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If 2/2/22 falls on a Tuesday it could also be known as “2’s Day”

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American Girl stories were the best tbh

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i am going to create an environment that is so toxic

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Sir please thats my emotional support stack of books that i havent read

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LGBT-themed Central and Eastern European cinema, a sort-of masterpost

note: this list is not comprehensive, please message me with additional recs and i’ll add them to the list this list is also available on letterboxd in chronological order:

Masquerade (Maškarada), dir. Boštjan Hladnik, Yugoslavia (1971). A cult Slovene movie about a middle-aged woman who finds herself a much younger boytoy, who her teenage son also becomes infatuated with. Also, her husband throws an orgy (as one does).

Boys (Dečki), dir. Stanko Jost, Yugoslavia (1977). First Slovene-language gay-themed movie based on the first Slovene-language gay-themed novel about the relationship between two boys in a boarding school. 

Kill Me Softly (Ubij me nežno), dir. Boštjan Hladnik, Yugoslavia (1979). Another cult movie by Boštjan Hladnik. Incredibly camp with a borderline incomprehensible plot, lots of nudity and some lesbian sex.

Another Way (Egymásra nézve), dir. Károly Makk, Hungary (1982). A lesbian romance set just after the Hungarian revolution of 1956 in a climate of political and sexual repression.   

Before the Bat’s Flight Is Done (Mielött befejezi röptét a denevér), dir. Péter Timár, Hungary (1989). A divorced middle-aged woman takes home an ardent suitor, only to discover that he prefers her teenage son.

Not Angels but Angels, dir. Wiktor Grodecki, Czech Republic (1994). A documentary film about teenage boys and young men in Prague working as prostitutes (first in Grodecki’s trilogy).

Marble Ass (Dupe od mramora), dir. Želimir Žilnik, Serbia (1995). Two transgender sex workers act as “peacekeepers of the Balkans,” an outlet for their soldier customers.

Body without Soul, dir. Wiktor Grodecki, Czech Republic (1996). A documentary film about teenage boys and young men in Prague working as prostitutes (second in Grodecki’s trilogy).

Mandragora, dir. Wiktor Grodecki, Czech Republic (1997). A movie  about the mental and physical decline of a 15-year-old boy who runs away from his seemingly distanced father to Prague, where he becomes a victim of the drug and sex scene (third in Grodecki’s trilogy).

Hannah and Her Brothers (Hana a jej bratia), dir. Slovakia (2000). 18-year-old Martin embarks on a journey of self-discovery when he visits a gay cabaret.

His Wife’s Diary (Дневник его жены), dir. Alexei Uchitel, Russia (2000). A movie about Nobel prize winner Ivan Bunin’s last love affair. (I am told there is a lesbian subplot when a female singer seduces Bunin’s sidechick away from him.) 

Fine Dead Girls (Fine mrtve djevojke), dir. Dalibor Matanić, Croatia (2002). A lesbian couple rents an apartment in Zagreb in a building that seems to provide a quiet and safe environment for their love, but over time the atmosphere in the building becomes more and more threatening.

Guardian of the Frontier (Varuh meje), dir. Maja Weiss, Slovenia (2002). Three college girls go canooing on the river Kolpa on the Slovenian-Croatian border and encounter a strange local politician and also one of the girls is super in love with one of her friends.

Take a Deep Breath (Diši duboko), dir. Dragan Marinković, Serbia and Montenegro (2004). After a car accident, Saša falls in love with her boyfriend’s sister while he recuperates at the hospital.

You I Love (Я люблю тебя), dir. Olga Stolpovskaya & Dmitry Troisky, Russia (2004). A Muscovite ad executive is drawn to a Kalmyk day worker.

Go West, dir. Ahmed Imamović, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005). During the Bosnian war, Milan and Kenan escape besieged Sarajevo to shelter in Milan’s village, where Kenan is forced to disguise himself as a woman to hide their relationship and the fact he is a Muslim.

