seriously I had some little TikTok teenybopper burst out laughing on my tour because I said that a historical figure was “most likely what we’d now call gay”
like
listen
you’re free to take a ouija board out to the cemetery and try to explain the dizzying array of current queer terms and get a solid answer as to how he identifies within that framework but
until then, I’m going to continue NOT definitively assigning someone identity terms they didn’t self-identify with, and might not have even known, when I’m responsible for representing them faithfully and they’re not here to correct me. even more so when they’re part of my own community
I mean, you know, as long as that’s okay with you. Bestie.
but really i’m so glad that there’s so many higher quality pictures out there of quark’s outfits because now i get to see every detail of what i call the “grandma couch” jacket
I wonder how this looked like in real life. It seems Quark’s costumes appear way less bright on screen because of the quality issues with DS9. This costume is called ‘Aztec Cherry’ by the way, and we see it being sewn by Garak onscreen in the episode ‘For the Cause’. Here’s ‘Aztec Cherry’ on Quark, behold.
Also apparently all Quark’s costumes have names (it shouldn’t be surprising, but it kind of is?). What do you think about Purple Zebra Striped? Or Cranberry Stripe? (You apparently can never go wrong with stripes if you’re a Ferengi).
More info on the costumes from the guy who now owns them can be found here.
they live with the herd and the herd accepts them as part of the herd, just, “that’s our Dave, he’s a bit strange but we love him, knew him when he was just a lamb you know” and the dog just lives among them as one of them but then if a wolf or somethin comes along the herd is like “O Reely? Have you met our Dave” and the wolf gets to make the acquaintance of Dave, 200 lbs of teeth and muscle who believes the wolf is there to kill his actual family and is pretty upset about it.
that is the difference between a shepherd guarding dog and a shepherd herding dog. Herding dogs are NOT part of the herd, they use modified hunting techniques to bully the herd into moving where they are meant to go. They are built for speed and agility, often as small as 35 to 45 lbs, and are absolutely no match for a wolf. Plus, the herd doesn’t trust them, is suspicious of them, which is how the herding works
GUESS WE’RE DOING THIS EARLY THIS YEAR. (Though, honestly, we never really stopped, did we?)
So. Let’s talk evacuation bags. This is specifically in relation to wildfires, but it can translate easily to other disasters.
A great resource is the Ready for Wildfire website. But I want to expand on their list just a little bit.
For your “grab and go we need to run in the next three minutes” bag you should have:
Face masks of some sort.
Snacks that you can just open and eat. More food if you have specific allergies and such that will make it difficult to eat at a shelter. At least a couple bottles of water. (Water is probably easier to just keep in your vehicle, if you have one, due to weight.)
A PAPER map marked with multiple evacuation routes. (Drive them ahead of time to get a feel for them.) Your phone could die or lose signal at any time. You need paper, and you need to know how to read it.
Prescriptions and other medications. Things like ibuprophen, tums, etc.. Some other general first aid supplies like bandaids and wound ointments are good to have as well. I also tossed one of my free C*VID tests in there this year.
Change of clothing. Try and have two if you can, one set of day clothes and one set of comfy night clothes. Plus several days worth of socks and underwear.
Extra glasses or contacts if you wear them.
An emergency creditcard and/or some cash.
Phone chargers including wall plugs. Even if cell towers go down/get overwhelmed your phone will still provide a flashlight, music, any documents you have saved on it, etc.
A jacket. Light or heavy, depending on the season at hand. Gloves and a hat if the current season is cold.
A battery powered radio with extra batteries or a crank/solar radio.
Pads/tampons if needed. Honestly, bring some even you personally don’t need them in case anyone else does.
Shampoo, conditioner, soap.
Copies of important documents.
Pet supplies including: Medications. Carriers. Leashes/harnesses. A few baggies and/or cans of food. A travel litterbox and a couple baggies of litter. Treats. A toy or two. Anti-stress sprays. Bowls.
A deck of cards. This isn’t really REQUIRED, but it is small and easy to tuck in so you can have something to help pass the time.
You need to have a version of all these things that is JUST for your emergency kit. It can’t be something you take back out to use, it all needs to just live in the kit. I keep all my human stuff in a big backpack, and all the pet stuff (minus the carriers) is in a little backpack. The backpacks and carriers all live in my coat closet right next to my front door.
This is the stuff you grab when you have no time. If you DO have a little time, then you can grab other things like family photos, computers, small valuables, etc.. But your life is NOT worth those things. One of the two people who died in the Marshall Fire died because he stayed behind to try and rescue his family history documents. Know what you’re going to grab, who is going to grab what if there’s more than you in your household, and what the evacuation plan is.
From my personal experience, the Twitter accounts for your local fire departments and county emergency services tend to have the most up-to-date information during an active disaster. Stay safe.
Also, if you don’t have a vehicle and/or are disabled in a way that will require help evacuating, talk to your neighbors. Just a simple “hey, it’s fire season, and I don’t have a car, if something happens can I hitch a ride to the shelter with you?” and exchange numbers. Do it with a couple neighbors in case someone isn’t home. If you do end up trapped, just call 911. They will send someone to get you.
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Stoker wrote Dracula as a direct reactionto the Wilde trials
Many of Dracula’s characteristics actually echo Wilde as described to the trials, and Dracula’s lifestyle resembles an exaggerated version of precautions to hide homosexuality
Stoker is basically the pro-closeted 1890s alternative to Wilde’s flamboyancy, and that comes out in how he portrays Dracula and Jonathan Harker
Like if you look deeper into Stoker’s letters to Whitman, he’s practically obsessed with feeling “naturally secretive” and “reticent”
(Also he and Wilde had some weird personal rivalry going on, since Stoker married Wilde’s definitely-not-straight ex-fiancee, though later they were friendly…there’s a lot to unpack here)
So, arguably, Dracula was Stoker’s way of apologizing for his silence during Wilde’s trials.
Some highlights:
Wilde’s trial had such a profound effect on Stoker precisely
because it fed Stoker’s pre-existing obsession with secrecy, making
Stoker retrospectively exaggerate the secrecy in his own writings on male
love.
It is difficult, Stoker admits, to speak openly about “so private a matter”
as desire. In carefully calibrated language, Stoker asks forgiveness from
those who might see that his silence is a sin-to those few nameless souls
who know his secret affinity with Wilde.
Since Dracula is a dreamlike projection of
Wilde’s traumatic trial, Stoker elaborated and distorted the evidence that
the prosecutor used to convict Wilde. In particular, the conditions of
secrecy necessary for nineteenth-century homosexual life–nocturnal
visits, shrouded windows, no servants–become ominous emblems of
Count Dracula’s evil.
Dracula…represents not so
much Oscar Wilde as the complex of fears, desires, secrecies, repressions, and punishments that Wilde’s name evoked in 1895. Dracula is
Wilde-as-threat, a complex cultural construction not to be confused with
the historical individual Oscar Wilde.
tl;dr:
Stoker is actually too repressed to function
Oscar Wilde (especially his trials) absolutely influenced Stoker
Dracula gay
youtube just recommended this fantastic video to me and it seems to have been maybe at least partially inspired by this post which is very cool
If anyone reading this is unfamiliar with Kaz Rowe’s YouTube channel I IMPLORE you to follow them, they make absolutely fantastic history and culture videos, often specifically centered around queer history!
Have patience with yourself. Nobody ever got better overnight. You’ll get wherever you need to be in time. For now, remember that every day that you survive is a step forward, and you have survived many tough days that you thought wouldn’t pass. Be proud of yourself and keep going.
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My most front and center fandoms at the moment are Steven Universe and She-ra.
