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the-surreptitious-solitary:

garrulus:

livia-carica:

jellyfishleggs:

piraterogue:

xombiebrains:

rugessnome:

thestraggletag:

awed-frog:

Hey, do you know that feeling of hitching up a long skirt so you don’t fall on your face when walking upstairs, and then you immediately become a wretched yet resolute Jane Austen character? It’s a universal thing, right?

It’s like resting a laundry basket against your hip and suddenly you’re a long-suffering peasant woman, wondering if you’ll survive the winter.

a shawl wrapped around the shoulders and you’re wandering the moors in a Brönte novel, feeling melancholic

Looking out the window at the rain and you’re a love-stricken newlywed wondering when your husband will return from the war.

Long skirt billowing behind you while to go down the stairs, you’re a proper Lady in a flowing ball gown being introduced at a fancy social function.

Hair blowing in the wind and suddenly you’re hovering on a cliff by the sea, staring out into the waves and praying your merchant husband will return from his voyage across the ocean

Hood up against the rain and wind and you’re a medieval abbess defying the weather and travelling on foot with your people to find a place to establish a new community.

Wiping your hands on your apron and you’re an 18th century kitchen girl rushing to let in the delivery boy you secretly love.

The cool fall wind catches your skirt, sends leaves swirling around your feet, and catches your hair and sends it flying behind you, and suddenly you’re a enchantress roaming the woods, daring any man to challenge your power.

gayknight:

nitrosplicer:

angelescoffee:

nitrosplicer:

Reading wiki entries for historical trans men…

Dr. James Barry, Albert Cashier, Charley Parkhurst, Billy Tipton, and Dr. Alan Hart could have each written “I am a man and want to be recognized across history as such” and transphobes would still be like… “wow what misunderstood butch heroes… lesbian icons!!!!”

interesting how they… didn’t all write that. across history women have disguised themselves as men in order to escape misogyny cus u couldn’t get anywhere much in life (much less become successful doctors) as women. and anyways, of course a woman constrained by sexism would prefer to be given the privileges of a man. i can’t confirm these women were lesbians, but you cannot confirm they were transmen either. 

Interesting how… I didn’t argue that women haven’t disguised themselves throughout history. I mentioned specific instances of historical trans men for whom there is evidence to conclude they identified as men and not women. I said nothing against lesbians in my post either, only about transphobes.

Anyways: 

Dr. James Barry had a close relationship with Lord Charles Somerset and was subsequently accused of buggery, which led to a court trial and investigation as homosexuality was illegal. He could have revealed that he was female at any time during the trial to escape condemnation, but he did not. Upon his death, Barry left strict instructions that his body was not to be undressed and he was to be buried in his bedsheets. 

Albert Cashier could not read or write, but lived as a man for 53 years, even after fighting in the uniform of a Union soldier, he maintained his male dress and presentation until he slipped and fell, breaking his hip. 

The indomitable stagecoach driver Charlie Parkhurst lived as a man from the time he was 12, and after retiring, maintained his identity as a man until his death.

Also it’s interesting that you said that I could not undeniably prove any of these men were trans: Alan L Hart was undeniably trans, as he sought out medical transition and pyschotherapy for his gender dysphoria, referred to himself as “one of the fellows,” legally changed his name, lived as a man from a young age, and continued to do so until his death, so yeah, you really can’t say “oh he’s a lesbian,” can you?

while billy tipton might’ve initially identified as a lesbian, he later transitioned to presenting male full-time. he told his future female partners that he was a man and that his body was the result of a serious car accident. he went on to adopt children, and was known as a “good father”. at the age of 74, he refused to be seen by a doctor when he contracted emphysema, which caused his death. neither his later female partners or his children or friends seemed to know he was trans until he was forcefully outed at death

i’d also like to add

little ax broadnax, a gospel singer who performed in multiple quartets over the years with his older brother. while still living with his family, he was recorded in the US census as male. he was outed publicly as a trans man at death in 1992, having presented as male for over 60 years

aroace-shitposter:

liquidlikecats:

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liquidlikecats:

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liquidlikecats:

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liquidlikecats:

aroace-shitposter:

liquidlikecats:

spacey-rosey:

aroace-shitposter:

cowwinsblogostuff:

aroace-shitposter:

hellishues:

aroace-shitposter:

liquidlikecats:

aroace-shitposter:

liquidlikecats:

I’m slowly claiming all the reptiles as aro culture and no one can stop me

*whispers* Turtles? Aro culture

I am absolutely 100% supporting you in this

Getting in frogs too? Great. I love frogs. And I’m totally getting a tortoise and like 3 lizards and maybe one day a big noodle

That’s a beautiful goal to have

We automatically get dragons, snakes and crocodiles.

An obvious fact

And salamanders.

I know those are amphibians, but I’m aro, I like them, therefore, aro culture.

Flawless logic there

From now on, anything and everything an aro person likes automatically becomes aro culture

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh goldfish are aro culture now

My 17 succulents approve

17????? I only have one and I can barely keep it alive

I admire you

All they do is stand on my table and they get a bit left over water once in a while. And they just… Multiplied. Because eversince I said that I wanted a cactus people have been gifting me cactee. But it’s valid. I love them

You have become a succulent parent now

The only family I’ve ever wanted… They grow so well. And they have names

Please tell us their names I am begging you

Alright buckle up buddy I’m giving you names AND pictures

This is Zyrus and he’s my favorite

Then there’s

Leo, Elise, Mari and Xander

A bit unstable but trying, Krumm and Klein

This is peaches

Violet, Purple and Blue

On the left is cookie, on the right is Karl

Rose, Red, Round and Ouch

This is Tea

That’s Muffin

And lastly

Zwerg

I love each and every one of them…

Awwwww they love you back

They send spiky hugs

These!!!! I love fat stupid fish

I made… Another one

I agree that stupid fat fish are wonderful, and so are super round little fat birbs

revolutionaryshoe:

zooophagous:

coloricioso:

shadows-takes-all:

I have read (and see) something about Hades and Persephone having chickens in the underworld, but this is really a fact or is something invent?

Chickens were indeed sacred to Hades and Persephone and an example of this are the  terracotta votive tablets from Locri -the ones of the pictures-. There are some books about this subject like Iconography of Religions by Bianchi or Locrian Maidens by Redfield.

The cock/chicken “became the chthonic bird, and was used on tombs, as emblematic of the hope of a reawakening to life”. (Peters) and it is also refered as “an infernal animal of passage” by Bernabe in his book Instructions for the Netherworld: the orphic gold tablets.He also says: ”Cocks allude to the world of the afterlife: as intermediaries between the soul and the Beyond, they intercede between the world of the dead and that of the living”.

Remember Persephone was the goddess of renewal, so at least in Locri, the cock was an usual attribute of her. And in other cultures cocks-chickens were seen as animals related to renewal and life (eggs have that symbolism tooo).

😀 so. chickens for Hades and Persephone all the way.

(sources 1 – 2 – 3)

I KNEW chickens were sacred, I just didn’t know to whom

“Why did the chicken cross the road?”

“To intercede between the world of the living and that of the dead, as intermediaries between the soul and Beyond.”

“You mean…to get to the Other Side?”

“….yes.”