THIN BOI

The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation near Australia.  This is their flag:

The Gay Kingdom (as it is colloquially known) was founded in 2004 in protest against Australia’s legal stance against same-sex marriage.

Here are some of their stamps:

They are currently ruled by Emperor Dale I, and their currency is the Pink Dollar.

they have a declaration of independence that talks a bit about gay rights and then just flat out copies the “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness” part from the american declaration of independence. and here’s the best part: the founding group actually elected their emperor. he was originally going to be called the “administrator” of a republic. their website, however, says that “upon legal advice, his title was changed to that of Sovereign on the grounds that under Australian law a defacto prince trying to claim his crown cannot be charged with treason”. so they made it a kingdom and he now claims to be a descendent of edward ii.

everything about this is glorious and everyone should know about it.

When I was a child, from the time I was about four and could understand things, my mom told me and my brother that we should have a secret word. That way, if we were ever in trouble or felt unsafe and we didn’t want the people around us to know we needed her to come get us, we could let her know. So she let us pick the word and my brother and I chose the phrase “peanut butter cups.” (I’m happy to share the phrase now since both my brother and I are adults now). 

I used the phrase twice in my life. Once, I was at a friends house when I eight years old. Her dad got really drunk and was throwing things against the wall. I was really scared and I didn’t want to draw attention to myself on the phone when I called my mom to come get me because I didn’t know if he would get more violent if I asked her to come get me. So I called her and was calm and after a couple minutes I asked “Hey mommy, did you get me those peanut butter cups from the store?” And she said “I’ll be right there.” And she came and got me within minutes. 

Second, I was a teenager spending the night at a friends house. Her brother and dad were drinking and they started talking about things that made me uncomfortable - ie: what they liked to do to women. My friend didn’t seem perturbed and said that was normal for them and that I shouldn’t worry. But I was worried because they were really drunk and I was 15 and the only ‘woman’ around that wasn’t related to them. I went in my friends room, told her I needed to call my mom and say goodnight. Before I hung up with her I asked “Next time we go to the store, can we get some peanut butters cups? I’ve been craving them.” And she came and got me, just like that. 

Even if you just ask the child “Do you know this person” if the adult butt’s in make sure to ASK THE CHILD! Even a shy kid will tell you they don’t know this person or just met them or something!

REMINDER THAT LAIKA’S SECOND FILM NOT ONLY CONSISTED OF A CAST WITH FOUR CENTRAL FEMALE CHARACTERS BUT INCLUDED AN ENTIRE TOWN OF DIVERSE CITIZENS OF VARYING RACE, GENDER, AND AGE. LIKE A NORMAL TOWN HAS.

REMINDER THAT LAIKA’S THIRD FILM FEATURED SAME SEX COUPLES IN THEIR TEASER TRAILER

REMINDER THAT THIS IS ALL STOP-MOTION SO EVERY CHARACTER WAS DESIGNED, MODELED, SCULPTED, RIGGED, AND EVEN HAD TINY CLOTHES SEWED FOR THEM.

also reminder that they make chump change compared to disney who whines and cries that in all their years of experience they can’t handle the prospect of animating a girl with a face different than the rest and that it’s “too hard” because only females can express such a wide range of emotions that it makes them difficult to animate

It really was that big!! I went to a Laika exhibit in 2018 and this took up almost an entire room alone!

Another room was mostly dedicated to the Coraline garden, for reference, the pumpkin eyeballs were about the size of a basketball each

There was so much crazy detail it was mind blowing!

God I wish I took more pictures and had a better camera back then cause it was the COOLEST EXHIBIT EVER!

“She deserves to be punished too.”

“I’m not saying I support rape, but-”

“Sorry to say - she deserved it.”

“She put herself in harm’s way”

“But if she was fingered, then that’s not rape.”

“She ruined their lives.”

“Yea, but did you see what she was wearing?”

“Boys will be boys!”

“She should know better than to drink at a party…”

  “He should’ve enjoyed it.”

“She must’ve lead him on.”

“But she orgasmed. That means she liked it - “

“Women can’t rape because…”

“Be grateful it wasn’t a man!”

