when i was 20 i hadn't transitioned yet but i had a dream where i died and saw my own spirit leave my body and my spirit had the form of a silhouette of a young girl in a sundress and even without any context i felt inherently that that was "me" and then i woke up. a very cisgender experience

This reminds me of the dream I had where I introduced myself to an old woman and said “hello my name is *deadname*” and she said, “no it’s not, your name is Tom.”

Then I sent it to @one-time-i-dreamt and everyone commented “egg”

Teaching the baby ADVANCED TECHNIQUES

got told at lunch "you feel like Tumblr Incarnate" and i had to tell them i've been here for 13 years and counting. i was here three years before dashcon happened. i saw the mishapocalypse. i survived the gigapause. i've been here longer than the shoelaces post. i've been here since it was hipsters versus fandom and i played both sides extensively by overdoing the sepia filters on everything and making my own flashing galaxy gif edits for my fandom posts. i'm every tumblr. it's all in me

Oh ancient one what wisdom do you hold?

This is some of the best social media advice (and advice for being a human among humans generally) I've ever seen.

All of this. For people asking how I've survived here for over 12 years...

"Sex is what makes us human" is stupid. Almost every species fucks. Humans are the only species that jumps motorcycles over school buses that are on fire. Some other things too probably

I keep talking about how gay I am but I don't have any statistics to back it up, I'm just hoping that if I keep talking about how gay I am eventually something will happen, I've been manifesting falling in love for the past 5 years

kp tlkng bt hw g m bt dn't hv n sttstcs t bck t p, 'm jst hpng thr f kp tlkng bt hw g m vntll smthng wll hppn, 've bn mnfstng fllng n lv fr th pst 5 yrs

I'm laying here crying on the floor and you take away my vowels too

Here's the video version of my discussion of the leaked emails that prove the Hugo Awards removed finalists (me, RF Kuang, Paul Weimer, Neil Gaiman & Ep 6 of Sandman) for political reasons, despite us having the required votes. Because too many of you are making assumptions without bothering to read the full exposé.

There's a lot of nuance in this case that I hope people can acknowledge. No, it is not "sinophobic" to criticize the Chinese government's severe censorship policies when anyone who's spent more than ten minutes on the Chinese internet knows how bad it is, and there IS evidence of pressure in this case. There's nothing to accomplish by pretending like it's not a thing. You're not furthering the world proletarian revolution by speaking over the lived experiences of Chinese comrades and denying factually shitty aspects of your favorite AES.

Yes, the Western and presumably white members of the Hugo admin team DID circle back to racism by trying so hard to appease the Chinese government that they preemptively censored Chinese diaspora ~ to be safe ~ on extremely flimsy reasons without even reading our books. And of course, confusing Nepal for Tibet.

It's really not one or the other.

Remember, if someone asks you to censor something, you can say no. If they ask you to compile dossiers on problematic individuals, you can say no. You are allowed to not do the censors work for them. You can tell them to go [censored] themselves.

KRISTEN STEWART Rolling Stone Magazine (Feb 14, 2024)

The condensation

TRANS LESBIAN FLAMING SWORD

oh gimme a sec this is good

YES!!

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!

My Human is Not

Written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly

Art by Sonny Liew

Star Trek: Waypoint Special #1

High Res Version

Watch Tracy Chapman Start a Quiet Revolution

You guys may be too young to remember, but I remember tuning in on TV with 600 million other viewers to watch Stevie Wonder live at Wembley Stadium for Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday celebration tribute in 1988. There were technical difficulties and Stevie Wonder couldn't go on yet. The crowd was antsy, milling around, singing their own songs. The TV cameras were rolling and the show had to go on, so TOTALLY UNKNOWN ARTIST TRACY CHAPMAN GOT UP ON STAGE AND PLAYED FAST CAR ARMED WITH ONLY HER GUITAR.

The crowd fell silent. Captivated by the absolute raw honesty and talent on display. Did we know we were witnessing history? A black queer artist who would rocket to fame and win a Grammy for this song the following year? I don't remember.

What I do remember is getting to the end of the song and not caring about Stevie Wonder any more. I wanted to know who this woman was!

Watch Tracy Chapman stun a rowdy crowd into silence:

This belovéd weirdo

Unironically, this is why society would crumble without diversity

"someone who allows you to rest" is the relationship dynamic of all time

A parent that welcomes you back home after things have fallen apart. A best friend whose voice alone who can make you relax. A spouse who convinces you to stay in bed an extra hour and leave the dishes for later. A stranger who sees you tired and gives up their seat on the train. Augh. The humanity of it

horse: OH WE'RE GOING NOW? IT'S TIME TO GO? OKAY LET'S GO LET'S GO

I love Emet bc the first thing she asked when I shared this in the triad chat was, "Happy horses are very often very stupid. Do we know if the horse was okay? Was it shod? It could have hurt its feet very badly."

So here I am googling "horse runs with peloton" and yes, the horse was okay. This was the 1997 Critérium International. The horse was okay. :)

Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs performing Fast Car at the Grammys

From the notes:

"so Luke Combs (the dude, country singer) released a cover of it this past year, and it became a hit. He didn't change the pronouns either. So a white guy covering a black woman's song, it becoming a hit and actually giving her the credit is nice. B/c of the song's popularity it won Song of the Year at the Country Music Awards. That award goes to the songwriter, Tracy, the first Black queer woman to win."

He didn't change the pronouns or the gendered words which refer to the singer. He sings, "I work at the market as a checkout girl," which gives the entire thing a deep "closeted transmasc" vibe that I love so much.

There was a lot of fuss when the song first came out and then Chapman spoke up and said, essentially, "I really like this version, actually, and it's making me an awful lot of money, which is nice, so please leave him alone."

I think it's also important to note that at one point, the camera cuts to Brandi Carlisle, a lesbian folk singer, who is holding on to her wife. I'm quite sure that was intentional.

(Speaking of watching people who are so happy to be where they are, the way that Brandi can't stop staring at Joni Mitchell and smiling when they performed together later that night... you can basically see that her entire train of thought is I AM ON STAGE AT THE GRAMMYS WITH JONI MITCHELL!! MY LIFE IS SO COOL!! and that's pretty fucking great.)