As of 2 days ago, Chili has been here for 8 months!!

What I think a lot of non trans men are missing in the discussion about how TERFs view us as trans men is that while yes, some of them view us as poor frail victims who were duped, a lot of them also view us as grotesque testosterone pumped monsters if it’s convenient.

Wizart…….

I’m a conure guy these days, but I did use to have two much loved pacific parrotlets (who, much like Chili, were rescues) - Now, I love parrotlets a lot, but don’t let how tiny and cute they are fool you. They’re very closely related to amazon parrots, and they have the personalities to prove it lol

Context: Amazons are particularly spicy birds. Even when they love you they’re a challenge and have a temper. Parrotlets are just amazons, but tiny. They WILL bite you and it WILL hurt. They will also just generally have a temper and an attitude. I’d really recommend budgies instead to most people

Alternatively lineolated parakeets, affectionately known as linnies. Appearance and size wise they’re quite similar to parrotlets, but they typically have a temperament that’s much more compatible with people who aren’t seasoned parrotheads

TW for discussion of rape Idk man. I’m pretty sure the fact that my first irl sexual experience was being raped by a partner has done something or other to my relationship with sex. Namely I feel like if someone asks, I have to say yes, because that’s all I’m put on this earth for

Happy Soggy Bird Sunday!!

Fun fact about this guy: He’s a pampered little prince who literally refuses to bathe unless he gets to bathe in my cupped hands under a running faucet of just the right temperature. As his human manservant, I must oblige.

Hanging out with my tiny avocado son

Strange occurrence from a few weeks ago: I was getting ready to leave my apartment with the rollator, it was standing on the sidewalk as I was locking the front door. Then when I turn around, some guy says to his friend “Man, a boy who uses one of those?” Huh??? Can men not use rollators????

A friend of mine once referred to that thing doctors do where they blame all your problems on your HRT if you’re trans as “paint drinking baby man shit” and she was so right. On a related note, the county decided to escalate the complaint I made against my doctor because it’s actually quite serious

Update: It’s been a few months, and because I’m actually receiving pretty decent treatment for my severe chronic pain, I am actually much happier. It’s incredible how much energy I used to spend on being in pain, no wonder I was miserable lol

Those people who are all like “Never trust people who hate [insert pet they like]” are ridiculous for multiple reasons, and also like. Imagine if I, the owner of a parrot, did that. Everyone would think I was a maniac because parrots have a lot of bite force and make a lot of noise and mess

Wizart…….

Comics are a medium, not a genre. And they have as much literary merit as any book, as well as the artistic merit of any painting.

I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED

What’s interesting about ADHD is that tasks your brain doesn’t like (which is out of your control and can change daily) will feel physically painful to you in a way that’s hard to articulate. ADHD isn’t “work is boring”. It’s “My brain hates this tasks so much that it’s sending me pain signals”

Please give your ADHD’er friends grace. I promise we are trying. We’re trying harder than you can ever understand, and we’re enduring the pain best we can so that shit gets done eventually.

Sorry to gush about this book yet again, but; Something I find fascinating about Sky Daddy by Kate Folk is how it depicts Linda’s attraction to airplanes. In some ways it’s debilitating for her in the way fetishes can be, in so far as she self isolates a lot and deliberately (1/5)

i love all of my trans siblings, i love trans men, trans women, people who are nothing, people who are everything, people who are something in between. "people" who aren't people. everyone, all of you. we should all get to exist and we will, even if it sucks sometimes. my art is for all of you ☺️♥️

Being a wife guy is actually pretty cool if you and your wife are both trans. I would know

It’s Chili’s bedtime. Everybody tell the littol birty goodnight

Sorry to gush about this book yet again, but; Something I find fascinating about Sky Daddy by Kate Folk is how it depicts Linda’s attraction to airplanes. In some ways it’s debilitating for her in the way fetishes can be, in so far as she self isolates a lot and deliberately (1/5)

'when you get older you will become more conservative' WRONG! i am instead becoming completely insane

Why does the media continue to use the word "Millennial" as code for "young person"? That's not what it means. It's literally in the name. A Millennial is someone at least a thousand years old.

Guy who probably takes a lot of butt pics

My wife and I were holding hands while watching a video essay (as one does) and Chili (my parrot) flew over and landed on our hands and got all cozy and started preening himself. He wanted to join in on the hand holding lol

Guy who is awake at 4 AM hitting the bong and eating snacks and having his pussy out

What do you mean the realization meme came from a Star Fox comic where some dude’s mom had the hots for Fox?

Local wizard under questioning for making contradicting statements about his familiar, a small parrot; Parrot is allegedly both a “big strong man” and a “tiny avocado boy”

Guy who probably takes a lot of butt pics

Happy Soggy Bird Sunday!!

Hanging out with my tiny avocado son

What’s interesting about ADHD is that tasks your brain doesn’t like (which is out of your control and can change daily) will feel physically painful to you in a way that’s hard to articulate. ADHD isn’t “work is boring”. It’s “My brain hates this tasks so much that it’s sending me pain signals”

adhd is so embarrassing sometimes because you'll spend like 3 hours putting off doing something for like 5 more minutes only for it to be ridiculously easy and immediately beneficial

Conures are adorable and amazing and magical birds. That said, sometimes having one is like this lol

Chili is moulting right now (‘Tis the season), meaning he wants scritches all day every day. Completely understandable of course, those pin feathers must be itchy and uncomfortable, and I’m not complaining because it means I get to show him a form of affection that a parrot understands ❤️

Important addendum; I do of course only scritch him on the head and neck! That’s really important, because that’s where they’d also be preened by their platonic flockmates in the wild, where as everywhere else is reserved for their partner only

My barista days are behind me due to disability making me unable to stand up for the long hours the job requires, but I do miss it terribly. Weirdly enough considering the tism, I quite like customer facing jobs

Keeping traditional sketchbooks is good for every artist in my opinion, and here’s a particularly delightful thing about it; If you have a pet, they will likely show up in your sketchbook often. my bird shows up in mine whenever I don’t know what to draw, and I love flipping through and seeing him ❤️

Fun parrot fact: If you scritch their ears they have a yawning reflex. Chili for proof

I’m able to get my meds now, thank you so much everyone ❤️❤️ Headed to the pharmacy in the wheelchair atm!

a lot of "leftist" men refuse to think of themselves as capable of misogyny, and they do this on the false conception of feminism being "101" for progressives. they will even go further as to dismiss certain conversations in feminist thought as being "trite," or bc they associate it w/ pop feminism

Chili is moulting right now (‘Tis the season), meaning he wants scritches all day every day. Completely understandable of course, those pin feathers must be itchy and uncomfortable, and I’m not complaining because it means I get to show him a form of affection that a parrot understands ❤️

I’ve had comments before that Chili’s feathers are really shiny; That’s what a parrot’s feathers are meant to look like! It’s a sign of good health and a good diet. The way I achieve it is lots of vegetables, high quality pellets, certain nuts and seeds as treats, and (1/2)