Homo Father, dir. Piotr Matwiejczyk, Poland (2005). Gabriel and Robert have been together for three years, but want different things out of hteir relationship. One day, a woman with whom Gabriel had a one-night stand shows up with a little girl and tells Gabriel that she is his daughter. 

Love SIck (Legături bolnăvicioase), dir. Tudor Giurgiu, Romania (2006). For everyone, Alex and Kiki are just good friends. They happen to be two girls experiencing another kind of love.

Men in the Nude (Férfiakt), dir. Károly Esztergályos, Hungary (2006). A middle-aged novelist (m) goes through a midlife crisis and picks up a 19-year-old (m) from the street while the wife is away.

Dolls (Pusinky), dir. Karin Babinská, Czech Republic (2007). A group of friends go on a hitchhiking trip, where one of the girls discovers she has feelings for her best friend.

Homo.pl, dir. Robert Glinski, Poland (2007). A documentary about the lives of LGBT people in Poland.

Alien Body (Чужое тело), dir. Maksim Zirin, Russia (2008). A documentary about the lines of transgender people in Russia and the Soviet Union.

The Country Teacher (Venkovský učitel), dir. Bohdan Sláma, Czech Republic (2008). A young science teacher harbours a secret affection for the son of a friend.

Jolly Fellows (Весельчаки), dir. Felix Mikhailov, Russia (2009). The first Russian movie about drag queens.

The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend (Idealny facet dla mojej dziewczyny), dir. Tomasz Konecki, Poland (2009).  When Kostek gets in the wrong taxicab and sees Luna, it is love at first sight. But Luna already has a girlfriend. Kostek does whatever it takes to talk to Luna and tries to get her attention, including trying out for a porn movie Klara’s feminist group is making. (s/o to @poniatowskaja​)

Parade (Parada), dir. Srdjan Dragojević, Serbia (2011). A group of gay activists try to organize a pride parade in Belgrade with the help of a petty criminal.

Suicide Room (Sala Samobójców), dir. Jan Komasa, Poland (2011). After being outed at school, Dominik withdraws into a virtual world.

Beyond the Hills (După dealuri), dir. Cristian Mungiu, Romania (2012). Alina visits a Romanian monastery to be reunited with her former girlfriend, but her erratic behaviour makes the nuns wonder if she may be possessed by the devil.

Coming Out, dir.  Dénes Orosz, Hungary (2013). A comedy about a gay radio host who suffers a concussion and develops an attraction to his female physician.

Floating Skyscrapers (Płynące wieżowce), dir. Tomasz Wasilewski, Poland (2013). An aspiring professional swimmer falls in love with another man to the disapproval of his mother and to the surprise of his girlfriend.

In Hiding (W ukryciu), dir. Jan Kidawa-Blonski, Poland (2013). During World War Two, Janka is hiding a young Jewish girl named Ester, and an unusual bond is created between them. (s/o to @poniatowskaja)

In the Name of (W imię…), dir. Małgorzata Szumowska, Poland (2013). A closeted priest in rural Poland is forced to face his sexuality.

How to Disappear Completely (Jak Całkowicie Zniknąć), dir.  Przemyslaw Wojcieszek, Poland (2014). A movie about two women who meet in Berlin by chance and fall in love.

Land of Storms (Viharsarok), dir. Ádám Császi, Hungary (2014). After quitting professional football, Szabolcs moves back to Hungary, where he begins a relationship with a local from a nearby village.

Love Island, dir. Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2014).  Love Island tells the story of a pregnant French woman who lives in Sarajevo with her Bosnian husband and their daughter. They go for a vacation at a Croatian island, where things get complicated when they all become attracted to a beautiful woman. (s/o to @sirnica)

Call me Marianna (Mów mi Marianna), dir. Karolina Bielawska, Poland (2015). A documentary about a trans woman and a big choice she has to make.

