#BIPOC owned shop

[adelacreations]

Shares appreciated! My main store and Etsy store are open for the 30% off all orders sale!

Use code ENDYEAR30!

NEW ITEMS AVAILABLE! Knight Stevie and Lady Billie as both stickers and charms! Charms are available for preorders!

MAIN STORE LINK

ETSY STORE LINK

(Reminder that there will be one last sales event before Christmas! After that I will be sending out orders and closing my shop until next year!)

[himbopunk]

NEW LEATHER CHOKERS AND WRISTBANDS UP IN THE SHOP!!

I have 5 new chokers and 4 new wristbands available!! All of these items are one of a kind, so get them before they're gone!

(Please remember to check your sizing before purchasing!)

SHOP || TIPJAR

[theecolococorner]

Welcome to the Eco Loco Corner!

Here is your go-to hub for discovering eco-friendly products from brands that embrace diversity and sustainability. Our mission is to bring you the best in ethical shopping, featuring smalls businesses such as bakeries, boutiques, booksellers, and so much more, proudly owned by BIPOC and LGBT communities.

At The Eco Loco Corner, we believe that every purchase has the power to make a positive impact. From sustainable fashion to eco-conscious home goods, we carefully curate products that not only look good but also do good. By supporting these trailblazing brands, you're contributing to a more inclusive, equitable, and environmentally-friendly future.

Join us as we celebrate the creativity, resilience, and innovation of these incredible communities. Together, we can create a brighter, greener, and more inclusive world—one stylish, sustainable product at a time. Happy shopping!

[abigailspinach]

Have you ever dreamed of opening a bookstore one day? For novelist Maura Cheeks, that day was June 23rd when she opened Liz’s Book Bar in Carroll Gardens. (It’s also a café and wine bar!) Here, she talks about her work outfits, favorite novels, and $60 wedding band…

“Since my bookstore is called Liz’s Book Bar, people assume I’m Liz, but she was actually my maternal grandmother. When I was growing up in Philadelphia, we went to bookstores together, and she’d hand me these thick books I probably shouldn’t have been reading. She made me believe that writing was something I could do. Naming the store after her felt like the right way to honor her.”

“Running a bookstore is more stressful and exhausting than I’d ever imagined, as many things are. There are a million small details, so you’re making decisions on the fly every day. But it’s rewarding. There aren’t many Black-owned businesses in this neighborhood, and I’ve had a lot of Black women come up to me and say they’re so proud of what I’m doing. I’ve finally stopped crying when that happens.”

[foreficfandom]

Alastor - Historical Trivia And Headcanons

Alastor was a mixed-race Creole man living in New Orleans, and was in his 30's/40's when he died in 1933. We don't know much else about him, but historical context can provide us with possible additional details:

The population of New Orleans in 1930 was 458,762, more than it is now. 27.2% of the people were black, 3.1% were foreign-born, and roughly half of America's bipoc population was unemployed thanks to the Great Depression. New Orleans' original Francophonication was still strong, and it was common to run into locals who only spoke French dialects (Cajun French, Louisiana Creole). The city has had a huge Chinatown, a small Little Italy, and multiple other districts known for their immigrant African/colonized French cultures.

The Jim Crow laws were heavily enforced, as was the 'One Drop' rule. If Alastor was a mixed race black man, he would not have been able to attend a white school, use the same public transport, and would have shopped at black-local stores and restaurants under threat of violence. If he was mixed with any other race, some Jim Crow laws didn't apply, but state or city laws might specify differently.

Just because Alastor wears a suit, it doesn't mean he was rich in life. Radio personalities often didn't earn a fortune. Unless he owned his own broadcast, he was paid by a private company for long shifts of hosting music, news, and radio plays. In 1930, 40% of households owned at least one radio, which means that a popular radio host would have been easily recognized.

If he was in his late 30's in 1933, he might have fought in WW1, so long as he was over the age of 21. Some cities gave veterans small benefits, or encouraged the community to give them jobs. This often did not include veterans of color.

New Orleans was famous for being one of the least Christian cities in America, thanks to its unique immigrant and slave population. Haitian-based faiths and practices (such as voudo), indigenous cultures, Asian Buddhism, and atheism were common. But Christianity was still the official, law-enforced religion. Schooling involved reading the Bible, laws were sworn to Jesus, etc.

