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The trio!!!! (Hashida the Kids miss u come back home ｡⁠:ﾟ⁠(⁠;⁠´⁠∩⁠`⁠;⁠)ﾟ⁠:⁠｡)

this manga gave me an existential crisis. recommend

strider

Tsuritama Charity Zine Contribution

Digital Painting

2018

“what if kids identify with something and it ends up just being a phase-?” good. stop teaching and expecting kids (and adults honestly) to formulate permanent traits and ideas of themselves. everything in life is a phase. that doesn’t make it any less legitimate while you experience it. let people explore themselves and know it’s okay if what you think about yourself changes.

Kamikaze Girls: An alternative and queer retrospective

Light spoilers for Kamikaze Girls

Ah, Kamikaze Girls. I’ve shouted a lot in reaction to various Discotek rescues, from Gunbuster to Berserk among others, but nothing had me screaming and shouting around the room like the Kamikaze Girls announcement. I never imagined that Discotek would ever license one of my favorite movies, let alone the movie that completely changed the course of my life, and continues to help me reflect with every watch. The film was formative to me in my high school years, and rewatching it recently with the Discotek release made me realize the impact it had on my gender, my sexuality, my friendships with others, my self-expression, and self-acceptance.

For those unfamiliar, let me get you situated. Kamikaze Girls is a coming-of-age comedy film about two teenage girls in the rural town of Shimotsuma in Ibaraki Prefecture. Momoko, a lolita with a very dysfunctional family with a heart only reserved for fashion brand Baby The Stars Shine Bright, meets Ichiko, an intimidating bosozoku girl with a bike so modified you can’t tell it’s a moped. Ichiko admires Momoko’s defiant independence, even as Momoko is ungrounded and detached; and Momoko learns to admire Ichiko’s dedication to her individuality, even if it drives her up a wall. As they learn more about each other, Momoko and Ichiko grow and change one another as they journey through unrequited love, teenage rebellion, life-changing opportunities, working through their faults, and embracing themselves even more than before. Enhanced by iconic J-Pop and J-Rock music of the era from artists like Tommy Heavenly6, an original soundtrack by Yoko Kanno, super-saturated visuals, and utterly unpredictable yet great acting, you can see why it was impactful for many viewers and myself.

Read it at Anime Feminist!

Finished sewing my new coat~

A while back I saw Lucy Liu wear an Alice and Olivia coat on Elementary and I never got it out of my head so I made a dupe for myself (but with red lining because of course)!

Wool exterior, rayon challis lining.

Help him touch some grass

Thinking about Gilbert (Giselbert) and his time as the representation of the Teutonic Knights.

Thinking about how representations like him, of military orders instead of duchies and kingdoms, were seen or treated as a servant of their orders, a servant of God.

Thinking about how Gilbert was expected to be their greatest warrior, their greatest follower, because he was "sent by God" to fulfill the Order's mission.

Thinking about how Gilbert's early introduction to love was through conflict; how he was rewarded when he excelled in battle, punished when he limped home crying.

Thinking about the budding animosity when he sees representation of kingdoms, towns, republics, etc. loved unconditionally by their people while Gilbert literally has to fight tooth and nail about it.

Thinking about the betrayal he feels when his efforts were eventually rewarded with banishment, and orders like him were later on apprehended and burned at stakes.

Thinking about his own mortality and existence, questioning why he couldn't die and if that meant he actually couldn't go to heaven.

Knighthood sure is rough.

new stickers for february first update! 💗🖤 (this saturday)

the “i wanna go home” never leaves my head even when i’m physically sitting in my bed