They/them. 31. Queer + Trans Fic writer and gif maker. I'm very into The Last Binding trilogy, Black Sails, Succession, Boardwalk Empire, Sondheim musicals, turn-of-the-century literature and interior design, and having a little beverage. Blog runs on queue.
Jack Alston, Lord Hawthorn, from A Power Unbound by Freya Marske @fahye
Alan looked at his hand engulfed in Jack’s. He said, coming to the realisation along the way, like a sentence that only revealed itself word by word as he wrote it down: “You’re still the kind of arse who’ll pick two fights before breakfast, but you’ve been desperate for someone else to look after, haven’t you?”
L'Art et la mode, no. 7, vol. 32, 18 février 1911, Paris. Tunique de mousseline de soie bleu de nuit brodée de perles sur charmeuse vert de gris. Imp. L. Lafontaine, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France
White people love to be like “I avoid Black people because I’m scared I’ll accidentally be racist to them” and think it’s 1) somehow not racist to do this 2) a normal thing to do and admit
There’s a deeply compulsive urge in a lot of White people to flay themselves open in this bizarre, uncomfortable confessional way where they just NEED Black people to forgive them for, idk, being white?? And they will openly admit to the wildest shit with the most pleading expressions and it’s insane to me
Every time a Black person is like “the reason for x behavior is racism” they will get swarms of people being like “I DO THIS, BUT PLEASE HEAR ME OUT” like I need you people to please get a grip, you are talking to a person and what you are saying is absurd
My memory of The Birdcage (1996) is always that it’s more dated and more difficult to watch than it actually is. You hear “drag-themed comedy from the 90s based on a musical from the 80s based on a play from the 70s” and you brace yourself just a little, right? But the film has a strong gay perspective, so the fruity fag jokes mostly come off as warmly affectionate. There is a surprising amount of poignancy in Robin Williams’ portrayal of Armand, grudgingly agreeing to his beloved son’s request that he go back into the closet for an evening (“do me a favor and don’t talk to me for a while”). The drag club’s staff attempting to redecorate the apartment with stuff straight people might like (a taxidermy moose head, an enormous crucifix, and Playboy magazine) is extremely funny. Albert’s histrionics are a point of tension because he does often come off as a stereotypically pathetic/comic figure, but towards the end of the movie he makes it very clear that he’s aware of how people see him, and asserts that trying to copy a stoic masculinity he doesn’t possess for the sake of social approval would bemore pathetic. In the 1983 musical adaptation, they give “Albert” (Albin) the only good song in the whole show, “I Am What I Am”, which Gloria Gaynor covered to the delight of gays everywhere. Apparently Nathan Lane wasn’t (publicly) out yet in 1996, which is amazing because it means that at one point in this movie you’re watching a gay man playing a straight man playing a gay man playing a straight man, in a movie about how it’s important to be yourself, an absurdity that does seem to encapsulate the state of gay America in the 90s.
2 variations of the same design used on different books - the middle one used upside down - all by Talwin Morris friend and contemporary of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. c1905-10
It is now EVERY single cybernazitruck. They have break problems, acceleration problems, door problems, lock problems, etc…. and now the roof may just slide off during driving because it’s not glued (yes, glued) correctly. Please if you see one of these on the road get as far away as humanly possible. Beyond the obvious ethical reasons, these things are falling apart at the literal seams.
L'Art et la mode, no. 11, vol. 28, 16 mars 1907, Paris. Jupe de drap blanc. Petite veste de peau verte à revers de taffetas noir, garnie de petits boutons de passementerie. Imp. Artist L. Lafontaine, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France
