Things Come Along Like This That Make The Internet So Special, I AM IN FUCKING TEARS

Things come along like this that make the internet so special, I AM IN FUCKING TEARS

miscellaneous links no. 1

elaborate 16th century chopines that put lady gaga’s avant-garde platform shoes to shame.

16th century was a weird time, with their love for morbid memento mori.

and since we’re on the topic, read about the rise and fall of medical cadaver ceremonies.

here is an excellent essay on how concealing the nude bodies of ancient statues, whether for censorship or fashion, adds another troublesome layer to their already complicated politics. 

so apparently king tut’s blade was literally made of extraterrestrial metal. aliens. 

since brevity is the soul of wit, here are shakespeare’s plays reduced to the length of a tweet.

the world’s oldest mummies are turning into black goo due to global warming.

database full of cats in 19th-century art, because who doesn’t want that?

the one thing a 15th century manuscript and star wars have in common.

18 years ago when I was coming out, y’all made the word “bisexual” so dirty that for years the only word I felt was accessible to me was “queer”, if I had any chance at having a community. 

Queer was widely used at that point among LGBT+ people to refer to ourselves and our community, and while you’d look askance at a straight person using that word, it was most definitely acceptable to call another LGBT+ person queer.

And now y’all are telling me “Queer” isn’t an acceptable umbrella term to use and it just feels like another way you’re using subtle language policing to tell me that really the only people you want in your community are gold-star LG folks. 

Those of us who like the word queer because it accurately reflects our misfit status are basically being told that this self-identifier is dirty and wrong, this is no longer the “queer community”, and the message yet again is that we don’t really belong.

I get it if someone doesn’t want to be called queer, and I would never call another person queer against their will but holy hell please stop acting like it’s common knowledge that queer can’t be used as an umbrella term for our community when it was for DECADES

“q-slur” is a very new concept, kids.

Single me vs me in a relationship

Trying to follow creators from Heroes so I can possibly keep supporting them in the future

In case you're wondering why I just followed you, any of you.

If this is real, I might give up on JKR.

the cursed child plot is the worst thing ive read in my entire life please read it i’m losing my mind