a gay time for gay people

chappedstick on ao3 | he/him

[wankadoodles]

cowboy, cry

[pariztexas-deactivated20210721]

Knife+Heart (2018) dir. Yann Gonzalez

[stutter8]

i’m getting my first tattoo today and i AM IN FACT LOSING IT

[chappedstick]

my baby was so brave and good and she fucking KILLED THIS TATTOO

[jessica-messica]

Sohla El-Waylly Goes Solo

After leaving Bon Appétit’s Test Kitchen, the chef now has her own show — where she’s paid fairly for her fantastic creations.

El-Waylly’s job at Bon Appétit wasn’t meant for someone with so much experience, but she took it anyway. In May, her $50,000-a-year salary was bumped to $60,000 when it became clear she was doing work above her pay grade. About five months into the job, she says, management wanted to create a more junior position underneath her to do the cross-testing she had originally been hired for. “They really wanted to hire someone Black, which I know you’re not allowed to say legally, out loud,” she says. “And Chris Morocco [the director of the Test Kitchen] directly told me he didn’t like how quickly I moved up, so he wanted to make sure this person would never be allowed to develop recipes.” As she puts it, management didn’t want another “Sohla problem.” (Through a Condé Nast spokesperson, Morocco stated that this conversation did not happen.)

“They couldn’t find a single Black person who they thought was good enough to work in the Test Kitchen,” she continues, “but they were bringing in really experienced people, who have been in the industry longer than me, to work below us. Think about it: Every other person who’s had this job, this was their first job, because this is an entry-level position. But when they want to hire a person of color for that position, we need to have a million years of experience.” Disturbed by the hiring process, El-Waylly says she spoke to Morocco about it as well as Condé Nast HR and the company’s head of diversity, but saw no changes in procedure. (Condé Nast would not respond to questions regarding the junior position but released the following statement through a spokesperson: “Chris Morocco is not responsible for hiring practices and personnel matters, for Sohla to suggest that he is, is disingenuous and false.” Multiple sources in a position to know told Vulture he was intimately involved with hiring. When pressed about this, a Condé spokesperson clarified that Morocco was involved, but wasn’t solely responsible. Morocco did not respond to requests for comment.)

[glossylalia]

as per Jessica: Chris Morocco Go To Hell Challenge, gotta name and shame the devils, racism isn’t polite so why should we be?

[hallucin8]

I have SO much love in my dumb stupid bitch ass body

[saintkatya]

[katiehoughton]

tagged by angels @momsthetic and @pink-grapefruit-cafe to make my witchy self in this picrew!! thank you loves ♡

i am tagging @stutter8 @connyhascontrol @mattepinkallshades @hedonssippingseagrams @chappedstick @iqkittygirl @dianafowleys & @kittenscully

[chappedstick]

beanie asked and I delivered, this one was SO cute

[katiehoughton]

head underwater: chapter 2/4 | 4,288 words

Since they’ve lived together Trixie has been in charge of their laundry, because mama, who else? Katya rotates through the same three shirts as a boy and seems perfectly content to let them stew until they glow green in the night and could be cracked right in half. She doesn’t wash her drag stuff either, so Trixie does it because he’s doing his own anyway and because he’s the one who has to sit next to her in the back of an Uber or have her stand so close to him on a stage it’s like she’s trying to fit inside his skin. He’s set aside an entire day to do more than his typical, perfunctory skim of their most-worn items from the top of the pile, and he finds it right at the bottom of the basket.

(so you are a witch now, yes? trixie & katya process the events of Vernalis)

[thottistani-deactivated20220220]

No gay has all 5:

- A job

- Good relationship with father

- Neurotypical brain

- Ability to top

- Driver’s license

[garbage-empress]

this is a fun post because people will say how many they have in the tags then you get to figure out which ones.

[saintkatya]

my catholicism just came back

[ladyhawke]

Practical Magic (1998) dir. Griffin Dunne

[katiehoughton]

head underwater: chapter ¼ | 4,470 words

“Tracy,” Katya says again, very quietly. She’s holding both hands out in front of herself, and tiny pink petals are bursting forth from her palms like confetti and littering the ground at their feet. “Do you think people saw?”

“Um, yeah,” Trixie scoffs.

(so you are a witch now, yes? trixie & katya process the events of Vernalis)

[connyhascontrol]

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Today is @stutter8 ‘s birthday and I’m lucky enough to be friends with both her and her soulmate @katiehoughton. beanie approached me about wanting to make an EP for stutter’s birthday, and asked if I would help her write a song. Of course I said yes, I’m so honoured to be a part of this. 

The lyrics are made up of bits and pieces of comments people have left on stutter’s fics, and it’s a testament to how many lives her work touches and changes for the better. She is a deeply kind and wise person, and it’s not just reflected in her writing but in the people who love her writing. 

Happy birthday stutter! You are so loved, you deserve every bit of happiness that comes your way and so much more.

(beanie picked the snippets for the lyrics, I wrote the music and play the guitar, we’re both singing. The beautiful cover art is by caine_art on instagram. Lyrics under the cut.)

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[katiehoughton]

i am more proud of this than maybe anything i’ve ever done in my life tbh. conny was an absolute dream to collaborate with, of course, as she is a dream to know and love. i had the absolute best time working on this. it’s such a testament to how beloved stutter is that i had a wealth of kind, intelligent, beautiful comments to choose from when i was looking for lyrics. i’m so proud of her, of conny, of our family.

[chappedstick]

because no one talks about it enough - what are your fave trixie out of drag looks? (and please god let the black denim overalls from the t&k show be on this list)

Okay so like, I’m dumping a bunch of things here and you can see that like. I enjoy Trixie in hats a lot. I love the stupid milwaukee shirt, I love the overalls and the huge side cut outs in her shirts.  When she wore makeup to the streamys I wanted to cut off my hands it was so good. I love when she does like, more femme extremely gay things. I am so attracted to this idiot asshole man 

[chappedstick]

oh sweet I didn’t know if that’d be a hard question or not lmao!! but oh my god seen my man... underrated classic. esp the demo 😢

I have lots of thoughts about her music and it’s like what first got me into her, and like woof. WOOF. seen my man gets me right where I fuckin live dude it’s amazing!!

[chappedstick]

omg gladly will ask more!! what are ur fav trixie SONGS

omg hello hi! thank you for asking me more things! I think all of the Trixie songs that I like the most are ones that I play most frequently on guitar, because her favourite key also really works for me.

Seen My Man - the first song I learned to play and one that really gets me in the country place I live.

Hello, Goodbye, Hello - Actually my go-to song on guitar, not just out of the Trixie songs I know. Can you believe she wrote this one when she was 19 actual years old and it’s amazing? GOD.

I Don’t Have A Broken Heart - god. god this one is so good. It’s probably my favourite on Barbara if I had to choose, which is difficult, but I think I’m just that kind of gay that I really like emotional slow shit.

Little Sister - I’m from a small town and this song is literally it. I also think a lot about how trixie’s sister was like “when I first heart this song, I sobbed” and she fully DID NOT she is a liar hahaha.

Gold - the b side of Barbara is fucking gold in its entirety, and hearing her perform this for the first time in that youtube special was like. Wow. Something happened to me truly.

[chappedstick]

I knew the wait for ur favs would be worth it LOL perfect taste sir

oh my god THANK YOU please feel free to ask whatever you want from me I promise I’m easy