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638 days in space and the view is still amazing! Soaking up some sunset time in the cupola…
Some German shrew translations of our stickers!
Chemistry: Soap bubbles in frozen CO2
Original gifs and their close up
Source: Mr. Hacker on YT
Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don’t even have to be an issue.
Ellen DeGeneres (via naturaekos)
ellen and portia calling out kate mckinnon ( dressed as ellen ) to close out the show
“there is no such thing as being biologically female because being female is about your interests and hobbies and feelings and personality” has to be the most conservative, sexist and backwards logic i’ve ever come across and yet it’s accepted and considered feminist.
men’s loyalty to violence is disturbing. when women want a life free of abuse, assault, threat, & coercion, men’s first suggestion is “learn to fight back. learn to defend yourself”. i don’t want my life to be a fight. i don’t want to “prove myself” through inflicting pain & fear. i don’t find violence and physical conflict fulfilling or self-actualising. they’re exhausting & dehumanizing
its 2:31am. im thinking about the fact that ive never met a woman who hasn’t been treated like shit by a man. u ever think about that? u ever think about the fact that its a defining experience of womanhood to be subjected 2 the cruelty of men? that every woman knows that fear, that pain, that anger, that sadness? nothin breaks my heart more than that
50 Weeks of Art Improvement Challenge
This challenge is made with an emphasis on human anatomy in mind because this is something I really want to improve on. Each week, I will make a post with references I find for the theme to help get everyone started. :D
Here, you can find all the reference lists I’ve made.
Your job, if you wish to join me, is to practice drawing the topic for that week. It can be doodles, sketches, an art piece that focuses on the theme, or whatever else you can think of.
Please join me in figuring out how to art, and tag your work each week under “50 weeks of arting” so we can find each other’s art and keep each other motivated yaaay :D
Faces - proportions
Faces - features
Faces - shading with light sources
Expressions
Human body - proportions
Torsos
Back
Arms
Legs
Hands
Feet
Hair
Standing/sitting poses
Action/fight poses
Faces ( These are important - so let’s revisit them )
Part of anatomy you struggle on
Poses and figure drawing
Children
Elderly
Fabric folds
Accessories - shoes, hats, bags, capes, anything you can think of!
Clothing - casual
Clothing - formal
Fashion style of your choice
Faces (Awesome! Now let’s revisit faces and anatomy again before we move on to animals!)
Part of anatomy you struggle on
Poses and figure drawing
Dogs
Cats
Birds
Animal of your choice
Fantasy animal of your choice
Plants, trees, and flowers
Weapons
Armor
Faces - Again!
Part of anatomy you struggle on
Poses and figure drawing
Forest landscape
Urban landscape
Underwater scenery
Different perspectives
Draw a scene from your favorite story or fan fic
Monochromatic Color Scheme
Complementary Color Scheme
Analogous Color Scheme
Triadic Color Scheme
Tetradic Color Scheme
Choose a landscape or character, and color it using each of the color schemes.
Redraw an old piece and see how much you’ve improved!
⛓🚬🍺"lesbians congregating" New Orleans, 1988 #bless #lesbianscongregate #neworleans #lesbianculture #dykebar #the80s #pleatsplease
⛓🚬🍺"lesbians congregating" New Orleans, 1988 #bless #lesbianscongregate #neworleans #lesbianculture #dykebar #the80s #pleatsplease
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gnc/butch woman literature masterpost (work in progress)
As a gnc woman and lesbian, the near complete lack of people like myself in media can be really alienating and disheartening. Whereas normally its pretty easy to find recommendations for helpful/enjoyable/interesting books of certain types, i noticed tht i found it kinda difficult to get recommendations of books about being a gnc woman/ books with gnc lesbian protag/ lesbian fiction in general tht doesnt objectify Lesbian women etc, aside from constantly harassing friends for advice and scouring the corners of the internet/stalking people blogs.
