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US Vogue November 15, 1957

In the foreground on the left, leaning on the hood of a "62" Cadillac convertible, Mary McLaughlin wears a coat. By B. Weinstein, from "Autumn Haze", Emba natural brown mutation mink, over a matching wool dress by Pauline Trigère. Shoes, Evins. In the background on the right, perched on the Eldorado Biarritz convertible, Anne St. Marie in a coat of Umpa natural dark ranch mink by Ben Kahn.

Au premier plan à gauche, adossée sur le capot d'une Cadillac cabriolet "62", Mary McLaughlin porte un manteau. Par B. Weinstein, de "Autumn Haze", vison de mutation marron naturel Emba, sur une robe en lainage assortie de Pauline Trigère. Chaussures, Evins. Au fond sur la droite, perchée sur le cabriolet Eldorado Biarritz, Anne St. Marie en manteau de vison ranch foncé naturel Umpa de Ben Kahn.

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Elle Campbell Wins Their Weekend by Ben Kahn

Ferris Bueller's Day Off meets Gamer Girl for middle grade in this hilarious, heartfelt story about a non-binary kid trying to figure out who they are at home, at school, and in the fandom that changed their life.

All Elle Campbell wants to do is meet their hero, non-binary icon Nuri Grena. Well, okay, they'd like a bit more than that -- they'd like to learn how to do cat eye makeup, for queen bee Casey to stop critiquing their outfits, and for the finale of Elle's favorite show to have been less terrible. But meeting Nuri means the most of all.

So when Elle learns that Nuri is coming to town for book signing on Saturday, Elle is thrilled. It's the perfect chance to meet their hero! Elle's never been happier since they came out as non-binary, but they have a lot of questions -- questions only Nuri can answer.

But Elle's dreams are dashed when an altercation with a surly substitute teacher lands Elle in Saturday detention. Elle is ready to give up until their two best friends come up with a plan to bust them out of school. A plan so outrageous, it just might work.

Yet that's just step one. The kids also have to make their way across town with no money, no phones... and no driver's licenses. But they refuse to give up -- even if that means "borrowing" scooters from elementary school loan sharks, or winning a laser tag tournament with a cash prize.

Comic-author Ben Kahn makes their middle grade debut with this zany, heartfelt love letter to friendship, John Hughes movies, and the power of accepting who you are . . . even when there's no set map for where you're going.

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RENEGADE RULE

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Preview: Monster High: Howliday Haunt #1

Monster High: Howliday Haunt #1 preview. Blankets of snow have settled over Monster High, which can only mean that the Howliday Ball is around the coroner #comics #comicbooks #monsterhigh

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Scenes From Flame Con 2023 @ Times Square Sheraton (Part 2)

Scenes From Flame Con 2023 @ Times Square Sheraton (Part 2)

Welcome back my friends to some more coverage of the 2022 Flame Con. This LGBTQ+ Comic Convention is the longest and largest running of its kind and comes care of the folks over at GeeksOUT. This was their first time back since the 2019 event based on the pandemic and I was only able to attend on the first day due to a really hectic schedule for the website. I’ll pick up where I left off with the…

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god i wish the escape room movies had more of an audience becuase i NEED to talk about danny kahn like like LIKE

spoilers below obviously

this kid is the youngest player (I don't think it's specified but he's at oldest early 20's) and he lost his ENTIRE FAMILY to carbon monoxide poisoning either very recently or REALLY YOUNG (I can't remember if we know) and is also he is so fucking good at escape rooms like really good at escape rooms

and then he has the only death that's pretty much exclusively unavoidable regardless of how clever you are

like you can make the argument it wouldn't have happened if ben hadn't been a dick but also there were clearly explosives in the ice and a fast current and regardless it's clear minos wanted to kill him; it wasn't about luck it wasn't about being smarter it wasn't about making mistakes he just dies because they explode the ice he's standing under

and it almost makes you wonder if minos had underestimated him? like they hadn't realized quite how good he'd be, and wanted it to come down to luck more than it came down to skill or maybe they HADN'T underestimated him but his death had just been a preplanned and especially cruel way of setting the stakes for the other players

like idk where im going with this and it's not expanded upon at all in the movie because he dies first and obviously from like an Art perspective he's clearly just the peppy, vaguely likable scapegoat character who dies first so the audience invested in the stakes but also I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIM I WANT FANFIC ABOUT HIM I WANT TO THINK ABOUT DANNY KAHN FROM THE ESCAPE ROOM MOVIES-

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Turn: Washington’s Spies Characters as songs from Midnights

I was inspired by this post and upon making my Ben Tallmadge playlist on Spotify, I started listening to Midnights by Taylor Swift again and a few characters came into my mind when listening so, here it is! 

