April 2012
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Reading Steiner: Fiction Basics: The Origin and... →
artofiction:
CHAPTER 1 - FICTION: THE WHAT, HOW, AND WHY OF IT. (Part 1).
Humans create stories for two reasons:
Entertainment and,
Meaning.
The first stories that managed to satisfy these became myths and stuck around for centuries.They were interesting to hear, and…
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Reading Steiner: Help →
kai-kau:
I am getting forced out of my house soon because of being gay and transgender.
Mum: “You either need to stop acting like a boy and be a girl, or get out. You are ruining your little sister’s life with your choices. A six-year-old cannot go around and say, ‘I have a two brothers,…
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Reading Steiner: Helpful Cosplay links: →
trancypants:
Wigs: (I highly recommend always wearing a wig while cosplaying)
arda wigs
epiccosplay wigs (my favorite wig sellers. Great customer service)
cosplay wigs usa
gothic lolita wigs
Makeup:
Cream makeup, body paint and sfx makeup
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Reading Steiner: DON'T JOIN SHOPAXE! →
lexxercise:
kingofbeartraps:
Or “How I Learned To Keep Worrying and Love Reading Fine Print”
This morning I received a very pleasant, complimentary note from a group on deviantART supporting a site called SHOPAXE, which is supposed to be something like deviantART but more…
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TRANS COUCHSURFING NETWORK - PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST... →
transcouchnetwork:
Hi! I just started a tumblr, the Transgender Couchsurfing Network. After seeing dozens of posts come across my dash about displaced or homeless trans people needing places to crash, I decided that there had to be a way to organize these posts somehow, and to put those in need in contact with those willing to lend a hand. If you’re trans and need a place to stay, or if you...
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Next Step: Cake: Regarding some of the consent... →
nextstepcake:
When talking about people who don’t want sex but consent to it, it’s important to differentiate between:
A. People who do not want sex: they may not care for it, but they do not have any desire not to have sex
B. People who do not want sex: it’s not just that they don’t have desire for it,…
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Them: They're already dating other people
Shippers: lol
Them: They're just friends
Shippers: lol
Them: They hate each other
Shippers: lol
Them: They're not gay
Shippers: lol
Them: They're siblings
Shippers: lol
Them: The age difference is too uncomfortable
Shippers: lol
Them: They're not even in the same fandom
Shippers: lol
Them: You don't even watch the show
Shippers: lol
Them: They're pigeons
Shippers: lol
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A Dialogue With My 86-year-old Grandmother About...
I saw this article:
http: //www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/29/gay-activists-grandparents-marriage-equality_n_1310537.html
earlier this afternoon and I got suddenly curious how my 86yo grandmother felt about marriage equality and LGBT rights. Since she's often hilarious, I decided to interview her on the phone and post it here. I put it on speakerphone, recorded it, then transcribed it. She's in Miami, and Cuban-born, so this is translated from Spanish. She's a pretty feisty lady. I want to be her when I grow up. Here's what she said:
Me: Grandma, what do you think about this couple in their 90s supporting their gay grandkids in the fight for marriage equality?
Grandma: I think it's very nice. You have to support your family, no matter who they are. You can't reject people for things like that.
Me: If you had gay or lesbian family, would you do the same?
Grandma: I don't know if I could make a video like those people. They speak English.
Me: What about in Spanish? Would you make videos supporting marriage equality in Spanish.
Grandma: Ay... don't get any ideas. I don't want to make a video.
Me: But is it okay if I post this on the Internet? On one of my websites
Grandma: Ignorant people might yell at you.
Me: Oh, that's okay, I don't mind.
Grandma: Yes, you can put what I said on the Internet.
Me: Okay. So do you support gay and lesbian people getting married?
Grandma: I think gay people should be able to get married. Times have changed. Even my ideas have changed. There used to be a lot of ignorance and rumors about gay people, mostly because they had to live in hiding, you know, you couldn't be yourself out in public like they can be sometimes now. So I think people just made things up. But think gay people should be allowed to live their lives like everyone else.
Me: Would you go to a gay wedding?
Grandma: Yes, I would. It would probably be more lively than a regular one. I hate weddings. They're so boring.
Me: They really are. What do you think about people who protest gay marriage?
Grandma: Oh. Idiots.
Me: They're wrong?
Grandma: Idiots. Dumb people with nothing better to do. Out of all the things to protest. They should be out trying to do some good in the world instead.
Me: Do you think you would have felt the same way when you were my age?
Grandma: (Pauses) I don't think I gave it any thought. People didn't talk about these things back then. There was a lot of ignorance. Everybody knew gay people, of course, but people didn't talk about it in normal conversation, much less in public like on the news now. I think that's good. Talking is always good. When people know things, they can make up their own minds.I would like to think that maybe with a little information and thinking about it, I would feel the same way.
Me: Do you think gay people should be able to adopt kids?
Grandma: Of course.
Me: As a Christian, what do you think the Bible says about gay people?
Grandma: The Bible is very clear that Jesus doesn't care about race or gender or where you came from or anything. He loves everyone.
Me: What about the parts of the Bible that says gay people should be stoned to death?
Grandma: We don't stone people to death anymore...
Me: So you don't think that applies?
Grandma: I think God gave us some common sense to be able to figure out what parts were meant for forever, like "don't kill" and "don't steal" and "be good to people," and what parts were just a record of the society people lived in back then. We don't hide women in the dark during their periods anymore, either. Things like that.
