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thatshortdudety · 3 years

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your yearly reminder that Baby It’s Cold Outside is a song about a woman having CONSENSUAL sex, at a time when premarital sex was frowned upon. The female singer is offering up the token demurrals society expects her to, because it’s expected, not bc she doesn’t fully intend to stay and have awesome sex with a dude she’s into. The male singer knows this, and is in turn offering her an excuse to give to the neighbors in the morning (“it was too cold for me to go home, the only responsible thing to do was spend the night at his place. because of the weather, get your minds out of the gutter”). A 1950s audience would have understood all this, but the nuance gets lost in a modern age where women are actually allowed to say yes when they mean it.

Also the “hey what’s in this drink” thing was a common joke at the time, where the punchline was that there was in fact nothing in the drink. the woman’s making a joke that she wouldn’t do this if she was sober, oh goodness no! it’s only a joke bc both she and the man are in on the punchline: she is sober, and is only staying bc she wants to

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thatshortdudety · 3 years

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Okay, but more LGBTQ+ Slytherins who got kicked out my their parents

Genderfluid Theo Nott, who was abused by their father and finally blurted it out when their father called them “son” on a girl day. Returning to Hogwarts during Christmas and sobbing in the RoR, then being found by Hermione, who comforted them and offered them some hot chocolate.

Mtf trans Astoria getting kicked out by her mother and finding comfort in Ginny’s arms, and growing closer with the Weasley family.

Nonbinary Milicent being told that she’s not a freak by Harry Potter.

Pansexual Blaise falling for Neville and finally having the courage to tell him.

Gay Draco cornering Harry after he accidentally took Veritaserum and snogging him senseless, then getting kicked out by Lucius, though Narcissa slapped Lucius, threw him out and told Draco to love whoever he wanted.

Pansexual Pansy taking Hermione to the Rememberance Ball and kissing her gently on the lips, and Hermione smiling and taking her on a date,

Slytherins who found love and acceptance for who they were standing by Dumbledore’s Army in the Battle of Hogwarts, fighting the people who told them that they weren’t valid.

“Theo, come and fight with your family!”

“I am.”

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thatshortdudety · 3 years

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yEEESSSSSSSSS

the fearless knight and her big sister. a scanned page from my sketchbook. it’s pretty rough, but it still turned out kinda cute

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thatshortdudety · 3 years

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FANTASTIC

Knights

Medieval knights collection. Personal project, started from small thumbnails in between work, and grown up to this. Every character has his personal “historical time of existing”, weapon and “speciality” Hope you like it friends)

Max Yenin

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thatshortdudety · 4 years

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gender neutral things to call your loved ones

help me

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thatshortdudety · 4 years

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･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 👁️👅👁️*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ

(based on this image)

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thatshortdudety · 4 years

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Dear J.K Rowling,

Why?

For years, Harry Potter has been my saviour. When I found myself friendless, I found friends in your characters. When I felt lonely and that nobody cared, I found comfort within Hogwarts walls. For years I’ve identified with your characters, accepting my flaws and trying to be the best version of me because if my heroes could do it then god dammit so can I.

You were my hero, too. Once. You created characters I saw as my friends. I have made lifelong memories and connections bonding over your books. You’ve empowered women, shown people that if you follow through with your dreams you can rise from the very bottom to the very top. You inspired me to keep going. To follow my dreams, to never accept failure and to just keep on trying until I am satisfied and proud of myself.

So I have to ask.

Why?

Sincerely,

A betrayed trans boy who dropped his hero like a hot piece of coal. I have better heroes now. And this time they’re actually worthy of my love.

#Dear JK Rowling #Why?#Harry Potter #transphobia #transgender #jk rowling #trans boy #trans girl #I have wasted enough time on trying to pretend you're not what people have said you are #so congratulations #you've lost my respect and there's no going back

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thatshortdudety · 4 years

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The FULL RECORDING of my original musical, Purely Coincidental, is up! Hope y’all like it. :)

Summary: When the wishes of students at an all-girls high school start magically coming true in increasingly destructive ways, three friends - Robin, an aspiring novelist and closeted trans boy; Wisteria, a hopeless romantic; and Lucian, the quiet, ambitious girl Wisteria is madly in love with - must figure out how to fix everything before their classmates throw the world into chaos.

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thatshortdudety · 4 years

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That looks amazing!!

Extremely Untrustworthy Tea: The Vast and The Lonely

I decided to re-do these two because the originals weren’t vibin with me.

