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[oficmag]

We’re Live!

Hello, world! We at OFIC Magazine are thrilled to announce the launch of our new lit mag. Our aim is to bridge the gap between literary and fandom spheres. 

About Us: 

OFIC Magazine is a quarterly publication with a simple goal: to promote the original work of fanauthors whose aesthetics and interests may not align with the genres of traditional publishing, but whose work still aspires to literary aims—work that may be dark or grotesque, unabashedly joyful, or just too filthy for the general population. We publish work that can’t fit anywhere else. Read more about us here. 

What is OFIC? 

What’s special about the word “ofic” is that it’s short for “original fiction,” but only in contrast to fanfiction. The fanfic-ofic divide dichotomizes fiction into two categories: work that openly acknowledges the canon from which a work was transformed, and everything else. More questions? Check out our FAQ or ask us here. 

Our Aesthetic: 

We welcome work that may, in another time, have been referred to as “lemons.” We enjoy everything from smut with emotional resonance to character exploration genfic. We like happy endings, sad ones, bittersweet or ambiguous ones. We do romance; we do heartbreak. We want the dark twisted stuff, the hurt with comfort, the hurt without comfort, the light fluffy “and they were roommates” AUs. We’re not so big on plot. Mostly, we want work that makes us feel things. 

TL;DR: WE ACCEPT PORN AND NOT-PORN OF ALL KINDS

Our first issue, which will be published on April 1, 2022 (no jokes here) can be accessed by pledging to our Patreon. 

Submissions:

Interested in submitting? You should be. It’s free, and we pay our contributors! (We know— we couldn’t be hotter if we tried.)

Submissions for our first issue open on December 11, 2021 and close on February 12, 2022. You can submit and read our guidelines here. 

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[topshotpicks]

[youthoughtiwasasleepdidntyou]

I feel these in my soul

[ethicalmemes]

Expecting 2021 To Be Better and Being Rid of 2020 For Good! #EthicalMemes

[leptys-deactivated20180625]

you telling me americans don’t have these tasty little morsels?

[leptys-deactivated20180625]

i didn’t mean to add the argonian pic

[lgbtmazight]

i don't want people to "listen to me" because of who i am. my identity is only relevant insofar as it explains my interest in matters of oppression and my accumulated knowledge, informs my experiences and opinions, and illuminates the stakes i have in a conversation. it does not inherently grant me comprehension of a situation or phenomenon, and it does not automatically mean i'm right, even on topics that concern me. i don't want to be taken at face value; i want people to consider my argument and agree with it if it makes sense, not because of any type of innate authority. "you only listen to the people of color you agree with" is a very funny sentence, when you think about it. because that is, indeed, how opinions and beliefs work: people ingest information, analyze it, then decide if they agree with it. if they don't, they discard it. and there are good and bad reasons to discard someone else's position, obviously; but the point remains that this is how conclusions are drawn. liberal "identity politics" discourse (which is really representation politics, but this is a whole other topic) refuses to acknowledge that last point, but it has to: its logic crumbles when confronted with two people who share an identity but hold diverging political stances.

we are all epistemologically deficient when it comes to understanding how others experience structural barriers. women, for example, possess knowledge of simple facts relevant to their life as women that men unarguably cannot experience. this does not mean that men cannot access any knowledge about women's experiences or draw correct conclusions re:sexism. it simply means that they are methodologically limited in accessing one kind of knowledge: experiential knowledge, or what is colloquially referred to as "lived experience".

but the use of lived experience as the only analytical point of reference in political matters individualizes and essentializes the reality of oppression, which should instead be understood as systemic. what identity politics should do is give us epistemic access to otherwise private and personal experiences that are necessary in order to shape one's positions - people's lived experiences can contain invaluable and illuminating insight into particular manifestations of systemic inequality and axes of power. but, while lived experience can give one unique epistemic access in certain domains, it doesn't necessarily dictate the terms of structural oppression or make anyone of any oppressed group morally infallible.

the abuse of identity politics is harmful first and foremost to marginalized people: it puts them on a moral pedestal and expects them to be irreproachable while acting like only "privileged" individuals can hurt other people. our analysis should draw on marginalized voices to explain why some people are systematically subject to violence and economic subordination, but lived experience alone doesn't give us information on the character of every individual marginalized person, the morality of their actions, or the validity of their claims. creating a virtuous/vicious category to parallel oppressed/oppressor is profoundly condescending and dehumanizing. it also obscures the dynamics of power that also exists within and between oppressed communities.

recognizing the humanity in another human being (recognizing them as an equal!) includes acknowledging their capacity to act cruelly or immorally, and their potential to be wrong and make mistakes and draw incorrect conclusions.

