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WRONG BLOG LOL anyway hi im not coming back but hi still on twitter same @ as this

#i check back like every once in a while if u send me messages but i dont really look at my dash #bye

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vegan green bean casserole

ok my gf asked for my recipe & i pretty much just wing it, but i tried to estimate what it was & write it down here. there are no measurements because i just kind of adjust to how much i’m making as i go. 

ingredients

green beans, ends trimmed & halved

shallots

flour

cornstarch

vegetable stock (bouillon works fine)

garlic

soy milk

soy sauce

poultry seasoning, salt, pepper, other stuff you feel like. thyme & rosemary i guess. those are in poultry seasoning but you know. more.

fried onions (from a can or hand made but i never make em myself cause lazy)

sautee some shallots (however many you want i guess, i don't measure. a lot because they're good) in the bottom of a stock pan with a generous amount of olive oil. 

when tender add minced garlic, salt, poultry seasoning and sautee for a minute more. 

add ~2 tbsps of flour to begin making a roux*. 

alternate adding vegetable stock (better than bouillon not chicken stock + hot water works great), soy sauce, soy milk, and corn starch slurry (this is about a tablespoon of cornstarch mixed with two tablespoons of soymilk, whisked in a separate dish before adding to the roux, because cornstarch will be lumpy otherwise), and also maybe some more flour if needed.

continue until you have enough gravy to cover cooked green beans & add the rest of the spices to taste. 

turn off heat and add green beans. add fried onions (check to make sure they’re vegan- the canned ones from trader joe’s are, not applicable if you are a superhero and make them yourself), about 2/3's of your total amount, mix and pour into a well greased pan. top with the rest of rest of fried onions, bake in 350f oven until, eh, doneish. not burnt. 20 minutes? keep checking. maybe cover with tinfoil to prevent fried onions from burning.

[* a roux is flour mixed with fat in order to create a paste which becomes the base of a sauce. if you are worried that you aren’t doing it correctly or won’t know how to, watch this video of a vegan gravy being made to see how it’s done (though in our case we are adding the rest of the gravy ingredients to the roux instead of the other way around, which i believe is how it’s usually done? i dunno). if you have any problems i know like all four of my followers here so hit me up and i will try to help you]

#mine #vegan green bean casserole #this is hobbled together from several recipes plus several years of just Winging it

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forgot to say that, without Howl chasing girls and Sophie resenting him for it, the film completely erases part of the point of Sophie being old.  Wynne Jones is using an idea that Beauvoir talked about - that being an old woman is both tragic (as we lose male attention/attractiveness) and freeing (as we are freed from the male gaze).  the idea is that with being old comes liberation, and the true meaning of what it is to be a woman, as society no longer forces gender norms on us.

Sophie is free from Howl’s attentions and therefore safe from harm (a big part of the book is the fact that Sophie believes he eats women’s hearts, and him chasing girls proves this to her).  she takes solace in the fact that she’s old, and finds it freeing.  when she learns more about Howl (notably: that he doesn’t eat hearts and that he’s not evil), she starts to curse her age and resent him chasing girls.  BUT she remains old OF HER OWN VOLITION - Howl notes that she’s perpetuating the spell by wishing to remain “in disguise”.  there are SO many layers to this, and lots to do with gender politics - if she’s still old Sophie can’t get hurt, she likes the freedom, etc.  but of course on a personal level being old is her denying her feelings for Howl, and also a representation of her low self esteem - being old is a defence mechanism and protection, both on a gender level and a personal one.

and the film kinda… loses this?  the only thing that remains is being old = low self esteem.  which really sucks.  because there’s SO MUCH MORE to Sophie being old in the book (perspective I already mentioned), and a HUGE amount of this is gender politics.  that the film just erases.

#howl's moving castle #true love is just amicable bickering for the rest of your life

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poke

#pokemon

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Matthew Cusick (b.1970) - Rose Wave. 2017. Inlaid maps, acrylic on panel.

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Hanmo Sugiuura, circa 1981

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INBE KAWORI 第一関門

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James Tapscott,  Ring of mist encircles river-crossing bridge at the the Japan alps art festival.

#circles

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So this was a really personal project for me, after listening to TAZ i wanted to do something to show my love and appreciation for it, as well as get the chance to say goodbye to all the characters again. Hopefully that comes across (wow this is truly the dorkiest thing I’ve ever done)

Anyway feel free to ask why i picked which character for each Tarot card (trust me i thought way to far into it) and please listen to taz if you haven’t already!

#tarot #adventure zone

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can i still be valid if im nonbinary but i read and understood what you were saying the first time?

i did say that i do still lowkey ID as nb BUT it has 0 material as well as social impact on my life since i stay away from ~nb communities~ bc they’re full of bad politics that are centered on How To Make Nb A Political Category (stuff like “make nonbinary a viable gender marker on IDs!!!” instead of “remove gender markers from IDs”) and how Oppressed that makes them instead of tackling transphobic and misogynistic issues that make way too many people take refuge in nb identities in the first place

i’d prefer to tackle the issues that make (primarily) women alienated from womanhood and i dont have time for people who want to pretend that being a nb woman makes their material reality completely different from that of a cis woman (and not only because that completely ignores the existence of gnc women; and yes, plenty people do call themselves nb while what they mean is actually gnc, because the former is way more popular and Desirable in (online) politiks nowadays) or for people who want to act like everyone else is perfectly content and connected with their womanhood

i keep getting questions like “how do i know if im actually nonbinary or just disconnected from womanhood” and the whole point is, it doesnt really matter outside of your personal identity. it really doesnt. like by now “nb” is interchangeable with “disconnected from (gender)” and it doesnt affect your material reality in the slightest, so all it provides is a social group to align yourself with, it’s nothing to lose sleep over

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Lena Waithe Explains the Significance of Cutting Her Hair (video)

#lesbian tag #lena waithe

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Dean Cameron’s greenhouse home, Maleny, Australia, via Rob Swales

#greenhouses

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Xan Latta

#disreputable dogs

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le & jeonghwa for bnt international

#LE #exid

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dragula // drugula

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incredibly excited for the new extra juri & shiori get married chapter

#utena

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#devilman