to the people wondering abt “my gender is lesbian” posts/how lesbian can be a gender:
many lesbians feel some kind of dysphoria, which can be more or less severe. but being a lesbian often comes with a disconnect from traditional womanhood, of which a lot was constructed by men and to be appealing to men, something which lesbians want to and do distance themselves from. this dysphoria can lead to us lesbians not identifying with traditional womanhood (and thus womanhood in general) at all, since we have our own understanding of it which most of society doesnt share. as a consequence, many of us would not identify as women and rather choose terms like trans and nonbinary (which some of us still do!), werent it for our lesbianism, which gives us a connection to womanhood in the sense that we feel we are women who love women, because we certainly arent men who love women, or nonbinary people with no connection to womanhood who love women. this part is hard to explain, but our love for women connects us to womanhod, albeit not traditional womanhood. so we do not feel a connection to womanhood in the sense that it is our gender, but in the sense that it defines our interactions with other women. our interactions with women are those of women who love women and understand their experiences, but we still do not feel as “women” in the way that we are traditional women in society. so our lesbianism is our only connection to womanhood, and thus defines our gender, which isnt quite woman but also isnt quite not-woman. its a very complicated relationship we have with gender, and my explanation certainly isnt the best or most detailled, but im willing to explain more to the best of my abilities.
(im saying traditional woman here in the sense of a woman that is attracted to men and still wants to appeal to men and thus to some extent cares about the “rules” a male-dominated society has put up for women, so dont come at me with “but i do x un-traditional thing so how dare you include me in this!”)
nonlesbians can reblog
finally finished this print!! i’ll be selling these kids along with a whole lot of other merch at melbourne supanova this coming weekend, come say hi to kathy @anaeolist and i at table 42! If you can’t make it to the con, i’ve popped it up on my society6 here.
what the fuck did I just watch
this is what having psychosis is like
This is what having a manic episode feels like
this is also what happens when you forgot if you took your adderall and take a second one
The most tender gaze.
Tiger slow-blink and hand-holding. MY HEART.
here’s dione- warlock cecaelian that joined my friend’s campaign cause her gf lost to a lich in twister…. I’ve drawn skipper before but I just Had to draw her…
my kenku fiend warlock, she’s very sweet and believes in the good of everyone and that everyone has the potential to be kind. no matter what. pls give her love.
