The Green Sun's Princess

rebornica: I keep seeing too many people complain about having...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:30:28 -0400

I keep seeing too many people complain about having big thighs and being fat or skinny so I made these!

Encouraging Zangief!

Land Of Blackbirds And Disorder: Fairy tales are NOT all straight white heroes and women sans agency! I swear!

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:28 -0400

Land Of Blackbirds And Disorder: Fairy tales are NOT all straight white heroes and women sans agency! I swear!:

seananmcguire:

I re-blogged a picture of a little girl, dressed as Tiana, hugging the face actress who plays Tiana at one of the Disney Parks, and noted that everyone should have their princess. And a few people have now contacted me basically going “no, only straight white people can have princesses if you stick with the classics.”

Um.

No.

I am a folklorist, and it’s time for some Fun With Folklore.

First off, very few Princesses/fairy tale heroines who are going to become Princesses because that’s what you do are actually defined by specific physical attributes. You have Snow White, who yes, requires the “skin as white as snow” etc, but that’s to make her an alien beauty and justify the actions of her stepmother. She belongs to the Aarne-Thompson tale type 709, which is commonly referred to as “Snow White,” but which contains a hell of a lot more, including “Bella Venezia”, “Myrsina”, “Nourie Hadig” and “Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree.” All those links will take you to Wikipedia. Click them. Note that NOT ONE of those girls is defined by her appearance, beyond “incredibly beautiful.” “Nourie Hadig” is Armenian in origin; you can bet that girl was not white as snow. (Note that I do not actually care for the “Nourie Hadig” 709 variant, due to using a Roma girl as the main adversary, but that’s another story.) Any story you want to tell is going to have variants where the heroines are never described! You know why?

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE TELLING THESE STORIES UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN TO SEE THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR OF THE TALE.

There are fairy tales about people with disabilities, ranging from the physical (missing limbs, missing eyes, missing tongues) to the emotional (girls who cannot smile, boys who cannot feel fear). There are fairy tales that end in same-sex marriage. There’s even an excellent fairy tale about gender identity, “The Princess Who Became A Prince,” in which our hero has always felt he was a boy, but tried to be a dutiful daughter, until a dragon stole a neighbor princess and he had to ride to rescue the girl in order to save the kingdom. One misaimed curse later, and wham, our new-minted prince is finally outwardly as he had been all along on the inside.

THIS IS JUST AS OLD AND TRUE AND SCHOLASTIC AS CINDERELLA AND THE OTHERS.

The “big fairy tales” of today are the ones that someone seized on as marketable. We have the power, as drivers of media, to say that we want more diversity. We want Princesses of every race, creed, and religion, and we have the folklore and fairy tales to make them real. We want our transgender Princess (although wow would the marketing be problematic). Saying “the classics” are 100% about straight white people reduces the past to a place where only straight whiteness existed, and where no other children ever needed stories. And that’s not what the past was.

Once upon a time has never stopped being right now.

astrakiseki: jack-of-none: astrakiseki: jack-of-none: astraki...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:19:32 -0400

astrakiseki:

jack-of-none:

astrakiseki:

jack-of-none:

astrakiseki:

shiftingpath:

jack-of-none:

I spent like the past hour doing this.

Everybody’s busy being excited about there being a trans character in the main circle and the kickstarter going well AND THEN THERE’S ME

Yes keep those Ride charms committed unf

Someone posted this in the Exalted IRC channel, and all eyes turned on me.

I’m a little too afraid I won’t do it justice, no matter how funny it’d be to try writing and finishing this before the Kickstarter is done. D:

If you wrote an actual fanfic it would like make my internet

(*waves* You don’t know me but I remember you from when i was a lurker on the Freedom Stone forums, hi)

It’s tempting but I have finals in mid-June and I’d rather not fail those. D:

(Though, Diamond Does Denandsor has a nice ring to it. And gives me an excuse to write four or five fictions involving the whole circle and make the freelancers cry.)

…isn’t Denandsor deserted, though?

THAT JUST MEANS HE GETS TO SLEEP HIS WAY THOUGH THE REST OF THE SIGNATURE CIRCLE! >:D

I WANT IT

GIVE IT TO ME

intothesleepmachine: fattyforever: This is about my some day...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:30:16 -0400

intothesleepmachine:

fattyforever:

This is about my some day daughter already stained with insecurity, asking me “Mom, will I be pretty”. And I’ll wipe that question from her mouth like cheap lipstick and say:

Fuck. Yes. Fuck yes.

Oh god fuck yes.

i will reblog this every time.

shiftingpath: sagedarkwoods: shiftingpath: gaeth: And Prince...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:13:25 -0400

shiftingpath:

sagedarkwoods:

shiftingpath:

gaeth:

And Prince Diamond, the new signature Eclipse

(source is here btw)

Apparently he isn’t wielding red jade but orichalcum smelted with Chiaroscuran red glass, which is pretty much the coolest.

Oh wow. Those colours. He’s gorgeous. And I want that blade.

