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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description></description><title>Where the People Are</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @themermaidgrotto)</generator><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4d7pnhx5S1rqsd2go1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4d7pnhx5S1rqsd2go2_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51137437737</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51137437737</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:44:08 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4incyaAq21rqsd2go1_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4incyaAq21rqsd2go2_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4incyaAq21rqsd2go3_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4incyaAq21rqsd2go4_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4incyaAq21rqsd2go6_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4incyaAq21rqsd2go5_r2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51083910502</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51083910502</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:38:31 -0400</pubDate><category>If I could go back in time and not watermark everything</category><category>I would.</category><category>Jfc.</category><category>Old posts.</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0u01yehDT1rqsd2go1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0u01yehDT1rqsd2go2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0u01yehDT1rqsd2go3_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0u01yehDT1rqsd2go4_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0u01yehDT1rqsd2go5_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51075734435</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51075734435</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:11:35 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ab83Ek651rqsd2go1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ab83Ek651rqsd2go2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ab83Ek651rqsd2go3_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6ab83Ek651rqsd2go4_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51075378303</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51075378303</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:04:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>
“If you would just listen!”
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6jonuWkKK1rqsd2go1_r1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“If you would &lt;em&gt;just listen!”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51075369758</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51075369758</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:04:31 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg2z3dL951qeb389o2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg2z3dL951qeb389o3_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg2z3dL951qeb389o4_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg2z3dL951qeb389o5_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg2z3dL951qeb389o6_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzg2z3dL951qeb389o7_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51074998148</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51074998148</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:57:48 -0400</pubDate><category>last of the old posts-</category><category>honest.</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz55umZyw71rnlpg4o1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz55umZyw71rnlpg4o2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz55umZyw71rnlpg4o3_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz55umZyw71rnlpg4o4_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz55umZyw71rnlpg4o5_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz55umZyw71rnlpg4o6_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz55umZyw71rnlpg4o8_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz55umZyw71rnlpg4o9_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51073671831</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51073671831</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:31:39 -0400</pubDate><category>I am pretty sure</category><category>this was my first photoset</category><category>on Tumblr.</category><category>reblogging old posts again because I have a stupid tendency of deleting things</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qcdkdIPm1rqsd2go1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qcdkdIPm1rqsd2go2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qcdkdIPm1rqsd2go3_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qcdkdIPm1rqsd2go4_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qcdkdIPm1rqsd2go5_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qcdkdIPm1rqsd2go6_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qcdkdIPm1rqsd2go7_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qcdkdIPm1rqsd2go8_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51056743527</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51056743527</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:32:58 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>mermaid-direction:


Once again, meep my favourite scene.

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&lt;p&gt;Once again, meep my favourite scene.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51056716690</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51056716690</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:32:05 -0400</pubDate><category>old posts again-</category></item><item><title>
“Y’know, I feel really bad for not knowin’ your name.”
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2erervIbX1rqsd2go1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Y’know, I feel really bad for not knowin’ your name.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51056684200</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51056684200</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:31:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>

