Be brave. Live. For me.

a surprising number of people see the term "social construct" and think that it means something is not real when it actually means something is so very real because it was created by us and is constantly enforced, often violently

can you believe it guys? 17776! just a week away!

Happy Trans Day Of Visibility!! 💕✨💐💗

respectfully and with all of the love in my heart, none of you can fucking read.

what if your wife died and you were told she was happier in her moment of death than she'd ever been in her life with you. the greatest day of her life and everyone else's was the day she died and it has nothing to do with you and anything you did or didn't do, it's just that nothing could ever compare to the thing that killed her. happened to my friend carol sturka

it's actually deeply troubling how many people are really eager to believe and spread the idea that someone who is one of the most prominent queer women in mainstream media whose queerness is part of her public identity is someone who is cruel to children specifically. like this particular new hate train is very targeted and very specifically about a child. I wonder who would benefit from everyone painting a queer woman as someone children should be fearful to be around. especially a woman who dresses flamboyant, has referred to herself as a drag queen many times over the years, and platforms many drag queens. and also challenges the idea that queerness doesn't belong in traditionally conservative areas by being unapologetically from the midwest. it's such a slippery slope and people are engaging without hesitation.

#i always think about how beautiful it was for ryan coogler to cast buddy guy as older sammie #i often think about how people like to espouse the idea that we are "so far removed" from jim crow and segregation when creatives like buddy are still alive #a lot of the activists and figures are still alive! #idk the fact that he's living proof of the continued effects of chattel slavery on black americans is so bittersweet because he remembers such atrocities but he's also able to bestow wisdom and history for art pieces like sinners

Ryan Coogler said in an interview, btw, that part of why he thought of Buddy Guy was because his uncle loved seeing him – he'd get dressed up and go see him play live when he got the chance.

God FORBID women do anything!