Train strikes today, so here's a Northern Rail Moorhen (Rail)

This was originally going to just be Riddler but then things got out of hand

(Click for better quality because DAMN THAT'S TINY HERE)

Saw a heron today. Here's the best page of sketches - drawing live birds is very hectic so a lot of were just scribbles. I took a lot of photos, so I'll do a digital drawing at some point :)

When you dream about blorbo: :D

It's a nightmare and there are z*mbies and you also get approached by dogs: :((((

This lesbian visibility week, I'd like to take a step back and bring to light one of the issues the lesbian community has. Specifically, those with gender binaries.

And yes, I do mean multiple. We all know and hate the man/woman binary, but in its wake many different gender binaries have risen out of the queer community.

The gender binary I'd like to talk about is nonman/man.

(I'd like to preface this by saying if you like this definition for yourself, that's fine! I'm talking about a certain kind of lesbian that pushes this definition onto everyone around them.)

I was there on TikTok when this definition rose to popularity, and even then I was uncomfortable with it. This obsession with men, or lack-there-of, went a bit too far when they tried to make it the central definition of lesbianism.

However, as I'd soon learn, the lesbian community is only as obsessed with men as they are because TERFs infiltrated us back in the 80s/90s. Cishet TERFs came in, saying that lesbianism was the only moral orientation for a woman to have, and worked to exclude anyone they deemed too "manly" out of lesbianism. This included all transgender and non-binary people, people of color (because they were "fighting for men's rights), bisexuals, and butches. This was known as lesbian seperatism.

The lesbian community is still healing from lesbian seperatism, and there's still people who participate in what I call "modern lesbian seperatism". Excluding butch lesbians who feel a connection to manhood (lesboys/butchboys), excluding lesbians whose orientation is as multiple and complex as their gender (bisexual lesbians), it can be a dangerous thing just trying to live online as a gender-complex lesbian.

So, as a request this week of lesbian visibility, I'd appreciate it if you'd consider multigender people more in your lesbianism. There are women who are men who are women. There are butches who are men. There are lesbians who're bisexual, and yes that's often an expression of gender-complexity. Take the time to talk to us, hear what we have to say; you'll probably learn more about your history. :)

I feel I must share this as it has to do with my namesake

Scout’s little face!

she’s a fierce pigeon, and she would destroy us if her beak wasn’t so cute and useless

My favorite gif. I never get a chance to use it, so I’m just going to share it.

Rest in peace to the touch starved arospec and/or aspecs. You deserve more hugs.

Sun's out, orping-tons out☀️

lil godzilla sticker pack i made for a local market this saturday (30/03)! goji and the gang..

if youre in sg ill be selling these funny fellas at martsuri @ suntec concourse! ill link up my catalogue here too at a later date

April 8, 2024 - Ashy-headed Laughingthrush (Argya cinereifrons) These laughingthrushes are found in parts of southwestern Sri Lanka in lowland and mountain forests. They eat invertebrates, small vertebrates, fruit, and seeds, foraging in flocks, sometimes with other species, on or near the ground in leaf litter and vegetation. Breeding cooperatively, they build large nests from twigs, dry leaves, rootlets, and lichen in bushes or small trees. Females lay clutches of three to four eggs, though more than one may lay them. Multiple group members incubate the eggs and care for the chicks. They are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN due to moderate population declines from habitat loss and degradation in their small and fragmented range.

Saw the sweetest pigeon last week

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Being an aromantic writer is frustrating because you want to show aromantic people but you know damn well people would misinterpret their relationships as romantic and ship them, ignoring the orientation of them for aromantics like you to finally get more recognised within in or out of the community. It really says something that I know I have to be explicitly clear that these characters are aromantic and I don't want them shipped for people to even slightly get the message across.

Woodpigeon Wednesday! Overstimulated pigeon because I've been in a bit of an autism funk lately (although today's been much better.) Not much detail because I want more time to relax (and have more time to draw the silly guy)

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quick doodles for the birthday boy