AJ | ze/zer | 28 | butch, sex educator, bookseller, and lesbian extraordinaire | dyke who harbors all of my devotions: yurilibrarian | the one that history will describe as my “intimate friend with whom they [sic] maintained a longstanding correspondence and occasionally shared quarters”: shardbearing | internet life partner: papay-ya | (ancient) art blog: sortofart
“A favorite section was the arrival of the ‘mail man,’ which always triggered intense barking and ferocious 'attacks’ from the pups.”
This is so cute omg
@commodore-64 This is a display at the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago! This was not my first time there, but between this visit and the last they’ve really expanded their display on pups. It’s a very wholesome and interactive place–that particular room had chalk and encouraged visitors to draw on the walls, hence the cute little nude figure in the picture.
They even had some gear to try on in that room!
They also have a library with tables full of sketchbooks and coloring pages.
Even the bathrooms were a joy. Here we have a poll which granted a landslide victory to bush–the pussy not the president.
At the gift shop they were selling vintage comics, porn and erotica. I think that selection was temporary, but I was able to pick up a book of comics that includes Tumblr’s darling, Gerard Donelan! Also this little plush piggy.
And someone at the front desk was able to tell me all about a leather bar in my hometown that closed before my time. The museum and archives have a star-studded board, including Billy Lane, the first openly trans International Mr Leather contestant, and Gayle Rubin, an acclaimed pro-sex feminist scholar and activist. Both have displays about them. This place has workshops, film screenings, classes… I could just go on and on. If you’re ever in Chicago, visit this place, the 64Ten shop and Jackhammer in the same neighborhood.
razor ads “that’s right, we’re not like those stuffy old squares who try to control your body. we’re not afraid to say it: i’m a woman, and i love shaving my armpits! yeah, we went there - we said the word: armpits. *airhorn noise* *record scratch* uh, yeah, women have hair! wild notion, right, grandpa? we’ll get used to it! except don’t get too used to it, because it’s gonna get shaved. for feminism”
trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women. trans women are women.
anyway I love things like having independence, being intelligent, taking pride in my skills, not feigning incompetence, referring to myself as a woman instead of a girl, aging unapologetically, having pores, stretch marks, grey hairs, wrinkles and body fat, listening to my body’s needs, eating as much as I need to satisfy my hunger, being bare-faced, wearing comfortable clothes, etcetera
adding to this that I love trans people and they’re better equipped to understand the sentiment of this post than any transphobe ever could. transphobes will never be my allies in battling misogynistic expectations for women as they’re part of the problem
all video games with dragons would be better if the dragons were bigger. yes even the games in which there are already terrifyingly huge dragons. even bigger. cut some other feature if you must. just make the dragons even bigger
what if we kissed… while carving pumpkins.. and while baking those halloween sugar cookies with spooky shapes on them… hahah i’m just kidding.,,.. unless..??
