I highly recommend The (now-on-hiatus) Booklet Series, "a new wave of trans literature."
https://www.patreon.com/transwomenwriters
They have a lot of work up for free, and it ranges from photography to poetry to essays, all incredible.
gendertrash is, imo, p̶o̶s̶s̶i̶b̶l̶y̶ the best literature to ever exist
https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/gendertrash/gendertrash-gallery
helpful starter links for researching trans history
Digital Transgender Archive
https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/
and its affiliates
https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/inst
https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/learn/related
"Queer Portraits in History"
https://www.queerportraits.com/#filter=.trans
Making Gay History (despite the name has many episodes on non-gay queer people as well, including non-gay trans people)
Making Queer History
everyone please look at this, it's very important and making me cry
Freelance Pitching Advice Question!
I'm looking to send out a pitch that is about an indie game but also placing it in a much broader cultural context. I have my somewhat open-minded and still well-paying games place I usually pitch to when I have an idea like this, but this time I'm curious if there's any places I could get it in front of a larger/different arts audience.
Are there any arts or culture places that would be open to games-related pitches from random freelancers, and, importantly, pay enough for it to be worth my time (like, at least £200)?? I realize I may be asking for the golden goose here or something....
The eighth annual international Gender Census 2021 is now open until 10th March!
https://smartsurvey.co.uk/s/gendercensus2021
It's for anyone whose genders (or lack thereof) aren't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and the results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
Don't suppose anyone has any horror recs? But things that aren't based on ableism, racism, or sexism? I get no media is perfect but media that at least tries to avoid those kinds of tropes would be great. Films/books/short stories/podcasts whatever!
#horror
fash
Why Are The Proud Boys So Obsessed With Not Masturbating?
https://gen.medium.com/why-are-the-proud-boys-so-obsessed-with-masturbation-c9932364ebe2
The "Stansted 15", direct action folks who locked themselves around a plane set to deport 60 people to 3 different African countries, have had all charges dropped after originally being convicted of terrorism.
The people who were set to be deported are still in the UK as a result of their actions.
photography, local history, sex work, nudity
Was looking around for some public domain images to use for a project today and stumbled across William Goldman's work, who lived in the late 1800s in Reading PA, very near where I grew up. Some of his most well known work (only discovered well after his death) is a series of photographs of women who worked at a nearby brothel, some posed, and others snapshots of them going about their day to day life. I find them really charming and also humanizing of a past we mostly see in terms of very posed upper class people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Goldman_(photographer)
https://www.unionofmusicians.org/justice-at-spotify
"Justice at Spotify does not ask music listeners to buy merchandise or to switch to Bandcamp. Nor does it ask music listeners to stop using Spotify."
via https://probablyasocialecologist.tumblr.com/post/640778153173958656/
Hey yall, I really need help and am not sure what to do anymore
My wisdom teeth are very super impacted and they hurt and keep getting worse. And I also have cavities that I really need fixed. But unfortunately i live in the US I can’t afford $4000 for these essential procedures on my own
More info in my gofundme link below but if y’all could donate\boost\help in any way it’d mean a lot to me
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I’m a minor, so feel free to talk to me but please keep that in mind.