doodle of @theblindhakune's kusu and mine together! i thought her kusu was sick af so i wanted to draw our kusus hanging out hehe, thank you for blessing us with your kusu, i really love him 🙏💙

I have no words for how much I love this 😭 I equally love YOUR kusu and really wanna draw them together at some point.

I can't stop staring at the pic 🥺💙

being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past ‘dresses are for women and pants are for men.’ i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we’ve made

— Quote by Leslie Feinberg, from TransSisters: The Journal of Transsexual Feminism, issue 7, volume 1. 1995.

Genesis believes that your art, fics, and other creative work are beautiful contributions to the world that were not there before.

Angeal believes that your art, fics, and other creative work is another example of practice towards gradual progress, that you are getting better with every single thing you create.

Sephiroth believes that your art, fics, and other creative work have inspired and touched the hearts of at least one person, even if you are completely unaware of it.

Cloud believes that your art, fics, and other creative work are not a defined by how many kudos or likes or reblogs they get, that they are all worth a million of each for the simple bravery that got them posted in the first place.

Zack believes that you deserve to love yourself.

I love checking the mononoke tag and seeing a post like, "This show is so beautiful, so full of intricate artwork and culture and symbolism; its stories plumb the very depths of the human soul" and the next post is just like, "I want to stick the Medicine Seller in a blender and drink him."

I may have been moving around a lot today but that can't stop me of drawing pretty Medicine Sellers

On today's special we have @theblindhakune's cyberpunk inspired design, Dui-Kan/Kun (Not to be confused with Kon jdjdjfjjdjfdj)

Kùn accepts the dango happily!

advice from dad

So, my Dad is a 73-year-old Mexican man who has lived here since he was 16. He was in Watts during the riots in 1965; in 1992, when I was in LA, as soon as the Rodney King verdict was announced, he called me, told me what was coming, told me how to stay safe. He has survived horrible living conditions, being kidnapped, physical abuse, prejudice, discrimination. He learned English, got his green card, pays his taxes, works hard, and has three daughters. 

I thought he would be devastated today.

But he wasn’t.

He saw that I was sad and angry, and he asked me why, pretending he had no idea. I almost started crying. And then he said, “no se me chicopale.” 

It means, don’t lose heart. Don’t give in to despair.

I asked him why he wasn’t upset.

He said, basically, “The world has always been this way. There are always people who are afraid, who are racist, who are awful. This is not new. And it will never go away. He won. We can’t do anything about that. All we can do is what we can do. Fight for what matters to us. Take care of each other. And don’t lose heart. And here, I got these unsalted cashews for you and a bag of jamaica drink mix and can you show me how to use the new washing machine because it’s not working.”

And, for reasons I can’t articulate, I feel a little better. 

As a Jew who just spent two hours talking to a rabbi for the first time in thirty years, please give your dad a hug from me.

Tikun olam, the rabbi reminded me. Literally, it means world repair. It means we live in an imperfect world, and instead of looking to the Heaven of the next world, it’s our duty to be a light in THIS world – to protect those people who need our protection, to work for social justice, and to improve the world as a whole.

The world needs our light.

hey if you're trans in the us i love you. hey if you're queer in the us i love you. hey if you're a person of color in the us i love you. hey if you're a woman in the us i love you. hey if you're disabled in the us i love you. i love you i love you i love you

In case any Americans are not aware of this: the rest of the world is FUCKING TERRIFIED of how this election is going to go. If trump wins, it affects more than just America. If trump wins, it will fuck so many other countries in so many ways.

So first of all, PLEASE VOTE. The rest of the world doesn't get to vote in your election, but we do get directly impacted by your election, so please do what we can't, and vote.

Secondly, remember that you're not just voting for America. You're voting on behalf of the all the countries that will be impacted by this election.

Please, for the love of God, vote blue, and save not just America from a second trump term, but the whole goddamn world.

@sirsmacks I come to you with the humblest of offerings.............. I would've sent this as an ask but it didn't allow images, which is fair tbh

I think I fell in love with this specific Kusuriuri design. He hasn't left my mind since I first saw him and I just had to draw him 😭 He just seems so energetic and positive and ouuugh my heart. I just adore the colors, too

It came out a bit rushed at the end. I added that blue stripe to the lower part of the outfit's pattern bc I couldn't see from the reference what the full pattern was like and without it it seemed a bit too simplistic. Also forced perspective isn't easy, it looked better on the simple mannequin sketch I swear

Omg I am soo soo happy that you loved him that much 🥺🥺 you did an amazing job drawing him!!! genuinely made me smile with this, thank you so fucking much ❤️❤️❤️ ill cherish this

And I'm happy you like it and it made you smile!! I've now accomplished my mission 💙💙

HEY GUYS!!

GUYS!!!

FRANCE HAS REACHED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON THE CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE AGAINST CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE EU!!

ONE COUNTRY DOWN, SIX TO GO!!

We also need still quite a few signatures in order to reach the one million required.

As to date, the six other countries with the most signatures are:

So yeah, still a long way to go, but we ARE slowly getting closer. Don't stop now! Don't let this stay within the community, either, if you have any friends or family who are open to queer rights, get them to sign, too!

Signed! (Belgium here)

In the EU? Please sign and share!

Not in the EU? Please share, for reach!