Alastor's outfit in Hazbin Hotel isn't very accurate to real-life American men's fashions of the time. Back then, deviating from the norm with the smallest detail would have stuck out like a sore thumb - like his white-lined lapels. Men always wore a hat. They were allowed to go without a waistcoat, but not a jacket. Belts were becoming more popular than suspenders. The silhouette was bulkier than the slimmer, Italian cuts of our modern times, especially the pants. Hair was kept short, and oiled down in a side part. Americans preferred the clean shaven look. Ties were essential unless you were a blue-collar laborer. Colors were almost universally muted neutral tones for everyday wear. The most colorful textiles for men were sporting outfits, like a tennis jacket.

If Alastor was a middle-class single man, he likely would have lived in an inner-city apartment, in an ethnic neighborhood. He probably didn't own a car, and took public transit like the streetcars. If he owned a house, it would likely have been an inheritance, and even the more opulent houses of the time would have looked small and plain to our eyes.

Because of the Great Depression, unmarried men were becoming the norm, rather than the exception. Men of the community who were sought after but remained single were suspect to gossip, but less ire than you might think; in the '30s, American queer culture was going through a very sharp revival, escaping the rigid Victorian era and before the puritan 40's/50's. But as a mixed-race man, it may have been illegal for a white woman to marry him, as the Jim Crow laws forbade the marriage of white people and Black/Asian people.

A middle class city household would have had electricity, gas heating, indoor plumbing, but may not have had running taps or a gas stove. Even with decent means, Alastor might have been using a potbelly woodburning stove, a dry sink/washbasin, wooden bathtub, and did his own laundry instead of sending it to the neighborhood laundresses. He may or may not have bothered with an icebox. Fresh groceries needed to be cooked and eaten soon, as things like pasteurized milk or store refrigeration wasn't a thing.

If he had enough money, then he almost certainly hired maids or other servants. Whether the maid came over just once a week, or did the shopping and laundry every other day, hired help was much more common back then, especially if he had no wife.

The most popular musicians in 1933 were Bing Crosby, George Olsen, and Leo Reisman. As you might have noticed, it was trendy for the lead singer to be backed by an orchestra, not a 'band' of just four other people like today. The most popular radio shows were Dick Tracy, Sherlock Holmes, and Doc Savage. They were recordings the radio station would buy and then broadcast, or sometimes the actors were live on the air. The radio host was usually not the journalist - the production team was responsible for writing his script.

[peachjugo]

Boy Princess is a comic I drew last summer about my experience with femininity and fashion (specifically EGL fashion) as a trans guy.

This comic is really special to me, I drew it while attending a workshop on Graphic Memoir comics taught by Mel Gillman at the Center for Cartoon Studies. I don't think I would've been able to make this comic if it weren't for the week-long workshop, and I wouldn't have been able to attend that without the help of CCS' BIPOC Scholarship.

To be frank, if I'd attempted to draw this comic on my own time, I probably would've A) Never finished it or B) Taken a hundred times longer to make it. Even with that, although I planned, drew, and inked this comic within one week, it's still taken me almost one year to edit, color, and format for print as well as design the cover, write transcripts of the pages (which by the way, if anyone has any feedback on what I could improve in my writing please tell me!!!), and write posts for social media.

Why'd it take so long? Because of life I guess! I'm not very good at sharing the work in process either, I'd rather post something when it's completely finished. Maybe I'll get better about that in the future, or maybe I'll just keep posting every 6 months. Either way I'm proud of myself for making this comic, and I'm eternally grateful for the supportive feedback from loved ones as well as instructors and classmates from the workshop!!!

I have copies of Boy Princess available for sale in my shop (as well as copies of Candlebot Comics #1, which has around 30 comics in it, wowza!) I hope you'll consider buying a copy and I hope you enjoy reading it :)

[360iris]

Backroom of a bad dream | dec. second ‘22 (fic)

marc spector x reader, moon knight system x reader x layla el-faouly, angst, hurt/comfort?

