-gomez and morticia from the Addams Family (1991) are t4t and this is extremely important to me.
-RATIONALE:
-1st of all, the drama. the aesthetic. the class. wow. trans rights.
-2nd of all. it makes better narrative sense - what better send-up of the classic nuclear family than to have a version of it that would make conservative cishets cry?? They’re a Normal Family :) and theyre also Both trans. terrifying. love it.
-3rd of all: morticia v tall and beautiful. elegant. the class. the queer vibes. wow.
-5th of all: of course it wouldnt be mentioned in the film?? why would it be remarkable for the addams family 2 have trans people in it?? no one in that family would question it.
Ritual Flaying Knife, Axe and Dagger Eastern Tibet, Kham region, Derge, Eastern Derge or China, 17th century or earlier Arms and Armor; knives Gilt copper alloy and rock crystal 8 ½ x 6 x 1 1/8 in. (21.59 x 15.24 x 2.85 cm)
One thing I love about Judaism is that long involved conversations about things like “can a zombie attend shul?” or “can i use my pet dragon to light candles on shabbat?” or “is meat from a replicator kosher?” are seen as completely normal.
Yes, but it should avoid contact with a Cohen if it can, and if the dragon is a Gentile sure, why not, a pet dragon is an ideal Shabbos goy, since it probably lives with you, and will get a kick out of helping. If it’s a Jewish dragon, though, no, it’s better for you to do it yourself rather than cause another Jew to violate Shabbat.
Wait wait… if a jew owned the dragon as a pet wouldn’t using the beast’s labor to light candles be pretty explicitly prohibited?
Good point. Is the dragon property, or is it a roommate?
I think it was ruled that one may allow a dragon to ignite a fire if (a) the dragon is non-sapient, and preventing them from lighting the fire would be animal cruelty, or (b) the dragon is sapient, non-Jewish and not in indentured service.
And one cannot bring a dragon into a household for the express purpose of lighting candles at a later date, since the Jew would be directly benefiting from the dragon’s actions on Shabbat.
But if the dragon just happens to live there already and feels the urge to light candles, it should not be stopped from doing so – as the sages said: “the same candle that benefits one can be used to benefit one hundred.“ (Shulchan Aruch HaRav, 276:6)
This was a thrill from start to finish.
This post implies that some dragons are Jewish, and Im here for it
@headspace-hotel may I introduce you to the novels of Shira Glassman? I think you’re in for a good time.
finding out that almost all other animals don’t have periods like we do and instead simply reabsorb the egg back into their uterine lining to reuse the nutrients is like finding out the rest of the class has been taking WILDLY easier tests than you for the whole semester
like, hey, cat why don’t you have to use your Cat Dollars to invest in tampons? And cat is just like: fuck that noise, my body is OPTIMAL for not being made of inconvenient nonsense, sucks to be you
wack.
humans: hey, bleeding every month is actually really cumbersome and I lose both valuable nutrients AND fluids I need for survival? What the fuck is up?
evolution: yes, alright, but have you considered this about it? *cartoon blow horn noise*
Human bodies suck for many reasons including but not limited to:
Periods
Bad backs
Permanent breasts that do not leave once baby is weaned
Dangerously large, unprotected, and non retractable male reproductive systems
Huge brain takes up way too much energy gotta eat more sleep less
Baby brain bigger than hips guess birth is life threatening now
Takes like 25 years for big brain to even finish maturing
•Teeth are critical to living, yet not designed to last more than a few years without constant intervention and upkeep, and don’t grow back if this is not accomplished. Also, losing your teeth means the bones in your ear will shift, and your hearing will worsen.
•Breathing, eating, communication all from the same pathway, major choking hazard. Give me a dolphin style breathing tube.
•Most pleasurable nerve endings on the body locating on the filthiest parts of you, guarenteed spread of bacteria.
•knees and shoulders have almost zero capability to heal correctly, once they break, they’re basically broken forever without massive outside influence.
I’m not an activist. I don’t go to protests, interact with lawmakers, lobby on behalf of any organization, or offer any services (legal or otherwise) to folks who do those things.
Complaining about ableism on an anonymous Internet blog is not activism. It’s merely catharsis.
What made me start this blog was my move to Seattle back in 2013. After spending about a year navigating the city and its many hills, I realized that there really wasn’t a space online that covered the day-to-day logistics of navigating a busy urban environment in a wheelchair.
My follower count exploded. People were sending me messages saying how much it had resonated with them. I knew I’d hit on something.
So I kept going, kept writing. I do my best to put into words the hard-to-express feelings and frustrations wheelchair users often have. But I didn’t just want to be another angry cripple on the internet. Anger is easy. I also wanted to try and offer something useful as well.
I started writing guides, doing reviews, and answering questions. Urban Cripple became more than a place for me to pissed. It became a place for me to help people and to put meaning behind all of the shitty stuff I had to deal with to get to where I am today. It’s been a wild 4 years. I still remember going to the bar and buying a beer with the money other people had given me for the work on my blog. Crazy stuff.
