Insect Nation

Widely considered the first openly homosexual figure in Peruvian history, Juan José Cabezudo had, by the early nineteenth century, also become one of the most recognizable public figures in Lima despite their modest social and economic position. An Afro-Peruvian cook, street vendor, and culinary entrepreneur, Cabezudo built a reputation largely through the preparation and sale of tamales, sweets, and other prepared foods that circulated through the city’s busy streets, plazas, and elite social gatherings. But while they were known for their culinary endeavors, Cabezudo’s visibility within Lima also extended beyond the food they prepared and served. The combination of their perceived effeminate dress, gestures, speech, and demeanor resulted in them becoming publicly identified as “el maricón,” a pejorative term used in nineteenth-century Peru toward men understood to be feminine or sexually nonconforming. Despite the hostility embedded in this label, Cabezudo was able to live freely and openly, occupying a highly visible and socially legible role within the city’s urban culture and becoming one of the clearest documented examples of gender nonconformity in early republican Latin America.

Yves Saint Laurent - Spring 1989 Couture

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THIS IS BRILLIANT!!

Higher awareness of fast fashion, and the true human labor and abuse behind it, is GREAT, but let's not pretend that the crochet hat in target is THE problem. Every article of clothing in target is the problem. "All clothes are made by people" is the jumping off point here into understanding this issue it's not just crochet it's the whole thing ahhhhHHHHHHHHHH

Your clothing is still made in a place that looks like that. The only thing that's different is the tech level of the sewing machines and the race of the workers 

Godsmack girl- toni tiller

I remember the fountains!

Me after I came out, cut off my hair, bought comfortable clothes, and decided to actually wear my glasses because fuck contacts.

And this was me about eleven years later- two weeks after I started T in the first photo, and at around 5 months on T in the second. Much happier, married to the love of my life, and finally looking like myself!

And that's pretty great.

1 year and 5 months on T

these are about 10 years apart, 7 years on t and 5 years post op. it gets better guys

what 10 years away from a label that didnt fit and 1.5 years of T does to a mf

Bug vibes 🐛🪲

OP: I met a Hanfu enthusiast by chance. He happily agreed to let me see his closet.

Christian Lacroix - Spring 1996 Couture