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grammarpedant · 10 months

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Rereading The Raven Tower, I see now where I didn't before why it bothers me so much when characters who are nonbinary, agender or otherwise don't fit into any human gender schema get called "technically cis," even as a joke, for not being interested in changing their body or gender presentation to fit human norms. and i suppose the reason i didn't realize earlier is because it's a more clearly intersex experience, though it obviously has strong overlap with the trans experience. (i am trans but not intersex, myself.)

Why don't you change your body? the Myriad asks the narrator, repeatedly in the course of the story. she, like many gods in the story, has adopted an embodiment more suited to interfacing socially with humans, and apparently adopted gender as well, and she says to the narrator, why don't you do the same. It would be more convenient for you, to travel, to talk to people. to humans. It is in fact inconvenient for other people that you do not take a different body, which you, like me, could do.

I do not want another body, says Strength and Patience of the Hills. I have always been this stone. I have no desire to change.

There's a lot of ways to read that exchange, and it's worth noting that SaPotH is legitimately putting other people to some trouble by refusing to change its embodiment into something more portable. But still. Here and now, on this reread, I hear: I have always been myself. I don't want to change that. I will not change my body because it discomfits other people. I will not change myself for the sake of other people's expectations.

Ultimately there's a lot of ways to be trans (or intersex), to queer gender and sex and bodies. But it's this state of conflict with the society around it- the friction between who you are and how you are and where you fit in other people's expectations- more than a simple desire to change one's body or presentation, that to me is what makes this attitude resonate as trans.

#it is so much a story concerned about society and language and history on both a broad and personal scale #god i love this book so much.#read the raven tower or I'll blow this blog up (kidding but i will sit here consumed by unspoken thoughts instead)#the raven tower #ann leckie #verso talks #smacks of gender #pride month every month #trans life

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thistaletasty · 10 months

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So my circle-sister (not) jokingly said I needed one of those Pride Month shirts that highlight the "Demon" in the middle of the phrase. I had actually been thinking of getting one, but it seemed like a tragedy that there wasn't a Crowley version. And of course every Pride Demon needs an accompanying LGBTQI-Angel.

The backs of both shirts are the same, save for the color of the lettering.

I think I'll go back and outline the rainbow letters on the Crowley shirt to make them more legible, at some point. But right this second I'm busy waiting and seeing.

#good omens #pride #pride month every month #it's pride o'clock somewhere #good omens fanart #good omens fan crafts #my art #ineffable husbands #lgbtqia #pride demon #lgbtqi angel #crowley #aziraphale

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aquicat · 9 months

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Who dare enter the lesbian Tardis?

#doctor who #gay #pride #lesbian pride #sapphic #british #pride month every month #lgbtqia #not #Cicero #but still sorta Cicero

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aurora--spirit · 9 months

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yo i did some art just in time for pride month tbh coulda done better but whatever im still learning anyway do any of the zero people who actually follow this blog want me to make an art-only blog? (which will upload basically never)

#furry #scalie #i guess scalie but barely i mean she has scales on her belly i guess #trans #pride month in august #pride month EVERY MONTH #btw guys i made a new armor design for her just for this art i think its cool anyway bye lmao #oc:trysta

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proudsilkies · 11 months

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Natasha Thinks They Kissed. ft Kate and Yelena. Part 2.

*Natasha and Yelena enter the common room at Avengers Tower. Steve is in the kitchenette making a sandwich*

*Yelena muffled* fanks vor taking me tuv da dened.

Natasha: I can't understand you.

*Yelena takes the bloody gauze out of her mouth and puts it into Natasha's hand*: Thanks for taking me to the dentist.

Steve: I'm making sandwiches. Would either of you like one?

*Yelena heading towards the door*: No, I need to get going. Fanny and Lucky have a play date.

*Natasha watches as Yelena leaves*

Steve: Nat? Sandwi-

Natasha: Yelena and Kate kissed!

*Steve's eyebrows shoot up*

Natasha: They gave her laughing gas and she said it when she was all loopy.

*Steve excitedly*: No way! Give me the deets!!

Natasha: I don't have any deets! Because after, she whispered "Don't tell Natasha"

Steve: Why would she tell you not to tell yourself?

Natasha: She doesn't even remember that she told me. So now I know this secret that I'm not supposed to know, and she doesn't even know that I know, and why wouldn't she want me to know?! Can you believe that Yelena and Kate kissed and she didn't tell me?!

Steve: Okay, just calm down.

*Natasha glaring*: Never. Tell me to calm down.

Steve: I'm sorry. Maybe they didn't kiss. You said she was on some gas. Maybe she didn't know what she was saying.

Natasha: She was saying some weird stuff. She thought her thumb was missing.

Steve: Was it?

Natasha: ...No.

Steve: Look, I'm just saying maybe she didn't want to tell you because she thought you'd react like this. Which is-? Why? I thought you liked Kate.

Natasha: I do like Kate. She's smart and strong. A quick learner. A good leader to her young team. But she's also arrogant, and overconfident, and reckless. She's basically half mini you, half mini Clint, and half mini Tony.

