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so since retiring, my dad has gotten into crewel, which is like freestyle embroidery with yarn, and his stuff is pretty good, he made this one which is hanging in my office at work

and lately he's taken to putting himself and his dog into the landscapes and I just think it's! so! cute!

see the little man and the little dog!!!! that's my dad!!!!

Men and boys should be allowed to enjoy whatever media property they want, no matter how masculine, feminine, nerdy, or even mainstream it is. Just let men and boys enjoy things. Let them have fun.

Shoutout to all the asexual guys out there, especially the sex repulsed ones that have to deal with friends/family/society having problems comprehending men that don’t want anything to do with sex. You are all valid and awesome.

Positivity towards dads doesn't take away anything from moms

Positivity towards men in general doesn't take away anything from women

If seeing positivity towards men bothers you, it's time for some self reflection

more men should get hugs i dont think we as a society hug men enough

reblog to give a man a hug

THE FUCK? IT WAS NEVER IRONIC I'M REALLY VERY MUCH IN NEED OF A HUG

Not a man anymore, still very much in favor of giving and receiving hugs

I'd like to shout out my good friend Chris (not on Tumblr) who, when we were like 13 and at an all boys school, seemed to single handedly introduce our entire year to the concept of hugging. I vividly remember being like, 'woah you are... touchy...' and everyone being kinda awkward about it at first but then by the end of the year bros were just hugging bros all the damn time. And I like to think all of us took that new found comfort with physical affection out into the world and spread it like a super wholesome plague. Chris, baby girl, bisexual icon. I salute your golden retriever war on toxic masculinity.

Where do I get adult sized big wheels???

a favorite memory:

when i was in fifth grade, we read a book in school where a young girl in prehistory finds a dolphin skeleton. and i was so taken in by the description of the bones, how there were fingers in the fins, that i came home to my dad and told him "i think that when humans came out of the oceans, dolphins did, too, but they went back in."

my dad went upstairs and came back with an issue of analog magazine, the sci-fi digest he read religiously, and handed it to me.

"here," he said. "you're ready for this."

some people responding to this with "you were right" or "he should have gotten you a bio textbook" are missing the actual point of this.

it was never about being right or not. it was about my dad seeing that i was engaging with science literature and analyzing it and inviting me to read science fiction so he could share it with me.

also, when i say dad read the magazine religiously, i mean that when i was in 1st grade and it was his turn to come in and read to the class, he read a story from analog. i mean that when he went outside to smoke, it was always with that magazine in his hand.

this is a favorite memory because it was one of the first times my dad saw me as a grownup and engaged with me intellectually as one. nothing to do with right and wrong or facts.

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I wish this feeling upon everyone who wants to wear a dress, its really the best

this makes me so happy as a fat hairy guy who likes skirts and dresses i never get to see guys like me in dresses it’s always skinny twinks this makes me so happy 🥺🥺