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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!!

to all selfshippers!!

happy pride month to gay selfshippers!

happy pride month to lesbian selfshippers!

happy pride month to bisexual selfshippers!

happy pride month to pansexual selfshippers!

happy pride month to transgender selfshippers!

happy pride month to non-binary selfshippers!

happy pride month to aromantic selfshippers!

happy pride month to asexual selfshippers!

happy pride month to aroace selfshippers!

happy pride month to two-spirit selfshippers!

happy pride month to intersex selfshippers!

happy pride month to mpsec selfshippers!

happy pride month to selfshippers who use xenogenders!

happy pride month to selfshippers who use neopronouns!

happy pride month to transgender selfshippers who don’t follow gender roles!

happy pride month to masc trans girls!

happy pride month to fem trans guys!

happy pride month to she/her gays and he/him lesbians!

happy pride month to fictoromantic/sexual selfshippers!

happy pride month to those who’s neurodivergence affects their gender!

happy pride month to those who’s pronouns don’t match their gender!

happy pride month to those who’s identity is confusing and contradictory to others!

happy pride month to those who can’t come out due to private reasons, we will always be waiting for you!

YOUR F/OS LOVE YOUR QUEERNESS, YOUR TRANSNESS, YOUR EVERYTHING.

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How to Work with Aphrodite

Thinking of working with the goddess of love, beauty, and sensuality? Here’s a beginner-friendly guide to connecting with Aphrodite:

Who is Aphrodite?

Greek goddess of love, pleasure, beauty, passion, sex, and all things heart-stirring. Her Roman name is Venus. She’s soft and powerful—don’t let the rose petals fool you.

Signs She Might Be Reaching Out to You:

• Rose petals showing up unexpectedly

• Seashells, doves, swans in dreams or symbols

• A sudden pull toward self-love, beauty rituals, or romantic healing

• Feeling empowered in your sensuality

Altar Ideas:

• Pink, red, or gold candles

• Rose quartz, seashells, pearls

• Statues or art of Aphrodite

• Fresh flowers (roses especially!)

• Perfume, honey, wine, or sweet fruit as offerings

Ways to Connect:

• Take a ritual bath with rose petals and salt

• Write love letters (to yourself, a lover, or Aphrodite)

• Mirror work—look into your eyes and speak affirmations of beauty & worth

• Meditate on her presence or read hymns to Aphrodite

• Practice glamour magic or wear something that makes you feel divine

Offerings She Loves:

• Honey, wine, chocolate

• Fresh roses or rose water

• Love poems, art, music

• Acts of self-love and sensual self-care

• Helping others feel beautiful or cherished

One Simple Prayer:

“Lady Aphrodite, guide me in love—within and without. May I see myself through eyes of beauty and walk with the grace of your name.”

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things you DO NOT need to be a man

a dick

he/him pronouns

XY chromosomes

things you DO need to be a man

the swiftness of a coursing river

the force of a great typhoon

the strength of a raging fire

the mysteriousness of the dark side of the moon

^this post was brought to you by LGBT^

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To defeat the huns

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Thinking about Lilo & Stitch makes me really appreciate certain things about the original + the series. Almost every single named [human] character in the movie isn’t white: the only exception being Mertle, y’know, the bratty little girl we’re not supposed to like.

Besides all of the racial representation, Lilo herself is very much a neurodivergent icon, and her portrayal as the protagonist is amazing considering how characters like her are typically either sidelined or depicted in ways to make them less sympathetic/human (modern media does at least a slightly better job at adressing that kind of thing tho).

So all of that is great, but to anyone that hasn’t seen Lilo & Stitch: The Series, it also does some extremely refreshing stuff.

Pleakley gets tons of validation to dress in drag, everyone always referring to Pleakley as “she” when dressed up as “aunt Pleakley.” There’s even an episode that tackles Pleakley dealing with the pressures of his family that wants him to marry a girl and settle down to have a “normal life.” After the episode's shenanigans, there's a realistic depiction of the misunderstanding of a heteronormative/traditional parent with their non-traditional child: Pleakley's mom says that she just wants her children to be happy, but when Pleakley says that he is happy, she thinks he's only trying to console her as she insists, "How can you be happy? You aren't even married." But Pleakley finally gets it through to his mom when he says, "I don't want to be married, mother! I'm happy just as I am."

After getting to meet all of Pleakley's ohana throughout the episode and hearing from Pleakley himself -after all of the previous misunderstandings- that he really, truly, is happy, she's finally starting to understand.

Even though his mom comments as they leave that she wants him to “try wearing men’s clothes more often,” she still does walk away accepting that she simply doesn’t understand her son's way of thinking. It’ll definitely be hard for her since she’s so much more “traditional,” but she’s finally coming to grips with the fact that her son is who he is, and likes being that way, so she’ll love him regardless. She's trying her best.

The portrayal of people with physical disabilities is also great. It’s not because there’s one recurring character with some condition, but almost because there are non-recurring characters. It isn’t in every episode, but here’s an example: they want to show someone at the park playing fetch with their dog for just one shot. They could very easily have it be any a random person, but they decided to make it a lady in a wheelchair. There's another episode where Nani's friends from highschool show up and one has forearm crutches, but not just because she had some recent accident. No one in the episode questions her condition or feels the need to point it out, the only comment on it being that the friend will use the crutches to lightly bonk the others' arms, and Nani jokes, "You are still deadly with that thing."

The fact that they include characters with disabilities when they "don't have to" makes it that much more normal. These people aren't some special case or the main highlight of the episode, they're just another person. They're normal.

There's so much that all of the original Lilo & Stitch media did right, but now the name will forever be tainted with the association of the remake, which I'm sure will have absolutely none of the tasteful writing and ideas of anything prior to it.

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I have been a big Disney fan for as long as I can remember but now they are going too far now.

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Someone confirm this being an actual sexuality

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It's crazy to me that Disney removed Cobra Bubbles because a 6 foot burly tattooed black guy isn't a "believable social worker"

Disney, lemme tell ya something. Past the racist part of that (WILD they were so open about it) even if race wasn't part of this, KIDS WOULDNT FEAR COBRA BUBBLES! THEY REALLY DONT!

Oftentimes, children look for who is safe to be around, and they flock to the most intimidating looking person for that. (That's why everyones got that one grandpa that's grumpy 24/7 yet all the little relatives sit on his knee)

A social worker makes perfect sense for him. When children feel like someone "scary" is on their side, it can help give them courage to stand up to issues they face. Don't believe me? Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) use this tactic to help child victims testify in court against their guardians. Link to that below:

So I find it entirely believable that Cobra Bubbles would make a great social worker, because children would feel protected by him, and he is VERY good with kids. Sorry Disney, but I feel like there's only one real reason you kicked him from the reboot, and it's not because of his tattoos

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