[lgbtmazight]

i do want to make absolutely clear that this is a post decrying the abuse of identity politics and not the existence and application of experiential knowledge as an analytical tool. reactionaries who pretend they are against "identity politics" (actually representation politics, i repeat) ironically end up abusing the framework similarly: their message always boils down to X group is not a monolith (good!) and so you should listen to X voice that conveys/agrees with our message instead (no???)

[bimbinis]

I can never forget how the only method Tumblr has of preventing you from downloading copyrighted content from an audio post is to have a message on the source code saying "please don't download this we'll get in trouble"

[bimbinis]

This is not a joke

[mens-rights-activia]

Senator Ted Cruz, quick question. Off the top of your head, how would you spell a word that starts with a P and means a utopia 👀

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Have people lost their minds completely???

[pelennorfeels]

imagine looking at the pope saying “we should feed the hungry & clothe the naked & care for the poor” and saying “that’s heresy” i’m

[futureevilscientist]

2020 is beyond parody

[nealashitposts]

There’s a lot of accidental anti-semitism in the world , but sometimes I come across the deliberate and malicious anti-semitism im DND and I’m just reminded that no matter how much I love this game it does not love me back and the original creators never wanted me to play it.

Today’s example is: Phylactery

In d&d:

In real life

That’s right. they named the evil artifact that the evil undead spellcaster hides their soul in after a Jewish ceremonial object.

[nealashitposts]

Actually I want to add something because the genius of this particular kind of anti-semitism is that most gentiles won’t know what a Phylactery really is, The only people who will notice are the Jewish players. Making them instantly feel isolated, alone, and unsafe in their d&d group.

when you come across that you should at the table paralyzed wondering

Do my fellow players know this is anti-Semitic?

If they don’t know and I bring it up will they be mad at me for ruining the fun?

If they do know and I bring it up will revealing myself as Jewish be dangerous?

It’s a tactic to deliberately push Jewish people out of the game. and nobody jump up to tell me it was an accident because it fucking wasn’t. Before d&d Phylactery only had one definitionand I find it impossible that they would know the word without knowing the meaning. Or at least knowing it was Jewish.

[bluenos3]

Holy shit can this post fucking disappear from my dash please!

Attention goyim: Jews don’t use the word phylactery. That’s stupid and greek. They’re called Teffilin.

I don’t know why articles everywhere say that this is what The Jews™ call their Weird Little Prayer Boxes, but we don’t say that, and it’s not even a super common aspect of prayer (at least where i’m from) and i wish y'all wouldn’t pretend to be offended at this. No jew calls Teffilin phylactery, when i first saw this post i even tried finding out if anyone i knew said phylactery, and they all looked at me like i was a dumbass. We don’t need your fake outrage, and I SEE YOU FUCKIN GOYS IN THE NOTES PRETENDING TO BE JEWISH AND FEEL ALIENATED! GROSS! This is a non issue, dispel it from your mind and stop spreading this horseshit!

[aintlikethatnow]

I was going to let this slide as someone making an honest mistake, and that you can never be too cautious around antisemitism, but then I find out that OP lied about being Jewish for this post and frankly that’s just pathetic to the point of hilarity.

[literallymechanical]

(Image sources: https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/treasuresofheaven/)

Also op’s insistence that “before d&d Phylactery only had one definition” is just an outright falsehood.  A phylactery is a fancier word for a reliquary, which is an ornate sealed container that holds a fragment of the mortal remains of a Catholic saint, usually a bone.

Gee, what magic item could that have inspired in D&D? Hm?

(Gentile followers, feel free to reblog this not just for the educational aspect, but also for the unexpected faint echo of tumblr bone stealing witch drama)

[bogleech]

I was seeing this post for days and I knew it couldn’t be quite right. I was already sure “phylactery” was just a more archaic way of saying “amulet” but I thought maybe I was just a big dummy because I’m not Jewish, OP was so sure of themselves and anybody questioning them was just getting EVISCERATED. Now that the notes are like 200 real Jewish people saying “excuse me, what the FUCK???” It feels safe to mention that whatever OP’s intentions were, misinformation like this tends to be used by certain people to further push their “SJW Socialist Jewish Elites” conspiracy theories.