Tomorrow (Jutri), dir. Drago Graf, Slovenia (2015). I don’t actually know the extent of LGBT themes in this movie other than there might be lesbianism because it’s impossible to find, but it’s tagged as LGBT in the Slovene Movie Database and the cast list contains entries for Homophobic bully #1 and  Homophobic bully #2, so …

The Constitution (Ustav Republike Hrvatske), dir. Rajko Grlić, Croatia (2016). A story of four people who live in the same apartment building in downtown Zagreb, but are wary of each other because they don’t share the same ethnic and religious backgrounds and sexual preferences. 

I, Olga Hepnarová (Já, Olga Hepnarová), dir. Tomáš Weinreb and Petr Kazda, Czech Republic (2016). A story about the last woman to be executed in Czechoslovakia, who happened to be gay.

Article 18 (Atrykul osiemnasty), dir.Bartosz Staszewski, Poland (2017). A documentary about the constitutional protection of marriage as a union between a man and a woman in Poland.

No One (Никой), dir. Andrey Andonov, Bulgaria (2017). A movie about a love triangle between a woman, her boyfriend and her best friend. I think. It’s supposed to be the first depiction of a lesbian sexual relationship in Bulgarian. I think.

Soldiers, A Story from Ferentari (Soldatii. Poveste din Ferentari), dir. Ivana Mladenović, Romania (2017). An introverted anthropologist moves into Ferentari, an ill-famed neighbourhood of Bucharest, to study for his PhD in manele music. After meeting Alberto a Romani former convict, they begin a romantic relationship.

Consequences (Posledice), dir. Darko Štante, Slovenia (2018). A young offender is sent to a correctional facility, where he finds himself attracted to the local bad boy.

Several Conversations About a Very Tall Girl (Câteva conversații despre o fată foarte înaltă), dir. Bogdan Theodor Olteanu, Romania (2018). Two girls begin to chat about another girl, a former lover of both. As they grow closer, the gap between them widens, as one them is looking for answers and love while safely closeted.

Together (Skupaj), dir. Marko Šantić, Slovenia (2018). After his long-term boyfriend unexpectedly dies, a theatre actor struggles to navigate the relationship with his late boyfriend’s oblivious family while still raising his daughter.

And Then We Danced (და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ), dir. Levan Akin, Georgia (2019). A relationship develops between two male dancers of Georgian traditional dance.

Siberia and Him (Сибирь и он), dir. Viatcheslav Kopturevskiy, Russia (2019). A policeman goes on a trek through Siberia to visit his ailing grandmother with his brother-in-law, who is also his lover.

Charlatan (Šarlátan), dir. Agnieszka Holland, Czech Republic (2020). A biographical drama about a Czech healer Jan Mikolášek who cured hundreds of people using plant-based remedies, whose relatioship with his assistant plays a prominent role in the movie. (thanks to @nastego-lipcopada)

The Lawyer (Advokatas), dir. Romas Zabarauskas, Lithuania (2020). A Lithuanian lawyer falls in love with a Syrian refugee who works as a sex-cam model.

Honorable mentions to:

Eastern Boys, dir. Robin Campillo, France (2013). A French movie about a group of Eastern European rent boys in Paris. [Kinda openly predatory tbh but Daniil Vorobyov is amazing in this]

Xenia (Ξενία), dir. Panos H. Koutras, Greece (2014). After an Albanian singer dies, her two sons (one of whom is gay) embark on a journey to find their estranged Greek father to avoid deportation.

God’s Own Country, dir. Francis Lee, UK (2017). A movie about the relationship between a British farmer and a Romanian farmhand.

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gifted kid burnout things that no one seems to talk about:

the raw panic of hearing about your potential, positive or negative

a weird brand of imposter syndrome where you genuinely think you’ve fluked your way through every success and you’re gonna be Exposed as a Fraud

never having learned how to study and having no idea where to start now that you need to

reading college level books as a kid but being basically illiterate now

dismissing your struggles as irrelevant because other people have it harder and i should be smart enough to handle this

feeling like you’ve lost all control over your life (maybe manifesting into depression, anxiety and disordered eating in a grasp for control over something)

being unable to decide on a career path because you could have had everything, only to watch those opportunities disappear as you fail to commit

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i know that we will never get more percy jackson musicals from the original cast. or maybe ever. so, i just want to make a post about iconic moments in the books and the kinds of songs ive imagined we could’ve gotten if it happened

Sea of Monsters

Percy’s weird dream at the beginning

Tyson having a solo. I’m-

Imagine if we got a ballad for Clarisse here

Tantalus and Percy just being like “fuck you” the whole time

WHEN THEY RUN INTO THE SIREN’S. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO GOOD

Circe’s Island

Guinea pig Percy. Don’t talk to me.

