Sophie Paige 💖

A peacock with an ornately swirling tail on black aida fabric (incomplete)

Still Wednesday in my time zone! Picking this back up; it was supposed to be a birth announcement gift but is a *little* late (kid was born 11 months ago)

like some sort of... catgirl burglar

Got my dilator kit today and unrolling it makes me feel like a professional thief selecting the right lockpick for the job

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

A partially completed cross stitch castle wall, resplendent with all the different ways you can say "light brown"

Teresa Wentzler fans: I love her fantasy scenes! Such beautiful colors! 😍

Also Teresa Wentzler fans: this castle wall has half a dozen blends of tan and taupe 🫠

It's me, I'm Teresa Wentzler fans

#CrossStitch

And that girl was right

I'm an optimist who believes in the power of personal growth and redemption but that takes a level of self-awareness and responsibility that you have yet to demonstrate.

All you've done so far is to tell your "trans sisters" that we're your second choice, after you tried to choose the monsters.

"the anti-mutant people have a point" but that applies to real-world minority groups too. we all have within us the capacity for violence. some (nuclear engineers, boxers, sharpshooters) more than others. but "the capacity for great violence exists" is not itself a reason to imprison us.

Captain Herddick

Pastel Ghosts

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I really really like this one 👻

Gray and brown stitches on aida fabric that are beginning to resemble arches and roofs on a castle wall

I'm back in business after a few weeks of break!

Gray and brown stitches on aida fabric that are beginning to resemble arches and roofs on a castle wall

Took a couple weeks off stitching to get my penis inverted but I'm back in business with an ice pack and a tapestry needle. Castle Ridge is GO!! #CrossStitch #Wentzler

Is she wrong though?

Tess you can't make me laugh like this, I still have a catheter in me

Therapist: you're noticeably masking right now. What happens if you stop?
Me (Bane voice): it would be extremely painful

Those sessions are great honestly

no video essay this time, but after digging this out to take this photo, I thought "maybe I should try again to find out who designed this". 🧵

my woke take is that entirely too many people feel entitled to the benefits of a social contract while not feeling bound by the responsibilities of said contract

thank god, FINALLY

Two-part tumblr post from user yuriartillery that reads: [plants a sword in the ground in front of you after destroying your village] i like the look of hate in your eyes. take this and grow into a fine quarry for my hunt [after tracking you down ten years later for our fated duel i am once again disappointed to learn that you gave up walking the path of vengeance and just pay brothel girls that kind of look like me to roleplay fucking you after destroying your village]

My evil mistress said that her fated antagonists keep getting distracted by brothels so I asked how many she has and she said every time she loses one she just destroys another village so I said it sounds like she's feeding heroes of prophecy into the sex work economy and her seer started crying

bro wanted to avoid emotional investment but he's still hung up on someone not returning his text from two weeks ago

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults

This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

I may come to regret doing this on the aida that came in the kit rather than finding a higher count fabric

Scattered gray and brown stitches on aida fabric, abstractly suggesting the incomplete shape of a castle wall

Starting to see the shapes of the arches in the wall #CrossStitch

A sign reading "Halloween headquarters is this way" pointing shamelessly at an aisle full of Christmas trees and winter lawn decorations

stop by home depot for all your halloween shopping needs

I've never played a single Pokemon or Zelda game

Talk about music that makes you really want to wrap things up!

Several dozen greenish-gray stitches on white aida cloth, with a trans pride needle minder. In the background, a pattern of a castle with highlighted portions corresponding to the completed stitches, revealing them to be the roofs of turrets on the upper wall.

More progress on Castle Ridge before bed. This wraps up two of the blends in this area, until we get to some more roofs higher up. #CrossStitch

Thank you, it was a gift but I think it came from Etsy!