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thatshortdudety · 4 years

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This is a big, giant list of Youtube tutorials that will teach you all the basic life skills you need to know in order to be a functional adult. There are a lot of important skills that aren’t included in this list, but this should be enough of a basic guide to get you started and prevent you from making a total mess of yourself. Happy adulting! Household Skills:

How to unclog a toilet without a plunger

How to fix a blown fuse

How to fix a leaky faucet

How to clean soap scum from your tub and shower

How to escape from a house fire

How to make a budget and stick to it

How to sharpen a knife

How to clean a self-cleaning oven

How to clean red wine stains from carpet

How to clean blood stains from fabric

How to clean grease stains from fabric

How to do a load of laundry

How to iron your clothes

How to test your smoke detectors

Cooking Skills:

How to tell if produce is ripe

How to know if food is expired

How to properly sanitize a kitchen

How to cook an egg

How to make rice

How to make pasta

How to put out a kitchen grease fire safely

How to use a gas stove

How to use a convection oven

How to cook meat safely

How to use a stand mixer

How to use kitchen knives properly

How to make mashed potatoes

How to make grilled cheese sandwiches

Health Skills:

How to stop bleeding

How to treat a burn

How to do CPR (on an adult)

How to do CPR (on a child)

How to do CPR (on a baby)

How to help someone who is choking

How to save yourself if you are choking alone

How to read a nutrition label

How to treat frostbite

How to recognize when someone is having a stroke

How to maintain a healthy sleep schedule

Mental Health Skills:

How to calm down during a panic attack

How to help someone who is suicidal

How to meditate

How to stop self-harming

How to recognize problem drinking

How to choose a therapist

How to deal with disappointment

How to cope with grief

How to raise your self-esteem

Relationship and Social Skills:

How to apologize

How to cope with a breakup

How to accept criticism

How to deal with bullying

How to argue in a healthy way

How to ask someone out

How to break up with someone

How to recognize an abusive relationship

How to rekindle a damaged friendship

How to speak in public

Job Hunting Skills:

How to tie a tie

How to write a resume

How to write a cover letter

How to dress for a job interview (for women/femmes)

How to dress for a job interview (for men/masculines)

How to properly shake hands

How to nail a job interview

Other Skills:

How to sew on a button

How to hammer a nail

How to change your oil

How to put gas in your car

How to jump-start a car

How to pick a good password

How to back up your files

How to write a cheque

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thatshortdudety · 4 years

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have some fucking tips for androgynous presentation that mixes femme and masc styles and isn’t just ‘be afab and wear trousers from the men’s section’

recently I wore some of those trousers with the wide non form fitting legs and added small heeled boots. 10/10 would recommend I felt very high fashion. looked masc but was making the femme click clack heel sound.

basic loungy outfits can be made 100% more queer by adding colour. srsly jeans with a nice tshirt is queer as fuck if the jeans are orange.

wearing the femmest outfit possible, long skirt, cute blouse, etc. becomes a power move when you do so without a single shred of makeup. bonus if your hair is short. bonus if it’s not a pixie. bonus if your shoes are stompy

find all your Statement Pieces. wear them together. voila.

we all know about suspenders. now put them where they don’t belong. attach them to skirts. attach them to your trousers but leave them hanging

literally just wear stuff you think looks rad because if you enjoy both masculine and feminine clothing styles it naturally follows the stuff you think looks rad together will end up being genderfuck

embrace alternative fashion/weird charity shop finds/vintage/stuff that breaks fashion rules even if its ‘technically’ femme/masc. part of fitting into gender roles is wearing mainstream and current femme/masc clothes because gender roles and their associated accepted dress are always shifting so anything that differs from that is automatically subversive.

billowy shirts. undo them as much as you’re comfortable with. somewhat obvious but the howl’s moving castle vibes are v strong. am I a femme arts student or a dashing masc pirate type? who knows.

floral patterns feel a billion times more masc if the colours are bold.

personally after I stopped wearing makeup I felt I lot more able to just be like huh. that’s my face. and feel kinda triumphant in the ugly parts of it and just be unabashedly weird. and if that’s not genderfuck idk what is. same w not shaving my legs tbh. I enjoy just existing.

that said if you do like makeup, using just (just. no foundation or shit) eyeshadow or just lipstick? also a power move.

If you go for the classic dapper style of androgynous presentation but want something closer to androgynous than just weird masc, try adding a soft girly jumper to your manly trousers and etc.

adding an emphasis to your natural waist to a masc outfit (with a belt or something) is a good way to feminise it and vice versa with emphasising a dropped waist in a femme outfit to bring attention away from your smaller natural one (again with a belt or maybe low waisted trousers)

long coats are very good I feel my most formless and inexplicable when my outer layer goes straight past my knees.

obviously all this is gonna be slightly biased to my agab/personal style/body type/etc. but yeah. there’s my tips and hopefully none of them are weirdly unachievable or equate androgyny with masculinity

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thatshortdudety · 4 years

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thatshortdudety · 4 years

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My latest comic for The Nib was written by my friend Mike Thompson- it’s his first published comics work!

The Nib has been a steady source of income and a huge support to me and many other indie cartoonists for years. They publish amazing work, but will be cut loose by their financial backer in July. You can read the official post about it from editor Matt Bors here. They are still running their kickstarter-funded print magazine, but have to put digital publishing on hiatus until they figure out their next steps. If you’ve been thinking about supporting their membership program, now would be a good time. They have levels from $2 to $40 per month. I really don’t want this to be my last Nib piece!

instagram / patreon / portfolio / the nib / etsy

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thatshortdudety · 4 years

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