If we got DOA when they entered the underworld. Imagine what we would’ve got when they entered Polyphemus’s cave.

The final song with Thalia waking up and then the song arubtly ending and that’s how the musical ends. I’m not okay.

The Titan’s Curse

PERCY AND ANNABETH DANCING TOGETHER. NO SONG BUT I M A G I N E.

Intense singing and then Annabeth is gone when they save the di Angelo kids

OKAY. NICO SINGING TO PERCY ABOUT MYTHOMAGIC CARDS. IDBKADJ

Artemis singing the rules of the hunters of artemis

Thalia and Percy fighting/singing battle

Nico making Percy promise to protect Bianca on the quest. Really good song I bet. Short. But sweet.

The entire dam sequence. Has the same vibes as “Drive”

WHEN PERCY MEETS APHRODITE. PL E A S E

The audience knows. Everyone knows he’s in love with annabeth.

Percy coming back and telling nico about Bianca. AND THEN NICO SINGS ABOUT HOW HE PROMISED AND WE GET THE SAME INSTRUMENTALS FROM WHEN HE MADE PERCY PROMISE THE FIRST TIME.

Percy and annabeth dancing at the end to a song Percy’s singing that he is always going to protect annabeth but she can’t hear him because it’s an inner monologue

The Battle of the Labyrinth

Percy going to orientation and he becomes friends with Rachel. RaCHEL WOULD HAVE THE COOLEST VOICE. YOU CANNOT CHANGE MY MIND.

WAIT. PAUL BLOFIS. MY MAN. GETTING A SOLO. SINGING ABOUT HOW HE WANTS PERCY TO DO WELL. GENUINE CONFUSION FROM WHEN HELL BREAKS LOOSE AT SCHOOL.

Annabeth singing about how she does NOT like Rachel. But in a very sarcastic way.

When they find the Labyrinth. Mini duet song from percabeth. Sbaksb.

More Tyson singing?? But like softly in the background throughout the quest

When they meet Janus that song would be so fun omg

AND THE SPHYNX TOO

When Percy sees Nico giving the dead McDonalds?? I’m sorry that would be so funny and like sad at the same time. It would be one of the best songs.

The kiss on Mt. St. Helens. Need I say more

Calypso and Percy. Calypso would have a ballad song about how she is cursed to fall in love with every hero and how they always leave. And Percy is like “damn that sucks” the whole song so it’s not even that sad but we are feeling for calypso

Percy walking in on his own funeral would be wild in a musical lmfao

Daedalus would have the COOLEST techno song?? I can’t imagine it any other way. Someone please work with me to write the music for this musical. I’m begging you.

Pan’s song would be so sad omg. I’m crying thinking about it.

At the end it’s Percy singing alone on his birthday and then Nico appears in the song and interrupts Percy. And Percy invites him in. Ugh. So good.

The Last Olympian

Rachel starts off this musical and don’t try and convince me otherwise.

DON’T TALK TO ME. CHARLES BECKENDORF BASS VOICE. I’M SCREAMING.

And it’s a GOOD song about them invading The Princess Andromeda.

But we will never see him again but he had a good run with that song

Percy learning his prophecy. Imagine the song being so chilling and serious. It sends shivers down your spine and then the song ends with Percy’s voice cutting in after a couple seconds with “what?”

May Castellan. I don’t want to talk about but you guys know what’s up.

