 ft tall clown named Nickelsnart who just sat in the corner of our apartment
The first time I met an older butch, I was 18 and smoking a j on the patio of Sue’s (lesbian bar in dtx) and this silver fox dyke walks up to me & my date and says “what do you think you’re doing?” We get flustered and she says “y’all are just going to smoke a joint without me?”
lesbian first dates starter pack:
-exchanging natal charts
-promising to make each other a playlist
-touching palms to “compare the sizes” of ur hands (when u rly just wanna b close to them)
-6 hours of awkward romantic tension
-“text me when you get home!!!”
My friend saw this painting in my room and was like “aww it’s a trans person hatching from an egg” and I told her it’s a trans pride eraserhead baby and showed her a pic from the movie then she just said “I don’t like that one bit”
when bell hooks said “the negative practices i was subjected to in childhood continued in my adult relationships... i did not want to accept a definition of love that would compel me to face the possibility that i had not known love in the relationships most primary to me."
Queer kinky poly couple looking for a 3rd 🦄
She is a vulvic artist ✌️ and comic book nerd 📚
He is a jaguar-type world explorer 🌎 and buddhist scholar ☮️
Let’s get drinks and see what happens 👅
Then brings her friend who’s this sweet old southern queen over & we all smoke together then she says “seriously though, smoke that outside the bar cuz cops will do anything to get us in trouble hereb.” I think about her all the time and I can’t wait to get like her one day
My fav way someone has flirted w me recently is by touching my carabiner and saying “wow this has sooo many keys on it” why are femmes like this (it worked Btw)
People make it seem like lesbians’ main role during the AIDS crisis was caregiving for gay men but it’s so much deeper than that. A lot of them started support groups, provided legal representation, made art, created needle exchange programs & blood drives, & led direct actions!
“if we want the rewards of being loved we have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known” is from an article by a dude talking ab his coworkers’ reactions to a mass email he sent about the fact that he rented a bunch of goats
Transf*g mullet dirtstache wifebeater wearing stick n poke artists who do k are the new curly mustache beanies new balance homemade espresso IPA hipsters for but for gay people. Think about it
i have 1000 bisexuals in my mentions calling themselves mediocre. stop it. y’all are the best and i love you and even if you are mediocre that still stands
Excited for my body to be overtaken by the necrobiome because decomposition is a surviving form of life. My microbial buddies are going to have such a good time breaking me down in a beautiful stream of embodiment <3
Incredible things happening on lex regarding a white person being called out for wearing a keffiyeh at a play party, getting kicked out of their home bc of it, and asking that poc help them write a “3 page statement of harm” in order to be let back in to their apartment
wlw be like let me make you a playlist you’ve probably never heard of these songs ☺️
girl in red // i wanna be your girlfriend
clairo // pretty girl
king princess // talia
hayley kiyoko // girls like girls
kehlani // honey
I can’t believe we had the biggest honor of being one of the banner holders at the dyke march 😭 seriously one of the most beautiful and meaningful experiences of my life
oh fun fact: they were working on shrek at the same time they were working on prince of egypt & animators that were doing a bad job were banished and “shreked” (which was a hot mess at the time)
mia khalifa: here are my experiences with being coerced, degraded, and dehumanized in the porn industry, and how sex work can be intensely damaging
geniuses online: nobody MADE you do it lol it’s your fault
so many people are mad at this which is how i know it’s good. disclaimer: i love and respect jackson galaxy i unfortunately can’t help that most male unicorn hunters look like him
I’ve been wondering why so many trans ppl r drawn towards converting/reconnecting to Judaism and i really want to write something about it, if you’re a trans convert or anyone who had anything to share ab their relationship w judaism and gender I’d love to hear ur thoughts
motoi yatamoto is a japanese artist known for creating intricate designs entirely made of salt. after the death of his sister, he began using this medium to commemorate her. when his exhibitions are over, he requests that the salt be returned to the ocean.
idk who needs to hear this but PLEASE take a gap year! there’s no use running yourself ragged and overworking yourself. school will still be there in a year, not everyone will finish college in 4 yrs and thats ok!!!
Read a poem where the author said “do you confuse desire for men with being desired by men? is it really easier to self harm with men than to be vulnerable with a woman?” & was so gagged that I had to lie down
dating men: going to get food for an hour
dating women: 8 hrs of going to home depot/baking bread/buying fruit from the farmers market/kissing in the half price books parking lot
t**fs act like trans women are suddenly trying go insert themselves into lesbian spaces as if they haven’t been an integral part of our community, and the LGBT community as a whole, for decades lol