Shaina Does Stuff.

"Queerness, to me, is about far more than homosexual attraction. It’s about a willingness to see all..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:08:14 -0400

“Queerness, to me, is about far more than homosexual attraction. It’s about a willingness to see all other taboos broken down. Sure, many of us start on this path when we first feel “same sex” or “same gender” attraction (though what is sex? And what is gender? And does anyone really have the same sex or gender as anyone else?). But queerness doesn’t stop there.
This is a somewhat controversial stance, but to me queer means something completely different than “gay” or “lesbian” or “bisexual.” A queer person is usually someone who has come to a non-binary view of gender, who recognizes the validity of all trans identities, and who, given this understanding of infinite gender possibilities, finds it hard to define their sexuality any longer in a gender-based way. Queer people understand and support non-monogamy even if they do not engage in it themselves. They can grok being asexual or aromantic. (What does sex have to do with love, or love with sex, necessarily?) A queer can view promiscuous (protected) public bathhouse sex with strangers and complete abstinence as equally healthy.
Queers understand that people have different relationships to their bodies. We get what it means to be stone. We know what body dysphoria is about. We understand that not everyone likes to get touched the same way or to get touched at all. We realize that people with disabilities may have different sexual needs, and that people with survivor histories often have sexual triggers. We can negotiate safe and creative ways to be intimate with people with HIV/AIDs and other STIs.
Queers understand the range of power and sensation and the diversity of sexual dynamics. We are tops and bottoms, doms and subs, sadists and masochists and sadomasochists, versatiles and switches. We know what we like and don’t like in bed.
We embrace a wide range of relationship types. We can be partners, lovers, friends with benefits, platonic sweethearts, chosen family. We can have very different dynamics with different people, often all at once. We don’t expect one person to be able to fulfill all our diverse needs, fantasies and ideals indefinitely.
Because our views on relationships, sex, gender, love, bodies, and family are so unconventional, we are of necessity anti-assimilationist. Because under the kyriarchy we suffer, and watch the people we love suffering, we are political. Because we want to survive, we fight. We only want the freedom to be ourselves, love ourselves, love each other, and live together. Because we are routinely denied that, we are pissed.
Queer doesn’t mean “don’t label me,” it means “I am naming myself.” It means “ask me more questions if you’re curious” and in the same breath means “fuck off.””

- Crunk Feminist Collective (via wargasmmm)

"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance magazines — we shall all..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:29:04 -0400

““We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance magazines — we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely — at least, not all the time — but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.””

- — Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (via rurikon)

creepyabandonedplaces: Holy Land...

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:00:37 -0400

creepyabandonedplaces:

Holy Land USA
Waterbury, Connecticut

Holy Land USA was once an 18 acre Bible-themed park located in Waterbury, Connecticut. The park had about 40,000 visitors a year until it closed in 1984 for renovations. Holy Land USA never opened back up again due to the death of owner John Greco in 1986. It has been abandoned ever since. The abandoned acres of the theme park have been watched over by groups of nuns for decades, but the place keeps getting more and more creepy as the park continues to deteriorate.

On top of the vandalism and eeriness the park gives off, a teenager was murdered on these abandoned grounds in 2010. Since then police records have shown that the amount of trespassers have been decreasing which just means abandoned Holy Land USA is as creepy and deserted as ever.

This may be the least appealing theme park idea of all time.

It’s Time to Retire “Boob Plate” Armor. Because It Would Kill You

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:38 -0400

It’s Time to Retire “Boob Plate” Armor. Because It Would Kill You:

repair-her-armor:

spinnywizards submitted:

Another ‘stop drawing boob plate’ article, via Penny Arcade

YES! This is perfect.

Repair Her Armor: Clothes I'm forced to wear in the majority of MMORPGS

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:58:50 -0400

Repair Her Armor: Clothes I'm forced to wear in the majority of MMORPGS:

repair-her-armor:

[Please take note that the commentary is just for fun. Bunch of sarcasm. Don’t take it too seriously. I am getting tired of these outfits, though.]

