Tag: personal

weirddyke:

love is real and worth it and SO important to me it’s pretty much my entire political spiritual philosophical deal………you can be critical of how romantic love is commodified and dominated by heteronormative myths for sure but ppl out there like “love is fake” aren’t doing ANYTHING interesting or subversive……love is revolutionary bc the systems that oppress us are directly opposed to all kinds of love, interpersonal love and self love etc. they’re trying to drive it out of us. love as an action love as a choice love as something u cultivate and tend to is the best thing in the world and it’s at the absolute centre of my life

accaliathewitchgirl:

so I’ve just found out that Lin-Manuel Miranda is my height or just barely taller and I just??? that’s somehow so adorable??? I mean I’ve never really thought about it but I kinda assumed that he’d be taller?? idk it made me laugh, that’s honestly so cute

I felt like clarifying a bit: it’s not that short(-ish) people are funny or anything. I know many people, esp guys, can feel insecure about their height. It’s a bit ridiculous how many women will refuse to even consider a guy that’s shorter than her, as if that automatically makes him undesirable or something.

That cultural thing is probably the reason I usually assume men are gonna be taller than me. Not that it matters in any way, but – you know, it’s so ubiquitous, this kinda prejudice against short guys, and the belief that in a heteronormative relationship the man is supposed to be the taller one.

Didn’t want to make any short guys out there feel bad. Especially if they’re trans, since they’re prone to being shorter than average, I guess.
I just found it cute to imagine that Lin-Manuel Miranda, the guy who’s so accomplished and talented and stuff, is literally my height. That we’re equals on that level. That I could be taller than him just by wearing heels. It made him feel… much more real, you know? When you think about celebrities, you don’t treat them the same way you would an average person. They’re a little larger than life, worlds away from your plane of existence. It can be hard to visualise them doing… just regular everyday stuff. But sometimes learning such a little detail helps to imagine them more realistically, to treat them like regular people by decreasing that metaphorical distance. That’s exactly what happened when I found out he’s 5′8.5″. He became less of an idol and more of a person, even if just for a moment. And I found it cute, because, well, I guess I find most stuff about him at least vaguely cute. Sue me.

him: haha so do you have any fantasies? 😉
me: i’ve published a critically acclaimed new york times bestselling novel and i’m set for life on royalties alone. i attend a charity event for supporters of the arts. i meet lin manuel miranda. he tells me he’s glad to meet me and he enjoyed my book. i burst into tears in front of everyone; nobody says anything about it, they all understand. when i recover we jokingly discuss a stage adaptation. freddie mercury is back from the dead and he’s performing. i look good in every photograph taken that night.