(Some have pointed out that the one nugget of truth is that 3rd edition portrayed a phylactery exactly like a teffilin, but that doesn’t seem to be what OP was arguing)

[turnon]

we need a nintendogs app i am sick of living like this

[renthony]

Hot take but we actually do need more representation of healthy M/F relationships in media, and I personally feel like deriding intimate partner abuse as “straight culture” does a disservice to everyone. 

People in M/F relationships shouldn’t only see representation painting their relationships as inherently unhealthy and bad, because it normalizes abuse and makes it easier for abusers to take advantage of others. If “that’s just how straight relationships are,” fewer people will be able to recognize the warning signs of a dangerous situation. Also, not every M/F relationship is “straight,” because queer people can absolutely be in M/F relationships, and deserve to see themselves represented, too.

On the flip side, queer people shouldn’t be led to assume their relationships will never be unhealthy and bad. The vast majority of my social circle is queer, and I have seen some truly vile things happen to my friends because they didn’t really get an education on what abuse in queer relationships can look like.

I just feel like it’s irresponsible to paint toxic relationships as “a straight people thing.”

[thatfunkyopossum]

Nobody ever talk to me about the catholics going off with stained glass again because not one window of jesus has ANYTHING on the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque

Click through this link i’m losing my mind its gorgeous

[royalhandmaidens]

i absolutely love seeing people’s reactions to the pink mosque 😂

the style is called “orsi” and is unique to iran

and stained glass traces its roots to south west and west asia, developed in ancient times and well before the europeans and the roman empire saw it and said “hey i like that, i’ll be leaving with it”

[royalhandmaidens]

and while we’re talking about mosques in iran, may i present persian mirror work?

yes, these are real places! it’s a different mosque in the same city as the first picture (the shah cheragh mosque in shiraz)

every time someone tries to talk to me about western churches and architecture and their superiority to that of “third world countries” i have to laugh a little at the ignorance, especially when our mosques look like this

[veliseraptor]

a thing I think tumblr could keep in mind sometimes is the idea that when two people come into conflict it is not always the case that one person is in the right and one person is in the wrong; sometimes two people can have equally legitimate reactions to the same thing, and those things can be opposing, without one person necessarily being more “correct.”

sometimes a conflict is not between right/wrong but just between competing needs.

[repugnantconclusion-blog]

The funniest shit is when ppl say they’re moving to Twitter like they’re doing it to improve their well being or something like in the same vein that people tell you they’re quitting smoking

[doctorfreak]

moving to twitter is like moving from vapes to two packs a day

[invaderxan]

[drst]

oh my fucking god

[pixie-unger]

It’s five am. I can’t send this to every coworker I’ve ever had right now, so you get it instead

[stimman4000]

[thebackrooms-moved-deactivated2]

sorry to be cringey but can we stop this idea that every furry is a sex hungry freak that likes bestiality and has really disturbing kinks. being a furry is just thinking anthropomorphic animals are interesting and cute. theres nothing inherently sexual about being a furry. just because someone says “im a furry” they arent necessarily confessing to you how they get horny for foxes with tits or diapers on dogs or something. so when u see someone make a fursona or draw an anthro animal, dont immediately think “they wanna fuck animals”. sometimes its just that….anthro animals….are fun to draw. 

basically,

[blood-drunk-discourse]

literally what is so bad about this

[spooky-catboy-angel]

Also a lot of furries are literal children

[exyrpf]

Also, furries are one of the best and most generous when it comes to supporting artists. When they commission an artist to draw something, they as a group tend to pay the best rates and be the most reliable. 

[skin-slave]

^^^^^ And are we allowed to mention that a lot of furries are neurodivergent and LGBT+? From what I understand, it’s literally one of the most inclusive groups. I’ve seen writing from many ppl who realized why they felt different via the furry community, particularly young ppl who are asexual or autistic.

I understand from reading ppl’s stories that the platonic nature of the community has helped a lot of asexual and aromantic ppl find a social outlet that lets them develop relationships with other members of the LGBT+ community. That’s important. These ppl deserve those connections.

And ppl who make fun of furries who wear costumes outside of cons… First of all, there’s nothing wrong with that, full stop. And secondly, masks and costumes can be so helpful with anxiety and sensory issues, so it’s actually not a neutral thing. It’s a benefit to those ppl. So maybe instead of begrudgingly tolerating it, we should welcome it.

Anyway, we all know rule 34. Some ppl are into business suits. That doesn’t mean suits are for sex or that everyone who wears a suit has a garment kink. Same for furries. Only difference is that the ppl inside of fursuits tend to be the “right kind of ppl” to bully.