a protean fool

Absolutely OBSESSED with this teapot from 1882

That’s on display at the Art Institute! I’ve seen it in person, it’s delightful. You should also know (in case you don’t, sorry if I’m passing on info you’ve already got) that it has a converse of a young woman to match the young man: 

It’s a satire of the Aesthetic movement and of Oscar Wilde in particular, and a quote on the base references Wilde’s quote, “I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.” 

You can read more about it here. It’s on display very close to one of my personal favorites, the Monkey Band. 

i know my parents loved me. but i think they loved me all wrong.

joan tierney “interview with the machine woman” // personalmessage.blogpost.com // the front bottoms “father” // pinterest // pinterest // @thesolitarywordsmith​ on promptuarium // matt maeson “grave digger” // anonymous on promptuarium // catherine lacey “cut”// simon de beauvoir “the woman destroyed”

I feel bad for the scientists who spent years and years getting their degrees only to eventually end up dressing up rats in lingerie.

I feel jealous of the scientists who get to spend their time dressing up rats in jackets.

who even thought it would be a good idea to put rats in lingerie

Who are we to deprive rats of the right to be sexy?

i keep thinking all the mars rovers are the size of a medium dog but i am wrong every single time

Sojourner, Spirit/Opportunity, and Curiosity!

Perseverance is about the same size as Curiosity, I believe - a smidge bigger, but not super significantly so.

pussy? cock? balls? you want it? it's yours my friend, as long as you have enough rubies

gender-affirming surgeons

[ID: a gif of morshu from CDI Link: The Faces of Evil /end ID]

trial by combat is such a funny concept. if youre not guilty then beat my ass

If you're truly righteous God would have blessed you with some hands

[I Versum]

Dori me, interimo adepare dori me Ameno, ameno, latire, latire mo Dori me

Ameno Oma nare imperavi ameno Direme, direme matiro–

#welcoming new people to tumblr like

for the first like 14 years of my life i thought that the story of saint valentine and valentines day were a celebration of a massive gay polyamorous marriage and let me tell you, i was sorely disappointed when i learned i had massively misunderstood that story

i was told the basic story of “the king had made it illegal for young men to get married so that they could be drafted off to go to war (as married men with families were not, apparently)” and that “saint valentine thought this was cruel, and married the young men in secret”

what this was supposed to communicate to me was “saint valentine would marry young men to their girlfriends in secret as a priest at his own risk and thats why we celebrate valentines day” 

what i got out of it was “saint valentine married a shitton of dudes so he could protect his army of husbands from having to go to war and it was beautiful and love can halt war in its tracks and thats why we celebrate valentines day”

and thats why the assumption that a child would automatically get a hetero interpretation of the story and the innate unclarity of the english language made me think that valentines day was about mass gay poly marriage until i was like fourteen and recited the story to a friend who stared at me like id grown three extra heads

i like my version better im not gonna lie

the utter ecstasy of “is that lavENDER?” is what sells it for me

Reporter accidentally makes half court shot

i love ducks 🦆

they/them but in a robot way

he/him but in a gendered robot way

i got fired :)

some grumpy plague dads for my mate @lonsien