Queer Communism

a randomised collection of philosophy, economy, sociology, and infrastructure ideals for Utopian world-building and occasional humour [side blog - can't follow you back here]

[theconcealedweapon]

[atheist-freethinker]

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— via @juneacademia

[loubis-and-champagne]

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[queermunism]

This isn't even like Romantic Love Couple Marriage romanticism. This is pure human connection. We are social beings and we are isolated from those who we chose by poverty and class and circumstance and life, yet they share our mindspace. And when the memories get kinder as the absense expands, we know that there is true human connection love there.

Animals like us are designed to thrive in villages. We are unique individuals so we can draw on each other's strengths. Even cattle get to spend time in proximity with their friends while they're plugged into the Matrix.

[queermunism]

Hey science side of tumblr, is there a good reason why most legal preceedings with minimal evidence don't simply put the plaintiff and defendant through a series of peer-reviewed lie-detector tests?

Is the technology so unreliable that it cannot be trusted more than hearsay and cronies, or is it so good that the Powers That Be oppress its use because it would prove corruption?

[thememedaddy]

[itgetsbetter]

Actually-good and very queer summer reading list!

Our society is seeking to ban queer lit and silence the voices of LGBTQ+ youth. Soo we thought about how we can amplify them. And we came up with a little trade: you get to read LGBTQ+ lit, we get donations to support LGBTQ+ youth.

We're calling it our 2025 Summer Reading Challenge, and we put together a list of some amazing fic and non-fic LGBTQIA+ books for you to read. It's super easy to help us raise critical funds:

🌈 Choose some fave books from our list, or add your own.

🌈 Start a fundraiser on IG, TikTok, via our Tiltify campaign, or by joining our challenge on FB - we've got free downloadable graphics you can use here, plus how-tos on setting up a fundraiser!

🌈 Share it around to your followers and IRL friends and family - encourage them to make a donation every time you finish a book, and see how many you can get through by Sep 1st.

Basically: read books, share queer stories, refuse to be silenced, support LGBTQ+ youth.

For book access, remember that many public libraries give you access to platforms like Libby with your library card, which allow you to download and read books for free, even if they don't have the physical books on their shelves. Books Unbanned also gives access to various libraries' collections with free e-cards for people ages 13-21!

[tumblr]

This is cool! 📚🌈🪩

[perfectfeelings]

“you did great today and deserve to be told that, you did your best (even if you don’t think it was much) and i am for sure proud of you”

— Unknown

[thememedaddy]

[queermunism]

No notes on the meal concept, though i do think school should be drastically overhauled. Absolutely children learn easier some things, but there's too much pressure! Too much homework. Too much "teaching to pass".

I have much respect for a lot of teachers. I'm sure my yr 10 math teacher didn't intend to socially destroy my interest in my highest graded class and thus ruin my chances of going early into science. I tried very hard to get back and haven't totally given up, but academic science is a hard slog as a high school drop-out.

I think school needs to be thinned out. I think fewer hours in the day, or at least start with a prominent portion of the day being utilised for what is now homework and assignments.

I think Learning needs to be more accessible to adults. I would love the chance to "go back" and re-attempt some of the classes i had no interest in engaging with when i finally made more than one friend.

And in my Village, anyone at a Learning facility eats free. Teachers and students alike.

[queermunism]

What would you do for your Village?

Through a life of dipping just over and under the poverty line, i have actively avoided having children. I never felt ready (financially sustainable) enough to be responsible for every aspect of another human life, and thus practiced medical contraception.

There was a time where i felt i had a stable future, a job i liked, a partner in whom I saw a fantastic co-parent. It didn't happen for us and we have since gone in different directions in life, and since then and until today i still do not want to reproduce. Controversial free will, somehow.

At some point in the future, should (my financial/living situation and-) the rules on disabled and/or single and/or queer people becoming foster parents and adopting drastically change, I'd love to foster and adopt teenagers, particularly those who face intersectionality barriers.

Once they're adults, they'd be welcome to go out on their way or stay and help so we could take on more who need it.

If i had a large enough space, I'd love to also offer housing for adults in crisis. I've lived in many a "House of Strays" where folks would visit, fall in love with the vibe, and end up moving in.

My mother often dreamed of winning the lotto and building a village for her and her relatives. Over the years the number of blood relations on the vip invite list gets smaller and smaller as we both learn about chosen family.

Many quote "blood is thicker than water", falsely claiming that the prose insists to prioritise "blood" relations over friends/partners - "water". The actual quote is "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", which is quite obviously, the opposite to how its often used.

The blood of the covenant. A covenant, per Oxford Dictionary, is an agreement. The people who are around you and support you in the same or complementary ways. The people who listen to the words you say to try to understand you more, rather than waiting for their turn because it's expected.

I once had a third party plead me to call our mutual friend more often, because she simply lights up when i talk. Those are the people to keep around and invest your time and resources in. Choose your family carefully 💙

[kenyatta]

[queermunism]

This morning i asked my disabled mother what she might try giving back to "The Village" if her financial needs were suddenly met in an equitably generous and collaborative agreement.

I offered an improvised example of needs met in her current situation: modest 2 bedroom open plan house for me (her carer) and her to live in, wide enough to actually get her mobility aids through the hallways and accessible facilities. Don't need a yard unless we're allowed to try growing food, or maybe if it's atleast going to attract some wildlife to look at. If basic equitable housing were provided, her disability pension would cover most of her current needs, with a little room for occasional luxuries.

She immediately said she has thought about this before, and she would love to visit aged facilities to sit and socialise with folks who wanted some company. She would also love to take them out on field trips and social outings because she worries for their loneliness and monotony.

We recently watched a program called Old People's Home for Teenagers on Aussie ABC, where a collection of teens joined a group of retirees in low-physical-impact social and team-building exercises and various group art therapies. The improvement of the mental health in all involved was incredible.