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gonna take a cold shower and then lock back into my paper
the tumblr experience is that you're flirting with a local trans girl for a week or two and are just about to schedule a date except then her blog gets nuked before you can add each other on discord and then the broken tumblr search makes it impossible to find her new blog
anyway uhh mae if you see this hiiiiiii 👉👈 i still really wanna go to the reptile zoo with youuuu
im watching literally every single note on this post like a hawk for her btw
i am not messing around i want my reptile zoo date with this woman and there are very few things that will stop me
yea im kinda baffled myself like this was just supposed to be me vaguely shouting into the void assuming she'd remember my blog and just come message me again when she remade except that its now got more than double the notes of my second most popular post and it just keeps fuckin going??
tumblr really just craving a modern retelling of romeo and juliet with tgirls and lizards i guess. idk.
may your days be filled with love, joy, and peace 💟
Community of Resistance: Losing and Rediscovering Queer Solidarity in Pittsburgh
This post is written by Sarah Trexler, a recipient of an Archival Scholar Research Award for the 2024 Spring Semester.
My project offers a comparative analysis of Pittsburgh’s queer communities and social life in the 1970s, the 1990s, and the twenty-first century. Along with other communities around the country, queer individuals in Pittsburgh faced a variety of implicit and explicit discrimination, fed by the conservative turn towards a more hetero- and cis-normative culture after the Second World War. In response to direct systemic violence and social isolation, queer people began to create their own community spaces where they could turn for resources, support and mutual aid.
My interest in this topic began as I consumed queer media, specifically Sapphic media like Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues and the 2022 reproduction of A League of Their Own. In these sources, I noticed the role of gay bars in the formation of identities, relationships, and communities. At a time when being queer in public could attract danger and violence, bars were safe havens of free love and expression. However, bar spaces were not always conducive to conversation and there were many, young, sober, or otherwise inhibited, queer people who had to seek other spaces. Outside of bars, there were more accessible and inclusive queer-created spaces such as bookstores, restaurants, and coffeeshops – some of which existed right in Pittsburgh.
My curiosity brought me to the University of Pittsburgh Library System's Archives & Special Collections, where I began my work with the Pittsburgh Gay News, a newspaper published during the 1970s. Flipping through the pages brought me to a new time and place. One in which the vibrancy and joy of queer community was documented by queer people for queer people.
(Above) Excerpt from Gay News. Pittsburgh: Gay Alternatives Pittsburgh (Issue 25: 1974). Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System.
Although my research began with queer periodicals from the 70s, I soon realized that my project was much larger than that. Newspapers did not tell the whole story of the spaces that I was studying – I was lucky if I got a few pictures. But when the addresses became familiar and recognizable, I wanted to know more. What were these spaces like? Who patronized them? And most importantly – where did they go?
In an attempt to situate my findings in a larger timeline, I broadened my horizons. In addition to queer periodicals, I also found event fliers and records from local businesses and organizations, like the Persad Center and Donny’s Place, useful to my research. I also began considering archival materials from the 1990s, hoping to find discussion of the big names in the Pittsburgh queer community of the 1970s. Unfortunately, this investigation only yielded more questions.
(Above) Act Up! Pittsburgh Advertisement in 1993 Pittsburgh Pride program. “A Family of Pride: 1993 Pittsburgh Pride”, Archives of Industrial Society (AIS) Information Files, Pittsburgh Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Pride Celebration, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System.
I had been hoping to pick up the same names and patterns that I noticed in the sources from the 70s, but the queer community had undergone a dramatic shift as a result of the AIDS epidemic. The vibrancy and joy that I had noticed in earlier media was subdued – cluttered with statistics, infection rates, and mutual aid requests. There was still a strong element of community, but it had moved out of the bars and physical spaces of the earlier decades. Instead, it was found more in support groups, PSAs, and volunteer opportunities. I also found no mention of the earlier community spaces. Mentions of new bars and coffeehouses popped up, again with familiar addresses, but those proved to be dead ends as well. When I attempted to uncover the stories of these places, I found that those stories too were left unfinished. Queer spaces from the 1970s and 1990s were since turned into furniture stores, car dealerships, or simply left abandoned.
