In Judaism, Faith Is Not Acceptance But Protest, Against The World That Is, In The Name Of The World

Sukkot, Isidor Kaufmann, late 19th to early 20th century

Oil on panel 14 x 10 ⅜ in. (35.5 x 26.4 cm)

okay so let’s address this

spiky carabiner by melteddose. handmade using tin, copper, and silver materials. [for sale!]

There's a thing about pre-transition dissociation where like… every positive emotion feels thin and hollow, so living your life is completely based on removing pain rather than bringing in joy. There's no scales to balance, no assets to book against liabilities, just various misfortunes to avoid so you can distract yourself in a state of numb comfort. You ask yourself "would I be happier as a woman" and on one hand you picture all the difficulties, the effort, the prospect of being discriminated against (for being a woman or for being a tranny) and on the other hand you don't picture anything, and so you weigh those two hands up and go "haha yeah trans woman are cool and all but I'm sure I'm not one of them"

judaism really popped off with its prayer tunes. sometimes a tune gets stuck in my head and i realize it’s not a song but a prayer. and then i feel happy

Effeminate dentist: You need to brush more on your gums-- hold on why am I "effeminate?" What? I'm literally just a normal dentist. A masculine one, even.

Me: (struggling to speak through the dentist's fingers) youw weren't shupposhed to shee that

fag and dyke does not mean man and woman. transmasc and transfem does not mean man and woman. guy and girl dont even mean man and woman to me anymore

Torah ark curtain, Piatra-Neamţ, eastern Romania, 1901

all i want is to hold you like a dog