ANTI-OPPRESSIVE BABY ANIMALS

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY MEERKAT STANDS UPRIGHT ON A DIRT...

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:01:15 -0400

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY MEERKAT STANDS UPRIGHT ON A DIRT SURFACE AS IT LOOKS FORWARD WITH LARGE, DARK EYES. TEXT READS, “THE ‘M’ IN ‘FTM’ DOES NOT STAND FOR MISOGYNY.”]

THE TEXT IN THE POST IS DERIVED FROM THE POWERFUL POEM “TRANS/NATIONAL” BY JANANI BALASUBRAMANIAN. A VIDEO WITH AUDIO OF JANANI PERFORMING THE PIECE CAN BE FOUND HERE AND A TRANSCRIPT CAN BE FOUND HERE.

YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT JANANI’S BLOG HERE!

Why no updates?

Thu, 02 May 2013 02:52:00 -0400

The author sends apologies to the devoted AOBA fans for such long periods of time between updates. There have been few/no updates for a couple of reasons:

The author has financial responsibilities and has to spend time working a job that pays the bills. This Tumblr is, unfortunately, not that job. (There is a donate button if you want to make this the author’s actual job, though.)
There are a lot of real things happening in the world/in our own neighborhoods/within our own day-to-day lives, and sometimes it’s really difficult to put those feeling/thoughts about a subject into a cute little one-liner with a baby animal picture. Trust, it’s probably better for there to be a hiatus than you checking out the blog one day and seeing two baby elephants holding trunks with a superimposed 400-word rant on rape culture or stop-and-frisk or immigration equality or shaming or violence against the trans* community/trans* injustice, etc.
Sometimes the author has a really difficult time trying to find baby animal pictures that fit the message. There is usually some correlation between the message and the image. You wouldn’t believe how few images there are out there that haven’t been meme’d to exhaustion.

With that said, followers of AOBA are welcome to keep the blog posting more regularly by submitting their own posts. If you decide to, please send the photo (or link to photo) with the text in the caption and not already whatever-art-program-you-use’d onto the image.

Thank you for all of your patience and support.

Consensual belly rubs,

Mx. The Author

p.s. There is a new post that will go up in about 8 hours.

REVAMPING AN OLD POST. [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A KITTEN LEANS AWAY...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:46:07 -0500

REVAMPING AN OLD POST.

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A KITTEN LEANS AWAY AS A SQUIRREL LEANS OVER TO KISS IT. BLACK AND RED TEXT AGAINST A WHITE BACKGROUND. TEXT READS, “‘IT’S VALENTINE’S DAY’ IS NOT AN EXCUSE. GET CONSENT!”]

IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT DOES THINGS ON VALENTINE’S DAY, PROTECT YOUR HEARTS AND PARTS—USE PROTECTION! SAFE, CONSENSUAL FUN TIMES ARE SEXY.

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A TIGER CUB WITH A TWINKLE IN ITS EYE LOOKS...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:53:00 -0500

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A TIGER CUB WITH A TWINKLE IN ITS EYE LOOKS OVER ITS SHOULDER AGAINST A LIGHT-COLORED BACKGROUND. TEXT READS, “KEEP YOUR PAWS AND LAWS OFF MY BODY!”]

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: CLOSE-UP OF AN ADORABLE RED PANDA CUB...

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:46:57 -0500

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: CLOSE-UP OF AN ADORABLE RED PANDA CUB PEAKING THROUGH THE BRANCHES OF A TREE. TEXT READS, “MY GENDER IS MY BUSINESS!”]

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: AN ADORABLE BABY ANIMAL STANDS HOLDING TINY...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:06:00 -0400

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: AN ADORABLE BABY ANIMAL STANDS HOLDING TINY FLOWERS AS IT LOOKS FORWARD, WIDE-EYED. TEXT READS, “GENDERQUEER? TENDERQUEER!”]

A COLLABORATION WITH: ahhhhsarah [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:46:29 -0400

A COLLABORATION WITH: ahhhhsarah

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY BLACK PANTHER STANDS IN A GRASSY, OPEN FIELD. AS IT STARES INTENTLY AHEAD, IT THINKS ABOUT HOW GREAT IT IS TO RESPECT ONE’S AUTONOMY. TEXT READS, “LET’S VALUE EACH OTHER’S NEED FOR SPACE. LOVE IS NOT ABOUT OWNERSHIP.” YOU DO YOU, PANTHER. YOU DO YOU.]

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BLACK AND WHITE PUP IN A PINK BUNNY SUIT...

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:28:42 -0400

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BLACK AND WHITE PUP IN A PINK BUNNY SUIT SITS WITH A SAD, DEJECTED LOOK ON THEIR FACE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO BE WHO THEY TRULY ARE WITHOUT BEING SHAMED BY OTHERS. THAT LOOK MAY ALSO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH AOBA TAKING SO LONG TO POST. TEXT READS, “DON’T SHAME OTHERS FOR BEING WHO THEY ARE.”]

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A WEE LITTLE LAMB STANDS IN A GRASSY FIELD...

