#Authenticity Is a Feeling

[lucybellwood]

[jacobwren]

“Sometimes it seems to me that the process of rehearsal is simply a process of emotional armouring: we will make everything absolutely perfect so no one will ever see who or what we really are.” - Jacob Wren, Authenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PME-ART

[castielfucks]

theres actually no rules to transitioning and youre allowed to want contradictory things for your transition. it's fine if you only want some of the changes that come with hrt and take preventative measures for the rest (like wanting bottom growth but not body hair or vice versa). you can want to have vagina AND a dick. you can be a woman and want top surgery, or wear a packer. you can be a man and want to have a pussy. you can change your transition goals one or a million times or not have any goals at all and just take things as they come or as they feel right.

there are no rules.

[thedeathdeelers]

the goncharov tag rn

[thedreadvampy]

Losing my shit about this article in which a transphobic Tory was so busy panicking about existing in the vicinity of a Trans that she almost certainly misheard "jeans" as "penis" and decided that not only was this a problem with the other woman, but also that the world must be informed of this pressing danger.

"a trans woman! I had to stand directly behind her....I thought, 'this is going well', I'm handling The Situation fine'..."

translated: I saw a tall woman with broad shoulders. How would I get out of this alive? I thought. she has a PENIS. PENIS PENIS PENIS. through some force of PENIS I mean will I managed to PENIS behave normally towards her. My hands were PENIS PENIS PENIS shaking as I tried to dry them. summoning up all my PENIS courage I said 'dryer's crap innit'. she turned to me and said " yeah I'm just goiPENIS PENIS PENIS"

It's been a week and I'm still shaking. This proves trans women are the problem and I'm not weird. I'm fine. It's fine. If you think about it I'm the hero hePENIS!!!!!

very this

[zuiz41]

Au where people call them The Power Couple 👁️

[nerdinsandals]

I wanted to see if I could draw Liko as a Gen 1 character! 💙

Instead of just changing the art style, I tried following the trends of the era to create a whole new design that looked believable for the time. For example, her outfit is based on Squirtle instead of Oshawott in this concept. :>

[Update: She has friends now!]

[anna-scribbles]

calling all miraculous fans who watched anime in middle school

PLEASE tell me what you think adrien’s favorite anime is. bonus points for characters you think he would relate to / want to be friends with

[whitmore]

niki giving phil the flint and steel was cinematic poetry ok did you know every niki is fire she is her own match and own flame in every iteration. the association is always so ridiculously strong it literally writes itself— how likely was it that nobody else in the area had a flint and steel but her !!!!! in every metaphor in every universe etc etc

[uncanny-tranny]

Begging, begging, begging people to stop associating aging and femininity in men/masculine people as Wrong and Predatory. Femininity has no age limit.

To any feminine man, masculine person, or really, anybody who needs to hear this: Your femininity deserves to be recognized and celebrated. Aging is a natural and unique part of life, and you don't have to sacrifice your femininity for fear of being "too old" to be accepted or seen as charming. You are already charming.

There is no limit to being who you are. No matter what you're told, you still deserve to completely claim yourself.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

We could have had it all...

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[journey-to-the-attic]

the new nightmare is cool but i think not putting them in hanfu was an missed opportunity

(+ long hair version that i wasn't as sure about)

[jacobwren]

People who have read Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim before it's out seem to like it. All the more reason to preorder:

https://radicalcut.blogspot.com/2024/07/dry-your-tears-to-perfect-your-aim-is.html

(Goodreads is not something authors should be looking at.)

[sreppub]

saw many comments about no one ever believing dc superhero girls brucie could be batman :’) and clark is kind of a dick, so. made me think

dw, he’s still clark and im a superbat girlie; he’ll make it right afterwards :’’’’)

[owl-bones]

Some insight on fae Dream (人 •͈ᴗ•͈)

he has a pattern of befriending and paying attention to humans when they enter his realm, then seemingly dropping them after they've become fae. this isn't due to losing interest but rather he starts treating them like the rest of his subjects-- Dream tries to give all of his subjects a fraction of his time and be friends with everyone. like literally everyone

unfortunately this means he's spread very thin, and has very little time spent with any one individual thus resulting in few genuine connections. he does find humans very interesting and gives them more time than his fae subjects, but that's a result of his curiousity. so when they turn fae and he treats them like everyone else and they get less of his time, it seems like he's lost interest in them. he's basically doing a platonic speed date at all times, and thus doesn't spend enough time with people to maintain a relationship properly

he really should find a group of people that he truly enjoys and dedicate his time to them so he can form meaningful relationships, but he's too focused on seeming like a perfect, friendly king to everyone.

[izzybluebell]

tunes