“I’m sorry she hurt you but don’t call what happened to you rape, it’s an insult to the REAL victims…”

“You weren’t raped, you’re just lesbophobic.”

“She’s his wife, it’s her job to please him.”

“Oral isn’t rape.”

“Well he wasn’t armed, she could have walked away.”

“Guys can’t be raped, they love sex!”

“She didn’t fight back; it wasn’t rape.”

they were trying to fix your asexuality

they were trying to fix your aromantism

its your fault for being religious and not wanting sex outside of marriage

but your a sex worker

but you like sex

but-

Made this. Not really sure who it is but here! Oh. There's also.

This (I tried lol)

This (this took me forever and it's not even that good)

And this uwu (this was my first one!)

Also I've been painting so there's these.

It's kinda messy because I'm really bad at water colors but I should be getting actual paints soon! Also ignore the hair in some of them I have 3 cats lol.

Yeah, seems comparable.

*eyeroll*

Labour is like having the worst gastroenteritus, you know when it feels like you’re literally gonna shit all your insides out and your body is in full “purge it all, purge all the insides!” mode? and then actual birth is like, imagine shitting out a watermelon, a whole watermelon. You ever taken a shit that’s too big and hard as fuck? you know that panic that wells as you realise this thing is too big to come out and you can’t stop it because it’s coming whether you’re ready or not?

And then you risk tearing the entire perineum and needing stitches. My second kiddo “shredded” the muscles from hole to hole. The notes literally say “SHREDDED”. AIIEEE.

And then you continue to cramp afterwards, bleed, you can’t poop easily because everything is sore and swollen and peeing hurts because you’re peeing on open fucking wounds.

then you get engorgement as milk comes in which feels like someone took a bike pump and inflated your tits to bursting and if you move they’ll pop like that clown girl from Phoenix Wright. And they BURN and throb and every movement fucking hurts and there’s no goddamn relief for weeks and every time you latch the baby on there’s this searing burning sensation of letdown and a stabbing pain of sharp little gums on sensitive parts and your toes curl and you grit your teeth because you know the only way you’re gonna get relief from the swollen pain is to endure THIS pain for a little while and eventually it’ll stop hurting as the swelling reduces and you get like 2 hours of not feeling like shit before it all starts again.

Oh and you haven’t slept in days because you can’t sleep through labour and you sure as hell ain’t sleeping after birth either so congrats, you probably haven’t slept more than 3 hours in 3 days and you’re running on fumes.

But yeaaaah cis men, getting kicked in the balls is SOOOOO similar. *eyeroll*

fucking pathetic.

An incredible effective birth control story (cause if I wasn't sure before that I don't wanna give birth I am now)

Burr: *sighing* Laurens'...

Laurens: Fuck shit up there, but don't die.

Don’t put a pad on boxers! It doesn’t work and makes a mess

To feel more masculine wear boxers over your //pad holding underwear//

Don’t beat yourself up, you are totally rad and cool, you’re body is doing something, but that’s okay, it’s not your fault and it doesn’t make you less valid!

If your cheast starts to hurt, don’t bind, some guys get tender breast tissue when it’s that time of the month, listen to your body, don’t push yourself!

Treat yourself to some chocolate!

Tea!!! It’s so good!!!! And green tea can help with cramps!

Advil! I use it when my cramps get bad, sometimes I get headaches and it helps with that too! Don’t take more than six though!

Go under warm blankets with nothing but your underwear on, preferably soft blankets, it makes me feel like I’m in a soft cacoon

Oversized sweatshirts! Always good! Especially for dysphoria!

Wear comfy cloths, always good to feel good

Eat warm soup, feels nice in the tum tum

Don’t eat super greasy foods, it can make your skin break you even more! And there are already so many hormones making your skin do crazy thing you don’t want it to get worse! Also it can make cramps worse

Cyclopam ( its a med for cramps) do eat some food ( at least 3 biscuits ) before taking this and if u are a minor tale half a tablet !!

Distract yourself!!!

Here are some trans ftm songs that might help you :

Village - the wrables