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:59:39 -0400

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A WEE LITTLE LAMB STANDS IN A GRASSY FIELD CONTEMPLATING HOW GRAND LIFE WOULD BE IF WE ALL TREATED EACH OTHER AS EQUALS. TEXT READS, “TREATING SOMEONE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF THEIR STATUS IS BAAAAAAD FORM.”]

YOU CAN NOW FOLLOW ANTI-OPPRESSIVE BABY ANIMALS ON TWITTER!

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:57:55 -0400

YOU CAN NOW FOLLOW ANTI-OPPRESSIVE BABY ANIMALS ON TWITTER!

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY TORTOISE STRETCHES OUT ITS NECK TO...

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:43:17 -0400

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY TORTOISE STRETCHES OUT ITS NECK TO TAKE A BITE OUT OF THE STEM OF A LARGE, BRIGHT RED STRAWBERRY THAT IS NEARLY THE SIZE OF ITS OWN BODY. AFTER ITS SNACK, BABY TORTOISE WILL RESUME WATCHING ITS FAVORITE TELEVISION PROGRAM, THE MUPPET SHOW, DESPITE THE CRITICISM IT RECEIVES FROM ITS PEERS. TEXT READS, “DON’T YUCK MY YUM!”]

Anti-Oppressive Baby Animals is on Facebook!

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:33:27 -0400

Anti-Oppressive Baby Animals is on Facebook!:

You can now “like” the page and share with your friends! What a great way to follow the blog for those that don’t use Tumblr!

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A FUZZY BABY BIRD STRETCHES OUT ITS WINGS...

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:57:30 -0400

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A FUZZY BABY BIRD STRETCHES OUT ITS WINGS AND CHIRPS ITS FRUSTRATION ABOUT THE WAY THAT ITS HOMOFABULOUS FRIENDS ARE TREATED. OUR BIRD FRIEND PLEAS, “STOP USING ‘GAY’ AS AN INSULT!” BABY BIRD ALSO WANTS YOU TO STOP TRYING TO MAKE ‘FETCH’ HAPPEN. IT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.]

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY TREE KANGAROO RESTS IN THE MIDDLE OF...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:59:24 -0400

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY TREE KANGAROO RESTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TREE BRANCH LOOKING FORWARD AS IT CONTEMPLATES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GOOD ALLY. TEXT READS, “BEING AN ALLY…MEANS BEING CLEAR ABOUT YOUR INTENTIONS.”]

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: AN ADORABLE, FUZZY PUPPY LIES DOWN ON A PILE...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:08:13 -0400

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: AN ADORABLE, FUZZY PUPPY LIES DOWN ON A PILE OF BLANKETS, EXPOSING ITS BELLY INDICATING THAT IT IS TIME TO GIVE UP TRYING TO GET THAT TO-DO LIST DONE AND INSTEAD WASTE A GOOD 45 MINUTES RUBBING ITS BELLY TO THE POINT THAT YOU FORGET WHAT YOU WERE EVEN ATTEMPTING TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE. TEXT READS, “CONSENSUAL BELLY RUB TIME!”]

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: THREE BABY MEERKATS STAND WITH FACIAL...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:03:59 -0400

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: THREE BABY MEERKATS STAND WITH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS SHOWING THEIR DEEPEST DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE INABILITY OF OTHERS TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR WORDS. TEXT READS, “USING BUZZWORDS MEANS NOTHING IF NOT ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTION.”]

FREE PUSSY RIOT! [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY RUSSIAN TORTOISE NO...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:02:25 -0400

FREE PUSSY RIOT!

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY RUSSIAN TORTOISE NO BIGGER THAN A THUMB WALKS ALONG A WOOD RAILING. TEXT READS IN LARGE FONT, “FREE PUSSY RIOT!”]

SUBMITTED BY: bemusedlybespectacled [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: TWO...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:46:00 -0400

SUBMITTED BY: bemusedlybespectacled

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: TWO BLACK AND TAN PUPPIES SIT IN A DOGGIE BED, ONE BEHIND THE OTHER. FRONT PUP HAS MOUTH WIDE AS IF TO SHOUT, “I AM FULL OF FEELINGS!” TEXT READS, “BEING AN ALLY MEANS LETTING OTHERS EXPRESS THEIR FEARS AND FEELINGS WITHOUT JUDGEMENT.”]

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: PROFILE OF A BABY PLATYPUS LYING ON A...

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:06:29 -0400

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: PROFILE OF A BABY PLATYPUS LYING ON A TURQUOISE BLANKET. TEXT READS, “IT’S AN I-DENTITY, NOT A YOU-DENTITY. STOP TRYING TO TELL ME WHO I AM.”]

SUBMITTED BY: bemusedlybespectacled [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: FOUR...

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:41:00 -0400

SUBMITTED BY: bemusedlybespectacled

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: FOUR SLEEPING KITTENS WITH VARIOUS COLORINGS FORM A CONSENSUAL CUDDLE PILE. TEXT READS, “LOVE IS LOVE NO MATTER HOW MANY PARTNERS YOU HAVE.”]