#But youll win

[bloobyposting]

Can we ACTUALLY talk about "gendered socialisation" with some nuance pls

Every time i see someone pretending that 'amab folks will never transition because they're always gonna be raised male' i make another person trans

Every time i see someone pretending that 'gendered socialisation literally doesn't exist/i am immune to gendered socialisation because im just a silly little transgender' i make that person cis again

Socialisation divvied up on gendered lines exists. It's a real strong, oppressive, arbitrary force that was invented by bathroom companies to sell more bathrooms. You are not immune to it either, you absolutely grew up with it and you're not going to lose it by accident once you find out you're a woman now. It's probably happening to you as I speak, in fact it might be in the room with you right now, and you wouldn't even know it. And some of the ways it presents will often be cut from the same cloth as toxic masculinity, and that's on you to unlearn. Call it what you want, but it came to you because you were raised to be a certain way according to the gendered expectations of your parents.

On the other hand, it's not innate. TERFs keep using that shit to push their own fascistic worldview. Gender, like biological sex, is completely malleable given time. If you hormone wash your body with estrogen, progesterone and antiandrogens, you become biologically female, your ovaries just come in a little plastic container that you get through a shady website online through legally sourced methods and a doctor's note. In the same way, you surround yourself with a bunch of women who love and appreciate you, who uplift you through your gender identity and treat you as one of their own, and you do exactly the same with and for them, your socialisation as 'masculine' will be withered away and you'll literally see your personality change in front of your eyes. It's literally so beautiful to be in a room as the person you are and have become and then realise that they see you as that person.

But, it takes a lot of work. It's bendy, and it's malleable, but it's not fully fluid. not yet at least You can't just manifestrogen HRT into your veins, you can't just will your own gender presentation into existence flawlessly without doing the busywork that comes with becoming a different person completely. It's a skill, one that takes dedication and effort to become better at.

[theloveinc]

act i scene i: older, childless, bachelor Barbarian!Bakugo finds you six months pregnant hiding in an empty stable during one of his clan raids--and instead of slaughtering you as a much younger him might've done...he throws you onto his cart of treasures and decides to take you home so he can start the family he never had with you and your child as his bride and baby.

[boxofthings]

Meat and Roach, watching Ghost uncomfortably interact with a random girl at the bar:

Meat: Wow that guy's aloof. Can't imagine wanting to sleep with him.

Roach: ...yeah

Meat, jokingly: You wouldn't sleep with him, would you?

Roach, deliberately not making eye contact:

Meat, who made a bet with Royce on who could seduce Roach first (he bet on himself): You haven't slept with him, have you?

Roach:

Meat, now shaking Roach: You haven't slept with him have you??

[cronchyradish]

average hairless chihuahua

[ratatatastic]

OH YEAH NO THATS GONNA HAUNT ME FOR AGES. MIKKSY SAYING PLAYBOYS AS HE PHONES INTO A FINNISH RADIO STATION COMPLETELY FUCKING PISSED

the whole exchange is so good (x)

[balestrra]

The Mirage Saloon proprietress Primadonna, and her trusted employee, Ms Rose

[fairuzfan]

I'm glad it at least made him happy (? from what i can tell?) but Motaz winning man of the year in GQ Middle East is so bleak, man. It just feels very hunger games.

[skitskatdacat63]

2009 Japanese Grand Prix - Sebastian Vettel

[mmeepp-mmeepp]

@0rang3Sod4dtiys this is my first drawing contest I think so um here enjoy Idc if it'll win I just want you to recognize this please

And of course the sketch

:3 meep

[marcignar]

hey Marci do you have like an oc or persona? like I have my green god goober do you have anything like that?

if you do pls share

absolutely none

[faunandfloraas]

Lee know not realising he's the hottest when he has a little chunk on him is so 😿

[cara-mel5]

please audi you want a long term strategy right?? okay you've got hulkenberg for the experience how about colapinto for the amazing rookie fighting red bulls in his 3rd race of the season IN A WILLIAMS??? oh its risky? imagine if mclaren thought that way w lando or oscar? imagine if red bull thought that way with max? cmon u know you want to.

[whumpuary]

so this is entirely pointless but i'm sick and bored so here's a playlist where all the song titles correspond to the prompt list

and the titles are all there is to it. it's probably a wild mix of genres and lyrics that don't fit the theme, or no lyrics at all. but you know, now that i think about it, whumpuary is a challenge where you can try something new and completely different. so idk maybe you'll get super inspired from 60s blues or experimental disco. try it out and see maybee it'll work for you

[praisetheaxolotl]

Just remembered that there was this one Bojack line that always reminded me of Bill but now I don't sound like I'm on something when I tell people that. Thanks, Book Of Bill!!!

[ratatatastic]

"Battle of Alberta, right? It was my first game: Calgary, Edmonton. We would play them in the preseason, and you know—trying to make the team I'd always be asking him to fight in preseason, always. I'd be runnin' my mouth—like, tryna fight the biggest, baddest guys, tryna make an impression.

And he would never fight me. He'd always tell me, like If you make the team, I'll fight ya. You don't have to worry about that, but I'm not fightin' ya preseason. And I totally respect it, I'm not gonna chase him down. It is what it is. He's established—I'm looking for my chance.

So I get called up, we're playing Edmonton in Edmonton: Battle of Alberta. [He's] over there on the other side, and it's like the coolest thing ever... you know, the buildup was crazy 'cuz I knew if the opportunity presented itself—if the game went the way I hoped it would, I would get an opportunity to fight him.

I remembered in warmups tryna skate by the redline initially just kind-of gettin' a feel for it—to see if I have to say something or whatever... He's got no bucket on, his big, bald head is glarin' around, he skates by the redline with the biggest smile on his face, and just gives me the biggest wink...

At that moment I knew Okay, he remembers. It's gonna happen at some point.

We were up 1, I think it was 2-1 going into intermission or whatever—Oh, no, I think it was 1-1 and we had just scored so the position I'm like Yeah, I don't know if I can fight him now because we have the momentum and we're winning the game. I don't want to lose a fight, then we lose a game and now I'm, like, never getting a chance again.

You kind-of gotta play the game within the game like [...] there's an opportunity to fight, and there's an opportunities where you shouldn't fight. Things weren't looking good, then they score and now we need a spark. I'm like Fucking perfect.

I just skate by their bench and I'm like It's time, big boy! He jumps out, we line up, and he goes We squarin' up or we goin' right away?

I'm like I'm not fuckin' squarin' up with you right now! We're goin' right away!

Drop em, we go right away, grab each other. I know he's a lefty so he's gonna let go—let's go of my right arm before he throws one. I threw one. Big boy went down, he jumped back up pretty quick. I don't know, I tell people all the time, I'm like I would've been in the league fuckin' 2 years earlier if there was good footage of this fuckin' fight!

For some reason—For some reason, the cameras cut out. I don't know if [he] had his cousins working the cameras or something that night, or if they're in the video room or what happened.

That was my first NHL game.

It's funny 'cuz Chucky was there—Chucky's there and he knows, he saw, he always laugh when I say that I would've been in the league earlier 'cuz he knows how things like that go. You get a little bit of energy and buzz around ya, and then kind-of momentum takes you a little bit further but unfortunate[ly], I missed that opportunity but I don't regret a thing.

[...]

The opportunity was there, I just—unfortunately, for whatever reason, the Hockey Gods said not yet." (Ryan Lomberg reminiscing over his first NHL game/fight) (x)(x) (please go watch the second link to see lombos giant smile as he tells this story jfc)

and other genuinely bonkers things to say about a hockey player in your first fight... like why did this need to be said like that...what

[cheriboms]

doctober day 10: nuclear

for all the 40s doc enjoyers ;]