#*cages

[taylortruther]

so much of taylor's discography is expressing the idea that love is so powerful that she's defenseless against it... and that's where we get all of the metaphors about fate, forces of nature like avalanches and gravity and ivy or wisteria, the cosmos, but it's also where we get all the metaphors about cages, prisons, jails... needing to break down walls, needing to escape...

[marcusbrutus]

the worst part about ocd and ocd-like tendencies is that you think hyper-analyzing your thoughts and constantly psychoanalyzing yourself will fix you but that's actually part of the disorder. it's the disorder. disordering.

[redrook]

I spent a lot of time handcuffed and in a cage in high school, for a charity bit the grocery store I worked at would do

the bit was that I was "put in jail for having too big a heart" and customers could donate to my bail to get me out (and the money would go to a children's hospital or something)

now. I was very clearly a teenaged employee handcuffed inside a large cage. and I would honestly tell people that I had been in there for hours. and people would say, that's terrible! that's awful! and I would show them my wrists red from the tight handcuffs, and say but I'm sooooooo close to making bail.

and then they would dump some cash in the basket, I'd thank them, and they'd walk away.

and every so often, one of the managers would come by and collect some of the cash, so I could keep being soooooo close to making bail.

I was very good with this bit. Parents with small kids would pay $5-10 if I told their children I had been placed in jail for not cleaning my room/doing my homework, etc. For people in their 20s, I'd threaten that I was very bad at playing the harmonica, but I WOULD play it and we'd all suffer unless they paid me. and for the most amount of money, older men in suits would almost always pay $20s if I avoided eye contact and stammered a lot.

eventually, the managers started to feel bad because I was in the cage so fucking long and often, that I'd need someone to brace me when I got out because I'd have no feeling in my legs. wobbling like a newborn giraffe.

but I would also rake in at LEAST $100 an hour in charity.

so they were like, hey champ. can we, uh, give you a pillow to sit on. in the cage. would you like a pillow so you're not just sitting on a cold metal slab. can we give you a pillow.

and I had to explain to them that if they gave me a pillow, people would think I was more comfortable, so they wouldn't feel as bad, so I'd bring in less money.

the compromise was that they'd bring me a nice coffee every couple hours, which I would have to try to block with my body from the customers.

all this money went to charity. that's what the money was for. it's what was on the sign. but how much they were willing to pay was very contingent on how comfortable I looked, never mind the fact that I was still a teenaged employee handcuffed inside a cage.

and out of the dozens of shifts I did this on, not ONCE did ANYONE say, hey kid I'm going to go talk to your manager because what the fuck is going on here. they would just drop money in the basket, and I'd thank them and sip from my secret drink.

I actually had people get MAD at me that I told them I was far away from bail, they donated like $15, and then 20 minutes I got let out because my shift ended.

again. the money was for charity. it was on the sign that was very clearly placed on the upper half of my cage.

so yeah. even when people think they mean well. people can be really, really fucking stupid.

[pussyhoundspock]

joining the war on kids reading any book they want on the side of kids reading any book they want. simply you will be fine. it's even good to be confronted with things you don't understand and even find upsetting, uncomfortable and difficult. it's a surprise tool that will help you later.

[yuumei-art]

Caged Fangs~ Part of my Cage Dress series. I've been so busy with other things, it's nice to finish a proper painting again. Here's a quick timelapse of how I painted it. The full hours long videos, HD image and PSD files will be DMed on my Patreon on June 5th.

[stealingpotatoes]

My apologies, Lady Normal. But where does you Eunuch come from?

[funtergeist]

chimp staring at laptop confused png i don't knowwwwww

[mortallynerdybear]

Hello everyone 🥰

[taylortruther]

my town was a wasteland, full of cages, full of fences, pageant queens and big pretenders... fell behind all my classmates and i ended up here... growin' up precocious sometimes means not growin' up at all... little did you know your home's really only the town you'll get arrested... you see i was a debutant in another life but now i seem to be scared to go outside... each new enemy turns to steel, they become the bars that confine you in your own little golden prison cell... there's a lot of people in town that i bestow upon my fakest smiles... this cage was once just fine...

[boldmonica212]

[yuumei-art]

Caged Scales

Or maybe Uncaged Scales? Slowly transitioning from caged animals to uncaged animals. For the next painting this series, I want to explore releasing doves from the cage dress or maybe a wolf. The hours long painting process, HD image, and PSD files will be DMed on my Patreon on July 5th

[thismustbethursday]

The moon will sing a song for me, I loved you like the sun

Bore the shadows that you made with no light of my own

I shine only with the light you gave me

[spicykittensblog]

Hi handsome 👋

Telegram: @T_GirlMagic

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

ok YES it was my circus but i firmly deny the accusation those are my monkeys.

[palaeosinensis]

Never walk into a cage willingly. If you're already in one: break out.

Digital faux linocut.