you are correct in saying turacos are very unreal. do you know what is especially unreal about turacos? they are the only bearers of not one, but two unique pigments known as turacin and turacoverdin, named from the bird itself. both of these pigments are copper-based, unlike other pigments found in birds and just, really, vertebrates in general. the vibrant greens in turacos are due to turacoverdin, which is the /only/ truly green pigment in birds (the rest are just tricks of the light, really). turacin gives them that pretty red, which, to me, is a much deeper color than other bird pigments.
turacos are extra as hell with their colors.
@elodieunderglass interesting and unusual birb for you. Such pretty colours.
I work at a place that sells these. The kind you want are particulate respirators/filters. These are the real deal.
I had to deal with some really bad wildfire smoke in my region last summer. So bad they closed the national parks. (which is rare here) (Side note, my brother wanted to go freaking HIKING in it…like HONEY, that’s how you die.) and it wasn’t as bad as what I’m seeing w/ Cali. So stay safe and protect your lungs.
like as a trans woman I have felt massive demand to make myself sexually and romantically available to men and that demand has been institutionally enforced by therapists and outdated diagnostic models of transsexuality as well as broader cultural notions which demand heterosexuality as a prerequisite for womanhood. As wittig explains, to be a woman is to be heterosexual, which is why to be a lesbian is to be labeled by men as dyke or not-woman. That structure of compulsory heterosexuality for women is 100% imposed on trans women, in really acute and intense ways. The liberation of trans women cannot be separated from lesbian liberation.
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