Ive compiled a (somewhat short, but hopefully helpful!) list of books that deal with this subject matter, in hope that someone might find it helpful. Idk maybe this is stupid and nobody will even care but i know as a teenager i would have rly appreciated finding smth like this, so I’ve provided some recommendations for lesbian books, with an emphasis on butch/gnc representation, along with some notes n stuff. Enjoy! :D
DISCLAIMER i havent read all of these but ill take full responsibility for anything bad tht ive inadvertently mentioned here. If u think theres smth on here tht shouldnt be, pls msg me and hopefully ill get rid of it.
without further ado;
LESBIAN FICTION-
Stone Butch Blues -Leslie Feinberg. Amazing, beautiful book, and mandatory reading for any lesbian women who haven’t already experienced it (seriously it might change yr life). [pdf]
Crybaby Butch - Judith Frank
Far from Xanadu Julie Anne Peters
Persistent Desire Joan Nestle
Annie on my mind- Nancy Garden
Keeping you a secret- Julie Anne Peters
Leaving L.A.- Kate Christie
Me and you and daisies- Lily R. Mason
The world unseen- Shamim Sarif
Wildthorn- Jane England
Tipping the velvet- Sarah Waters
Dare truth or promise- Paula Boock
And Playing the role of herself- K.E. Lane
Hunter’s Way- Gerri Hill
Ash- Malinda Lo
The price of Salt- Patricia Highsmith
Patience & Sarah- Isabel Miller
The Gravity between us- Kristen Zimmer
Her name in the sky- Kelly Quindlen
Taking the long way- Lily R. Mason
Fingersmith- Sarah Waters
Everything Leads to You - Nina LaCour
She’s My Ride Home - Jackie Bushore
NONFICTION-
Our Right to Love: A Lesbian Resource Book by Ginny Vida
Lesbian/Woman by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon
Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son by Phyllis Burke
Inseparable: Desire between Women in Literature by Emma Donoghue, (Knopf)
My Lesbian Husband: Landscape of a Marriage by Barrie Jean Borich
Butch is a Noun, by S. Bear Bergman.- a collection of essays written by the author exploring what it means to be butch
Dagger: On Butch Women, edited by Lily Burana and Roxxie Linea Due.
The Persistent Desire, A Femme-Butch Reader, edited by Joan Nestle.
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme, edited by Ivan E. Coyote and Zena Sharman
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America, by Lillian Faderman
Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold- Elizabeth Kennedy & Madeline Davis
COOL WEBSITES:
Lesbian Herstory Archives - this is the coolest website ever for browsing stuff about lesbians in history
(and Here’s a link for the Lesbian Herstory Archives’ audio tapes collection, its really cool check it out! Great for finding interesting stuff if u dont know what to read/listen to and would like to kill some time :D !)
The Lesbrary - super cool blog dedicated to lesbian literature
Good Lesbian Books- cool website. Heres a link to their list of Free Stuff :)
Books to watch out for - lesbian book reviews and literary news
Lesbian Fiction Review
Lesbian Science Fiction
Sistahs on the Shelf - Cool site dedicated to Black Lesbian fiction. Reviews, News, Recommendations, Authors n more
Canadian Lesbian Book Blog
Biblioteca Feminista - Books/ book recommendations in Spanish, English, French, Portuguese and Italian
List of Lesbian Authors’ sites
Lesbian full-text works on the web - list of lesbian content available for free on the web. Mostly older works
LGBT books for teens
UK Lesbian Fiction
Women and Words - site devoted to bringing news, interviews, writing tips, giveaways and more
The Book Dyke blog
LGBT Romance Novels
Lesbian History Bibliography
Bella Books
reblog to save a life lol
plz by all means add to this if u have anything i didnt mention! hope this was helpful <3
A master post of Thomas Romain’s art tutorials.
There’s not enough space to post all of them, SO here’s links to everything he has posted (on twitter) so far : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12.
Now that new semesters have started, I thought people might need these. Enjoy your lessons!
Hi, it’s mod w, I’m up really late again and I want to share some insomnia thoughts. 💫
For all lesbians anywhere,
You don’t need a girlfriend, partner or wife.
Girlfriends, partners and wives are (or should be) wonderful to have around but you are so far from needing one. So far.
Be an independent woman. Find the next step forward with your life and make it. Clap yourself. Take care of yourself, make friends, don’t starve yourself for love.
Do not for one second attach your worth to a woman that’s not there. Burn from your own need of you. Flare up under the magnificence of yourself in this terrifying and gorgeous world. Find your worth in your own work and beauty and strengths. Make them your own. Put all the pain and fear and sweat into this realisation.
Become a knight under your own banner. Not hers.
You do not need a girlfriend, partner or wife. Want is different from need. If you think you need a girlfriend, then you need yourself.