1. The classic Bikini Armor. If you’re lucky you might get an actual shoulder-pad! If the designers even bother doing something more than…

claydols: who decided that you need some deep back story in order to justify your tattooif you...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:35 -0400

claydols:

who decided that you need some deep back story in order to justify your tattoo
if you think a deer is gonna look cool as hell on your arm then go ahead and get it tattooed

a poem for nice guys

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:24 -0400

delladilly:

right now i’m looking at you and i can’t believe
you don’t know- oh oh!
you don’t know what a huge asshole you are
whoaoh oh ohhh!
that’s what makes you such a fucking dickbag

Photo

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:59:38 -0400

dorkygoodness: Queen

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:39:35 -0400

dorkygoodness:

Queen

Photo

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:15:39 -0400

dave-vriska: glasmond: But sweetheart, you did not end this...

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:30:03 -0400

dave-vriska:

glasmond:

But sweetheart, you did not end this comic.

Here, let me help you.

The love (as well as the hate) you give will always come back to you at some point in your life.
Believe me, I know exactly what I am talking about.

THAT IS THE CUTEST RESPONSE TO THIS EVER AND IT MADE ME TEARY EYED

BAWWWWWWWWWWW.

And the love might not come back from the people to whom you gave (believe me, I know all about that by now), but from other people, freely giving it to ya!

montiray: FWOOSH Some of you have seen Strip Search, some of...

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:26:29 -0400

montiray:

FWOOSH

Some of you have seen Strip Search, some of you haven’t. Either way, I drew this comic on the show and then I redrew it at home because people wanted to buy it and I can’t let them put my art on their wall if I didn’t at least TRY TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE.

What a difference references and peer critiques make! This is what the original looked like.

Here’s the link to preorder this 9”x14”comic as a print!

"DiCaprio and Mulligan, meanwhile, don’t seem like star-crossed lovers so much as a delusional man in..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:33:06 -0400

“DiCaprio and Mulligan, meanwhile, don’t seem like star-crossed lovers so much as a delusional man in love with a bauble of a woman. Maybe that’s intentional?”

-
People Magazine’s review on ‘The Great Gatsby’

Did these people even read the book? I mean seriously, now…

(via bennywhistleswhileheworks)

Yeah, Baz/DiCaprio/Mulligan were right on with this one.

(via highlighteretcigarettes)

LOL.

catssecretstash: Game of Cats

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:26:05 -0400

catssecretstash:

Game of Cats

foreversearchingforanswers: toxicteardrops: l-ovelynialler: fr...

Sun, 12 May 2013 08:42:40 -0400

foreversearchingforanswers:

toxicteardrops:

l-ovelynialler:

from left to right;

I am afraid to hold my boyfriend’s hand.

My friend’s parents sent her away.

I found death threats in my locker.

I submitted to electroshock therapy.

I lost half my friends after coming out.

My grandmother sends me hate mail.

My school won’t let me take my date to prom.

I am not here anymore.

My dad tried to beat it out of me.

No one is proud of me.

This showed up on my blog again. Forever reblog.

The “I am not here anymore.”

Oh my. This hit hard.

i don’t even care that this isn’t black and white.
read this

republic-of-letters: Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore 海辺のカフカ...

Sun, 12 May 2013 08:25:07 -0400

republic-of-letters:

Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore
海辺のカフカ (Umibe no Kafuka)
2002

wedrawsexygirls: Word prompt: “fur.” Both are here for...

Sat, 11 May 2013 05:29:00 -0400

A's girl

S's girl!

wedrawsexygirls:

Word prompt: “fur.”

Both are here for comparison!

—

I wanted to make her look like a badass warrior (with fur)!

If you couldn’t tell, the bottom girl is the one by me!

I always feel like I get correct proportions in my initial sketch and then suddenly BAM it’s like messed up and anatomically silly. :/

shainagoeschina: Omg, what, A SIX PANEL COMIC? This magical...

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:34:43 -0400

shainagoeschina:

Omg, what, A SIX PANEL COMIC? This magical event could occur because I went on vacation to Dali and am taking a BREAK FOR lesson planning!

Hopefully I’ll be able to pump out more of these (because six panels is more fun, wee! and I can cram more information into all the panels.).

I did eventually succeed in making a burger, but only after I horrendously botched the first try (setting onions on fire, having the patty just crumble, etc).

I pretended that my tears were from the singed onions.

Weee comic about living in rural China!

Photo

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:16:09 -0400

meemeegang: swmpmnstr: fozmeadows: ninja-pillow-timeywimey: A...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:48:20 -0400

meemeegang:

swmpmnstr:

fozmeadows:

ninja-pillow-timeywimey:

Accidental philosphy

Most perfect thing of all the things.

Most perfect thing of all the things.

I love this.