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Paradise. 

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Dainty & Ethereal Floral Tattoos by Pis Saro

Crimean tattoo artist Pis Saro illustrates exquisite floral tattoos inspired by nature. Ethereal, dainty and feminine, the tattoos appear as watercolor painting on the skin. Her effortless technique and skill add a sense of delicacy and vibrancy. Each composition contains exquisite detail.

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Jeannie Phan x INPRNT.

Jeannie Phan’s illustrations are amazing - and they’re also available as fine art prints in her INPRNT Shop.

This is a sponsored post by INPRNT (Check them out on Tumblr!) but I still choose & write about the artists ;)

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Liberalism today has nothing to offer but the symbolic inclusion of a small number of token individuals into the increasingly inaccessible upper classes.

Liberalism is Dead, WILLIE OSTERWEIL (via contemporary-petroleuse)

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Things Unsaid | Audrey Kawasaki

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Johanna II, 2017. By Jessica Andersdotter. Click here for more of my art.

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Fruits Basket Feelings: Tohru in every episode [Episode 7]

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Transitioning isn’t always linear. It isn’t always “from one gender to another.” There’s a misconception that when people transition they increasingly conform to gender roles; that they reinforce the gender binary. If anything, the opposite is true. As we grow more confident in ourselves, we expand the boundaries of our presentation and how the world conceptualizes gender. The further on hormones I was, the less I felt tied up by the gender norms that restricted me throughout my teenage years. Transitioning can welcome in bodies to new forms of gender presentation and even create new genders. This development of self-consciousness isn’t just for us, it’s also a way of communicating that everyone should be able to express themselves. Transitioning isn’t just about gender: it’s about our ability to create community and understanding.

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omg why do white ppl love cheese so mu-

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哇噻

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Neko Nation photos with the beautiful @yaziiebabiee ~~ Kitty looked so cute and adorbs like a pretty pastel prince(ss). ^.^ xo

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So, I've realized that in order to thrive here I have to do something that I wish I didn't have to. I have to change my voice. I've become too relaxed, fortunately but unfortunately, at this stage in my transition, too fortunately but unfortunately mostly only surrounding myself with other queer and trans folks with whom it doesn't matter.

But I've come to realize that my only way to financially survive in this cultural climate is to "go stealth", as they say, unfortunately, and that means I need a habitual voice that passes for female, at all times. I've become so lax in affecting 'a natural female voice' that now when I do, my voice goes hoarse after just an hour or so. I used to raise the pitch of my voice a lot. Now I scarcely do.

I'm not reaching my potential, and I've realized how very afraid I've become of succeeding in life, and a lot of that has to do with increasingly self-segregating as a queer and trans person here in the South, and in China the last couple years before I left.

I'm about to print some business cards and make a much more comprehensive effort to get some solid tutoring going.

If you have any friends with kids learning (or you yourself are learning or want to learn) Chinese or French (or basic Spanish or German even) in school, and they want tutoring for that, send them my way please.  I am not "American mobile" though -- I do not own a car. Public libraries, coffee shops, your home in Charleston, or online via Skype or Messenger for at-distance learners!

Languages are where I am most experienced in teaching, including English language arts, though sciences are also a solid check in my list. I can no longer offer tutoring services for a mere $15~20/hour, however. I'm worth more than that. My experience is worth more than that. I could be making $30~$60 per hour instead of having to pull all these bill balancing acts every month, or working for people in jobs that have nothing to do with my wealth of past professional experience, having lived and taught in China for 6 years and France for 1 year. I also would love to launch a China tour guide service for queer and trans people who want to visit Mainland China or Taiwan but are unsure how to navigate. This service would necessitate flying me to and from the destination with you, all my expenses on the ground covered, plus the actual fee for my touring and translation services, which naturally would be rad af ^_^

I'm happy I walked away from my 'decent paying job' recently because of the toxic environment in which my work ethic was being maddeningly taken advantage of with little return except superficial material comfort. The emotional labor there was a borderline abusive relationship with my employer, when you're essentially forced to manage disturbingly unreliable employees but you're not paid like a manager. I'm worth so much more.

But now I can't even sleep well every night because financially I'm facing a rough road ahead if I don't land something solid asap.

So, I will be changing my voice, indefinitely. Please help me not feel like a phony or a sellout for doing so. I would also appreciate any *objective critiques* using an objective ear, not a trans/queer-positive ear. Queer & (nonbinary) trans folks don't care or judge what your voice sounds like, but I'm saying that I'm requesting to be JUDGED, critiqued, and guided without filters.  I have little choice but to essentially go stealth as a trans woman out in the world, which also means a few other changes I have to make because really I'm just so nonbinary and genderqueer, androgynous sometimes even.

Thanks for your support as I permanently change my habitual voice. I have all the techniques down btw. It's just a matter of habituation and establishing that physical muscle memory so that it becomes second nature. I used to pretty much be there, but then I stopped caring and let my voice drop again.  Trans men, you're lucky in at least that aspect that your voice gets changed *for* you with testosterone. Trans women aren't so fortunate there with estradiol. But hey, I know we have some transition advantages too ^_^  Green grass green grass.

PM me on here for serious inquiries about my tutoring or touring services.

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