Oh To Be A Leaf Cat

this will get to the right people

New song obsession

I have this on repeat 😂

Genuine question from me, a trans guy.

Why are so many current, self-identified Jungians super conservative and transphobic?

They hide behind ideas of the anima and animus as some kind of "proof" that trans and genderqueer people don't exist but tbh it's easier to argue the opposite, that the animus and anima are proof that we're all a bit non-binary and for some of us an aspect coult be out of keeping with sex assigned at birth anyway.

I wonder if some of them believe that archetypes are something immutable and in some way "proof" that the "natural order" is sticking to gender and other stereotypes, but when you look at archetypes from a more cross-cultural lens you can show that archetypes are fluid and ever changing.

It just reminds me of Jung's description of the dreams of former Nazis as becoming more escapist and filled with increasingly archaic traditionalist symbolism as a way to dissociate from trauma and cognitive dissonance?

But yes, interested in what other peoples' thoughts are.

Me

Wtf wholesome boomer marriage

by yasminemei

i'm probably overreacting a little but i hate when men try to flirt with me like even if they're nice it makes me soso uncomfortable to a degree i'm not sure is justified. just. don't look at me like that. don't say i'm pretty. don't touch me. i'm convinced some men do not know body language or conversational clues at ALL like can you really not tell i'm not interested?????

Put baby in pelican mouth poster. For you

I hold the power of creation and none shall ever stop me

in the course of watching various assorted older documentaries about being gay and coming out and homophobia and conversion therapy etc it strikes me that there's a way that people talk about the relief and joy of coming out properly and accepting yourself and feeling a sense of unconditional love without shame that's very similar to the way christians love to harp on about the joys of the gospel etc. and that's not surprising bc many of these people in documentaries are (raised) christian, obviously they're steeped in that language. but it is frustrating to think that cishet christians will rant on for days about how wonderful it is that Jesus takes away shame and guilt and sin and reminds people of their value and worth with unconditional love - and then recoil at actually seeing this happen in contexts where they dont want it to. ohno. we didnt actually mean what we said. we meant taking away shame and self-hatred spiritually. get back in the closet.

such a beautiful sign of what it is to feel fully known and accepted and the goodness that emerges in people's lives when they know that they're unconditionally loved - and what greater unconditional love than the love of God? - and cishet christians would rather throw it into the trash