Government Appointed Annoyance

Oleksandr Murashko (Ukrainian, 1875-1919)

Carousel, 1906

in 1992, Douglas Coupland envisioned what North America would look like in 2092.

things i would like to do with my girlfriend (if I ever find one)

-falling asleep together while cuddling

-pressing our foreheads together

-waking up while my gf is still asleep and surprising her with pancakes

-lying on the grass together and looking into each other's eyes or at the clouds

-having picnics together

-reading together in bed before sleep

-my gf doing my makeup (bc I suck at it)

-watching She-Ra together under a shared blanket

Barry Lyndon (1975) dir. Stanley Kubrick, cinematography by John Alcott

Unfriendly reminder that while you're busy mourning the loss of your childs old gender, claiming you need to mourn the death of your son/daughter, there's a group of boys/girls/enbies scrambling to take your kid clothes shopping, snatching up the chance to take those "first" experiences from you forever. Your sons first fishing trip is gonna be with his best bros, your daughters first makeover is going to be with her girl friends, your kids first camping trip out as themselves is gonna be with the besties. Good luck getting those bonding experiences back. While you're busy trying to guilt-trip your kid with your weird manufactured parental trauma, there's a whole community ready to take your place as the better family.

Your loss, someone elses gain.

“How’s life?”

Me:

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Samundra Man Singh Shrestha (born in Nepal, 1980), Green Tara

Museum of Nepali Art (MONA)

I see a morally ambiguous middle-aged woman who's a menace to society and suddenly my knees just give in