bakugou stan | multishipper | migrating to twitter @ kacchannosugoi because this site is a shitshow | currently having a mental breakdown every moment of the day
Honestly reclaiming queer goes beyond reclaiming a slur. It’s about reclaiming a community that is aggressively being shoved out as the definitions of L, G, B, and T get increasingly narrow and gatekept.
like, queer is /not/ just another word for lesbian or gay. queer is the word that welcomes the members of our community who don’t know what exactly they are, and may not ever know. it’s the word that welcomes the nonbinary afab person with a brightly dyed undercut and a skirt. it’s the word that welcomes the greysexual trans demigirl without a second thought. and yes, it welcomes lesbians and gays and bisexuals and trans people. but it also welcomes the people who ‘gay wrong’. the trans people who other trans people ostracize and dislike. the members of this community who aren’t ‘respectable’ or who ‘fit the stereotype’ or whatever.
queer is inclusive, and the leaders of the anti-queer discourse fucking hate that. terfs don’t want to include anyone who isn’t l, g, b, or their own personal, acceptable definition of t. even some of the fucking transmeds i’ve seen hate queer because it means nonbinary people can lay claim to “their” community even if they “aren’t trans.” they call it ‘kweer uwu’ and say it’s just people trying to feel special. but people have always said that about our community. “Bi people are just straight people trying to feel special.” “Trans people are just men/women who are gnc but want to feel special.” “Lesbians don’t really dislike men, they just want to be special.”
anyone who isn’t straight or cis just “wants to feel special.” and there’s an argument to be made against microlabeling, but it isn’t about who “really belongs” and who doesn’t.
you can argue that you don’t want to use queer. that’s fine. you don’t have to. but you cannot say there isn’t a queer community and you can’t say it isn’t closely joined with, if not spanning, the lgbt community.
to hate queer as a personal label is fine. to deny us the queer community is violence. it always has been and always will be, and it’s nothing new.
im very grateful for the lessons in photography i was taught in stop motion class because just now they made it possible to photograph the stars with my phone in spite of the camera usually not detecting the light of stars because theyre so dim,,,, enjoy these shiny motherfuckers
ok so if everythings normal, your phone camera should have a manual mode (sometimes called pro mode). in it, change the settings of the shutter lag to 20 seconds, then put the phone down on some stable, plane surface and press the photo button (usually when using your camera, the volume buttons can be used as photo button) and let the phone still for the whole 20 seconds.
(basically the problem with most cameras is that they dont have a very good light sensitivity in the dark, however that doesnt mean they cant detect it at all. the longer the shutter is open, the more light your camera takes in and the more burnt/light your pic will be, so in (literally) dark situations, make the shutter lag longer to get all that light you need! also i said 20 seconds but really you can make it shorter or longer depending on what kinda stuff you want for your stars)
Yes this!
Additionally, adjust your ISO to the highest number (mimics the film used for very low light and low speed images)
And set your shutter speed to the longest time possible (on my phone it’s 10 seconds).
Leave your focus settings on Auto, and if your phone camera has a timer option, turn that on (five seconds is generally enough).
Plan your shot first, then find a place to set your phone down so you can get the image you want. The less light pollution, the better; you’ll pick up FAR more stars in your picture.
Once you know what you want to shoot, tap your screen to “focus” it, then hit the button to take the picture, set your phone down, and back away from the “tripod”. Don’t touch your phone for a good 15 seconds, just to be sure.
You will not be disappointed in the results, let me assure you.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I’VE EVER LEARNED
This also works very well if you want to photograph the Northern Lights, especially if you have a tripod (since you shouldn’t move it). Below is a pic a friend took with the ISO 800 and shutter speed 10 secs.