“H’whoa, someone should find that poor animal and put it out...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2eqk6eDXl1rqsd2go1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;“&lt;em&gt;H’whoa,&lt;/em&gt; someone should find that poor animal and put it out of it’s misery.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51056672512</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51056672512</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:30:39 -0400</pubDate><category>old gifs-</category></item><item><title>So I feel I should mention that your blog is perfection and knowing that someone else loves Ariel makes me ecstatic. (: lots of love to you and your blog</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Don’t let your love get so obsessive as mine was,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fb9d32a7688e08722cf246cf1368c250/tumblr_inline_mn6jhav4Zk1rgfo44.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;because&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;you will suffer every day of your life with the stress that comes with being branded with perfection&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51043309751</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51043309751</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 23:11:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/793882cb832e7dbca84af8af5f102741/tumblr_mlhokfqooY1rqsd2go1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51042317162</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51042317162</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:58:47 -0400</pubDate><category>old posts again</category><category>need my laptop back</category><category>urgH</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ycyt5H2y1rqsd2go1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51042260875</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/51042260875</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:58:04 -0400</pubDate><category>casually reblogging old stuff</category><category>until i can get on my laptop</category><category>to post new stuff</category></item><item><title>
When I dyed my hair bright red, I joked about the &amp;#8220;Little Mermaid realness&amp;#8221; I was...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" height="675" src="http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww122/StuffQueerPeopleNeedToKnow/little-mermaid-seashell-bra-full-length_zpsde90414a.jpg" width="450"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When I dyed my hair bright red, I joked about the &amp;#8220;Little Mermaid realness&amp;#8221; I was serving. After a year hiatus from performing, a producer asked me to revive my burlesque act. I had no idea what I wanted to do, but I joked about doing a Little Mermaid bit and it killed. So, I got to work on the costuming and started impersonating Ariel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But the mermaid costume was only a jumping off point. I kept making burlesque costumes, including bras that were too beautiful to cover up. I&amp;#8217;ve made several different styles, &lt;a href="http://plumppinup.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/photos-from-the-runway-show-for-my-body-positive-line-of-bras/"&gt;debuting them in a runway show&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://plumppinup.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/on-modeling-and-creating-unreal-images-with-new-photos-from-my-fat-positive-line-of-bras/"&gt;modeling them with a burlesque photographer&lt;/a&gt;. As a fat person, dressing in revealing, larger-than-life garments is so liberating to me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More shots are on &lt;a href="http://plumppinup.wordpress.com/"&gt;Plump Pinup Life &amp;amp; Style&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://glitterfarm.tumblr.com/"&gt;GlitterFarm.tumblr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;US size 26&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8212;&amp;#8212;-&lt;br/&gt;Go follow this lovely lady and look at her beautifully made costumes&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/50743336518</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/50743336518</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 13:50:00 -0400</pubDate><category>HOW FUCKING PERFECT ARE YOU</category><category>submission</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/48ebf9f936a0796503f9771563b775dc/tumblr_mmb9wuf7ab1rqsd2go1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/49659506883</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/49659506883</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 01:58:06 -0400</pubDate><category>I am so legit mad that photoshop closed off before I could finis</category><category>h</category><category>thanks for cutting me off in midtag tumblr</category><category>this photoset. I ain't even save the psd; so. you know. enjoy this dinky little thing.</category><category>the little mermaid</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ae849fe35901b0faad5906a5f710318/tumblr_mlhpstXBlA1rqsd2go1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/48342837923</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/48342837923</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:53:17 -0400</pubDate><category>Damnit Eric.</category><category>Ariel</category><category>The Little Mermaid</category><category>Disney</category></item><item><title>
Pending perfection.
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4ae9fdf9d65164dc4b180ce68b2e44e0/tumblr_mlhoa2O2Zy1rqsd2go1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eb119d61e56da26b5941c628ba12dda4/tumblr_mlhoa2O2Zy1rqsd2go2_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;Pending perfection.&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/48341663017</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/48341663017</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:20:00 -0400</pubDate><category>ITS OK I STILL LOVE YOU ARIel</category><category>the little mermaid</category><category>ariel</category><category>disney</category><category>prince eric</category><category>Scuttle</category><category>Flounder</category><category>Sebastian</category></item><item><title>
Oh, she's got it bad.

</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/824de7880de079d7281cc172d25c57a0/tumblr_mlbv45hVgC1rqsd2go2_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5a5368a8b77a2be979bbac0e6df99d2d/tumblr_mlbv45hVgC1rqsd2go3_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b36ba7992a7939008106c51c472d1389/tumblr_mlbv45hVgC1rqsd2go4_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/23984161e297707b4a6ca8570e6e414d/tumblr_mlbv45hVgC1rqsd2go1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;Oh, she's got it bad.
&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/48094295263</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/48094295263</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:02:29 -0400</pubDate><category>the Little Mermaid</category><category>Ariel</category><category>Ariel's Sisters</category><category>Disney</category></item><item><title>
so LIKE I WENT TO WALT DISNEY WORLD AND ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS MEET ARIEL AND I DID AND IT WAS SO...</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so LIKE I WENT TO WALT DISNEY WORLD AND ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS MEET ARIEL AND I DID AND IT WAS SO CUTE I WAS LIKE&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I SWAM ALL THE WAY FROM THE PACIFIC TO MEET YOU&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND SHE WAS ALL&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;You must be a fantastic swimmer then&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AND I FANBOYED SO HARD UGH&lt;img alt="image" src="http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s667/frankiejestrada/IMG_3846_zps8e7b0880.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Feel free to follow @&lt;a href="http://he-will-burn-you.tumblr.com/"&gt;he-will-burn-you&lt;/a&gt;. Lucky bastard.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/48093339467</link><guid>http://themermaidgrotto.tumblr.com/post/48093339467</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:50:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Other</category><category>submission</category><category>How come everyone else have these great stories about meeting Ariel</category><category>but mine consisted of heavy breathing and</category><category>trying not to cry when she said my hair looked fluffy</category></item></channel></rss>
