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Lee @anseo

Irish immigrant in London working in the music industry. Activist 🇨🇩 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️ Come for the memes, stay for the vibes 💖💛💙

A poem for the ages.

Loggin’ in to see the Collective squad’s all thriving during Pride month. Kissing hotties, protesting fascism, dropping selfies 🙂‍↕️

Meanwhile, in London -

This is my first summer post surgery and oh my DAYS. The never-ending joy of no boobs in sticky, humid London summer. Unreal. Unmatched. 11/10. Aerodynamic life 4 ever.

From Sebastião Salgado’s incredible GENESIS series.

The only reason the Iz army arrested a boat of people with *baby formula and aid * is because of the last sentence. There is no escaping that reality.

I’m gonna swing by the grocery shop on my way so hmu 📝

Still one of my favourite songs that the label I work for put out. It was SUCH a gorgeous record and a panacea during lockdown. ‘Ogou’ is the Vodou spirit of Iron and War. A Vodou follower asks for protection from the brutality of life’s daily battles - “Ogou, you brought me here, take care of me.”

This should be stapled to my forehead.

Thank god for all my black cat friends, keeping my white cat ass outta jail.

Sitting at my desk this morning after 37mins sleep and wondering is it possible to upgrade my coffee to an IV of adrenaline or - ?

It’s been good to see th’mother hen these past few days ♥️

My parents find Pride things in the wild and send them to my partner and I. They found this one this morning at the airport. The thumbs up sent me into orbit 😭

My sweet pops. He helped campaign for the Yes vote in Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum in 2015 and then attended his first Pride. He was so pleased with his rainbow face paint in the parade.

I love logging in here and seeing updates like “GUYS WE KISSED!” and everyone is cheering in the comments 😭♥️

If you were also ostracised as a kid for being queer, I’m genuinely so glad you stuck it out and escaped that 🫶 The next generation of queers needs you. *We* need you ♥️

Haha (no but seriously)

If I have one skill it’s staring in gay judgement.

It’s been 24 hours since that Kylie concert and mentally I’m still here somewhere.

Happy Pride 🤠

Rocking up to the event when you were told it’s “just a dinner” and not to overdress.

Me when someone asks for an impromptu, unscheduled “catch up” at work.

About six months ago my partner bought a cute succulent in a cat shaped pot. Small, squat little cactus. Erm, the cactus has grown quite tall, quite quickly? It now looks like some sort of cat deity with an elaborate leafy hat. How long until it starts expecting blood and not water? 💀

From last autumn. The little black Labrador was born very premature, and the only one in the litter. To help her socialise she was given short supervised slots with the golden retriever litter. Their favourite thing to do was to swirl around her for a collective nap together 🥲

You could leave them on read OR you could send them this.

My dad is a 6’2 marine engineer. He’s broad-shouldered, beardy. He’s a biker. He’s a practicing Catholic. He wears this badge *everywhere*. To church, to hang outs with his biker friends and to family events with his bigoted siblings. He’s rubbish at my pronouns but my god, I’m lucky to have him.

Shout out to all the empaths, we can’t help it 🙂‍↕️

(IG: andhikamuksin)

Still thinking about this T-shirt I saw on Vinted.

Quite fitting to be kicking off Pride with a Kylie gig this evening in London.