My questions continued to pile up and all I could find were unfinished stories. It was a disheartening and isolating experience – to not know my history and not even know where to look. I created working relationships across several archives, including Carnegie Mellon and the Heinz History Center, searching for the lost lives and stories of this earlier generation. I eventually came to realize that the absence of answers to my questions and solutions to my problems were answers and solutions in and of themselves.
(Above) Shawn’s Place bar, once located in Downtown Pittsburgh (April 1995). [Photograph]. Donald Thinnes Papers. Detre Library and Archives, Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh.
Queer stories were never intentionally recorded. Understanding this scarcity gave me a new insight into the value of community and queer joy where you can find it. I came to treasure the photographs, letters, and even the obituaries that commemorated lives full of love. I became inspired. Instead of leaving my work in the past, I want to set a tone for the future. I have created a contemporary archive of sorts to record my community’s joy, love, and stories. It will be a place for people to honor and appreciate their friends and space.
To learn more and contribute to my project, visit: https://forms.gle/RLVVV1tw3ReEL48G8
I'm saying this as a fan, but also as somebody who worked their arse off writing screenplays at film school, don't hate on the writers when they go on strike.
Writers control the story of the show, there is so much detail and fine tuning done in the scripts. Everything an actor or a director adds, is adapted from the script. There is no show without the script, but still screenwriters are horrendously underappreciated and underpaid.
Director, actors and producers usually end up with most of the credit.
Writers deserve to be seen. If your favorite show is delayed because of the upcoming strikes, don't be surprised and please don't be angry at the writers. They are fighting for their art to be appreciated.
Some of your shows are gonna get cancelled.
Some will come back but lose their momentum and you'll wish they'd been cancelled.
This isn't the fault of writers. This is the fault of the studios.
The Writers' Guild has made a list of demands that will cost $500 million a year across the ENTIRE industry. Every studio, every streaming service, every film, every show, every writer: total cost $500 million. One streaming alone could foot the entire bill and still be in comfortable profit. Its half of what Amazon spent on Rings of Power alone. A little more than what Netflix spent on The Gray Man.
The studios can easily afford this. They're just being assholes about it.
Don't blame the writers.
I am grateful for my Tumblr mutuals.
Feel free to reblog, if you, too are grateful for your Tumblr mutuals.
we need to give this tweet more credit for im pretty sure coining "die mad about it"
checks out, thank you melanie
i’m going to be blunt: if you tag a post where i identify myself as queer as “q slur” or “slurs,” i am just going to block you.
when i am saying “queer,” i am using it as my identity and not a slur.
it is not a bad word, it is a part of whom i am and best fits my experience.
you do not have to use the word if you don’t like it.
you do not have to label yourself as queer.
but you do need to respect that is a widely reclaimed and used label that many people feel most comfortable employing.
"Not everything is a poem it needs intent" yeah shut up you bitch.
Maybe accidents are beautiful. Ever think about that, dumbass?
“Not everything is
a poem it needs intent”
yeah shut up you bitch.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
for fuck’s sake—
lesbians love and support our trans sisters 💖💖
the terfs have found this post and they do not fucken like it god help me
reblog to make a terf big mad
reblog to make a trans lesbian feel big loved
999 - What's your Emergency? Flash Exchange 2023 - Sign-Ups and Nominations open five more days!
We are a Nine-Nine-Nine day Flash Exchange focusing on fanfiction depicting Emergency Scenarios in Emergency Service Canons! (333 word minimum) So... 9-9-9? - 999 is the UK (and other countries') Emergency Phone Number. It also indicates the schedule of this exchange: - 9 Days simultaneous Nominations & Sign-Ups (7th-15th April, British Summer Time). - 9 Days writing time (16th-25th April) after which the collection will be revealed anonymously. - 9 Days until Authors Revealed on 3rd May 2023 at 10am, (during which time we may still be working on emergency canons, treats, and PHs!)
Nominations Your nominations must be for canons that feature emergency service personnel from the following list: - Ambulances/EMTs/Paramedics - Coastguard - Dispatch and Call Handlers - Fire & Rescue (including Mountain Rescue) - Hospital Emergency Department - Police/Security Response Officers - Other Emergency Service that can be justified as an Emergency Service according to the canon lore.
