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chameleon chameleon

a comic about being bigender, and bisexual, by me! happy pride everyone.

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... the second part of a personal essay i wrote about being bigender. this time, about being bigender and transitioning. thank you to everyone who read and enjoyed part one!

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Intersex & Multigender Cats !!

credit to @giulialibard for pose reference 👍

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It is inherently fun and sexy to say statements that swap the traditional genders of pronouns and terms mid-statement, such as: "I'm going to make him my wife" "She's my boyfriend" "Who says a guy can't be a pretty princess?" "That girl's the coolest dude I've ever met" "She's a madman who has to be stopped" "It's not his fault he's a material girl" Gender is a set of watercolors and the prettiest shades come from mixing the paints together.

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Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

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Angeltober 2023 Day 8 - Mother

what better animal to choose than a oppossum mother with her babies on her back? /rq . It was extremly fun shading all the little babies and doing tiny wings all over the place. just a nature setting felt the ost opproriate here instead of something more crazy. The stained glass window design this time around is very detaile, and while it might feel a little crowded , i wanted to keep it since it fits with the crowded back of the mother and wings and everything :3 -dairiem

prompt by @ultrainfinitepit

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There’s always time for a quiet evening stroll with a few good friends (and maybe a snack, if the scenery looks scrumptious enough)

(this is another custom request from last year’s Kickstarter~)

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I’ll lick your face if you lick mine <3

(this is another custom request from last year’s Kickstarter!)

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“Life cycle of the mushroom.” How and why wonder book of mushrooms, ferns and mosses. 1965. 

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I went on an adventure today to return a pillow to IKEA with my coworker Astrid.

We were having a nice day and got stuck in traffic coming home. On the way her phone rang and she was driving so she declined the call with a sigh. “I feel so bad for him,” she said.

“You know that number?”

She did. It turns out her phone number had previously belonged to a woman named Serena. The man calling was her dad. He had Alzheimer’s and didn’t remember his daughter was dead, so he just called the number he knew was hers.

I was stricken to hear this. “Do you talk to him?”

“Yeah. Sometimes he thinks I’m her and we talk. I have a notebook with facts I’ve learned about her so I can connect with him better. Sometimes he knows I’m not her and I say I’m her friend.”

I struggled with the beauty and humanity of this for a moment. “What’s his name?”

“I don’t know; I just call him Dad.”

We sat in silence and I was overwhelmed with feelings. That she was so kind and thoughtful about this random connection. A man who called and spoke to her with love for the daughter he missed.

"One time," she added, "he called me just after I had a difficult day with my mom. I knew Serena and her mom had a rocky relationship so I talked to him about my frustrations with my own mother and he gave the following advice: ‘Everyone fails sometimes, even parents; what's important is to communicate with our loved ones, even when it's difficult.’

“I have never forgotten that advice and it healed a portion of my heart."

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the most insane double casting i’ve heard of is ophelia and horatio being played by the same actress. the implications of that drive me crazy

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Things worn down by people.

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(butch) dogs playing poker

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disturbed moon