This is just for fun, I know some lyrics may not match with the characters but I based it off more on vibes than literally. 

Anti-Hero: Abraham Woodhull 

This song is 100% Abe! He’s turned into quite the anti-hero to me. I’m three seasons in so far and he’s come a long way from just being a quiet cabbage farmer. He’s killed an English officer, cheated on his wife, set up Robert Townsend’s dad’s attack... Abe is our anti-hero for sure <3 

Midnight Rain/Maroon/Glitch: Anna Strong 

UGH. MY FRICKEN GIRL. I love Anna so much: she’s fearless, compassionate and strong all in one. I felt Midnight Rain was a good fit because she truly goes by the beat of her own drum, no matter what it could mean for someone else. She jumps off the boat for the cause and for Abe, she only wanted to marry Hewlitt to protect him... she’s much deeper than what people think she is throughout the show. I love it. Maroon because this reminded me of her and Abe’s relationship. I love them together but it is wrong because you have to account for Mary (although I know it doesn’t have anything to do with her) but I think at some point Anna realizes how toxic it was and how it didn’t serve it. I find myself feeling bad for Anna a lot because she really doesn’t have anyone in Setauket. I was happy to see her find a home at the rebel camp with Ben and Caleb. Glitch is the more happier version of Abe and her’s relationship. 

Bejeweled: Peggy Shippen 

Another one of my favorite characters. Peggy got herself into trouble but I was rooting for her and Andre until the end, and especially when she was forced to marry Arnold, I wanted my girl to be safe! This song just screams confidence and self-assurance, which is what I think of when I think of Peggy. 

Karma: Caleb Brewster 

Caleb is so fun and so is this song. I love how he doesn’t take things too seriously, even if his own life is in danger. Karma I think has always worked out in his favor and he knows he’ll avenge the people that need avenging.

Vigilante Shit: Mary Woodhull 

Mary REALLY SHOCKED ME ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. Some of her actions come out of nowhere but at the most important times. When she immediately came up with a plan to cover Mr. Baker’s death to when she tries to kill Simcoe herself. SHE IS A BAD BITCH. And I grew to love her. I think she uses the way people think so little of her (fragile, sweet woman) to her advantage. The lyrics “ladies always rise above, ladies know what people want, someone sweet and kind and fun, the lady simply had enough...” Don’t fuck with my girl Mary. 

Lavender Haze: John Andre & Peggy Shippen 

Their relationship was beautiful and tragic. Truly fucking tragic. I think the beginning of their relationship was a lot of fun and light-hearted, and so full of love, which is I think the “lavender haze” fade. It’s just John and Peggy: no judgmental people and the world watching. HONORABLE MENTION: Paris. In another world, John Andre escapes to Europe with Peggy and they live happily in Paris <3. 

Mastermind: Ben Tallmadge and John Andre

I had to give this song to both of them! Our spymasters! Both men of honor. Both doing their jobs for country and for King. 

The Great War/You’re On Your Own, Kid/Bigger than the Whole Sky: Ben Tallmadge 

*Sighs.* Ben <3 I love him so much. I think The Great War makes a great Ben inspired fanfic song. I feel like Ben keeps a lot of his true feelings to himself; he’s not going to go any one person to vent about how he feels inside. He locks it up in a box, tucks it away, and throws out the key. He’s always at a crossroads about the war and sometimes himself; someone has to make the tough decisions and plans and it’s him. When Anna says “you ask too much of people.” That’s why I chose this song for him. You’re On Your Own, Kid is big Ben and George vibes. George is clearly someone Ben looks up to but there are moments (I think) Ben realizes his hero is flawed (just like everyone else, including him.) And I think in season 3 Ben starts to realize that this war isn’t so black and white. Which leads me into Bigger than the Whole Sky, I think this is a song for Ben and Sarah </3. The song by itself is truly so, so sad, but when you put it in context with what happened with Ben and Sarah... it will shred your heart. I’M SORRY!!!! 

HONORABLE MENTION: Epiphany from folklore for Ben Tallmadge. This is the ULTIMATE Ben song for me. 

Another honorable mention is This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things from reputation for George Washington and Benedict Arnold. This song speaks for itself, LOL. 

Let me know if anyone here happens to love/watch Turn: Washington’s Spies AND loves Taylor’s music! Would love to hear other perspectives or maybe if you think a song belongs to someone else. <3 

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hold me he say hallelujah the midnight's become my noon

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US Vogue November 15, 1952

VOGUE PATTERN NO. 7856: Nancy Berg wears a black and white tweed print dress in Regency-Martin surah silk. The small linen bib is removable. Coat in black-dyed Alaskan sealskin, by Ben Kahn. Hat, by John Frederics.

