#archiving

[californiastatelibrary]

[determinate-negation]

a 1975 letter to the editor published in aufbau, the main american newspaper for german jewish emigres. sounds familiar

[spiritheyregone]

765 Price Canyon Rd, Pismo Beach, CA 93449

[silvermoon424]

This is your daily reminder to archive your favorite fandom stuff!!!

I've been a voracious archivist/data hoarder ever since I first got access to a computer, and it's paid off more times than I can count. Just the other day I came across a PDF copy of an analysis post for one of my fandoms. The post was made on an old forum and is the most detailed and interesting analysis of a particular story element I've ever seen. Back in like 2012 I saved the post as a PDF, because even then I saved everything I liked.

Anyway, flash forward to 2025 and I decided to see if the URL included in the document was still live. I wasn't very surprised to see that the forum is long dead. However, even the Wayback Machine had no record of this thread. If I hadn't saved a copy of it way back when, I would have never, ever been able to read this analysis again!

The Internet Archive is sadly not infallible, especially when it comes to things like forum threads. You can do your part by manually saving things to the Wayback Machine, but I also recommend keeping your own archives. Aside from just saving pages as PDFs, I highly recommend a browser extension called SingleFile that lets you archive pages as HTML files.

[lmaoplanes]

OBJECTUM WEB ARCHIVE

(disclaimer: I'm a minor (as of 2026) and new to archiving so this post will A.) not include any restricted 18+ content that is pornographic in nature and B.) will only be hosted on Tumblr as I don't have nearly enough knowledge about external hosting to do it on my own. I HEAVILY encourage you to use any of the works I've cited in your own archival projects and use this list as a stepping-off point! It is by no means an end-all be-all.)

(works that are dubbed to be sensationalized/out of date by our community's standards today are marked with an orange asterisk *)

ARTICLES/CHARTS:

Provan, Alexander. Objectum-Love at First Sight. BIDOUN.org, 2008.

Marsh, Amy. Love Among the Objectum Sexuals. Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, 2010.

Müller, Daniel. Banal Objects of an Obscure Desire. TAZ.de, 2006.

Marsh, Amy. Objectum Sexuality Meem. Self-published, 2009.

Matsuura, Yuu. Humanonormativity and Interpersonal Sexuality Centrism: A Discussion Based on Objectum Sexuality Studies from a Feminist and Queer Perspective. Kyushu University, 2023.

Greene, Amanda. Romance Stories Between People and... Things. Woman's Day, 2010.

WEBSITES:

objectum-sexuality.org

objektophilia.de

doroc.jimdofree.com

objectum-media.neocities.org

FILM:

"Married to the Eiffel Tower" by Blink Films (2008) *

"Objective Love" series by Channel 4 Documentaries (2023)

"Jumbo" directed by Zoé Wittock (2020)

MUSIC:

"I Love My Computer" by Ninajirachi (album, 2025)

"Save Me" by Keys N Krates ft. Katy B (single, 2017)

"Computer Boy" by Poppy (single, 2017)

LITERATURES:

Handle With Care zine series edited by Ross and Crispy (ongoing)

Sense of Longing zine moderated by Kitzox (2024)

Keep in mind this is a MASSIVE work in progress that will constantly be updated and likely never truly finished!

Have a source you want to add? Send me an ask with a link attached! Any and all contributions are cherished greatly :)

[beyondbinary]

hes such a darling. look at him

[digitalmemoriez]

✫･ﾟ*.2008･ﾟ✫*.