a few more that didn't make it into my historical queer love post

Historical Photos of Queer Love

These last two images are from Cornell's archival collection of French cross-dressing postcards. To quote:

"The photographs on their fronts feature both cis-gendered men in women’s clothes and bodily poses and cis-gendered women in conventionally masculine clothing and comportment. In these postcards, a range of bodies portray musicians, dancers, actors, soldiers, sailors, aristocrats, historical figures, working men and women, and romantic couples, often with one portraying traditional and one portraying nontraditional gender expression. Even though 21st c. feminist and queer scholars think of gender as performance (rather than biologically determined), the act of cross-dressing or transvestitism was a subversive act at the turn of the twentieth century when the majority of these cards were produced. The question marks displayed on some cards, such as “? Asta ?,” “? Hardi Simon ?,” and “? Luzernow ?,” serve to consciously question gender fixity. The subjects of these images challenged gender norms and binaries, even as they mark a historical moment in which gender impersonation appeared a common postcard genre. The images may document what these subjects aspired to be or the varied gender expressions their audiences yearned to see."

For more images and information, see here and here.

Aunties can we talk about sex in our 30’s? Cause whew!

Bruh, I’m about to be 35 in November and my libido is scary to me. I’m ready for it all the time. And while I always liked sex, this new hormonal shit will have me down for it a few times a day, every day.

It’s like a switch got flipped in my body. I don’t know if it’s because it desperately is trying to get me to make a baby, but it’s overwhelming to me.