#specifically california

[genderqueerpositivity]

California's State Assembly voted in favor of House Resolution 57 on Wednesday, establishing that August will be recognized as Transgender History Month starting in 2024 — and making it the first state to honor trans history with such a designation.

The legislation cites California’s long-ranging significance in trans history, starting with Spanish colonizers’ “suppression of gender variance” among indigenous people, which the resolution says was “a foundational event of the history of the state.” It also cites the Stonewall precursor Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, Lou Sullivan’s trailblazing activism on behalf of trans men, and the establishment of the Transgender District in San Francisco in 2017, among many other events.

#i know its California specific but I'll be doing my part to see that this catches on online at the very least #transgender #transgender history month #trans history month #trans #genderqueer #news

[artemispanthar]

This has always been one of my favorite niche background gags in BoJack Horseman, as someone who has lived in both of these places.

#artie thoughts #artie's personal life stuff #silly stuff #bojack horseman #I imagine this was incomprehensible to anyone not from a very specific part of Southern California

[forestcorpsecrys]

My wlw mdzs diaspora au uwu

Lan Zhan gets a jasmine green tea with lychee jelly and wwx gets a Thai milk tea

#ignore the naming conventions I was being lazy with the dialogue #I’ve developed my ideas for how they refer to each other better #also this is specifically california Asian flavored. #digital art #my art #fanart #mdzs #mdzs fanart #wei wuxian #wei ying #lan zhan #lan wangji #fem!wei ying #fem!lan zhan #wangxian #fem!wangxian #wlw wangxian

[bonefall]

Have you thought about collabing with the creators of Clangen?

It would be cool? But from what I know, Clangen really tries to stick close to canon, moreso than I do. They wouldn't be looking to add my clan culture expansions or spirituality overhauls.

So like, sure, if they/a mod maker approached me with an idea or request. Otherwise I'm not sure what we'd collaborate about?

#I want to translate the name file into Clanmew at some point #But another large difference between BB and Clangen is ecological accuracy #Which is something I very intentionally set out to fix #Clangen takes place in a bizarro world mix of the us and uk like canon #The United Statedoms of Englerica #And more specifically canon takes place in the... California/Appalachia/Pennines. #Mostly Appalachia but they mentioned a 'Mountain Vole' in DOTC which is from Cali-fucken-Fornia iirc #Unless it was an accident and they meant ALPINE vole or pygmy vole... #Digressing please do not take any of this as a dig or insult about the ecology stuff. I 10000% understand why they don't do what I do #More than anyone in the world I understand why they would not be super obsessed with ecology #There's absolutely no replacement for coyotes in England. And there is no Gar. #So you can't even do The Garfield Joke if you do what I do #I reintroduced boars so there would be some accurate danger that isn't just offleash dogs #I'm proud of the research I do but it is a lot of work! Work they're already doing on coding a workable game. #Bone babble

[hibiscuslynx]

thinking about personifications. always. but like, how they view themselves. this is the sky and these are the trees and this is the dirt. you are the dirt, you are the trees, and in some ways you are the sky. blue sky, cloudy sky, rainy sky—there's a type of sky you are associated with, so, in a way, you are the sky, and your jurisdiction does extend into the air between your borders, so yes, you are the sky. you are also a body. living and breathing, with limbs you move on your own, a brain you call your own. a brain that functions on its own, though? not necessarily. no. free will is a myth. you couldn't break free of some of your traits if you tried. no amount of self help, no amount of reflection, no amount of anything at all could free you (the body) from yourself (the people, the ideas, the stereotypes). the question is not, who am i, then, without free will, if i am not in charge of my own brain, but rather: when you stand on a state, your state, you, between your borders, where do you end and where do you begin? you (the body) and you (the land) and you (the people) and you (the government) and you (the ideas) and you (the stereotypes) and you (the brain). parts of a sum. the distinctions are important. you could not function if you saw them as a whole. you are your own person and yet you are not. for example: the people. you shake the hand of a resident and you look in their eyes and you are them, whether you like it or not. they make up you. they are your children and they are your parent and they are the living, breathing, mortal parts of you. if they die do you die? fuck, you can't think about that. but, the fish in the river and the birds in the sky. they are mortal, too. and they are you, too. you, you, you, it's all you, because you are the state. you are the state—everything in it, everything that calls it home, whether its the microorganisms in the dirt or the specks of dust in the wind. the atoms in the sky. the atoms. H20, C02, and the like. atoms. that's all you are. atoms that don't abide by the laws of nature. yes, you get sick, but you don't die. you don't decompose. you don't decay. immortal. you're an immortal being made up of mortal parts that control you. you're not quite a puppet because you have some semblance of free will despite what you just said earlier, but the point still stands. you're nothing more than the sum of parts. but why? why do you exist? looks like you have something in common with the people. you are them, afterall. you look like them and you think like them too. so you (the brain) wonder why you (the body) exists. don't wonder too hard. don't wonder about your existence because you begin wondering about all existence. a negative feedback loop. instead, turn to religion. the religion you have no choice in choosing or leaving. try to find an answer. realize that there is no neat ending to this. no bow to put on the wrapping. this story is ever continuing and you are ever wondering. maybe you should give up trying to find an answer. stop wondering. stop thinking. you exist, whether you like it or not. you are a sum of parts, whether you like it or not.

