Corset discourse really likes to talk in sensationalizing absolutes but historically speaking a corset is just a kind of garment. They could be uncomfortable and painful or they could be well fitted and supportive. They could be hyper-fashionable or they could be brutally practical. You could tightlace them or you could wear them with no reduction whatsoever. Most corsets were probably somewhere in the middle. Like bras. Or shoes. To say they were never perceived as restrictive or used as tools of enforcing dangerous/misogynistic beauty standards is like saying women’s shoes never restrict freedom of movement. Patently untrue, but that doesn’t mean those shoes have some deeper moral good or evil and it certainly doesn’t mean we can use that fact to draw sweeping generalizations about the relationships of entire centuries of women to their own bodies. Corsets, like all clothing, exist in context.
I’m so happy that they brought back Arnie Roth’s creator, J.M. DeMatteis for such a major comic and that he finally got to tell Arnie’s story the way he wanted to 41 years ago, explicitly stating in the text that he’s a gay Jewish man, a man who continues to be incredibly important and influential to Steve’s driving ethos.
What a beautiful day to remember that MCU Bucky is almost entirely Arnie Roth, and Arnie Roth is canonically (and explicitly) gay and Jewish, thus so is MCU Bucky; his story does not make sense (nor exist) without these vital parts of his identity.
whatever it is you need good luck for, i wish you good luck. tests, job, home life, social life, mental health, physical health, love life. you name it. this post is wishing you good luck on all of that.
Small Town Grocery Store Stories: LGBTQ+ friendly edition
Me: minding my own damn business in the grocery store
One of my students and a few of his teammates enter the dairy aisle.
My student is holding hands with one of his teammates.
My student: Oh hey, Professor X!
Me, who has both my student and his girlfriend in my class: …Hello
My student, looking at his hand-holding partner: Oh! Don’t worry. My girlfriend knows. Not that I’m cheating! I’m not cheating. I’m not gay.
Hand Holding boy: Not that being gay is a bad thing! It’s a good thing!
My student: Right! But no, listen. We aren’t together, we just hold hands in public sometimes.
Hand Holding Boy: Especially on Friday nights. And weekends. And at away games.
My student: Because sometimes people will say shit and then we can fight them! And if the fight started because someone was being homophobic, coach won’t get mad at us.
Hand Holding Boy: Always nice to threaten a homophobe.And [gesturing to another boy in the group] maybe they’ll think twice about saying something to [other boy’s name] if he ever gets a boyfriend and wants to hold his hand for real.
The Gay One, resigned but smiling: I’ve decided it’s sweet and not really fucking weird.
*occasionally NSFW, minors beware*
if you post pics of spiders/scary stuff I'll unfollow you. no judgement, I just don't like being scared by my Tumblr feed.
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