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Oil Painting, ca. 1790, French.

By François Bonneville.

Portraying Augustin Robespierre in a brown coat and white cravat.

Musée Carnavalet.

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Dress

c. 1885-1888

by Gowan and Strachan

National Museums Scotland

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cinni

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If you want to make your backyard a safe haven for lesser dragons, you must keep a close eye on your pets. While it is unlikely that a curious kitten will be able to cause a dragon physical harm, the egos of these small wyrms are as fragile as they are beautiful.

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there is also something kind of gross to me about the constant insinuations that the "questioning social norms" component of autism immediately turns every autistic person into a genderfuckery kinkster leftist who don't give a fuck. and I say this as someone who is a genderfuckery kinkster leftist. autism isn't a political alignment, it's a disability. sometimes the autism 'sense of justice' is wrong. sometimes an autistic person will find a home in conservative ideologies for many of the same reasons as other autistic people will find a home in communist ideologies. sometimes the autistic communist will come up with dogshit analysis even as they're guided by their sense of justice, because good political analysis isn't a feeling or a neurotype, it's a skill that you cultivate. I know it would be pleasant and emotionally soothing for you to be able to believe that autism turns someone into a superpowered leftist but it's a politically fraught and deeply questionable line of thought to be feeding into

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#to me 'I don't have a gender identity' from other cis people is like 'I don't have pronouns' #just an indication that they are fundamentally not at all curious about even their own internal experience #let alone learning what terms like 'gender identity' actually mean #(side note: when anyone asks if I was born a woman I want to say 'I was born a baby') #(which seems silly but is also TRUE. babies don't have a concept of gender identity yet.) (via @cakesandfail)

Hot take, but cis people have gender identities. They aren't the gender they identify as because of their genitalia or what their birth certificate says. They're only cis because they identify with a gender and it happens to match their government documentation. Cis men aren't men because they're "obviously" men for having a penis. They're men because they identify as men. It's the self-identification that dictates this, not any other factor, even for cis folks. And we should be framing it this way. A cis man identifies as a man and a cis woman identifies as a woman. There is no automatic or inherent gender.

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Blue lawn summer dress

c. 1900-1909

description: blue lawn summer dress trimmed with pin tucks, embroidery and lace. Lined in white china silk. Bodice yoke has lace insertions and standing lace collar. Gathered bodice below yoke with fullness gathered into front band. Full, above-elbow sleeves wintith ruffle. Skirt has vertical pin tucks and two tiers of ruffles with lace and embroidery trim.

Minnesota Historical Society

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#hey op you look cool aas fuck actually (via @cakesandfail)

was going through some of my health records and some doctor put “dresses oddly” next to my psychotic symptoms. hey fuck you too man

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Restaurant Style Butter Chicken Masala

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CRPlGniDL_3/

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CLp01ehlMnK/

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CKO7VaXhXSL/

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CcN7rh9OK8Q/

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Sit in serenity: Masanori Umeda’s ‘Lily Chair’ (circa 1990) blooms with elegance 🌼