
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden at Hanami. Tokyo, Japan.
anyways shoutout to angry truscum tumblr for brainwashing 12 year old me into thinking i need to bind at all given moments to be a Real Transgender and effectively leaving me with a malformed rib cage at only 15 ! yall kill trans people!
looking at a stuffed animal is the most emotionally-rich experience a human can go through. Why are there even art museums?
oh, so i’m appearing?
im appearing and being perceived?

Cor Amoris et Doloris
A German baroque miniatur of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, “heart of love and sorrow”.
Some people really hear “non binary” and immediately jump to “this person clearly faces no hardship or oppression and can’t speak on any issues. I know more about this person’s gender and life than they do themselves and will now proceed to talk over them and mock them. My dick is huge”

cinq à sept – quebec french:
preferred time for illicit romance, or simply a social gathering that takes place roughly between 5 and 7 p.m.
hygge(lig) – danish: any place, any person and any situation that can cause you to feel an inner and deep reassuring feeling of comfort and warmth
hüzün – turkish: sadness, melancholy; a gloomy feeling that things are in decline and that they will get worsedrachenfutter – german: a gift with which one might attempt to placate a lover you have angered; literal translation “dragon feed” suggesting the giver of the gift is somewhat cold-hearted
meriggiare – italian: literal meaning “to pass the hottest hours of the day in a shady outdoor place”; conceived by poet Eugenio Montaleเกรงใจ (kreng jai) – thai: direct translation “awe heart”; the consideration one is encouraged to show towards other people’s feelings that derives from the desire to make them feel comfortable
甘え (amae) – japanese: behaving in a way that makes other people to want to take care of you; more common in parent-child relationships (The Anatomy of Dependence by Takeo Doi M.D.); greek counterpart – παλιμπαιδισμός
sobremesa – spanish: time spend at the table to chat or drink coffee long after you have finished eating a meal
ubuntu – bantu: humanity, the quality of being humane; phliosophy according to which an individual does their best in ways that can benefit the community as a whole; “I want you to be all you can be, because that’s the only way I can be all I can be.” – archbishop desmond tutu
kalsarikännit – finnish: literal meaning “boxer boozing”; drinking or getting drunk alone at home, in your underwear
恋の予感 (koi no yokan) – japanese: literal translation “premonition of love”; the sense that you are about to fall in love, a very subtle spark that may or may not develop into love over time
ξεροσφύρι (xerosfyri) – greek: consumption of alcohol without accompanying food
kummerspeck – german: literal translation “grief-bacon”; the weight gained through excessive eating after a failed romance; emotional overeating due to general sadness
kaapshljmurslis – latvian: a person who is cramped while riding public transportation usually during rush hourshemomechama – georgian: to continue eating even when you’re full; or to suddenly realize, with some embarrassment, that you’ve eaten it all
שלימזל (schlimazl) – yiddish: a chronically unlucky person; someone who is prone to misfortunes
שלימיל (shlemiel) – yiddish: a clumsy person who unwillingly creates their own misfortunes
trans lesbians be like “im cute” and they’re right