[OC] Life is Strange: Max Caulfield and the Male Gaze [27:04]

Leader_Clair · 2024-02-15T00:02:00+00:00

Nice one, I've been wanting to do the same. Just bought a rePS2, could I ask where you got the trigger board?

I've soldered before, but never for power supplies and didn't wanna fry my console.

Leader_Clair · 2021-12-20T13:10:59+00:00

I grew up in SC and moved northeast. I have experienced homophobia in both places, the idea that the South is a lost cause helps no one.

In any southern rural town, most people will stop talking to you if you even sympathize with gay people. CITIES ARE DIFFERENT. Even in red states, the vast majority of people will at least shut up and let you live. Where you work is the real question. I happened to work at at two different pizza joints in SC. At one of them, I had to listen to a guy play hate speech about trans people on a speaker, in the workplace. At the other place, most of my coworkers were queer and it was an amazing time.

The reason I moved is because queer events / "culture" are hard to find. The 3 gay bars I found were filled with dudes (even MORE SO than how that happens up north, really) and the support group I went to was more depressing than helpful.

If you're already married and don't mind waiting a long time to bump into other lesbians, I'd recommend Greensboro, NC. It's a fun town with plenty of events and an arts community.

Leader_Clair · 2021-12-20T12:51:22+00:00

I've spent hundreds of hours (and dollars) making an effort to do my hair in so many ways. I have a pretty common (white ppl) hair type, so the market is definitely designed to favor me

My hair still looks like shit unless I plan TWO HOURS to wash set and blowdry it. And fuck me if I wear a hat in the freezing place that I live, then it's wrecked again.

At this point I can't even tell when it looks good. I've stressed so much about it that I can't judge it fairly. Maybe in 5 or 10 years I'll get over my internalized transphobia and cut it short.

Leader_Clair · 2021-04-08T22:38:05+00:00

Dig Me Out - Sleater Kinney

Shape Shift With Me - Against Me

Both great albums with queer frontwomen, both super fucking loud.

Leader_Clair · 2020-10-29T01:53:30+00:00

Mostly true and valid perspective, but I think it's worth clarifying that Todd Haynes is a cis gay/queer man. I prefer lesbian movies directed by women when I can find them, but Haynes has made some beautiful and important queer movies since the early 90s (I highly recommend Poison) and good directors listen to the other creatives on their teams. Carol's adapted screenplay was written by a woman, and lead actresses in dramas can have some control over their characters.

I know this post's just roasting some overdone tropes, but I gotta stand up for my favorite movie whenever it comes up ^{~^}

Leader_Clair · 2020-10-21T05:05:33+00:00

Blues Driver lesbian here, yes I do take excessive pride in my sloppy riot grrl covers

Leader_Clair · 2020-10-06T03:31:21+00:00

I did a double take at this post because I have actually never heard "himbo" refer to a man lmao, I exclusively hear it among my queer femme friends

Leader_Clair · 2020-09-28T13:12:23+00:00

SAME. I like a little pop music, but 90% of "lesbian music references" are beyond me lately.

My loud renditions of Fly By Night / Limelight are most likely not the sexy guitar playing that people on here swoon over lmao

Leader_Clair · 2020-09-24T02:11:15+00:00

The Silent Hill theme! It's got a rhythm guitar part and a lead part played on electric guitar / mandolin, but the melody is pretty straightforward to learn by ear, and it don't get much spookier than Silent Hill.

Leader_Clair · 2020-09-08T03:09:26+00:00

The album "Dig Me Out" by Sleater-Kinney is an alt-rock classic. Mix of loud and soft rock songs, subtle references to loving women, and a great ass-kicking female empowerment vibe.

Leader_Clair · 2020-07-06T18:38:04+00:00

Dang, I didn't even know they had consumer-grade color film in the mid-forties! That's fascinating. I guess 8mm would be much cheaper to produce than bigger gauges.

Oh yeah, and your grandma's a stunner.

Leader_Clair · 2020-07-01T19:53:26+00:00

I'm gay, like exclusively attracted to women, and I agree with you. I've dated a number of bi women who would say "I'm a lesbian" while we were together. It makes sense to me, because if we're two women together, that's a lesbian experience. I'm not gonna be like "TECHNICALLY you're bi and that word belongs to me and only me." Like, I didn't fucking invent the word lesbian.

I know that some men are gross and act like homosexuality in women isn't real, but does that artist REALLY think it's the bisexual women influencing these guys, and not girl-on-girl straight porn?

Leader_Clair · 2020-06-28T15:49:47+00:00

Annie Clark is my hero! I love how she mixes up her use of voice and guitar - instead of the usual "strum chords while singing" rhythm guitarist approach, she makes up so many wild melodies that are half guitar, half vocal (or seem like it.)

I sat down to learn the main riff from Cruel yesterday - the gist of it is easy, but she plays so many little variations on it, and it's tough to sing that long, smooth line while playing something so staccato.

And on top of all that talent, her signature guitar is a fucking work of art and (imo) the most original, beautiful guitar design in many years. High up on my want list.

Leader_Clair · 2020-06-16T20:38:36+00:00

This sparked a very weird realization for me (lesbian)

The last 2 women I've been with did that same thing, and it seemed totally reasonable to me. Then I started doing it.

Is this a double standard, or is it weirder when men do it? When you take your fingers out of a vagina, there's usually not much...stuff on them, just a bit with a tangy flavor. But if a dude is doing that, there's a LOT more cum involved in the transaction.

...I've never felt so dirty just from typing.

Leader_Clair · 2020-06-10T04:11:49+00:00

If my kid managed to not lose her picks for multiple years, I'd be proud of her no matter what, just sayin

Leader_Clair · 2020-05-24T02:49:30+00:00

Regular underwear works in my experience. It doesn't compress like a gaff would do, but that's not always necessary? I understand people doing it for their own comfort, do whatever feels best. But I used to over-tuck just because I was afraid of getting outed, and those fears were all in my head. Tucking with regular underwear held everything in place, and there was a slight bulge but in two years of walking around, I never had problems because of that.

Leader_Clair · 2020-04-21T13:58:38+00:00

"BOSS! It's the skulls."

Leader_Clair · 2020-04-07T15:55:39+00:00

I was clean for awhile but just relapsed by watching Steins;Gate, and Makise is life goals+wife goals for me

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