Imagine what Path could make you with new Craft rules

Yeah frankly I want to bone him, he is just that awesome. Colors, face, everything.

olliescribbles: 5000-percentdone: mcoats: luniara: dedmerath:...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:03:28 -0400

olliescribbles:

5000-percentdone:

mcoats:

luniara:

dedmerath:

“Your style does not define your skill.”

See that one down there? That’s my usual at 6:00 am.

Reblog for truth.

Legit.

someone finally says this yes

Thank you.

Yessssss.

Mother Grub, Fuchsia.

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:22:19 -0400

XD Cool!

ap0sen: (( DO IT ))

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:18:01 -0400

ap0sen:

(( DO IT ))

sumiumoxide: roxyspreternaturaltrolls: chancytrolls: raspberry-sheep: Guys whatever.Big-hipped...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:57:00 -0400

sumiumoxide:

roxyspreternaturaltrolls:

chancytrolls:

raspberry-sheep:

Guys whatever.
Big-hipped girls’ club, go.

Hakama (袴) that usually worn by woman at graduation ceremony

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:30:19 -0400

Hakama (袴) that usually worn by woman at graduation ceremony

How Do I Menu?

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:20:13 -0400

tlusadventuresinadulthood:

Menus are a fantastic way to keep your shit on track and your money in your wallet - planning a menu and sticking to it lets you calculate exactly what you need to buy, which lets you plan where to shop [which is a lesson for another day], and only have to ask yourself “What am I hungry for?” once - if you can stick to it. Tips follow the cut [because I don’t want to stretch your dash :>].

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Reblogging for the morning crowd. :>

Currently Looking For:

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:57:05 -0400

Currently Looking For::

tlusadventuresinadulthood:

Tips for shopping lists for groceries. Shopping lists for other things will come later, as will a MASTER SHOPPAN LIST

How Do I Menu?

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:29:41 -0400

tlusadventuresinadulthood:

Menus are a fantastic way to keep your shit on track and your money in your wallet - planning a menu and sticking to it lets you calculate exactly what you need to buy, which lets you plan where to shop [which is a lesson for another day], and only have to ask yourself “What am I hungry for?” once - if you can stick to it. Tips follow the cut [because I don’t want to stretch your dash :>].

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Hey guys, I’m doing a new blog that is pretty much life tips~ I had a remarkably good upbringing for this kind of thing, and I thought I should share.

gauntauxiliatrix: absylphe: I’m Undressing You With My Eyes And Then Also Redressing You In...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:30:26 -0400

gauntauxiliatrix:

absylphe:

I’m Undressing You With My Eyes

And Then Also Redressing You In Something Less Tacky With My Eyes

Oh Burn

Help a Muslim Trans girl get the basic needs to survive!

Mon, 13 May 2013 02:03:12 -0400

Help a Muslim Trans girl get the basic needs to survive!:

pigeonredd:

ezlncheerleader:

greetings everyone, as you may know if you follow my blog, things have recently gotten very bad between me and my mother after my dad reported me to homeland security. Right now, there’s a warrant out for my hospitalization, because my mother is convinced i’m paranoid and i’m a harm to myself. So basically i’ve been living on the streets on the run from cops since wednesday. Right now, chances are i’m going to petition to become an emancipated minor. Right now, i barely have any money, and was forced to leave home with just the clothes on my back. so please donate if you could, it goes to my basic needs for survival, and if you can’t, could you please signal boost this? thank you, everyone.

SIGNAL BOOST

Photo

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:30:33 -0400

Sometimes a thought is lovely as a fantasy. But when it involves...

Sun, 12 May 2013 03:34:47 -0400

Sometimes a thought is lovely as a fantasy.

But when it involves real people,

When people you know,

People you love,

Have gone through it?

Have to live with it, with that knowledge every moment for the rest of their life?

It turns horrifying -

To one part of you.

And yet the part that understands that fantasy is not reality?

That understands that it’s okay,

That problems can be acknowledged,

And that sometimes you’re a living contradiction.

And that’s okay.

characterdesign101: Link to full size, it’s a big one I said I...

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:30:29 -0400

characterdesign101:

Link to full size, it’s a big one

I said I have a lot of thoughts about shoes and the woeful mistakes even seasoned professional artists make with them, and I wasn’t kidding. Here’s a lot of words about high heels, in a constructive way.

Courtesy of talesfromtheend

how many fantrolls do you have? show us your favourite/least favourite [or tell us about them if no pictures]

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:32:00 -0400

adjutorObedientiary, arduousEquinox, ataraxicCarnifex, constitutionalAbsence, craftyObligation, deadeyedNepenthe, fractiousCaduceator, godwrittenIndex, idoneousIdolum, insignificantMembrane, necroscopeAborning, petulantVacancy, and temporalImmanation are my trolls. You could also count oblivescentAntonomasiac [male!AO] and contraplexGage [indigo!Karkat] - it’s 13 without, and 15 with.

Obviously, AO’s my favorite. :3 I’ve got half a dozen different versions of her, and I ended up using her as a base for my main Exalted character.

My least favorite is probably godwrittenIndex because she’s kind of obnoxious.

Fantroll Friday

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:07:13 -0400

mostlytumbler:

captainwhosit:

Ask me about grey people.

Sure why not

Go for it.