#QTA

[natashaliy]

I really thought this was what was going to happen, I would have loved it

"sape" means like "gtfo" in spanish lol

[futuretrain]

i have to say this, unfortunately, but you cannot convince me that, despite all the proclamations and regurgitations of the "nobody cares if you have sex or not" talking point, that a lot of people, including those who consider themselves progressive, don't have a random, kneejerk i'd even say, rabid hatred towards aspecs.

time and time again, all over the discourseTM we keep seeing the same sentiment brought up: "nobody cares, you're not being bigoted against, this is not a problem, you're not special, get out". just anecdotally, i saw someone just an hour ago reply to a post of an aspec woman sharing her experience of being prescribed unneeded and unasked for contraceptives for being asexual with "they do that to all women, it has nothing to do with your asexuality."

it makes me very bitter and very angry that instead of seeing us, then, as natural allies who are fighting the same fight and want to achieve progress in the same direction, so many people would rather spend valuable time and resources to kick us out. people who experience the same type of issue as you are and fighting to end it are not "piggybacking" off of the movement, they are the movement.

if you are more concerned about aspecs "feeling special" or "looking for reasons to be oppressed" and would rather throw us in the water than accept us sitting in the same boat, you might be poking more holes in your own ship; in the end, you will sink too.

[wally-b-feed]

Anthony Fineran (B 1981), Si Lloras QTA, 2023

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[kyonshi-8610]

hindi bida ang saya mga syug kingina ang sama ng tingin ng gago nato minura ba naman ako putangina mamatay ka sana chilchuck tims

[kikifem]

Asexual moid appreciation posts keep showing up on my timeline. I’m extremely “acephobic” and I hate men. Stop.

[harapeveco]

How long do you think it will take my boss to notice there’s a Qta on his board

[kyuutaflan]

[uh-mozzaza]

Not All Girls Are Stupid by Q-ta (@ murasakibashi on twitter)

[ur-local-kiwi]

i need to make more eve splat au stuff frfr,,,,,

[natashaliy]

More redraws of cool manga panels in my style because I got 0 imagination yayy

[futuretrain]

i feel like there's a decoupling of "queer stories" from "stories" happening in the minds of some people, where it is becoming it's own genre where each text must fit so and so idea, or it does not deserve to exist. but like. not every story/text appeals to everyone everywhere, and same as that, not every queer story is meant to appeal to everyone, because they're not a monolith - they're *stories*.

there is a world of difference between saying "i don't like this story centering on queer themes for so and so reasons" (and i may or may not agree with you on your reading in that case) and saying "this text is an affront to queer stories and should not exist, queer stories are supposed to be about [things i enjoy] Or Else" (i will not agree with you even if i dislike the text for similar reasons to yours)

the way to getting more sophisticated and interesting queer art is NOT by stopping other kinds of queer art. it is, in fact, probably the opposite

[lesbicastagna]

[iangelalove]

Tem música "chico" na minha cabeça agora comigo comido

[jariten]

MAY-JUNE 2024 ROUNDUP!

No intro as I've got nothing to say aside from, well everything I want to say about these titles so lets get to it

Baby Blue Heaven by Nao Tsutsumitani is the story of Shouko who had to take the place of her late mother in the household, meaning she is day in and day out doing thankless jobs for thankless people. Like her shut-in father who takes her presence for granted, and her runaway sister who suddenly reappears highly pregnant. At the brink of her sanity Shouko must make a decision between the comfort of her family members who refuse to take care of themselves, and freedom and agency for herself. While a short read that imo could've worked and been even more engaging long form (and it's messaging could've been even harsher!) I found its conclusion to be very effective. Not to mention I also find it very satisfying to experience works like this that allow women to reject the familial structures that they involuntarily have to participate in.

Ball and Chain is Minami Qta's most recent work and currently serialized on the website Shuro. Ball and Chain follows two different people. One is a middle aged housewife contemplating divorce from her husband who acts like she doesn't even exist. But how can she pursue divorce when she is unable to work to support herself after a bout of severe illness? The second is Kei, a gender nonconforming woman engaged to a man who becomes even less and less supportive as their wedding approaches. Feeling more conflict with who she is, as opposed to how she's perceived Kei questions her sexuality as well as gender identity. While I'm still only on the first volume I am so looking forward to reading the rest of this story. Kei's storyline I am especially looking forward to as Minami Qta are tapping into their own gender journey as a nonbinary person which they've been very open about on social media. Not to mention it made me really want to go back and explore their whole manga catalogue, yet another project I can't wait to get to! (soon?🥲)

I also finally got to read the works of Fumiko Okada. One of the very young breakout stars of Osamu Tezuka's manga magazine COM, and is several of my favorite manga artists' favorite manga artist. ODESSEY 1966-2005 compiles most her works from the COM era as well as some of her doujinshi work from the late 1960's. The way she played with not just style but also form and technique is to this day still no other comic read from anywhere really. I don't know how else to describe it other than the stories are unquestionably dreamlike but with a tangible form to them. While her legacy from COM is talked about by some like that of legends today, the rest of her career is rather sad. She unfortunately retired from manga very early, had a brief comeback in the late 1970's on the encouragement of Moto Hagio and her editor, but soon after put away her pen again. She attempted one more comeback in the 1990's but was this time actively discouraged from returning to manga when she was told by Keiko Takemiya that she no longer understood the industry. She then passed away in 2005 only 55 years old. Some of her one-shots I know have been scanlated here and there but I hope a collection like this become licensed in english in the near future esp as this collection excluded her comeback works.

Last I just want to highlight Kefuzo Kataku wo: Kasuga no Tsubone by Riyoko Ikeda. A fictionalized account of the life of Lady Kasuga no Tsubone who was a key figure in the Tokugawa Shogunate when she became the wetnurse of Iemitsu. I really liked how it had the time to tell a story that highlighted the tensions of a country moving from a period of constant war and conflict to a peaceful one and how the internal politics had to be navigated to keep this new government from immediately collapsing on itself. And I loved seeing that Ikeda can totally pull off a Japanese historical setting as well. The art is lush and detailed, we aren't spared on the grisly details either and went down way easier than other works made explicitly on commission as "learn history/litterature from manga" that I've read. (though in most of those cases the fault lies in me not having the basic education on Japanese history that high schoolers in Japan have gone through.)

[catacatiuss]

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