"The Portrait Of Floriem Gay" - 2023

@robertvonthaden

The gang's all here :^)

I have been selling these as prints but they are also... animated!! It would be really cool to do lenticular ones if they weren't one zillion dollars to produce

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snoopy of the day

THE CHAFF PROJECT

Hi! Are you cis in the UK and you'd like to support trans rights? Great!

How: buy a trans flag pin and wear it in public.

Why: chaff is an overwhelming amount of false positives so that when a missile gets close to the plane, it hits the chaff and not the plane.

In practice: the goal is to make it DIFFICULT to identify trans people to target with bathroom bans, and to create many FALSE POSITIVES for businesses.

Basically, you might get accused of being trans and kicked out, because of the badge. You say: I wear the badge because trans rights matter.

You follow up with a letter to the business saying you're fucking furious because some nosy dipshit just tried to play fucking genital police with you in the loos. You know lots of trans people (don't name any, if you do) and you wear the pin in support and you're disgusted at them for allowing this.

Blame the business for allowing the behaviour.

Businesses see that their cis customers are getting bothered over a badge and may clarify trans-inclusive policies, so they can kick out the bathroom botherers instead of nice cis allies.

You only need to buy and wear the badge, and you are protecting trans people. You can be genuinely heroic. Even one cis person doing this helps, and everyone you get to join in helps even more.

Non-affiliated badge link:

https://rainbowandco.uk/collections/trans-pride/products/transgender-pride-flag-badge

"Mama, Are We Next?" – The Reality of War on a Family 🥺🍉

✅ Vetted by @savefami

✅ Vetted by @happaliff

I'm trying to be vetted in @gazavetters @90-ghost

I never thought I’d hear my child ask me, “Mama, are we next?” But here we are.

In Gaza, survival is not guaranteed. Hospitals are gone. Medicine is rare. Clean water is a privilege. But through all the pain, we still believe in kindness.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/2ce8a18f3ebe3f9dd6735bad1d4dfd82/dfdacab5c321a7af-d0/s1280x1920/5352adb328587d2779e7205cd3a979b349e8cd30.webp

What We Need to Start Again:

💔 $5,000 for the father.

💔 $5,000 for the mother.

💔 $2,500 for Khaled.

💔 $2,500 for Intesar.

📌 The rest is for the basics of life—shelter, food, and safety.

If you can donate or share, you’re giving us more than money. You’re giving us hope.

💙 Donate here:

gofundme.com

Donate to Please Save Khaled and Nana’s Family In Gaza, organized by Jess Rapoza

Hello all, my name is Jess Rapoza from the USA. I am raising money on behalf … Jess Rapoza needs your support for Please Save Khaled and Nan

Apologies for being unable to shut up about Hozier today, but the CBS Mornings interviewer asking him if he made peace with the love and loss that inspired the album and him answering, with, "Yes, he says, as he's welling up." and, "I've made an album. I don't know about peace." 😭

I'm sorry but it's way too sketchy to have to "sign up" for a protest. There's no reason you should have to give anyone your full name, email, phone number, and/or address in order to march in the streets. People are getting arrested left and right because cops have access to information that connects people to the protests they were at. If an organization is having people "sign up to join the fight," all the cops need to do is access that list.

Just go. Don't leave a fucking paper trail.

Vespa Date 💛

Some things I want to think about in 2024 in relation to my own art:

1- Is my art environmentally friendly? If I'm selling art, is my packaging, paper, paint etc environmentally friendly or am I simply creating more plastic merchandise that will end up in the trash.

2- How does my art and myself exist under capitalism? What's my role in this system? What does my art uphold? Do I want to change that?

3- What is truly important to me, and does my art reflect that? Am I making art to please the algorithm or a trend? Am I happy with the art that I'm making? Am I simply regurgitating usamerican tastes that have been fed to me?

I've been thinking a lot about how to reconcile my political stances and my art and also what do I want to do with my life and what makes me happy. Being more conscious of the decisions I make regardless of what I'm told I need to do. Even If I need to force myself out of my confort zone, I want to look back 30 years from now and see meaning and purpose to what I'm doing.

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

Petition: Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services

Introduce a law to legally protect the right of those aged 18 and over to transition using NHS services. This should specifically cover phys

Uk peeps!! Let’s get this going! 🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