Dimly lit | dec. fourth ‘22 (blurb)

marc spector x reader x steven grant, fluff?? kinda

Rose-colored boy | dec. sixth ‘22 (blurb)

steven grant x reader, hurt/comfort? idk, it’s cute tho

Moon Knight System Dynamics | dec. 23rd ‘22 (drabble)

moon boys x reader, fluff

NSFW Moon Knight System HC + Blurbs | jan. 11th ‘23 (drabble)

moon boys x reader, smut

Make it awkward | jan. 14th ‘23 (fic)

steven grant x camgirl!reader, jake lockley x reader

Is just to love | jan. 24th ‘23 (blurb)

jake lockley x reader, fluff

Tu promesa de adorarme | feb. 8th ‘23 (blurb)

marc spector x reader, fluff

Call it bed rest | feb. 15th ‘23 (fic)

married bestfriend!layla el faouly x reader x marc spector, fluff + smut

Good days | feb. 24th ‘23 (fic)

vampire!steven grant x reader (feat. marc spector & jake lockley), smut

Précis | april 27th ‘23 (blurb)

marc spector x reader, smut

Me & U, Isn’t | april 28th ‘23 (fic)

santiago ‘pope’ garcia x reader, angst + smut

Bloom & Brew Coffeehouse: Lilac and Orchid | nov. 29th ‘23 (fic)

florist!steven grant x fem bipoc!oc, fluff/smut, cafe/flower shop au

So don’t run (they’re not so tough) | nov. fifth ‘22 (fic)

poly!marauders, angst and grief

With a feeling | nov. twentieth ‘22 (blurb)

poly!prongsfoot, mature

Falling in love (with a feeling) pt. I | nov. twenty-first ‘22 (series)

eventual poly!prongsfoot x reader, mature

Falling in love (with a feeling) pt. II | nov. twenty-fifth ‘22 (series)

eventual poly!prongsfoot x reader, mature

Girldad!James Potter + mafia au | nov. twenty-six ‘22 (blurb)

poly!marauders, fluff

— HARRY POTTER MASTERLIST (FICS)

— HARRY POTTER BLURBS

— BTS MASTERLIST (FICS)

float like a butterfly, sting like a bee 🐝

steven grant, moon knight

SMILE 📸 — you’re on camera!

marc spector, moon knight

a man after my own heart 🤍

marc spector, moon knight

only the best 🫶

din djarin, the mandolorian

my favorite cheaters 🤭💗

jonathan levy/mira levy, scenes from a marriage

who has the choice like Smarty does? nobody, nobody, nobody.

pedro pascal

oh, Levy! you’re so fine!

jonathan levy, scenes from a marriage

save who you can save

joel miller, the last of us hbo

just to sleep at night

steven grant, moon knight

she belongs to the 🌃

layla el faouly, moon knight

Oh???

frankie “catfish” morales, triple frontier

Out of her head, she sang

layla el faouly, moon knight

All I want is you now

marc spector, moon knight

Bodies, bodies, bodies…

steven grant & marc spector, moon knight

M a m a b o y 🖍️

steven grant & marc spector, moon knight

[duckprintspress]

Welcome to Duck Prints Press

Duck Prints Press LLC is an independent publisher based in New York State. Our founding vision is to work with fancreators to publish their original work. We are particularly dedicated to working with queer authors and artists to publish stories featuring characters from across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. We were founded in January 2021. We're fan-owned, queer-owned, and dedicated to working with diverse creators, whether they be queer, disabled, bipoc, neurodiverse, or any combination of the above!

Current Projects

The Twinned Trilogy by Tris Lawrence (f/f, m/m, and others, three-novel trilogy, modern with magic college setting; Kickstarter to (maybe) launch this winter - you can follow the campaign now!)

Anthology: Many Hands: An Anthology of Polyamorous Erotica (what it says on the tin: poly erotica; coming to our webstore, major retailers, and some libraries on October 30th!)

Anthology: A Year of Queer 2023 and A Spicy Year of Queer 2023 (a project featuring stand-alone short stories previously published by Duck Prints Press. Planning has been in hiatus but it's still coming we swear)

Novella: Scrap Metal Angel by Nicola Kapron (modern-with-magic adventure with horror elements, successfully crowdfunding October 2024. Campaign in fulfillment.)

Anthology: A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (what it says on the tin; art and fiction are currently in progress, crowdfunding will be during November 2024.)

Anthology: Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories (writing period underway!)

Monthly short stories are published to our website and our Patreon!

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Anthology: Aether Beyond the Binary (aetherpunk settings, main characters outside the gender binary; available on our website!)

