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Laura (she/her)
@beesandrikishis.bsky.social
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Myself, I long for love & light,
But must it come so cruel, & oh so bright?

https://lauradelcolbrown.com/Proper-writing/
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America is a cancer on the planet.
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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I understood the writing on the urn #hojicha #JapaneseLearning
A packet of hojicha tea bags with a Japanese label.
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Found a pin badge of me
Sad frog eating ramen.
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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As the transphobe who compiled a 30-page dossier on me pointed out, I can get obsessive about my interests

#YouTubeRecap #福山雅治 #BROS1991 #sumo 🍜
My top interests on YouTube: 1. Exploring Japanese cuisine 2. Following sumo wrestling news 3. Listening to Japanese music 4. Learning about Japanese culture 5. Watching nature documentaries.
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Thought Beautiful Life would be my top song, but I guess Hatsukoi fit a mood

#YouTubeRecap #福山雅治 #BROS1991
My top 5 songs on YouTube, all by Fukuyama Masaharu: 1. Hatsukoi 2. Ikiteruikiteku 3. Beautiful Life 4. Tanjoubiniwa Mashirona Yuriwo 5. Seiiki.
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Good lord

#YouTubeRecap #福山雅治 #BROS1991
Screenshot from my YouTube recap showing I am in the top 0.1% of viewers of Fukuyama Masaharu's channel.
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Okay OKAY, I think that partly because it reminds me of Masha's video for Soubou

youtu.be/TYWdqfQNJwE...

#福山雅治 #BROS1991
Screenshot from the music video for Fukuyama Masaharu's Soubou, showing him dressed in white and lying on clouds in a blue sky.
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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And no, separate-but-equal "sisterhood groups" are not a solution. Anyone who bothered to speak to trans women would know that.

In short, @womensinstitute.bsky.social can get in the bin along with their Progress Pride merch
A WI Progress Pride pin badge in a bin like the piece of performative rubbish it is.
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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I see the "discover your Kaczorowski tartan" people have branched out
Instagram advert inviting me to discover my Japanese kanji name.
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Seen on the way to therapy
Viola plant in bloom growing through pavement.
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Wasn't tempted by this year's Natural History Museum Christmas jumper, but still getting good use out of my old one
Picture of me in a previous edition of the Natural History Museum's Christmas jumper, which features ammonites, stegosaurus skeletons and snowflakes.
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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I think Masha wears it better #福山雅治 #BROS1991
Awkward selfie of me with my hand resting against my face, my fingernails painted with espresso-coloured varnish. Screenshot from the video to Fukuyama Masaharu's song Ryu, showing him in a similar pose with his fingernails painted a similar colour. He is considerably more attractive than me and has been made up and filmed by professionals.
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Thought I'd share this painting I did of the (old?) kanji for "dragon" #福山雅治 #BROS1991
One of the possible kanji for "dragon," 龍, painted in green and blue acrylic ink. There is another kanji, 竜, which I think is newer; I didn't paint it because it's not the title of Fukuyama Masaharu's new single, but it does look like it has a cute tail.
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Off to a Cultural place in London, got my PPE on
A badge with a cat holding a sign that says, "Be nice or go away." From PawsitivePins on Etsy.
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Didn't purposely stay up till midnight to get Masha's new single as soon as it dropped in the UK, but I might as well take the opportunity #福山雅治 #BROS1991
Fukuyama Masaharu's new single, Ryu (Dragon), being played on my VLC app on my phone.
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Alright then #福山雅治 #BROS1991
Cuddly Masha with a bottle of espresso nail Polish, also a tin of Japanese apple drink.
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Me: That espresso nail varnish in Boots looks good, but I've got nail varnishes already, and I shouldn't really be spending money on self-...

Masha:

#福山雅治 #BROS1991
Screenshot of Fukuyama Masaharu from his latest video, showing his fingernails painted with espresso nail varnish.
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Horrendous mental health day yesterday, but I cheered myself up slightly by attempting mint chocolate chip nails 💅
Short fingernails inexpertly painted in mint green with light brown splotches. Bear in mind I didn't start painting my nails till I was 50 and have dyspraxia and presbyopia.
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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And yes, I do know the full lyrics to this song
A line from Leonard Cohen's song The Future ("Love's the only engine of survival") tattooed on my arm along with his Unified Heart symbol.
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Two hairdressers in the past few months have complimented me on how my hair is greying. I've got to take positivity where I can find it
Me, a middle-aged woman with glasses and greying brown hair freshly cut in layers. I have no makeup on and look tired because I am going through a mental health crisis.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Inspired by Matsumoto Seichō's novels, tonight I cooked a favourite dish of his Inspector Imanishi: rice with green tea poured over it
Rice with green tea poured over it. Also shiitake mushrooms, spring onions, sea vegetables, wasabi.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Oh wow #福山雅治 #BROS1991
First of a series of screen grabs from a video on Fukuyama Masaharu's YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/oDt-SNOCiGU?si=GDNmFFvVowdVoT4X), showing him speaking with autotranslated captions. This one says: "Expressions that transcend gender have existed for a long time." "There are female roles in kabuki too." "By borrowing the identity of that woman ...." "... I can touch on areas that I couldn't express before."
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Definitely won't be posting this at every opportunity #福山雅治 #BROS1991
Screenshot from a video on Fukuyama Masaharu's YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/oDt-SNOCiGU?si=FgI0yMqV6ViFuYQM) where he discusses his thoughts on homoerotic manga. The auto-translated caption says, "Everyone is a little bit perverted, more or less."
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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The fans have spoken, and the official name of Fukuyama Masaharu's oshi-nui is Chii-Masha (ちいましゃ), which I believe just means Little Masha. He's still Cuddly Masha in our house, though, it's like Nijntje & Miffy. #福山雅治 #BROS1991
Cuddly Masha next to cuddly Miffy.
November 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Tattoos have been touched up and the missing dakuten added #福山雅治 #BROS1991
A tattoo on my left forearm with a picture of one of the ancient camphor trees at the Sannō Shrine in Nagasaki and a line from Fukuyama Masaharu's song Kusunoki (Camphor Tree): 我が魂は / 奪われはしない (My soul will not be taken away). A cuddly toy representing Mr Fukuyama is next to my arm,
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM