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north of savanna we swim in the palisades i come out wearing my brother’s red hat there on his shoulder my best friend is bit seven times he runs washing his face in his hands oh how i meant to tease him oh how i meant no harm touching his back with my hand i kiss him i see the wasp on the length of my arm

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"#Save the Birds!"

Imagine if there was a popular movement to "save the birds" but the only birds people knew about were chickens and maybe geese. So everyone proposes doing things like raising chickens in your backyard to save the birds.

There IS a strange disease affecting chickens that is a major threat to the poultry industry. It's just that at the same time there are devastating declines in other birds that no one is paying attention to.

Now imagine that you are one of the few people who knows that other birds exist. You have nothing against chickens. It's just that there are so many wild birds that need our help too. Everyone you meet is surprised when you inform them about these other birds.

All this time, the other birds can be seen right outside their windows. It's just that few people take the time to stop and notice them.

This is what "Save the bees" is like.

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i have been trying for like. months to explain how the relationship between butch lesbians and trans men is not something akin to polar opposites and this is all i got. like it's not like this:

it's a venn diagram with a massive overlap in the middle. i'm not saying EVERY butch is a trans guy and EVERY trans guy is a butch dyke , i'm just saying it looks more like this:

these are not "mutually exclusive" terms- they do not mean the same thing, but we can be the same people, an very often are. there is a long history of butches who identify as FTM, trans men, drag kings, genderqueer, genderfluid, transmasculine, male, polygender, and two-spirit lesbians, and so much more. the relationship between lesbianism and queer masculinity is inseparable and the only people telling you that butches and trans men need to violently separate from one another and be at each other's throats are terfs. even if we do not share identities, we share our struggle together as heavily misunderstood and unseen masculine queers.

we stand up for each other when our identities get confused by strangers, and we get misgendered. we stand up for each other when terfs and terfpilled people tell us that transmasculine people and men can't be lesbians, when people say "butches just want to be men", when people say "butches aren't real women", when people call each of us bull dykes and trannies, when people mock the way FTMs walk and talk and look, and when people tell trans men they're "just butch dykes in denial". we stand up for each other and understand each others struggles.

whenever a butch lesbian asserts they're a woman no matter how masc they are, whenever a trans man asserts that they are a man and not a butch, whenever a butch struggles to be seen as both a man and a lesbian, and whenever a trans man returns to the lesbian community while embracing their manhood, we are part of the same community, we share the same struggles, and we owe it to each other to stay strong.

we are not enemies. we are bedfellows, lovers, family, spouses, partners, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, siblings, friends, each others support networks, even if we don't share identities perfectly. whether you are butch and a woman, butch and a man, butch and something else entirely, a male, ftm, genderfluid, polygender, genderqueer, transmasculine, nonbinary, two-spirit or whatever else you may be lesbian, you are part of our family and your experience is worth being heard.

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WOMEN WHO ARE KILLING IT IN THE EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC SCENE

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wheres the smiling blackfoot family i want to see the smiling blackfoot family

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Wonderfull Legolas and Gimli in Lothlorien piece! ( commission) by @chechula

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have we discussed this already or

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MEAN GIRLS 2004 — dir. Mark Waters

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your days are fucking numbered and the number is 1

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love that the mountains are my friends

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Happy Birthday to Bucky Barnes.

Happy Birthday to our favorite Sergeant.

Happy Birthday to the Winter soldier.

Happy Birthday to the White Wolf.

Happy Birthday Bucky. ❤️

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Transfem butches, reblog if you agree

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"you just need to develop a thick skin"

No amount of "thick skin" will bring back Brianna Ghey

No amount of "thick skin" will bring back Nex Benedict

No amount of "thick skin" will undo the brutal attack on that poor girl from London who just wanted to go rollerskating with her friends

No amount of "thick skin" is going to stop more trans kids from being fucking murdered and attacked

You wanna "protect the children"? Start with protecting the ones being harassed by your own children for who they are, preferably before they get stabbed in parks and have their heads smashed in in bathrooms.

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"goddess" "matriarchy" "female wisdom" girl your civic rights

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i’m just tired. college is so stressful and i feel a bit :/ but i think the only way to feel better is to be better

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i don’t want to be so dark anymore. i want some light.