Hockey Bois by A. L. Heard (m/m, modern sports setting, sloooooow burn romance; available on our website!)

Anthology: Aim For The Heart: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Alexandre Dumas's "The Three Musketeers" (what it says on the tin; available on our website!)

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To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh (m/f, explicit novella, trans male main character; available on our website!)

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[darkwood-sleddog]

Do you happen to know of any openly non-white and/or LGBT+ run or just non-chud run dog company that custom makes collar and harness patches?

I know that ONE company everyone swears by, but they sell thin blue line and red line and even GADSEN FLAG patches and are complete chuds because they are “law enforcement family” run and behave like it. Unfortunately, I’ve also seen a similar vibe from other places offering similar products.

I know that while they might do it, the last thing I’d wanna do is order a pride or trans flag patch, or god forbid an openly anti fascist one, from them and give them my money.

More commercial brands off the top of my head? No, mostly because patches are most often associated with tactical dog gear which does lean heavily towards those military/law enforcement types. Even if I skew searches towards service dog type patches, you will often find unsavory patches in their collections (such as puzzle peice autism patches).

What I would suggest: small artisans. they don't even have to be dog specific since velcro patches are popular away from dog centric gear. The only thing I would warn is it will be harder to find hooks and eyes/velcro patches that are from non-tactical shops as iron on/sew on tends to be the preference for clothing and fashion.

Paches OHoul is a LGBTQ+ owned shop that has patches (both iron on and hooks and eyes/velcro), pins, buttons etc. I've purchased pride pins from their shop before.

I also like Social Rebellion Patches

For anti fascism patches you're going to have to do a deeper dive, but I'd recommend punk centric shops. You'll have to decide for yourself if you feel comfortable supporting specific creators though because there are a wide variety of mind sets, even within leftist circles (for example a lot of shops that have patches I adore also are actively ARAs or are supportive of that mindset or actively promote violence against oppressors. You decide what you are comfortable with.)

@losech here on tumblr has an etsy shop where they make leashes and collars and has done custom work.

I unfortunately don't have a list of BIPOC owned dog supply companies, although they are certainly out there, I just cannot recommend items I have not tried myself and dog gear as an industry is overwhelmingly white.

Followers feel free to chime in with your reccomendations!

[mermaidsirennikita]

a while ago i remember you talking about books that felt more like adult fantasy but the writers were probably pushed into ya because it's more marketable, would you say the revrse in happening nowadays or is it still happening?

I still hear about authors who say that their agents ask them if an adult fantasy concept could be aged down for YA, so I think that's happening, but probably not as much as it once did.

I also think that a lot of younger authors are living in a world in which YA fantasy is still king—and for A TEENY fraction of authors, it still is, right? I know of a couple YA fantasy authors who got BIG advances (and good for them, but damn they were huge). But they are very much in the minority there. However, when you're working on your draft, when your agent is shopping your MS, it's easy to get big dreams about how huge your book is gonna be. And it's also easy to twist that into something where it's like, if you don't get it you've been overlooked or betrayed or lost or are they outlier, when in fact you're in the minority in that you got a pub deal, and you're in the majority in that your deal isn't anything mindblowing. This isn't a "your lucky to even be tradpubbed" take, because I also think that putting tradpub on a pedestal helps no one. It's just how I see it.

THAT BEING SAID... I do think that because YA sales are still more trad-dependent than, say, romance (not a lot of teens have their own KU accounts, I imagine) this leads to the toxic idea that there's this AMAZING WORLD where your YA Fantasy makes you famous, and if it doesn't you've lost, and it leads to authors still conforming to the YA is King mentality and producing an MS that would probably work a lot better for adults while selling it as a teen thing.

I can think of one book that I will not name—I respect the author. I tried to read it recently. That book would have worked a lot better as an adult fantasy novel, to me. The heroine was supposed to be this big, heavy, powerful character, and her being the age she was, and her issues and the violence of it all being directed towards teens versus adults (and teens can read adult books and adults can read YA, let's be clear, I'm talking categories and character ages, etc here) felt weird.

