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trying not to have an anxiety attack with regard to... like... the world 

the cactus’ legs turned out a bit wonky, but I’m learning and experimenting

also, you can expect to see more dolls on here because uhhh... they're actually part of my master's thesis research.

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Doing insane shit with string today

chipsandsalsalove: I would prefer batches, but whatever works best for you!

arinrowan: which option will give you more of a dopamine hit?

Batches it is, then!

So I’ve scanned the pages of my risographed fashion study zine (you can buy that here)

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Dreamed that my eyeballs fell out. I poured some contact solution on them and popped them back in.

Dreamed that there was a really creepy monkey outside my house, so I had to bring the cats in. The monkey was yellow, had big hollow eyes, and a big smile filled with sharp teeth. It's nipples were swollen and distended as if it had been nursing recently.

I made a mixtape for this awful year.

You can listen to it here: Fuck 2016

1. Manifest Destiny -- Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman 2. Archie's Fades -- Xiu Xiu 3. Hate, Rain On Me -- AJJ 4. Hoist That Rag -- Tom Waits 5. Build A Wall -- Kultur Shock 6. Dead City [Live] -- Patti Smith 7. Fear Is a Man's Best Friend -- John Cale 8. Everybody Knows (Live) -- Leonard Cohen 9. Two Weeks -- FKA Twigs 10. We Build Ghost Towns From the Ground Up -- The Sad Bastard Book Club 11. Into the Night -- Xiu Xiu 12. A Winner Every Time -- Oxbow 13. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding? -- Elvis Costello 14. This Year -- The Mountain Goats

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hot damn!

These are my breasts and nipples, complete with acne, moles, and hair. Will this image violate tumblr’s new content rules?

Examples of exceptions that are still permitted are exposed female-presenting nipples in connection with breastfeeding, birth or after-birth moments, and health-related situations, such as post-mastectomy or gender confirmation surgery.

I am a transgender man. I have not had the opportunity or the money to have top surgery. I am excruciatingly aware that the “gender presentation” of my nipples is in the eye of the beholder. Disconnected from the context of the rest of my body and gendered presentation, they look like “female-presenting” nipples. Hell, there are plenty of cisgender women with more chest hair than me.

Are we going to determine the “gender presentation” of my nipples based on my legal gender? That’s debatable too. My most recent legal IDs list my gender as “male,” but my birth certificate lists my gender as “female.” I cannot change the gender on my birth certificate without going back to the state where I was born and getting an order from a judge, and paying a fee. Until I have the time to and money to do that, there will always be at least one legal document where I am still considered female.  

Written content such as erotica, nudity related to political or newsworthy speech, and nudity found in art, such as sculptures and illustrations, are also stuff that can be freely posted on Tumblr.

I would say this painting has artistic merit, at the very least from a technical standpoint. I’m sure there are plenty of people who would see no artistic merit in this painting, regardless of technical skill. The line between “nudity found in art” and “adult content” is as indistinct as the line between “naked” and “nude.” Tumblr and Facebook’s new policies stem from SESTA/FOSTA [LINK] and corporate monopolies [LINK].

Policies meant to curtail sex work always hurt more than they help, whether the sex work is voluntary, coerced, or forced. Example: NYC, LA, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. have all had/have laws that allow possession of multiple condoms to be considered evidence of prostitution, resulting in arrest or the confiscation of the condoms. So, no safe sex if you’re doing sex work, I guess?

Policies like these disproportionately effect people and communities who are viewed as being “inherently sexual” or “overly sexual.” Facebook’s overzealous new policy prohibits reference to “sexual preferences.” I will bet money that policy won’t be enforced when a cis het man makes a status update about “I like girls with [insert physical attribute here],” but it will be enforced when a queer person refers to a top, a bottom, a switch, a Daddy, a [insert relational attribute here].

As to what constitutes art and how that concept gets weaponized against LGBTQ people (and other oppressed groups, I’d argue), just read about the history of conservative loathing for the National Endowment for the Arts [LINK].

I don’t think my little protest painting will make tumblr and their corporate overlords change their minds. But I couldn’t not express my opinion on this.

I don’t know if this blog will get flagged or deleted or whatever. I’ll keep using tumblr until I no longer have a reason to. But, just in case, I’ll be setting up a pillowfort, and maybe a poizen. In the meantime, you can keep up with my shitpost tweets HERE.

Two pieces from an unfinished series, circa 2008. Oil on Masonite.

Portraits of Mary-Claire and Danielle, focusing only on their teeth.

I often focus on the alignment of people's teeth and sometimes recognize people more by their teeth than other facial features. Because of this, perfectly straight white teeth seem to bore me and I have a harder time remembering people with nice teeth. I find crooked, chipped, and strange teeth to be endearing and attractive.

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Look, I'm still alive and making art!

"Shapeshiffterrr"

sculpy clay, acrylic paint, copper wire

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I dreamed that, even though I'm not on testosterone, I grew facial hair along my cheeks and jaw. I was going to visit family and I'm not out to them, so my mother insisted that I shave. Even after I shaved, there was dense, white blonde hair along my sideburns, like the feathers of a baby chick.