*Steve confused*: That's three ha-

Natasha: I can't have my sister dating any amount of Tony. God no. Clint is the most reckless human being I know. And you...

*Steve sheepishly looks down*

Natasha: I'm just trying to protect my sister from getting hurt. Kate will either break up with her because she can't sit still for longer than 2 seconds, or she'll get killed in the line of duty and leave Yelena that way.

Steve: They know the risks. And I don't think you're giving Kate enough credit. You said it yourself. She's a good kid. And I think she's good for your sister.

*Natasha sighs* Maybe you're right.

*Steve smiling*: That's the spirit!

*Steve hands her a sandwich* Now can you help me pass all these out?

*Natasha sees 15 sandwiches on the counter behind him*

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*Kate in the training room, cleaning up after a workout, singing to herself. Natasha walks up behind her*

Natasha: Kate Bishop!

*Kate screams and jumps in the air*

Natasha: Why so jumpy?

*Kate catching her breath*: Because you Black Widowed me!

Natasha: Kate, if I wanted you dead-

Kate: I'd be dead already. I know. You guys say that a lot. So how did Yelena do at the dentist?

Natasha: Like you'd expect.

Kate: She bit him?

Natasha: Four times. He may lose part of his finger. He gave her some of that laughing gas. And she started saying some pretty weird stuff.

Kate: Oh yeah? Like what?

Natasha: She thought her thumb was missing.

*Kate concerned*: Was it??

Natasha: No! God, you Captain America types. I think Sam is the only one who-

*Kate confused*: I'm Hawkeye.

Natasha: No. Kate, no. Just-she said you and her kissed.

*Kate freezes and her eyes get wide. Natasha stares her down. Kate starts running away. Natasha gives chase and tackles Kate. She pins her down so that she can't move. All of a sudden their roles are flipped as Nat finds herself on her back with Kate straddling her. Kate had just pulled a perfect Black Widow move on the Black Widow.*

Natasha: Where did you learn how to do that?!

*Kate, eyes sparkling*: I learned from the best.

*Natasha relaxes and Kate gives her a hand up*

Natasha: Why didn't you tell me that you two kissed?

Kate: She made me promise not to speak of it to you. And here I am speaking of it to you!

*Yelena from the doorway, angrily*: Oh thanks for keeping your promise, Kate Bishop!

Natasha: She didn't tell me. You did.

Yelena: I never said-

Natasha: Yes you did! At the dentist. We're sisters. We tell each other everything. Why didn't you tell me this?

Yelena: Because I knew you would go after Kate!

Natasha: You didn't know-

Yelena: Then what was this?! huh?!

*The sisters start arguing in Russian*

Kate: Did you just call me a dog?

Natasha: No, I said you were like a dog-

*Kate joins in the argument with the two sisters and the three of them fight for a while*

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*Kate, Natasha, and Yelena on three chairs stuck together with a putty arrow and with duct tape.*

*Clint securing the duct tape*

Steve: Okay. Now I want you ladies to talk this through like adults. We'll be back in 15 to check on you.

*Clint and Steve leave*

Natasha: Why did you tell them where the duct tape was?

Kate: I don't know! I was trying to be helpful!

Yelena: Yeah, you helped them alright.

Natasha: It's fine. Pretty soon we'll be out of here. I can turn my back and then you two can resume kissing behind it!

*Yelena sighs*: Natasha, it is not like that. I am confused about my romantic feelings and Kate was helping me out. I didn't tell you because...I wasn't ready and I asked Kate not to say anything.

*Natasha*: Sestra, I will always love and accept you no matter what. But one thing, Kate?

Kate: If I hurt Yelena, you'll kill me?

Natasha: No. If you hurt Yelena, she'll kill you herself. I just want you to look out for her.

Kate: I'll always have her back. Every Black Widow needs a Hawkeye, right?

*Starlord runs into the training room*: Where's my banjo?!

Kate: Why do you have a banjo in the training room?

Peter: No time! There's a hot girl on another planet who I just found out really likes banjo music!

*He runs out with his banjo, leaving the girls tied up*

#kate bishop #yelena belova #natasha romanoff #steve rogers #clint barton #hawkeye #hawkeye kate bishop #black widow #white widow #captain america #peter quill #guardians of the galaxy #source: icarly #happy pride 🌈#pride month every month #let’s be real

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wawataka · 11 months

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i was like hm i need to change my pfp for pride month!! and then i. remembered

#pride month every month #cnp rants

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growwithgrace · 2 years

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The Burl in Lexington, KY

#lucy dacus #i love lucy #vbs #I cried the whole time #queer #pride month every month #lucy Dacus music is for hot people

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andthebeanstalk · 11 months

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Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".

Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"

And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".

Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.

At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.

So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!

Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!

Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!

Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.