I will also add—the character in that book ended up in a poly relationship. I did not find that super well-explored for the two men, personally. But I do have high standards on that front. And I've gotta say; it's not that teens and The Youths can't have poly relationships. But "poly" is not a sexual orientation or gender identity, and I find that sometimes saying "poly rep"... it's true! But it's not "rep" in the same way as "queer rep" is "rep", as "BIPOC rep" is rep. Because to be in a polyamorous relationship is to make a decision, right? You grow into and work into being able to have a functional poly relationship. It takes a special type of person and it takes a lot of WORK, and I frankly don't buy that anyone in their early twenties or below can do that work lmao.

Which doesn't mean they won't try, but when it's in a YA novel—I have NO problem with teens reading it. I'm just kind of like "REALLY. REALLY. A LONG-TERM POLY COMMITMENT BETWEEN 18 YEAR OLDS. SURE JAN." Like, come on. I respect poly relationships, I know poly people, TRUST ME. I think a solid poly relationship is probably one of the most stable types of relationships out there. But holy shit. Trying to sell me on people that young making it work and that being meant to be for them just feels like... WHY WASN'T THIS ADULT???

And hey, I'll say—as I write this, I know that I I love Sierra Simone's Thornchapel series, where there's an MMF relationship between people in their early twenties. BUT THAT RELATIONSHIP... lmao. The way in which the HEA was achieved speaks to how aware Sierra was that these people were MESSED. UP. Same with Lyonesse, which involves Isolde in her early twenties. If we're going to those spaces, we aren't in YA territory. Or even CLOSE.

I think there's still this idea that YA fantasy is more dignified than fantasy romance, and I think that comes from a certain type of YA author and I think it's toxic as hell and untrue. But yeah, I still think some of them are encouraged to age down or choose to, for practical or personal or market reasons.

Then again, I think a book like Road of Bones would've been made a YA novel ten years ago, and it's not, so YAY!

[embersnail]

animal stickers :3

(other stickers in there are from some other queer artists that are worth checking out!)

[caninecowboy]

yesterday was absolutely WILD.

so, em and i decided to visit our undergrad chem profs at a brewery one of the profs owns and operates. and before that we decided to grab coffee, and quite literally, the FIRST coffee shop we go to who is manning the cashier but my fucking ex-boyfriend¹ AND THEN we walk on campus and we see the fucking PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY² and then we finally go to the brewery and all is well. we're upstairs with the profs and having a blast and then i walk downstairs and see another faculty member³

¹ this is the boyfriend who when i told him i loved him for the first time he just went "okay" and also when i broke up with him he told me he never imagined me in his future (we were 6 months into a relationship)

²the president of the university told me point blank that sometimes she can help/carry the trauma of students and sometimes she cant, and in my case she just can't (this was during a discussion about how the uni forcibly outed me and how much a problem that is lmao)

³this queer faculty member did so much white savior shit but my "favorite" is when i, the president of the queer org on campus, let her know that we're "opening" the club to include white people and she went, "oh that's so unfortunate. people of color really need their own spaces, it's hard to be a BIPOC in this world" and then when i went 'yeah man, i've known that since i was a kid' she insisted on finding out when and how i figured out racism was a thing LMAO

[dyemelikeasunset]

Can I ask where you shop for clothes? your style is 🤩

oh thank you so much!!

so disclaimer, I am a small fat (actual term on the scale of 'fategories', helpful to look up!!), but still plus size, so it's hard to find things that fit my ass sometimes lol. Bc the fashion world is very not friendly for anyone, I do end up shopping at places that are considered fast fashion. It's unfortunate and i'm trying to get better about my capitalist consumption, but again, being plus size is hard. It's about balancing what you can afford, how often you buy clothes, and looking into smaller businesses (especially Queer, Black, or Indigenous business)

But for pants, I often default to fast fashion like ASOS and Nova Men. They just unfortunately have the jeans that fit me best. They're both good places to start, if you have a similar body type to me and need more affordable options

I thrift a lot! And I also vulture department stores for deals and sales. I like Macy's a lot actually LOLLL, and I personally think Nordstrom is overrated. I really like off-price department stores too, like Saks Off 5th, which sell overstock from their more expensive branches.

For small businesses, I really like Stuzo Clothing for their fun shirts and hats. Black lesbian owned!

There's also the pretty well-known queer owned WILDFANG, which recently increased their sizes by a lot! I haven't bought from them just yet (they're style isn't really me as much), but I have seen their quality in person and it's good!

