#peyton thomas

[apoetandawildfire]

You’ve only ever considered freedom on the captors’ terms. You’ve been told that freedom is something you must earn, something awarded, by degrees, for good behaviour. You deprive yourself and break your body and deny the soft animal what it loves, because this, you’ve been told, is the way out of captivity. You believe that the cage is of your own making, and if you follow the rules, if you do everything right, you will awake one morning to find the cage gone; magic. The stupid logic of the captors is not correct. You deserve to taste freedom whether you’ve been bad or good. It is not something you need to earn; it is something you already deserve.

-Peyton Thomas

[gaydennisreynolds]

PLS tell me someone still has access to/a copy of the absolutely dreadful essay peyton thomas wrote about IASIP bottom/top dynamics where he minimizes the AIDS crisis

I knowww I would love to read it and tear it too shred too anon but I am not strong enough to hop on the front lines and go searching 🫡 any followers have leads?

[soundcloudrapperaynrand]

Now I remember why we bullied p*yton off this website

[persimnon]

re: both sides now- dear god. truly had no clue glad you found out it was Not Good before dropping $25 on a hardcover 😭 kind of hilarious though. what a combination of character traits this person has. every new thing i learn sounds made up

No like it’s SO fucked up like I ended up finding his fanlore page and reading an archive of his OG callout on dreamwidth…it is golden vintage tumblr drama that i simply missed when it first happened. Anyway i pirated the both sides now epub after not buying it last year and learning everything about the situation has kind of made me want to annotate it

[fhangsweiyin]

WAIT oh my god i forgot peyton beachdeath thomas is the owner of the niche and also the publisher of the dynamic (or: the sweater boy and the absolute nightmare), the iconic showstopping life changing rebranding of top/bottom discourse and fetishism that was just obviously based off johnlock (BBC sherlock johnlock) and kept trying to insist it was actually subverting top/bottom discourse and fetishism

[lgbtqreads]

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Happy Trans Day of Visibility!

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! As usual, we’re celebrating with books by trans authors and starring trans main characters, so please check ’em out! (Please note that this post only includes books that weren’t featured last year, so you can find even more here.) Books to Buy Now Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters Reese almost had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York…

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[waytoomanylighters]

I'm sorry but ending a book with "I love you, comrade. Let's get some shut-eye" was golden. Gay romance with a trans main character? Yes. Ending with that line just made it better holy fuck.

Both Sides Now by Peyton Thomas.

One of my new favorites :)

[2021ya]

BOTH SIDES NOW

by Peyton Thomas

(Dial, 8/24/21)

9780593322819

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There's only one thing standing between Finch Kelly and a full-blown case of high school senioritis: the National Speech & Debate Tournament. Taking home the gold would not only be the pinnacle of Finch's debating career, but the perfect way to launch himself into his next chapter: college in Washington, D.C. and a history-making career as the first trans congressman. What could possibly go wrong? Well, for starters, Finch could develop a teeny tiny crush on his very attractive, very taken, and very gay debate partner, Jonah. Never mind that Finch has never considered whether he's interested in more than just girls. And that dream of college in DC? Finch hasn't exactly been accepted anywhere yet, let alone received the full-ride scholarship he'll need to make this dream a reality. Worst of all, though, is this year's topic for Nationals: transgender rights. If he wants to cinch the gold, and get into college, Finch might have to argue against his own humanity. People say there are two sides to every argument. But, as Finch is about to discover, some things--like who you are and who you love--are not up for debate.