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Jesus Holding The Lamb But It's Actually Jean Holding Barkbark Von Barkstein

jesus holding the lamb but it's actually jean holding barkbark von barkstein

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10 months ago

Neil Josten really came in at the end of The Sunshine Court, with his intimate understanding of the long-term side effects of sexual trauma, and said "He strung the noose himself when he came all the way here to put his hands on you, and I am not afraid to kick the stool out from under him." What an icon. No notes. We could only stan.

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10 months ago

lesbians at a banquet? more likley than you’d think

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10 months ago

I'm reading a book named "A Guide to The Correction of Young Gentlemen Or, The Successful Administration Of Physical Discipline To Males, By Females" - essentially, a fantasy femdom BDSM book, written in 1924 by Alice Kerr-Sutherland but first published in 1991.

It has some genuinely fascinating stuff to say about gender, and I feel like it's worth looking at/thinking about in the context of Historical Gender Stuff. This 100 year old book has the following to say:

"The truth is that some young gentlemen would rather they had been born young ladies: they cannot admit this openly, because in the male world to confess as much would lead to instant ostracism if not worse; but they cannot conceal it either, and by preferring the company of girls, and soft, feminine clothing, and by flinching during the rough pursuits to which all boys, willing or no, are occasionally heirs, they attract opprobrium."

"Such boys weep too readily for their fellows' tastes - weeping is a great crime among boys unless it is generally admitted that circumstances left little choice - and are hounded for that reason."

"Just as there are girls who had rather been boys - we all know examples of the type - there are boys who, in a kinder world, would have been born into the gender more suited to their dispositions."

"Many young people of this sort are riven with a guilt they do not deserve but have been forced, by the conventions of society, to adopt; they are confused, ashamed and thoroughly unhappy."

"The ideal thing to do would be to treat these cases on their merits, send them to girls' schools, and so on. (The same thing should happen with those girls who would rather be young gentlemen.) Boys of this sort are girls in any case-in all respects save one."

"Most subjects of this sort have a secret name - a girl's name."

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10 months ago

Jean swallowed hard against everything he knew better than to say and managed a quiet, “I will burn the house down.”

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10 months ago

digital illustration of the parking lot of a stadium. the text on the building reads "palmetto sta" and there is an orange paw print on the wall. it is night and a breeze runs through the tree branches. the caption text reads "a cool evening breeze."

digital illustration of a girl with white/rainbow hair standing in front of a window. she is smiling and pointing outside to a rainbow. a sticky note is taped to the image that reads "who wore it better??" and the caption below reads "rainbows."

digital illustration of a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway at dusk. the road winds around mountains, with the ocean below it. a motorcycle is turning a corner, illuminating the road with its lights. the caption text reads "open roads."

digital illustration of three friends sitting at a kitchen island while their fourth friend cooks at the stove. a cardboard cutout of a dog sits on the floor near them. the caption reads: "teammates (which has been crossed out) friends (which has been underlined) with a question mark (that has also been crossed out).

I am Jean Moreau. I will endure.

Just wanted to thank @korakos for sharing The Sunshine Court with us. It is everything I didn’t know I needed. ❤️‍🩹

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