#wttt #wttsh #welcome to the table #welcome to the statehouse #lynx rambles #lynx writes #<- NEW TAG JUST DROPPED YIPPEE #whew this one got away from me #i <3 thinking abt personifications and their immortality and their existence #tried very hard to keep this very general #in earlier renditions of this it was written/thought from the pov of california #so it had a lot of state specific references #but i felt itd work better as like a general thing

[graveyardrabbit]

#my photos #California #Point Reyes #Point Reyes National Seashore #birds #ravens #there is apparently a specific raven that hangs around the Point Reyes Lighthouse visitor center and commits mischief #I’ve never gotten to meet him but I respect his commitment to shenanigans #and the sign is as they say Relatable #this pic is from weeks ago #but one last photo post for the day why not

[aceontheline]

Also, can we talk about this too???

Is this New York's nickname for people he likes?

"B" as in Bitch, or Baby??

Either way. Yes.

#wttt #welcome to the table #ben brainard #wttt new york #SIR #fuck you mean #holy shit #this was directed SPECIFICALLY AT CALIFORNIA #wttt shipping #shipping commence

[writterings]

i love that sometimes the solution to things is literally just reading the provided materials. like my coworker was freaking out so bad over something that could land her in jail or get her fired or get our nonprofit fined thousands of dollars we dont have. and i found the solution to the problem just by reading the manual our funder provided us.

#anyways california why do you have such specific background check laws

[livesandlies]

cool caption here

I was thinking about the sillies today

#wttt california #wttt new york #wttt #wttsh #california #new york #ben brainard #wttt fanart #wttsh fanart #not shipping #could be seen that way #idk i like this ship but this post ISN'T SHIPPING specifically #new york is holding a pigeon

[maxthesillyy]

hi this is my girl. i am submitting her to join @mommyclan pretty pls

dakota

she/they aroace

used to be a shepherd dog in some random barn.

they made up a job called “protection and herding” and that is HER JOB. ITS HERS OKAY!!!

protection and herding is basically Dakota following anybody younger than her and “protecting them.”

they can be seen frequently finding all of the apprentices and kits and herding them into a circle in camp.

wakes up at 4AM to go and hunt for the clan.

kind of like the thornclaw of mommyclan. can NOT keep still, is always going out for patrols or doing something in camp.

very protective. 

*stands behind you and 😶*

they can also be frequently seen standing from a far and Staring.

harshly blunt

a mix of a Cali and Southern accent i have decided. it mainly stays closer to a cali accent but whenever they get mad the southern accent really comes out.

not very talkative, but will talk if asked.

i think she would enjoy swimming

i also made a thing about her job. theyre getting interviewed or smth

#i love them so much 💖💖💖💖 #also funfact for people who dont know: those black markings on her backlegs are an actual thing in Australian shepherds #also did you know aussies actually originate from america? specifically california #okay i think thats all the tags i have in mind #mommyclan #dakota/muttchase #wc oc #noncat warrior cats oc #noncat wc oc

[gorgynei]

some ideas for enid's werewolf form because i adore her soo much.

