vegansanfrancishet:

So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.

Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.

Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.

This time, though. This was a good cry.

this is how you wear eyeliner as a regular citizen, yo.

i know i tend toward highlighting celebrities on this blog, but this is a perfect example of how one non-famous person can change perception and give hope to folks in their real lives.

i love this story with my whole heart.

kudos to you, vegansanfrancishet. 

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androgynousfemme:

A beautifully written piece on dapperQ about feminine masculinity and gender performance as poetry.

okay but seriously, click the link because *THIS* is what i’m talking about.

even outside of a genderqueer situation, this can be tricky. 

which is why i feel the need to celebrate masculine people who find ways of bringing out the feminine in them. it’s important work. and it’s not usually regarded well.

within a genderqueer situation (and i’m specifically talking about FTM because that is my wheelhouse), it can feel like a razor’s edge to find the right amount or type of femininity that won’t negate the masculinity as well. tough stuff.

but you can do it.

bennyslegs:

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i will never stop loving stephen fry for everything he does and says. 

honestly, folks. he is a national treasure and should be treated as such. (thankfully the uk is smart enough to do so)

and this is just a tiny glimpse of the magnificent eyeliner that he wears at all times. there are many more, that are even better at showing how perfect he is, most of them quotes that show off his badassery around speaking out about queerness and depression. 

study up, folks. it’ll be worth it.

(via msaether)

“Let the Sulu and Scotty slash fiction begin! ” (x)

let the major love for the fabulous eyeliner of simon pegg and john cho begin!

this is how you do it, loves. it’s this easy.

(though honestly, i could do without pegg’s reference to slash fic. not that i’m against the gay smut, it’s just that it’s unnecessary to reference gayness when you are just being cozy with your pal. it’s nowhere near as bad as ‘no homo’, clearly, and it’s kinda cool of him to acknowledge the fandom in a non-judgy way, but yeah. just be cute with your pal, darling. the slash will be written whether you took this pic or not.)

(via kami1)

David Bowie as Tilda Swinton, with Tilda Swinton as David Bowie

this is the absolute best thing.

two gender warriors, whose eyeliner is tattooed on to a level i only ever hope to achieve, being the most perfect examples of themselves by performing as each other.

my mind is blown, my heart overflows.

if there is anything more perfect than this, i don’t want to see it, as i won’t survive it.

(via electricalice)

lightspeedsound:

buzzfeedsports:

Jason Collins, a 34-year-old center with 12 years experience in the NBA, just came out as gay in the latest issue of Sports Illustrated.

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FUCK YEAH

this is how you wear your eyeliner, folks.

welcome, mr. collins. and congratulations.

all the hugs and kisses to you.

love, jde

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sonickid1234:

fizzly:

look at the way the man’s expression, in the background, softens when they kiss

there’s too much cute in this one gif

awhh now beat each other senseless.

everything about this is marvelous.

this seemingly  incongruous capacity for gentleness is definitely a form of eyeliner.

i’m all for it.

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mallamun:

gatisss:

jesusfuck

I don’t know where this is from, but…

Between this and that Toyota commercial-

Man, I hope genderfuckery of this highly attractive magnitude just INVADES popular media until privileged heteronormative cismen who unthinkingly dominate the world around them through objectification of women and shaming of homosexuality are forced to think.

Forced to think because when they see an attractive ass in panties, they can no longer instinctively flap their dicks at it and say, “I’d own that” without having to think about gender or sexuality. Torn between their habit of reflexively objectifying women and gay-shaming themselves and others, they would have no choice but to open their eyes a little wider and actually think about the people they share the world with instead of living in a neverending reel of imagery that reinforces a narrow reality where they are king.

(via azryal00)

the kids know what’s up.

all the eyeliner all the time.

(via androgynousfemme)

afunnyfeminist:

themanisfive:

Roseanne and Dan: Kicking parenthood and society in the ass since 1988.

This show is still more relevant than every family comedy on television today.

how about some tiny eyeliner today?

cuz we need to teach the young ones how to put it on.

or maybe how to never take it off.

(via msaether)