Sometimes I have to be humbled, so I remind myself that I like a fucking clown who says “Cay Cay gotta’ Slay Slay” on the regular.
Gods why am I attracted to a card. A playing card. A flat sheet of paper. A ginger one, at that. A common ingredient used in stir-fry fish. A freaking ROOT-
Why is he the way he is…. Cater Diamond…
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there’s a scene in hijab butch blues where the author (lamya) comes out to a queer friend’s family because his family is convinced that she’s secretly in love with him and that he’s “leading her on” and her friend also wants her to have the “authentic gay experience” (gag) of coming out to Parents, which lamya never plans to do with her parents. she ends up agreeing, comes out and tells them that she’s gay, and then later the friend tells her that his mother is now convinced that she’s actually “a bisexual” and is still in love with him. lamya laughs at first but later feels very distraught over the fact that she finally had the courage to say it out loud only to immediately be doubted. anyways as someone who is a Lesbian and only ever calls myself a Lesbian or gay i really related to this especially in recent years where even other members of the lgbt community take issue with the word lesbian and try to paint us as regressive and “not queer enough.” there really is something so painful about that doubt and even scorn that can come from others that are supposed to understand you and support you and be a part of your community.
when you’re a gay woman, lesbian or bi, there is this constant outside pressure: if you’re a lesbian, they want you to be bi - you’re confused, you haven’t met the right man yet, you just need to give men a chance and be open to the idea. but if you’re bi, then you’re just doing it for male attention, you’re promiscuous, it’s a phase and you’re just an obnoxious straight girl. the reality is that no matter what, they’re always funneling us into what makes them more comfortable (which is, of course, with men), and they really just wish we didn’t exist at all.
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there was not a single person shiv was not fighting this season. she was fighting tom. she was fighting greg. kendall. roman. all while pregnant??? and being mattson's waystar plug. and grieving her dad who she probably fights with in her dreams. she was done so dirty by them and often left powerless. the vote against kendall was only a small, singular moment of vindication
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