There was originally a song that the creator of the musical talks about that he cut out where Clarisse and Selena are arguing about who’s side they would be on if there was a war. I want that vibe of that song HERE.

The River of Styx. It’s so emotional about how he sees Annabeth sbaksb

When they’re in war already and Annabeth takes that stab. AM I THE ONLY ONE SEEING THIS HAPPENING?? Her laying at base and singing to Percy. AAAAA

Okay hear me out. When Selena comes in as Clarisse to fight. The original “Put You In Your Place” music comes on here. But Percy knows it’s wrong because it’s not Clarisse’s voice

Kronos’s songs would be SO badass

Percy summoning his father to join the fight

Percy summoning that HURRICANE. The amount of toilet paper this would need oml

Luke dying would be so tragic in the musical. Annabeth and Luke duet. Eugh.

Rachel becoming the new oracle.

Annabeth singing to Percy happy birthday and they get thrown in the lake but it would be different cause there is no lake. But it’s the campers singing a cute mocking song about the two lovebirds

It ends with the same vibe as “Bring on the Monsters” but we’re all crying instead because it’s over.

I KNOW I MISSED A LOT OF MOMENTS BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYMORE YOU THINK WOULD BE AWESOME PLEASE ADD THEM IN. I KNOW ITLL NEVER BE POSSIBLE BUT WE CAN DREAM!’

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Things to do on Sundays for a more productive week

Do a big brain dump of all the things you need to do —> Do any of the tasks that would take under 15 minutes

Review your calendar for the week

Make a plan to work on any upcoming projects throughout the week

Plan your outfits for the week (check the weather first!)

Check your bank account

Take a look at your budget (or make one if you don’t already have one!)

Get to inbox zero (go through your emails so that you have zero unread emails, reply to any emails you need to and unsubscribe from those spam ones)

Make your to do list for Monday

Clean your dorm/apartment/house

Do laundry

Make a meal plan

Go grocery shopping

Meal prep

Spend some time on self care

Go to bed early

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What people think internalised biphobia is:

inability to be proud of your bisexuality

What internalised biphobia is in addition to that:

being convinced you’re not bisexual enough

constantly questioning what if you’re actually gay or straight

feeling like you don’t count as bisexual/LGBT anymore because of your current partner’s gender

feeling like you need to prove you’re “really bisexual” by sleeping with/dating people of different genders

feeling like you’re not a full and equal member of the LGBT community unless you’re in a same sex relationship

feeling like any issues you might face because of your sexual orientation aren’t real or don’t count because bisexuals only have it “half as bad”

prioritising every other issue over bisexual activism because you don’t believe bisexuals deserve support, resources, respect or care as much as other minorities

feeling guilty for being monogamous because you think it takes away from your “bisexual credentials”. feeling guilty for being non-monogamous or promiscuous because you think you’re reinforcing the stereotypes  

being ashamed of liking a particular gender because you feel it makes you less feminist/less queer/less pure. trying to minimise or apologise for attraction to a certain gender

being uncomfortable with the word bisexual, thinking it’s shameful, dirty or “just doesn’t sound right”. being scared of, ashamed of or uncomfortable with saying “i’m bisexual” out loud. using euphemism or avoiding the word “bisexual”.

wondering if you just convinced yourself you’re bi for attention and questioning the validity of your attraction and experiences

feeling like you’re deceiving your partners and you need to apologise for/minimise your bisexuality

thinking bisexuality is not as valid, important, political or radical as some other sexual orientations

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Here we go again

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How and why do dogs do this

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AAAAAAAA PLAY WITH SOUND AGAIN OMG MY HEART

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it irritates me to no end when people say north american birds are dull in comparison to other countries’ birds

blue jay

american kestrel

painted bunting

yellow-throated vireo

cerulean warbler

baltimore oriole

american goldfinch

northern cardinal

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News reporter, on live television: I'm here with Peter Parker, who was publicly outed against his will 4 hours ago. Mr Parker, a few words?

Peter, crying: EVERYONE KNOWS I'M BI???

News reporter:

News reporter: well now we do