A poster I made for a Jam Session in one of the coolest social centres of Milan!

there was a sit-in/protest in support of Palestine at Toronto's Eaton Centre recently (it was during the weekend of Christmas), and my mom told me that some 'Canadians' in the comment section of a video posted on Facebook about this event started appearing on her feed-where these (mostly boomers) expressed their disdain by how these protesters were just being disruptive and essentially a public nuisance in the oh so peaceful Canada (spoken in sarcasm, just for clarity), and i truly just... i am so utterly embarrassed for ANYONE who thinks it's acceptable to state that shopping excessively (and not for essentials -but to prioritize funneling money into the capitalist machine that undoubtedly causes harm to many communities around the world) -and during an ongoing genocide against Palestinian people -who, as we know, ARE NOT safe anywhere in that small strip of land -and for months the UN and world governments persist in letting them get killed -is beyond depraved.

imagine getting SO upset that activists are shouting "while you're shopping bombs are dropping" -because that's the truth -and imagine being SO angry for activists changing the lyrics of a popular 'Christmas' song to bring light to the violence in Gaza and West Bank because you would rather be silent and remain complicit about these travesties...

and the reaction from cops in Toronto that called this protest "trespassing" inside "privately owned space," seemed quite ironic to me considering these people weren't being violent -they also have the right to protest and dissent their government -especially when that said government has not and continues not to condemn IOF war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the genocide against Palestinian people.

also -imagine settlers getting uncomfortable with people occupying spaces they have declared as 'theirs'... side eye.

Somehow the idea of Curze whispering poison in his sister's ear repulsed Perturabo most of all.

Do you think we’ve made enough noise over here about how great Tommy/Lou is for the showrunner of 911 to just keep him around for……ever?

i honestly don't know. but i think we should continue making noise about how great Tommy/Lou is for the foreseeable future just because.

i do find it interesting that when Minear called Lou about Tommy's return, Lou tells us: “[Minear] laid out the arc, and it was a really, really cool situation, and I agreed to it.” Which kinda sounds like Tommy's storyline is already mapped out, but it's not set in stone.

i’m not keeping an eye on things over on twitter, so if anyone has any updates, please share!

of course the smart thing to do is marry an antivan but we can’t all copy the couslands

i have more free time now! so i am opening commissions starting now until the end of the 2023 ♡ if i get 3+ commissions with this round, 50% will be donated to a local (canadian prairies) organization.

you can message me here with an idea or send me an email - nataliemark(@)proton(.)me. check out my "i quit twitter" special <3

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a part of lisa deep down gets feverishly excited every time the waiter gets taylor’s order wrong because it means she gets to say that she asked for no pickles

Sands End Arts and Community Centre, London - Mae

https://www.mae.co.uk/

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fun fact my therapist knows me better than anyone else on this planet probably and she knows i'm a lesbian. however. i kinda uh... missed my window to come out as trans and now it's been like a year and a half and i feel like bringing it up would just be awkward.

mostly because i have no idea how to do it since i don't think i've ever had to like. properly 'come out' to anyone. usually i just tell people my name and they use it for me without asking why my government name is different lol

inconvenient.

think my anxiety disorder is a bit more painful for me than awkward silence is for you.

think being unable to speak is a bit more stressful for me than one-sided conversations are for you.

think a freeze response is a bit more uncomfortable for me than weird for you.

think isolating myself is a bit more painful for me than losing a friend is for you.

think being unable to go places alone is a bit more of a burden for me than you having to go with me.

think am a bit more scared of you than you are of me.

think being unable to participate is more inconvenient for me than making exceptions is for you.

think my pain is worse than the pain you endure when you worry for me.

think my future isn’t defined by your ideas of my ‘potential’. 🌹🌹

would you still love me if i added jo h.arvelle spn (revised edition*) bc cyn added spn muses and i can't stop thinking about Her

*i refuse to rewatch the show so she'd be based off vibes, the few clips i've watched on yt, and whatever i remember of writing her back when the show was actually airing

My ogre brain keeps insisting I must make something for Valentine’s Day but I’m deprogramming because forcing myself into an arbitrary project has only ever made my outlook on life worse.

not sure if people realise how disconcerting it is as a thin person to receive a compliment about my appearance, outfit, etc in groups who i don't think have had those conversations addressing fatphobia and the like. would you be saying this if my body looked different? is that the point of the compliment? what do we even view as beautiful anyway--how much of this is me specifically and how much of this is just. some idealised vision someone sold to you that happens to look kind of a little bit like me?