EVERYONE ON MASTODON: Hello! I'm Dr. Whitney Appleby, a molecular biologist working on new ways to beat the Pacific Garbage Patch! In my spare time I love reading, hanggliding and playing with my cat. I'm also starting to weave-

ME: *shoving past them* yeah sure where are the dipshits? where are the real assholes around here. perverts, you got any perverts?

Seven swans to rule them all
Six geese to find them
Five rings to bring them all
And in the pear tree bind them

ETA: not mine originally, but I don't know the source.

Another one of my favorite photographs captured during one of many direct actions I've been a part of since the murder of George Floyd.

I stopped counting at 150+, but guessing now, adding in the most recent ones, I think 175 now.

I am proud of what this photo represents and I think it's a beautiful tribute to queer+ led and the lgbtq allied antifascist movement in amurikkka.

To me, this photograph represents stepping up to stand against all forms of hatred, that the beautiful world we want is one where ALL are truly equal, that we are ONE PEOPLE, on ONE PLANET, striving for the betterment of an internationalist, global society free of colonization, occupation, apartheid, genocide, war, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, bigotry and hatred of any kind.

It is an image of fearless love in action!

It is my sincerest hope that our world comes together, united in love for all and save our dying planet before it's too late.

THIS is what community looks like!

To the beautiful person in the photograph, and all people like us, out in the streets fighting for a better world for all,
thank you.

Photographed during pro choice rally and counterprotest against christofascist "men's march against abortion" in Boston, Massachusetts. 2022.

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I'm a cis guy, and I want to write a #transmasc appreciation post, because I've learned a lot from listening to trans masc people.

Navigating masculinity is hard, in ways I never would have thought to articulate, if it weren't for the trans men and nonbinary people exploring and defining their own masculinities.

You guys have shown how to love - others and yourselves - how to be tender, how to show courage, how strength and vulnerability aren't opposites but are instead connected. You've made visible ideas that our society tries really, really hard to keep invisible.

And a lot of you are snappy dressers, too. And why are you all so handsome?

Anyway, just wanted to say I love and appreciate you #transmasculine folks out there. We need you in the world. My world is made better having you in it.