Idly Ruminating

boundunbound:

dearenid:

homoarigato:

[trigger warnings for all kinds of typical cissexist, sex-shamey lesbian bullshit]

• “who has nails that long?!” - lesbians with long nails do exist, and hey guess what, some lesbians don’t like being fingered anyway so long nails are not really a problem (plus you can always…

Yo, that video is shit and it kind of makes me really mad that that much shaming is acceptable / is thought of as “funny” within the queer community.

same. i was gonna make a post about it but i’m glad someone else did. 

yessssssss & then there was the objecting to the name calling/”who likes being called bitch?” um, some people do. and hey, if you wanna stick a stiletto up in your junk, you go for it. just, errr, be careful. shit’s sharp.

(via brucebananeronawillgrahamcracker)

Brienne’s story is an adaptation of a traditionally male narrative, one that usually sidelines or victimises female characters. She swears fealty to a woman, as male knights swear to their liege lord, because she respects that woman’s strength, her bravery and her kindness. She goes on a quest to save the beautiful maiden, but not to marry her or benefit from the quest in any way, but to return her to her mother. Because she cares for Catelyn, and because it is the right thing to do. It is a story of a woman, rescuing a woman, for the sake of another woman. It is a rare story where the mother, the young girl and the shieldmaiden are all given equal weight and worth. Brienne, despite taking on many stereotypically male traits, is not “one of the boys” or in any way dismissive of her gender as a group. She does not fit into the role that society has assigned for her, but she does not disparage those who do. She uses her strength and her skill to respect and help other women in ways that most men in Westeros would never even think to attempt, because she understands, more than any other knight, that women are truly worth something as individuals.

—“There Are No True Knights: Brienne of Tarth” @ Feminist Fiction (via tallandhomely)

(via wildbayou)

gdu, sons, with your music.

(Source: Spotify)