PATRON VOGUE N° 7856: Nancy Berg porte une robe imprimé tweed noir et blanc de soie surah Regency-Martin. Le petit plastron en lin est amovible. Manteau en peau de phoque à fourrure d'Alaska teint en noir, chez Ben Kahn. Chapeau, par John Frederics.

Photo Horst P. Horst vogue archive

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Helmut Newton - Coat by Halston for Ben Kahn (Vogue 1978)

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Star Trek TOS crew biographies

There are plenty of detailed biographies of the TOS crew, both online and in reference books. But I wanted to check what actually appears in the Original Series and the six TOS movies about this subject (that is, not counting secondary sources or later series). And the result is... very little, actually. I was surprised by the amount of data that I took for granted, just to find out it came from a novel or wasn't 100% set in stone. This is what I could find about each major character, just judging from the TOS series and movies. Feel free to add to this or correct mistakes.

James Tiberius Kirk:

Although in the series he's referred just as James T. Kirk, his middle name "Tiberius" appears in Star Trek VI. "Tiberius" was also his middle name in TAS episode Bem, and the novel The Galactic Whirlpool (both by Gerrold), as well as in Roddenberry's TMP novelization. So yeah, no doubts about his name.

He was born in Iowa (Star Trek IV) and had one brother, George Samuel Kirk, and three nephews (What are little girls made of?). Sam married a woman named Aurelan (Operation: Annihilate).

Kirk was 34 in The Deadly Years. Assuming each season is a year of the five year mission, he could be 33 at the start of the series. And this is the only reference for his age I could find. As for actual dates, I didn't find anything, except his statement in Star Trek IV that he comes from the late 23rd century. (It wouldn't be until Voyager episode Q2, that a date was given for the end of the five-year mission: 2270. This follows Michael Okuda's Star Trek Chronology, and all other dates for TOS are inferred from this).

At age 13 he witnessed the massacre of Tarsus IV (Kodos was governor twenty years ago, in The Conscience of the King).

At age 18 he had just entered the Academy and was tormented by Finnegan. At this time he also met Ruth (fifteen years before Shore Leave).

He served in the USS Republic as an ensign, at some unspecified time after his Academy years, where he reported Ben Finney for negligency (Court Martial).

At age 21 he visited the planet Neural and befriended Tyree (thirteen years before A private little war).

He teached at the Academy as a lieutenant. One of his students was his friend Gary Mitchell (Where No Man has Gone Before).

He was a lieutenant in the USS Farragut at age 23 (eleven years before Obsession), where he first encountered the cloud creature that massacred his crewmates.

Kirk had a relationship with Areel Shaw when he was 29 (four years before Court Martial).

He became captain of the USS Enterprise after Pike. If we suppose TOS first season happens during the first year of the five-year mission, Kirk was around 37 at the end of this mission.

There's a big gap of fifteen years between Space Seed and the second movie. And apart from the five-year mission, most of those years are unaccounted for. Kirk's been an admiral for two years and a half at the start of TMP. But we don't know if he became an admiral right after the Enterprise's mission, or much later. That is, we don't know at what point of that gap take place the events of TMP. Around this time, both Spock and McCoy had retired from Starfleet, though they both returned when Kirk took the Enterprise again for the V'Ger incident.

By The Wrath of Kahn, Kirk should be 48 years old (fifteen years since he left Kahn stranded in Space Seed). If David is around 30, Kirk's relationship with Carol could have been at the Academy, but it's also possible that David is younger.

The third and fourth films happen shortly after The Wrath of Kahn, but no idea how much time elapsed since then and the fifth and sixth films (though see the info for McCoy).

Spock

Known simply as "Spock". His full name is considered unpronounceable for humans, though the novel Ishmael gives it as "S'chn T'gai Spock".

His parents are Sarek and Amanda (Journey to Babel). Amanda's last name was never given, though TAS episode Yesteryear, some novels, and the 2009 reboot film establishes it as "Grayson". Spock also has a half-brother: Sybok (Star Trek V).

I couldn't find anything about Spock's actual age during the series/movies.

He was betrothed to T'Pring at age seven (Amok Time).

He probably joined Starfleet eighteen years before Journey to Babel, since that's the time he spent not speaking with Sarek. If he joined Starfleet at 18 years old, he'd be 36 by season two (but that's just a supposition).

He was part of Pike's crew thirteen years before The Menagerie, during the events in Talos IV. He'd be 22 by then. Spock served under Pike for eleven years (also from The Menagerie). That means Kirk had been captain of the Enterprise for at least two years before season one.

