Amelie & Mathilde By Robbie Aldis

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i love this art style 💗

I've got a lot of interest in zombie apocalypse stories and how they handle depictions of grief and mourning, PLEASE EAT ME WHEN I DIE is my mini pitch idea about two sisters in a dead world.

Happy Valentines! (And pride month in Aotearoa <3) Kofi

Helen of Troy (detail) Frederick Sandys 

In ~these times~ it is important for queer people to be reminded of what "coming out" originally meant. "Coming out" did not mean telling all of your co-workers something super stigmatized and vulnerable about you, wearing your queer status on your sleeve in public, informing the police or government institutions about your sexuality, or even telling your parents. "Coming out" meant venturing out into the queer community; being among other queers as a queer yourself.

Coming out isn't about telling the entire world when doing so is not safe for you, it's not about arming your enemies with information they could use against you. No, coming out is about making a fulfilling queer life possible for yourself through participation in the queer community. It is about escaping the restrictions and dangers of the cisgender heterosexual world by rooting oneself more deeply into the queer one.

And you can always do that. No matter how oppressed we are. No matter how much the culture shifts and policies are enacted to terrorize us. We are always able to be ourselves when we are amongst each other. And living our queerness has always been a collective social project, not just a matter of personal exposure.

This is what the sky looks like at 4pm in the mountains