I've been a little obsessed with getting my jewelry from Vitaly. Don't think they're queer or bipoc owned though

ANYWAY sorry to ramble, hope that's some fun info for you to get started! Thanks for liking my style!

[zine-garden]

Rules & Guidelines

This is a long post, please do not be frightened by it! I have the guidelines and prompts up on my blog, but for the ease of mobile users, I am also making them blog posts.

tl;dr - Use ‘international zine month 2023’, or ’#international zine month’, so I can find your posts; use the submit box if you want; don't use the askbox for submissions. Respond to prompts! Post your zines, post your appreciation for other zines! Image descriptions recommended - Image description guidelines here!

International Zine Month begins July 1st! ✨

RULES FOR SUBMISSIONS

1. Submissions can be the following: Stolen Sharpie Revolution’s IZM prompts, the prompts on this blog, zines made by you, zine reviews, original blog posts and submissions (More info below!)

2. Please use one of these hashtags for ease of finding your submissions, ‘international zine month 2023’, or ’#international zine month’. You are also welcome to ping this blog!

3. I will be accepting late submission until August 31!

4. Nazis, TERFS, fascists fuck off. Bigotry and work promoting discrimination, oppression, or hate speech will not be allowed. This is different from zines with venting or personal prose.

To clarify: A zine about hating your boss or job is fine, a zine about how much you hate women, slur use, or a history revisionist work is unacceptable.

If submissions refer to people IRL, submissions must come pre-censored, whole names must be censored (first or last showing only)

Follow up, I will not be sharing posts that bashes other artists/people. This is an event for showing love to zines and zinesters!

5. NSFW and explicit content is allowed. I will moderate to make sure that proper tags are in use on this blog. I will not be accepting NSFW, lewd or gorey work via submit box or ask box. Please use your discretion with this! Please use appropriate trigger warnings. Please nest anything visually explicit in read more. I know zinesters that uses pixelated nudes in her work! Something like that is fine!

6. Work using AI image generators or tools like ChatGPT will not be shared and you will be blocked.

7. Submissions will be taken in constantly during the month of July, I can say no to anything I want and can take down posts at my discretion. It is very likely that I will schedule reblogs to space things out. I want to prioritize BIPOC zinesters for example.

GUIDELINES

What can I submit? (expanding on point #1)

Note that these are just guidelines, as long as you are doing something zine-related, I’m happy to share your work/post!

Semi-daily prompts and questions:

There are couple of ways to participate in semi-daily questions!

You can reblog the prompt and add your response underneath;

You can make an original blog post using the tags mentioned above.

You can also send me a submission via the ‘submit box’ in the sidebar. Please include the prompt or question you are responding to!

For anything that isn’t a prompt on this blog, but is still zine/zine culture related::

Make your own post, or send me something via the submit box!

Posting your own zines:

You can post your own zines, in celebration. Did you make a new zine recently, is it your FIRST zine ever, did you make a zine in response to any of the prompts? Do you have an older zine that you would like to give a little bit a love to?

Post your work! A photo of your work, scans, a digital file, a cropping, whatever you are comfortable with sharing!

Please indicate if your post is in response to one of the prompts.

Feel free to add your shop link, or how others can access your work. Keep in mind that not everyone wants to share their zines, so there is no pressure!

Please do not submit this type of post via inbox or submit box.

Posting other zines:

Some prompts will ask you about zines that you love or learned from! You are also invited to share loving reviews of zines that you love, or a simple appreciation! Please show those zines some love!

Make an original post!

Properly credit the artist and work. This includes: title, name, any social media username, if the artist has a website or shop, etc. Check to see if you are using the correct pronouns, if you can’t find any, refer to that person without gendered pronouns. Here is a style guide for that.

Please indicate if your post is in response to one of the prompts.

Please don’t re-post other artist’s images without permission, do not edit artist work. There is a difference between a photo or crop of a page you like, and a scan of content.

Preference is for photos of the work, or an image of the cover/cropping of a page if only a digital copy is what you have access to!

Please do not submit this type of post via inbox or submit box.

The ‘ask box’ or ‘inbox’ will be solely dedicated to answering questions about the event.

FORMATTING AND ACCESSIBILITY TIPS

These are just suggestions BTW!

