If you’re a cis woman and you can see this post, reblog it. Reblog it if you don’t hate trans women, or think we’re all confused men obsessed with vaginas.
I wanna see where this goes.
(realizing that I probably don’t have many cis women following me atm, I’m not sure how this will work)
Yo can I just give a big shout out to my boy Alan Cumming, now some of you might be like whooooo??? but you’ll probably know him as the villain in Spy Kids
or if not then he’s in the Good Wife and Nightcrawler in the older X-Men films.
Now Alan Cumming is bisexual and totally open about it and has been for a long time, since the 90s, back when bisexuality was far less readily talked about than it is today (not saying there isn’t still huge bi erasure problems but back then they were way worse) so he was one of the few people publicly standing up for bisexual people back then which is super cool plus he’s done loads of work for AIDS charities and GLAAD so I reckon he’s a pretty awesome guy.
Now on CBS this fall there’s gonna be a show starring Mr Cumming called Instinct, it’s gonna be about a normal guy who’s a teacher but used to be a CIA Officer so now has to fight bad guys while trying to keep up with his normal life. The uber cool thing about this is that the main characters gonna have a husband and they’ll be trying to adopt kids and do cool things so this is gonna be the FIRST EVER Network Drama where the main character’s gay.
How cool’s THAT?
So basically what I’m saying is let’s build the hype and get this show super successful so network execs will see that LGBT shows can have high ratings and be mega profitable 😀
So, all of our dogs are clicker trained (positive reinforcement, clicker is used to tell them when they’ve done something correct because the lag between behavior and getting a treat is too variable and the clicker eliminates confusion for them as they learn), and I played this, and all three came sprinting towards me. And are now staring at me waiting for a reward.
Given the sudden interest for the color of dresses and vision, here some of the fascinating findings we did recently.
The color nuances we see depend on the number and distribution of cones (=color receptors) in our eye. You can check this rainbow: how many color nuances do you count?
You see less than 20 color nuances: you are a dichromats, like dogs, which means you have 2 types of cones only. You are likely to wear black, beige, and blue. 25% of the population is dichromat.
You see between 20 and 32 color nuances: you are a trichromat, you have 3 types of cones (in the purple/blue, green and red area). You enjoy
different colors as you can appreciate them. 50% of the population is
trichromat.
You see between 33 and 39 colors: you are a
tetrachromat, like bees, and have 4 types of cones (in the purple/blue,
green, red plus yellow area). You are irritated by yellow, so this color
will be nowhere to be found in your wardrobe. 25% of the population is
tetrachromat.
You see more than 39 color nuances: come on, you are
making up things! there are only 39 different colors in the test and
probably only 35 are properly translated by your computer screen anyway
🙂
It is highly probable that people who have an additional 4th
cone do not get tricked by blue/black or white/gold dresses, no matter
the background light 😉
I see 21 colors. I had no idea there are so many more.
I see 35-39 colours, and I hate the colour yellow. That was actually what made me curious enough to stop scrolling and count. Who knew there was a scientific reason behind my colour preferences?
So the idea here is that what I see as annoyingly, garishly bright, most people don’t see as clearly, and that’s why it’s “cheerful?” (I’ve never understood that description of yellow.)
I barely saw 18 or 19. Dang
I see all 39! No wonder i have 0 yellow shirts……yellow shirts are illogical
37 and I fucking love yellow. It makes me happy, especially on dreary days. Clutches my bright yellow pants, bright yellow dress, and waves my bright yellow umbrella at your statistical absolutes.
*hiss.*
All 39. My favorite color is gray and there is definitely no yellow in my wardrobe
I see all the colors and there is also NO yellow in my wardrobe. There is no yellow in my house, and beyond flowers, I don’t like looking at it. I hate orange more tho (except on pumpkins). LOL!
I counted 39 and the color orange makes me so happy, like all the things around me that could be orange are orange. And I feel very neutral about yellow, though it is nowhere to be found in my wardrobe.
Cis ppl: um actually I use it to not imply straight trans ppl have privilege over me
OK cool we already know they don’t but how about we address the fact that you think you have the right to take our language because you decided you had a good enough reason to lmao make up your own words and stop stealing ours. The fuck is wrong with you people why are you so entitled that you think you get to decide how our language gets used
This is exactly what I’ve been saying.
Wait, wait, wait. Are you saying cishets aren’t allowed to use the term cishet? The word that… applies to them? That we use to describe them? They can’t use it to describe themselves? I… don’t get it.
The way I’ve seen it explained is that cis people in general shouldn’t use ‘cishet’ to describe their oppressors. Like, I’m not oppressed by cis people on the basis of being cis, so I have no right to say that cishet people in particular oppress me. It’s describing a unique intersection of privilege/oppression that cis people don’t face. If that makes sense?
I’ve been going through all the reblogs and replies on this post and
this is the only one that, for me, clearly stated the issue in a way
that wasn’t dauntingly verbose or hostile feeling. I’d never heard of ‘cishet’ not being a
word cis queer people shouldn’t use and was utterly confused until I
read this explanation. Thank you!
I’m sure many of you are aware that Netflix has decided to cancel Sense8, and that they announced this on the first day of Pride Month. A lot of people are really upset about this, and for good reason. Sense8 has been praised for its incredibly talented and diverse cast, and for its representations of LGBTQ people. As you can imagine, queer folks are fighting really hard to get Netflix to reverse their decision. So here’s what you can do:
Watch and rewatch Sense8 on Netflix. Get your friends and family watching. If they’ve had it in their queue for a while, let them know that now is the time to watch it. Getting the numbers up might be the most important part of this.
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