The Undertow

happy pride month to this post specifically

"can i go do this fun thing alone" yes "can i go on a walk alone without it being weird" yes "can i reread my favourite children's books as an adult" yes yes and yes again please stop thinking people care that much like you probably don't think twice if you see somebody else doing this and if you do judge them for it there's your problem. we get back what we put out. chill. vibe. do your fucking thing.

can i say i dont give a fuck if anyone is 'performative reading' bc like at least they are reading at all. people are reading less and less so idrc if someone is reading to cultivate a certain image or whatever the fuck performative reading means

My grandma just called and, among other things, said “You have hips. That’s good! Men like hips!” and then she interrupted herself to say “Women like hips. People of your preferred gender like hips. I can never remember”  And I was like “Thanks grandma! My preferred gender is none of them, no thanks.” and she was like “Okay, no one will comment on your hips!” very self satisfied, like “aha, I have figured it out” I think like half her grandkids are some variety of not-straight and she can’t always remember which is which but she is the epitome of like “she’s a little confused, but she’s got the spirit!”

Update: I gave it some thought and my estimate was wrong. Of the grandkids that are out, it’s 1/3, not ½

I told my grandma that I’d told my friends about what she said and that some of y’all had said you wished she was your grandma, and she said “Well, you can never have too many grandkids!”  So like…consider her your honorary grandma* I guess? *if you want an honorary grandma, that is

Update on my grandma: I told her my hair was standing up, but instead of straight line it was diagonal and she said “That’s okay, you’ve never been straight!” and then laughed so hard at her own joke I thought she was going to drop the phone

Happy almost pride month! Have my confused-but-supportive grandma!

An update: my grandma just called me to ask if I knew it was pride month

Happy pride month!!

Yes and: Make education more affordable and achievable!!

always remember that chell is canonically* a transgender woman

You guys ever see a DNI that makes you break out into laughter and almost cry

i woke up at two am realised it was may 31st and thought to myself "oh no i have to hurry, we've got gay tomorrow oh no i'm gonna be late i'm not ready"

i fucking love when halloween music is just surf rock with a ghoul laughing in the background

op is there any particular reason the librarians would feel safer not invoking you by name