Me: What about gays in the military? Do you think that should be allowed?
Grandma: You know, when I heard President Obama had helped made that legal, I was surprised it already wasn't. If you're willing to pick up a gun and go fight in some war somewhere for my freedom, I'm not willing to do that, so if you are, I don't care if you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend or fifteen cats.
Me: Yeah, I think most people supported that one.
Grandma: It's like I told you. God gave us common sense for a reason.
Me: I know you've had a few close gay male friends. Have you ever had a lesbian friend?
Grandma: I did in Cuba. She was my neighbor and she did everyone's hair on the block. You couldn't really tell she was a lesbian, but she told me, after many years of knowing her.
Me: What do you mean by "you couldn't tell she was a lesbian?"
Grandma: Well, she was very glamorous. She looked like a movie star all the time - that's why she did everyone's hair. Some lesbians, you can tell.
Me: In English, they call the ability to tell if someone's gay "gaydar." Like "radar" but for "gay."
Grandma: Oh! I think I have that.
Me: You think you have good gaydar?
Grandma: Well, I was an artist, so I was around a lot of gay men. And I can usually tell, but Paula fooled me.
Me: The slang term for lesbians who are very conventionally feminine in English is "lipstick lesbian."
Grandma: She did wear lipstick!
Me: Do you think a lot of older people think like you do?
Grandma: I think so. A lot of older people keep up with the news better than you think. And you get to be my age and you realize a lot of past mistakes in your thinking. You realize that a lot of things you think mattered, really don't. And the people who don't think like that, it's mostly because they don't know any better. But even at my age, people can be taught.
Me: Thank you, Pupa.
Grandma: You should show me your website when you put this up. I hope a lot of people read it.
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“Instead of saying, ‘Asexuality doesn’t exist,’ try saying, ‘Asexuality is a...”
– Asexual Awareness Week’s advice to the Trevor project, from the two-page document drafted by Sara Beth Brooks (pearlsfromthewest). (via lunasspecto)
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When I’m sad: /thinks of my otp
When I’m angry: /thinks of my otp
When I’m happy: /thinks of my otp
When I’m: /thinks of my otp
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Call this an experiment. Reblog if you have OCs...
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Reading Steiner: Lift the Lifetime Restriction on... →
transgenderstudentlife:
Lift the Lifetime Restriction on Gay Men from Donating Blood
My friend Michael Heroux began this petition on April 9th, 2012. He’s gotten 1,101 signatures so far, but he needs to get to 100,000!
Please go sign his petition!
The Federal Advisory…
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Nerdy Bird Guy: 14 Reasons Why It’s Not Okay to... →
artoftransliness:
genderbitch:
radicalqueery:
Recently, a well-meaning friend of mine disclosed my trans status to a friend of his, someone I hadn’t known previously. I don’t know that I ever would have found out that he had done so if his friend hadn’t slipped up and referred to me as “she” in front of…
Long post but a great list.
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⚡ Ry's Face: Hey tumblr, you know what's not okay?... →
ryface:
I don’t care if someone’s OTP is canon, like Supermartian, something they see in subtext, like BirdFlash, or complete fucking crack, like, I dunno, Black Canary/Teekl.
I don’t care if they ship two people of the same gender, two people of different gender! Two adults, two teenagers, an adult and…
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Who will animate you? →
By AIC, a 14 episode murder mystery anime about Shirasato’s brain.
… Okay.
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Daily Lives of high school boys
Gintama fans: Oh It's made by sunrise...
Gintama fans: Hi Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki) fancy hearing you in this anime.
Gintama fans: Kenichi Suzumura (Sougo)! I knew that was you!
Gintama fans: Man this music is awesom- OH U AUDIO HIGHS.
Gintama fans: Vomiting! My old friend, we meet yet again.
Gintama fans: Man this humor is so wonderfully paced and gut-bustingly hilarious.
Gintama fans: The dialogue to.
Gintama fans: Dis anime gon' be gud
Shinji Takamatsu: Oh crap i think my gintama is showing.
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What makes you think a character is trans?
sirmoechrist:
awyeatransheadcanons:
Do you just pull it out of a hat? Does it have to do with things like their design or personality? Or do you look for clues in dialogue and plot?
I personally tend to usually look for clues in dialogue and plot. Sometimes it’s behavior patterns— or subtle clues. Sometimes things just…make sense in a way that even I’m not sure how that happened but...
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Asexuality: Media imagery of asexuality →
aceupyoursleeve:
background images from articles in Nerve, Marie Claire, and Folha.
There’s been a recent discussion about the cover of a potential asexual romance anthology, The Heart of Aces. Everything has already been said, but it reminded me of something else…
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sirmoechrist:
trashazaki:
I also really detest when people have this mentality that everyone who’s homosexual will flirt with them and try to make a move on them and every time I’m just like
ahahaha don’t even try to flatter yourself you idiot, stop degrading people who are completely out of and above your league to begin with
#and I always say this to these ignorant fuckers and they always...
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Headcanon: Will from Pokemon is FtM.
awyeatransheadcanons:
I’ve recently began thinking this way. Or at the very least he’s FAAB.
Will has a rather androgynous appearance, maybe he’s pre-T/non-hormone or early on, and wears a mask (which only adds to the androgyny). His clothes are rather baggy, especially in G2. Will also has quite noticeable hips in HGSS.