#hlep #original #mental health #my sympathies and empathies to anyone who has to rely on this kind of hlep to get what they need.#the people in my life who most need to see this post are my family but even if they did I sincerely doubt they would internalize it #i've tried to break thru to them so many times it makes my head hurt. so i am focusing on boundaries and on finding other forms of support #and this thing i learned today helps me validate those boundaries. the example with the milk was from my therapist.#the example with the towing company was a real thing that happened with my parents a few months ago while I was age 28. 28!#a full adult age! it is so infantilizing as a disabled adult to seek assistance and support from ableist parents.#they were real mad i was mad tho. and the spoons i spent trying to explain it were only the latest in a long line of #huge family-related spoon expenditures. distance and the ability to enforce boundaries helps. haven't talked to sisters for literally the #longest period of my whole life. people really believe that if they love you and try to help you they can do no wrong.#and those people are NOT great allies to the chronically sick folks in their lives.#you can adore someone and still fuck up and hurt them so bad. will your pride refuse to accept what you've done and lash out instead?#or will you have courage and be kind? will you learn and grow? all of us have prejudices and practices we are not yet aware of.#no one is pure. but will you be kind? will you be a good friend? will you grow? i hope i grow. i hope i always make the choice to grow.#i hope with every year i age i get better and better at making people feel the opposite of how my family's ableism has made me feel #i will see them seen and hear them heard and smile at their smiles. make them feel smart and held and strong.#just like i do now but even better! i am always learning better ways to be kind so i don't see why i would stop

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dadstielkline · 2 years

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fun facts about sharks

#I know I didn't include every pride flag #but these were fun to make #might do a part 2 #lgbtq #gay #lesbian #pansexual #asexual #aromantic #nonbinary #transgender #pride month 2022 #pride month #unlabeled #happy pride 🌈#bisexual

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swedenis-h · 11 months

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Happy Pride 2023!

(last years post)

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just-your-average-supervillain · 4 months

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DP x DC: The Rivalry

It's a little-known fact among the Watchtower residents that there is a fierce rivalry going on amongst its members. On one side, the Flash, a core member of the Justice League. On the other, Daniel "Danny" Fenton, Head of Engineering for the Watchtower.

Nobody knows when the rivalry started. Some rumors say that it began when, after hearing the Flash rant about how stupid it is to believe in ghosts, Danny took the effort to reroute all of his outgoing calls to the advice line of the JLD. Others say that after Danny doubled the max speed of one of the jets, Flash took it upon himself to have a joyride in it and then submit a complaint about it being too slow... twelve separate times, each one no more than 24 hours after Danny had finished the last speed improvements.

Ever since, the two have been taking potshots at each other with pranks large and small. Danny arranged a standard maintenance check to change room authorizations... resulting in the Flash being unable to access the kitchens for a week. In return, the Flash spent an entire week replacing every single cup of coffee Danny had with the cheapest, most watered-down decaf he could find - and he swapped out the mugs for Flash-branded ones as well. Danny's modification of the Flash's suit to change colors to randomized sets of the most eye-searingly-bright, clashing colors possible for exactly one second after being exposed to the Speed Force were met with "Kick Me!" signs taped to Danny's back.

But... surely this has gone too far, right? Flash... really can't think of what he can do to top this.

He stares as every single Watchtower engineer zips between tasks using the Speed Force as if it's nothing. It's not a permanent change, thank god, he can see the packs on them that apparently give them the Speed Force, but it's still ridiculous.

You know what, no. He's just... not gonna engage with that. He turns around and leaves the engineering department.

It becomes a lot harder to avoid engagement when, over the course of the day, he has to witness each and every member of the Justice League speed around with a Speed Force pack of their own. Shouldn't Batman and Wonder Woman be above this sort of thing? Why does Superman need to be faster?!

#dpxdc #dcxdp #dc x dp #dp x dc #danny phantom #dcu #Danny adds a more subtle version of his reverse-engineered Speed Force to Bruce Wayne's suits - as in the ones he wears to interviews #now Barry has to spend a MONTH seeing theories of Bruce Wayne actually being the Flash on the front page of every newspaper he reads #he DOES eventually ask Danny for a custom version of the color-changing version of his suit to cycle through the rainbow during Pride Month

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grammarpedant · 11 months

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I'm always surprised by the passage of time, and it was worse for me this past couple months. It's not that time seems to stand still, exactly, but that it seems to pace in small circles, round and around my room, bed to desk to door to bed, sleep to waking to sleep to waking. time moves but never seems to go anywhere.

but somehow life and the world don't stay still. the weather here changes, the bright days lengthening as we turn towards summer. the sky shades a powder blue and stays that way, day after day, and between the sun and the occasional rain the days seem to promise something about life. under the summer sun, the road outside seems to go somewhere again, and invites me to walk.

and like the flowers opening in my neighbor's yard, emerging from the greenery because we've been here all along, pride month arrives too. always here, always queer. i am often surprised by the passage of time, afraid of what it brings, but today it brings a reminder of what is already here. today I remember the strength and beauty in being queer; I look at queer life with summer's eyes, full of pride. we love who we love and want what we want and live as we live, in defiance of the world that views our joy as a threat. and god it's not easy to live this life. but it's worth it, it's worth fighting to live to the fullest of who we are. today I was reminded again.

happy pride month, everyone. thank you to everyone celebrating, and thank you for the vital reminder that your celebration is.

#verso writes #pride month every month #queer life #sometimes social media is good

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gracelesstars · 10 months

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