🐑The Lammy's are right around the corner and GENDERTRASH FROM HELL is a finalist for the Transgender Nonfiction Award! We are so proud to have this work up for a Lammy among the other HEAVY HITTING nominees! @lambdaliterary.org #lammys2026

Wish me luck on the commute home tonight 👀🫠

Who else is watching the vampire lestat

2/2 The elan of a well-peeled lemon, adding excitement to the oyster and olive snack. From Jacob Foppens van Es.

Iris and roses. Astonishingly bold composition from the 1640s (!) by Jacob Foppens van Es, whose day has been today.

Assigning Mira Bellwether readings to a cis girl before a date

I have to live I'm transgender

Mira, among a lifetime of hustles, was as p major MST3K tape maker & distributor in the 90s/early 2000s

3/3 Sebastian de Morra, court dwarf and jester to King Philip IV, by Diego Velázquez. Again, fine line between allowing and denying dignity.

Mary has chosen the better part. Hard luck on the kitchen help! Painted by Diego Velazquez in 1618 when he was only 19 years old. Amazing.

2/2 African worker in foreground. Supper at Emmaus behind her. Painted in 1618 by the young Velazquez, whose day is today.

Spanish painter Juan de Pareja, enslaved assistant of Diego Velazquez, who freed him after painting this portrait in 1650. Historical hottie du jour? Today has been Velazquez's day.

the continuing problem re: trans healthcare is a lack of information

Japanese prints from 1873 depicting famous Western inventors and scholars in times of trouble. Pictured: Audubon (work eaten by mice), Carlyle (papers burnt), and Arkwright (spinning machine smashed by wife). More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/j...

I am looking for somewhere to sell her story as I have compiled it. If you are interested or want to hear more, get in touch either through here or, preferably, through my website. She set a legal precedent that still stands to this day. Her story is fascinating. www.notyouraveragecistory.com

It was not revealed until I visited an archive that she was reading Male Magazine. Canada's first sex change, reading Male Magazine. A joke that was hidden for over 70 years. Enjoy this never before published photo of a Canadian trans woman.

In 1954, Marie Jefferson made headlines as Canada's first sex change. Photographers at the Toronto Telegram took over 30 photos of her. One series involved her reading a magazine, but only one photo from this series was published, which unfortunately hid the cover.

bull in a china shop

2/2 Andrea Doria has been stared down by his formidable cat. Painted in 1548 by Willem Key of Antwerp.

nyc friends: consider if you qualify for the city’s AC program www.ny.gov/services/app...

Ok before I start, do you want xyz on this? Diff designer: no Ok, here it is! Above designer: where’s xyz

15 cakes scanned from 'Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book' from 1980. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/c...

that’s illegal this month

Wild times (especially headstand on stool) w/ Pieter Aertsen of Antwerp, 1562. Today has been his day.

[another trans girl sits on me a la giles corey] MORE. WEIGHT.

your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

Gay Perry is a militant queer icon

Cat is out of the bag; come learn wiz usssss in 2027 <3

Designer at work who unironically said ‘prompting (ai) is an art form‘ had the audacity to call my original, hand artwork ‘too clip art’ and needs to be ‘more crafted’. I’m going to become the joker etc

When life closes a door, it opens a window. And if the fall is too steep, use the fire exit. Run to the roof -- you always have that airship on the dock. The most important thing is to keep moving. Keep dreaming.

Being trans is a prayer for something better, and god helps those who help themselves.

2d puberty

The Saul Steinberg Foundation has a new website, which is great because we love looking at his witty creations saulsteinbergfoundation.org

It’s hard to square wishing Mira was still here and knowing that she’d be dead very quickly under the current conditions

Today’s sign o’ the times: the sentence ‘lean into parent-nostalgia bands such as my chemical romance‘ in a kidswear trend report at work

The sign every town should have #birds

2/2 Cute little lamb of God on its way to snuggle with Saint Francis. Seriously, where did Ribalta get this idea? Today is his birthday.

It’s once again pride season so time to lob this apple of eris into the discourse in mira’s honor

Quince & lizard by Giovanna Garzoni, because it's her day.

Dog on the table, looking v. happy, as who wouldn't with A+ Chinese cup and not 1 but 2 biscuits! Painted in the 1640s by Giovanna Garzoni. It's her day.

I talked to this small woman in search of a nut and she said she knew you

If you want to commission me to make some Cat Butt coasters (your choice: colors / type of yarn), I’m a Latina artist who is severely disabled & currently homeless, so every bit helps! They’re not currently listed on my site (these sold), but you can message me here/there: donialilly.com #catsky 🐈

the creature

At the stage w a new coworker where I can recc a real Dr instead of the chiro she’s been seeing but cannot tell her it was invented by a guy who learned it from ghosts of the lost city of Atlantis & it straight up kills people bcuz a) I’ll be the freak or b) that will make her like it more

If not that it would have been something else but daily I regret we split gender from sex where cis people could hear & am weary of living in the long shadow of the genderbread person

A waking thought.

Resharing for #WorldOtterDay 🦦!

As far as artist signatures go, Jan van Kessel’s 17th-century painting of his name in caterpillars and snakes must be up there with the best. More on the unique work here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/jan-van-kessel-s-signature-of-caterpillars-and-snakes-1657

If your biggest fear in life is gaining weight, 1, thats fucking weird, and 2, you need to re-evaluate your way of thinking. There is nothing shameful about being fat. Let go of fatphobia

And yes, there's a lot of embarrassing shit in there! That's part of why it's incredibly valuable on an archival level. It's incredibly conservative to argue that magazines created by marginalized groups should never be archived out of privacy concerns.