Text posts: When making your own posts for any of the prompts, please include the prompt somewhere in your post. It is preferable if you emboldened the prompt or question that you are responding to; use the ‘bigger’ or ‘biggest’ text type in the post editor; or use the title feature. This helps with visual hierarchy, and makes it clearer to read! If you are adding a response to a question via reblogging, no need to worry.

Please avoid using special text that is copy and pasted from a ‘special text generator’. Emojis and symbols are okay, try not to use them in excess, especially if it is disrupting a text block.

Image descriptions: It is not a requirement to include alt text in your submissions, however, i am highly encouraging it even if it is a short description. When there is zero description, those with poor internet access and those using screen reader will only see and hear the word ‘image’. Submissions without image descriptions will be marked as such. If you misuse the alt text tool, your work will not be shared. I created a guide here: https://zine-garden.tumblr.com/image-description-guidelines.

[positivelyenby]

So GC2B released their statement, it seems they are going to be looking in depth into their systems for manufacturing. I don't really like that they said they never used cheaper materials but that is neither here nor there. They will also be sending out a survey in the upcoming weeks. I will have the statement transcribed below:

To our GC2B community:

First, I want to thank you all for the patience you've shown me and my team the past week.

Due to mental health reasons I haven't had much of a presence on social media for the past few years, so please allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Marli Washington (he/him). I am a BIPOC trans man, and the Founder/CEO of gc2b.

I originally designed this binder because I needed to feel affirmed in my own trans body. And I established gc2b because I wanted all of you to experience this same feeling of joy and euphoria. And believe me when I say this: I still want this for all of you. All of us at gc2b do.

I want you to know that I have read through your comments and watched your videos. I take your feedback seriously, and ai am deeply upset and concerned that some of you have not had the kind of affirming experience that we've always sought to provide with our products.

At gc2b we have spent a lot of time and energy investing in our various teams and processes, especially quality control. We have looked at our data, implanted new polices to protect customers, and maintained the structural integrity of our products. And given everything that I know, we have not changed or used cheaper materials.

But because we are committed to holding ourselves to the highest standards, over the next few weeks we plan to re-examine closely the company's existing systems and procedures related to quality, materials, and manufacturing. Additionally, we will be sending our surveys in the upcoming months to gather more information on your experiences, and plan to use that data to inform changes in our quality control, product development, and customer service.

While folks are welcomed to share their shopping experiences on social media, the survey will allow for us to properly compile verified information that will undoubtedly inform our next steps.

Stay tuned for further updates, but please do keep in mind that as a small business, all of this will take time.

In the meantime, please remember that binding comes with its own set of risks, but should not hurt or be painful. If that is the case for you, we recommend you stop immediately and contact our Customer Care Team for sizing and fit guidance.

Thank you for granting us this grace and space to improve and better show up for you.we are grateful and proud to have been able to serve you, the community for the last 8 years, and we look forward to continuing to be part of your journey. - Marli Washington

[mybiggaybooktour]

Nothing says spring time like a cozy read featuring dueling florists. 🌸

Signs up will be open for A Tale of Two Florists from now until May 26th.

To sign up to be a host click HERE

The new florist in town wants to live her best life.

The hometown florist’s life is just fine as it is, thank you very much.

When the petals stop flying, will they find love, or will both their worlds come tumbling down?

Minnie Thomas wouldn’t change a thing. The septuagenarian sees her closest friend every day, she owns the most successful (and only) flower shop in Juniper Creek, and she loves her star employee, Kat, like family. But when Kat inexplicably quits and Minnie’s friend goes out of town, Minnie’s stable world tilts off-kilter—especially when Kat’s newly arrived free-spirited grandmother opens a flower shop just down the street.

Eleanor Lennox is determined to embrace life again and get to know Kat better. She promised her late wife she would open a flower shop, but she never counted on resistance from Kat’s infuriating former employer. When the mayor asks the two of them to work together on the upcoming Sunflower Festival, Eleanor tries to smooth things over for Kat’s sake—but the feisty florist only works harder to run her out of town. Well, two can play that game.

After connecting during a road trip to pick up flower barrels for the festival, Minnie and Eleanor form a budding relationship—which shrivels when Minnie’s friend announces she’s moving. Will Minnie cling to the past so tightly that she misses out on the beauty the present has to offer her—love with Eleanor?

Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+ Representation: Lesbian, nonbinary, queer (general), BIPOC TW: None