overbearing sense of righteousness

I want more women to feel empowered to do this.

Scars from breast cancer can be both hard to hide and embarrassing for some women. I wish they weren’t, because scars mean you’re a fighter and a bad ass.

Women have told me after their mastectomy they felt self conscious about someone seeing their chest. My grandmother wore her false breast (she had only one boob removed) around even the house for a long time. (Of course, now when we were taking about the procedure she asked “want to see my boob?” And had to go fetch it from the other room. It was an interesting conversation to say the least.)

Anyway, breast reconstruction can be expensive, and some women either don’t want it or can’t have it done for various reasons.

But you know what, chest tattoos are easily accessible. There are even tattoo shops that give discounts to women covering up breast cancer scars. And women who no longer have a nipple? You can get a bad ass tattoo

Check out

Their site starts like this:

They host pink day:

Check out some of the work on their site:

You can donate to the organization, or if you know a tattoo artist you can let them know they accept volunteers to be a part of their community of artists.

Here is another badass lady and her bad ass tattoo (found on pinterest)

These are cancer survivors reclaiming their bodies.

Banning all “female presenting” nipples ignores a commuity of women who are total bad asses who said “fuck you” to their cancer scars and turned them into art.

Not every image of a female nipple should be sexualized. This is not porn, this is courage and strength.

Are the new regulations going to delete this post. Does a post supporting a cancer survivors violate Tumblr’s community guidelines?

So women reclaiming their bodies after breast cancer is “sensitive content” and should be hidden from minors.

From Christian Similitudes by John Warner Barber, 1866.

May this keep yours from breaking: my collection of vintage heart imagery.

shoe-stealing whales…

Green Lantern and Green Arrow fleeing an angry mob (also a duck is involved)…

and “please help me.”

Green Lantern looks at animals.

Joker and Batman are dating.

Robin gets tied up a lot.

Robin in general has a very bad time.

Supergirl’s text says “afraid” but her eyes say something else entirely.

Superman invites literally everybody he knows to come and watch Lois Lane sleeping.

Lesbians. 

Superman gets trapped in a bubble. Not a kryptonite bubble, just a regular soap bubble.

And Green Arrow plans to murder a child.

but then a couple do.  and prince eric is my fave out of those few because up until the final act, he is the most chill motherfucker u ever seen.  like he is quick to spring to action during the storm scene n stuff, but otherwise?  he’s really quiet n sensitive and runs along the beach playing the flute for his big shaggy dog n he smiles like a lil nerd and gets all cute around ariel and he’s so sweet n everything.

AND THEN IN THE FINAL BATTLE THAT MOTHERFUCKER STRAIGHT UP DRIVES A SHIP THROUGH URSULA LIKE WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!  NO WONDER NO ONE IS TRYIN TO LAY SIEGE TO HIS KINGDOM!!  ALL THE NEIGHBOURS ARE LIKE “HOLY SHIT DON’T GO THERE! PRINCE ERIC IS A BEAST!  HE’LL STRAIGHT UP DRIVE A BOAT THROUGH YOUR BITCH!”

Then when he’s convinced some mystery woman saved him, he starts looking for her just to thank her. On his way, he meets some mute naked teenage girl who can’t even walk or dress herself, confirms that she’s not the girl he’s looking for, then brings her to stay at his castle anyway, for no particular reason.

No one questions this, just like they don’t question when he shows up three days later with a mysterious woman one morning and says he’s getting married that same day. At said wedding, several witnesses see his fiance turn into a sea monster, which he then murders by piloting a submerged ship pulled up from the bottom of the ocean straight into her.

A week later, he marries the mute girl and the god of the sea himself rises from the ocean to give his blessings. Again, no one questions this.

“Did you hear what Prince Eric did this morning?”

Art by: Ms.Cat

If you are BLACK AND ALSO

A Cisgender Male (that means you actively identify as the gender you were assigned at birth)

A Trans male

AMAB/DMAB

Or masculine aligned and under the non-binary umbrella.

Then you automatically qualify for a special project meant to explore and celibrate Black masculinity while critiquing and combatting toxic masculinity.

I’m looking for as varied Black experiences as possible. I don’t want this to be made up entirely of Black masculines from the hood who are all Christian college students. I’m not looking for the Black Everyman here, I’m just looking for Black masculines. So if you’re a dirt poor, project kid born in NOI and have a gang history, not only will I not turn you away but I’m actively interested in what you have to say. It does not matter if you have a typical experience for Black masculines, I am actively looking for diversity and the atypical.

Your masculinity does not have to be cis or straight. Your masculinity does not have to have been or always be inherently non-toxic. Your masculinity does not have to make you look like Terry Crews or act like Ice Cube. I’m defining masculinity as loose as possible so I can get as wide a group as possible. The only requirement to “count” as a Black “male” is listed above.

That said, there are some other requirements.

Applicant must be queer friendly (though not necessarily queer themselves, I am especially interested in Straight Black men whom wish to actively explore these issues)

Applicant must be feminist/womanist friendly

Applicant must understand the basics of toxic masculinity

Applicant must have a basic understanding of racism

Applicant must have a basic understanding of gender and sexuality.

Additionally, I must point out that this project may require a time commitment with no pay. I am not equipped to pay anyone at this time, and more than likely I will never be able to.

As this project is still in its brainstorming phase and has only one person working on it (myself), I cannot say with certainity what the project will be. What I will say is that I want to hold regular discussions on issues related to Black masculinity in a public way. I’m ideally looking towards a web-based talk show or podcast, so individuals with experience in such form of media are greately encouraged to apply.

The idea came to me rather suddenly, and I don’t know enough Black masculine people that I could ask to assist me, so I’m turning to tumblr. I must admit, I have no experience with digital media, but I do consider myself well-versed enough in the topics in question to sustain a conversation. Additionally, I can offer myself as a research resource.

For serious inquiries, I can be messaged at this blog. Explain why you’re interested in the project, what you think you can offer, and how you embody Black masculinity.