#and hehe.. shes specifically a gray wolf bc shes from california ^_^ #aceart #werewolf #wednesday netflix #wednesday #enid sinclair

[ziracona]

Me defending the New California Republic whenever I see people calling them worse or just as bad as the other NV factions

#they aren’t PERFECT but they’re on par with independent for totally different reasons & they’re worlds better than house or Caesar and it’s #genuinely insane to suggest otherwise I will go to BAT for them. they’re drowned in beurocracy and being a new nation & damn right they’re #flawed. but a lot of them /try/. and it damn well matters and it damn well shows #new california republic #fallout new vegas #tbh unless the courier is a wildly specific type of person capable of building a country government system in their wake NCR is in the long #run easily the best chocie just all 4 choices suck. that’s kinda the point. but for a given value yeah

[tegr1dy]

happy sunday here’s what kind of vintage i think the boys would be into if they were in the flea market scene

stan: just there as a buyer. he’d collect tees of his favorite bands of course and he’d spend lots of time flipping through record booths. he splurges on little toys and funny things he remembers from his childhood & doesn’t really care about rarity he just likes the nostalgia & novelty of it all. also picks up a few cheap basics like flannels

cartman: he’d be a t-shirt dealer. INSANELY overpriced. middle schoolers go wild for his booth. he probably has a lot of 90s anime tees + jncos and jorts. literally doesn’t give a fuck about customer service, sits there smoking a joint all day. leaves his booth to go get stuff from the food trucks like minimum six times throughout the day and makes butters watch for thieves. butters nearly starts crying because people keep asking him for prices (oh yeah cartman wouldn’t write prices on anything)

butters/marjorine: also just there as a buyer. doesn’t really give a fuck about labels or value as long as it’s Y2K and slay

kenny: mostly into pre-1960s/antique workwear, denim. crazy ass who’s always on the road rescuing shit from old barns and abandoned houses, climbing into mineshafts. doesn’t wash anything before he brings it to sell. everything in his personal collection is falling apart + stained that’s all he wears. but he also has the rarest shit and is the most successful out of all of them purely due to his insane work ethic

kyle: im not sure he’d care about vintage clothing because it took him a while to not be grossed out by his skin touching things that are so old and used. similar to stan he partakes for environmental + ethical reasons. he nerds out about old photographs, books, sports and game memorabilia, etc. also buys little toys or dumb keychains/magnets/pinback buttons to surprise stan with

#this is very like california flea market scene specific #originals #please talk to me if you’re into vintage by the way this post is my two main interests colliding

[felidthing]

i am discovering that it is incredibly fucking hard to find a place called "california burrito" online

#posts #accidentally left my last post just open and unposted the whole time ive been looking lol #i KNOW theres one in tacoma or at least i have Been to one maybe its not there anymore #but oh my god. looking up california burrito in fact gets you a lot of stuf that is not the specific restaurant youre looking for

[hibiscuslynx]

thinkin i might fuck around and do a softer wttt again

#lynx rambles #theres a very specific one i want to do with california that i think will be fun #but i also need to like read thru more of a softer world #it would be one thing if it was just haha edit picture hehe #but nooo i have to actually search for the . issues? volumes? ones? idk what u call em. but the ones i want to make them to #oh well #no promises #edit: remixes. thats the word #i have to search for the ones i want to make remixes of bc i just dont have em

[chiropteracupola]

tagged in this thing by @gniew777! thanks!

last song: abigail by chatham rabbits - I'm still hunting down songs to compile a playlist that specifically evokes oak savanna summertimes* and every time I find a song that I think will be perfect it turns out to be textually about kentucky or something. it's still a good song though.

currently watching: finished castlevania recently and haven't decided where I'd like to go next. maybe hilda??

currently reading: still working through my ridiculous quest to download all of mainseries animorphs into my head at painful speeds (we are partway into book 35 at the moment) and also idly picking at rosemary sutcliff's 'the sword and the circle' since it's nicely pocket-sized and thus portable.

current obsession: as previously stated, you may have noticed my animorphs problem. and also the flintlock fortress project is still chewing at the inner walls of my skull like unto a squirrel trapped in my braincase. so there's that.

and I shall tag... @dxppercxdxver, @natdrinkstea, @sailorpants, @graveyardrabbit, @cytocutie, @what-even-is-sleep, @fluentisonus, @cedarboots, if you'd like to share?

#one of those tag things #*california musical tradition is fascinating to me because if there is a genre or style that focuses on this I Do Not Know of it at all. #there are most certainly Location-Based Musical Traditions here but I find that the ones that are most codified in my head are quite urban #whether that's older music that's got a specifically san francisco sense of place or more modern stuff in other very specific spots #and what more folk-adjacent stuff there is does not exactly feel grounded in the landscape in the way that I'm looking for #anyway [interlude of harmonica squawks in the redwood grove] I have got to write more strongly set California Fictions as well #every so often my excitement about a really specific sort of landscape comes bursting out of my chest like an alien :/ #and I am very particular about what media is able to properly put the alien back in and reinstall my ribs over it for another few months #...this metaphor may have gotten out of hand.