So far we have nominations for:
9-1-1 (TV) / 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV) / Backdraft (1991) / Blue Lights (TV) / Casualty (TV) / Chicago Fire (TV) / Creator's Choice of Fandom (TV) / ER (TV, 1994) / The Fall (TV, 2013) / The Fugitive (Movies) / The Guardian (2006) / Heartbeat (UK, TV) / Law & Order: SVU (TV) / Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes (UK, TV) / Line of Duty (TV, 2012) / New Amsterdam, (TV 2018) / Nurse Jackie (TV) / Original Work / Prison Break (TV) / The Resident (TV, 2018) / The Rookie (TV, 2018)
You can add more nominations at the Tagset here. This is being reviwed at least twice a day by mysef and @lrthreads.
For the most part, nominated characters should be serving Emergency Services Personnel and this should be indicated in brackets. They may also feature as the "Target" of the scenario, i.e. the person being rescued/treated etc. If you would like any of the characters from the canon to feature as an emergency caller/patient/victim of a crime or accident, etc. please use the "(Target)" format to nominate them.
For example (9-1-1: Lone Star) Grace Ryder (Dispatcher) - here you would write Grace in her role as Call Handler/Dispatcher. Judd Ryder (Firefighter) - here Judd would be in his role as Firefighter. Grace Ryder (Target) - here Grace could be the one being rescued or treated. Charlie Ryder (Target) - here, their child Charlie could be the one being rescued or treated.
“Original Character(s) (Target)” and “Any (Target)” will be added to each fandom nominated.
Eligibility - You must be over 18, and an AO3 account is needed. Please also ensure you have access to the email address related to your ao3 account. - Participants may only sign up with a maximum of one account. Please see below the Cut or click through for the full Rules & FAQ:
raptor strut
Mother, it is I: tumblr's big naturals
Could you maybe reblog this post if you think respecting trans peoples' names and identities is a basic right and not a political opinion?
No pressure. Just seeking some validation of my sentiment. Due to some. people
tag game: answer these questions, then tag 9 people you want to get to know better [the person who tagged me didn't tag 9 people and I won't be either, in this context rules are fake 🐐]
I got tagged by @notyourwinter, sorry it took forever
3 ships:
Gosh. Hard to pick.
I have to say Roosmav, don't I? They've just taken over my brain so much.
Finnrey. What might have been. 💧
Mako Mori/&Raleigh Becket. Their canon brought me back to being active in fandom so they get a place of honor I think.
First ship: Also hard for me. When I was like 10 I shipped April and Raphael in an angsty lime-ish way but I didn't know that that was what I was doing.
Last movie: M:I Ghost Protocol. Honestly I am not really vibing with these movies for the most part. I'm hanging on for Simon Pegg really. They are interesting to look at but there are also like ... things that activate my fan-brain hackles.
Last song: Let's Keep It Friends (I didn't pick this song, and I'm watching the anime for fannish homework reasons)
Currently reading: re-reading Where the Drowned Girls Go (Seanan McGuire) after reading the followup; also re-reading Anathem and The Grief of Stones
Currently watching: Ranma ½ season 1; behind on Fire Country and the Quantum Leap reboot
Currently consuming: lentil and veg soup and rice
Currently craving: so many things. But more pragmatically, some clear soda. Am trying to resist.
Anyone who sees this and wants to participate should consider themselves tagged by me. Even if we already know eachother and you just wanna 🙂
Dear Cada, Luna sends you stretchy greetings. Hope you have a nice day.
henk yeeeee,, stretchy gang!! best way to start the day,, thank ya luna friend..
i'm so confused rn, can you explain the goncharov thing?? i get off tumblr for five minutes
Lmaoooo
Nah I getchu. So this post has been circulating for like a year:
But yesterday, it had inspired someone to do this:
Next thing I knew there were fake Letterboxed reviews.
Goncharov moodboards. Really good ones.
Meta analysis. So many fake meta essays. Disturbingly good ones. And of course the memes.
As you can see, the myth just started to grow, characters and ships and tropes being added one after the other, almost bizzarely without contradiction, until there was enough of shape to the whole thing for people to start posting fanfic about it on AO3. “Ice-pick Joe” has already become a meme tag.
It was hilarious in the beginning, but the way it’s developed within less than a day, kind of like it’s being willed into existence, is freaking me out a bit. We’re toying with powers beyond our comprehension. 😂😂😂
Of course, there could be an ulterior motive as well.