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samewhitelight · 6 months
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hairstylesbeauty · 1 year
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fullfrontispiece · 1 year
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Lampshade Hat
“Uh oh, looks like Mrs. Blight had a bit too much to drink at the company Christmas party”
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theelizrussell · 2 years
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no internet connection = reading and waiting
I'm currently reading brazilian book Women and Gods, a distinct depth into the myths that made feminine image in ou collective minds.
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books-and-cookies · 2 years
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May 2022 Reads
look at how well i’m doing at Remembering To Post These Updates
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i read four whole books during may, which, tbh, yay awesome unbelievable
* Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez - this book unlocked a whole new fear in me wow what a time to be alive. did i ever anticipate being scared of fucking wildfires? no. am i scared of wildfires now? yes omg. do i live in an area that is even remote prone to this? no but that’s completely irrelevant. i read this in one sitting, i sobbed when my favourite character died, it was a fun ol’ time, 15/10 recommend this if you want a quick read - 4/5 stars
* Contagion by Erin Bowman - reread because i am finally getting the sequel, it’s only been like 2 or 3 years, this is fine. still holding to my original review - this is how you write a horror in space - 5/5 stars
* The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones - randomly found out Emily had more books out so i did what any normal human would do, i went and bought one of them, because she’s genuinely such a great writer. the ending to this book Annoyed™ me, but overall the concept was great and i always love standalone books with fantasy elements - 4/5 stars
* The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James - sgaskjgdalsjgdkasgdaskgd i love when i stumble into AMAZING thrillers, boy do i feel alive. Stephen King vibes, creepy as hell, atmospheric and posing some great moral questions, this books was IT. Pick it up pick it up pick it upppppp - 5/5 stars
june is the month where i am doing my first dive into nonfiction, fun times await, because reading nonfiction makes me feel dumb if i don’t Understand Things
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moncuries · 3 months
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guess what i watched on new years (a redraw kind of)
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endusviolence · 15 days
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Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?
I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?
In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".
Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.
This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.
Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.
The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.
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[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]
There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.
This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.
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[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]
As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.
But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?
Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.
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raptorrobot · 3 months
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...like antennas to heaven
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egophiliac · 3 months
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I've had a beast of a cold for the last few days, but I wanted to get this out before the new year! while I've sort of made my peace with my first take on Lilia's UM poster, I really wanted to do a version with the new context that chapter 6 gave us. because. c'mon.
(don't worry, Lilia can carry ALL HIS KIDS AT ONCE)
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nemfrog · 2 months
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Busy crows. Caw caw; or, the chronicle of crows. 1848.
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Martin Kunz: ‘Pictures for the Blind’ (1902)
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samewhitelight · 3 months
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hairstylesbeauty · 1 year
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fullfrontispiece · 2 years
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Great Pretender
“I am studying so hard, never have I been so interested in geometry”
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therobotmonster · 5 months
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On the subject of comic books and emphasis.
Getting some use out of my Tyrannomax extras.
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