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Essex Home for the Wayward

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Badger, old enough to remember 9/11, he/him. Paramedic, purveyor of post-apocalyptic dreamscapes. For wrenching emotional catharsis, see me at Trapelo_Road475 on ao3.
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penaltybox14

Tis the summer season, and that means it's time to fundraise for the annual Provincetown Swim for Life! For 36 years (that's nearly as long as I've been alive guys) the swim has raised money for women's health, people living with HIV/AIDS, community elders, and environmental protection and awareness.

The swim itself is a vibrant, joyful event, supported by the entire Provincetown community. Swimmers of all ages, competitive levels, genders, and backgrounds get together with one common goal. We swim together, and we swim for life. Please give as you are able and share widely.

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there is no heterosexual explanation for this.

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r0rschach

What happens!!?? I want this romance…. so cute

Ummm im here for vintage lesbians

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weirddyke

i’m sure someone probably commented on this post already but this is calamity jane, they eventually move into a tiny cabin together and sing a song about how “a woman’s touch” can fix anything. i watched this movie daily when i was about 7 and now i’m a dyke

my butch lesbian professor who is well into her sixties had told me that this was her first real exposure to the concept that a woman could not only be attracted to other women, but be butch while doing it. she said this movie propelled her into her sexuality with a sense of pride and remains a cornerstone of her coming-out journey. in short, representation matters and always has. 

Reblogging for Calamity Jane, actual lesbian disaster.

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prokopetz

I think "they don't even have X" is one of those memes that's actually funnier in its original context than in anything that's been done with it subsequently. Like, in its original context, this is a joke about a man who has lived his entire adult life alone in a swamp cold-reading the atmosphere of a corporate workplace and deciding that appealing to the receptionist's sense of working-class solidarity is going to get him in the door, and it fucking works.

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drearyhours

is it fucking weird to anyone else to think that deer are like, everywhere

like, i tend to think of them as a north american animal, but

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arctic-hands

I like how they just avoid Mongolia

Mongolia has an anti-deer forcefield.

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trans-mouse

I like the rat map even better

What is Alberta doing

we are fucking constantly vigilant 

Jesus fucking christ, Alberta

Hey! Albertan here. I thought rats were fictional until I was 9 years old. I have still never seen a rat in person.

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WONDER BAR (1934) | dir. Lloyd Bacon

“The other [scene that stands out above the rest] involved a handsome man, asking a dancing couple if he could cut in. The female partner, expecting his attention, agrees, only to see him dance with her male partner. Jolson then flaps his wrist and says, “Boys will be boys. Woo!”. This scene almost caused the Production Code to reject the film, and was featured in the opening scenes of the documentary film The Celluloid Closet (1996).”
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amarguerite

Here is the actual clip, and let me tell you, Jolson’s delivery does not disappoint:

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reblogged

love it when butterflies try to camouflage themselves but I can still see them like omgggg little do you know I can see many shades and colors and can tell many shapes apart very quickly…. could eat you right now if I wanted

‘ohh look at me I am just a lichen on a tree’ ok king my pattern recognition abilities say otherwise but whatever

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