JAY ✧ THEY/THEM
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mostly draws
horror, monsters and cats. draws characters as cats
currently saving up for top surgery and to help pay rent/food
[can only accept p@ypal / k0-fi]
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JAY ✧ THEY/THEM
there's out of character fanfiction where it's like: "yeah, I can tell that this interpretation is in fact based on this Character, but the writer has taken enough artistic liberties that it does become sorta unlikely." and you know, I'm okay with that. messing around with interpretation is part of the fun with transformative art. I'll rock with a fic that's a bit out there but still reminiscent of canon. like, I can tell we watched or read the same thing and that you have a very specific interpretation that's intuitive to you. that's great.
and then there's out of character fanfiction where it's like "hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. yeah. he would not fucking say that."
I never like it when strangers act like they're my editor, but one of the most annoying "corrections" I've ever received was when I was talking about cis people being uncomfortable around trans people and someone said "op you mean transphobes. don't slander all cis people like that". When the thing is I did mean cis people. Because cis people are often uncomfortable around trans people. AND ALSO discomfort is not a flavor of moral transgression. That way lies thought policing.
Like it feels kind of hypocritical to demand that all cis people be comfortable with my transness when I myself am frequently uncomfortable with my own transness (see: Gender Dysphoria). It's not the discomfort that matters, it's what you do with that discomfort. And often what distinguishes a safe cis person from an unsafe one is whether or not they see their own feelings of comfort as an absolute moral compass. The safe cis person observes their own discomfort and recognizes it as a conditioned response in a society that wants you to hate trans people. The unsafe cis person cannot square their feelings of discomfort with their self-image as a "trans ally" so they take the feelings as vibes-based evidence that this particular trans person they're talking to must be secretly evil.
Tbqh this is often what separates a safe trans person from an unsafe one too
My friend is pet sitting a cat (who wears a collar with a bell) and his socialization updates are killing me
I don’t think I could create a better visual representation of depression with adhd if i tried.
[Twitter screenshot text: ‘caleb hearon’ @/calebsaysthings: “three old people next to me at this coffee shop hanging out and catching up. one of them says “your daughter is doing well? has her ducks all in a row?” and the other says “welllll there’s a few geese in there” and all three of them laughed until they cried. gasping for air.”]
well we had a terrible run guys. just absolutely godawful. the worst anyones ever done it. i forgot where i was going with this
for anyone whos dash hasnt updated yet:
Just saw a Barbie ad here for the first time. It is starting, folks. They must already be desperate if they're buying ad space on TUMBLR.
Do not reblog official marketing or ads from struck works
including (but not remotely limited to) Barbie. They are advertising here because their actors are on strike and will not promote their products.
Anime studios need to strike next
Down with seasonal anime down with overconsumption down with every series regardless of how complex needing to be boiled down to fit into 12 episodes
there’s just too many shows
too many shows and they’re coming out at such an unprecedented rate that we can’t even fully appreciate them. and I KNOW that people are slaving away in unethical work conditions to make them, all so that nobody can even remember them, no matter how lovingly crafted or beautiful they really are
there’s a Czech transdude in one of my servers who was like going through the complex process of trying to get binders from the UK and it’s like my dude. that’s gonna cost a fuck ton cuz of brexit shipping and so i told him about an online shop in amsterdam. in the process of getting that info one of the irl trans guys i know is like “i have two old binders from that shop, why don’t we just mail it to him?”
so i’m mailing him two free binders (it’ll be super cheap to send within’ the eu) and in exchange i’m getting his grandma’s secret recipe for Žemlovka
this is the pinnacle. community is actually about secret grandma recipes and sharing used gender affirming clothing
If you’re in the EU, don’t order binders from the UK. I’m begging you to save yourself from the cost. Check out this shop instead:
https://www.trans-missie.com/en/er-he-they/binders/
They’re comfy, durable, discounted and full price options, swimming tops, mid length and long binders, sizing up to XXXL, and have other transgender items! Not just binders!
Bwya (france) is a good option too! Smaller ship but they are good quality items