After that, Spock's career runs more or less in parallel with Kirk's, so I won't go over it again.

Leonard H. McCoy

His middle initial first appears in Star Trek III, as well as the name of his father: David. The novel Provenance of Shadows explains the middle initial as "Horatio", but other novels call him "Leonard Edward McCoy" (???).

Much of his biographical background comes from the "Writer's Guide" by Roddenberry and Fontana, but never made it to the series. That includes the fact he's 45 (by season one?) and born in Georgia. As well as the fact that he's divorced and joined Starfleet as a result of this, and that he has a 20 year old daughter (Joanna). Presumably, the story of his divorce and Joanna would have appeared in The Way to Eden, but the story was severely altered. His daughter is mentioned, but without name, in TAS episode The Survivor, and in several novels. The Gold Key comics call her "Barbara" instead. His ex-wife is given different names in the novels and comics: Honey, Jocelyn, Joan, Gillian...

No idea when he joined Starfleet (that depends on how long was his marriage), or when he met Kirk.

Ten years before The Man Trap, he had a romance with Nancy Crater. Though in the episode he sometimes says he knew her twelve years ago, and other times ten years ago. Either it's a mistake, or the relationship simply lasted two years (though McCoy's doubts about Nancy remembering him, imply the relationship wasn't very long).

At some point, he visited Capella IV for a few months (Friday's Child).

He served in the Enterprise for 27 years (Star Trek VI), but only under Kirk, it seems. If he was 45 when he started, he'd be 72 in the last film, and Kirk would be 60 years old.

Note on McCoy's age in later series

The "Writer's Guide" statement that McCoy was 45 at the time of TOS, was contradicted by later series. In TNG episode Encounter at Farpoint, he's said to be 137 years old. While in the episode The Neutral Zone (also from TNG season one) the year is 2364. As both episodes probably happen in the same year, McCoy would have been born in 2227. Since, according to Voyager, the five-year mission lasted from 2266 to 2270, McCoy would have been 39 at the start of the mission. I'm following the Writer's Guide figure, however, because I consider this document more relevant for TOS itself. After all, many things that are facts in later series, aren't the same in TOS, and viceversa. Also, considering that the age of the characters seems to be close to the age of the actors, I find more likely that McCoy was 45, and not 39, at the start of TOS. To give you an idea, Shatner was 36 in season two (Kirk was 34), Nimoy was also 36 (just as Spock) and Kelley was 47. The twelve year gap between Kirk and McCoy, would be almost the same as the eleven year gap between Shatner and Kelley.

Montgomery Scott

Very little about him, but at least we got his full name in the series. He's supposed to be Scottish, and has lived in Aberdeen (Wolf in the Fold).

Apart from being Chief Engineer in the Enterprise, he was engineer advisor in a freighter, running from Deneva to the asteroid belt (Operation: Annihilate).

Uhura

We never knew her first name in TOS! This is one of the things that surprised me the most. However, "Nyota" is her first name in the reboot films, the new series, and well before that, the novel The Entropy Effect.

She was probably born in east Africa, since her native language seems to be Swahili (the language she reverted to when her memory was wiped in The Changeling). Thanks to user @sapsuckers-and-stardust for pointing this out.

Very, very little about her bio background. Most of it has to be collected from novels or comics, and those never intended to be coherent with each other.

Hikaru Sulu

Though his first name was unknown for a long time, it was revealed to be "Hikaru" in Star Trek VI. But before this, he was also called Hikaru in The Entropy Effect.

Sulu was born in San Francisco (Star Trek IV).

Again, almost nothing of his bio in the series/movies. Though the DC comics explored his character significantly. And in Star Trek: Generations, he had a daughter, Demora.

By Star Trek VI, he was finally a captain of his own ship, the Excelsior.

Pavel Andreievich Chekov

His full name appears first in The Way to Eden, where we also learn he had a romance with Irina Galliulin at the Academy.

Chekov has no siblings (Day of the Dove).

He's 22 by season two (Who mourns for Adonais?).

After serving in the Enterprise, he was first officer in the USS Reliant during The Wrath of Kahn, though he returned with Kirk after the Reliant's destruction.

Christine Chapel

She abandoned her career in bio-research to sign aboard the Enterprise as a nurse, and search after her fiancé Roger Korby (What are little girls made of?) Strangely enough, a few episodes before, she had confessed her love for Spock. She chose to stay in the ship after finding out Korby was dead.

By the time of TMP, she was a doctor in the Enterprise, though she doesn't appear as part of the crew in the later movies.

Janice Rand

She served as a yeoman in the Enterprise during the early five-year mission, but disappears from the series afterwards.

In TMP, she's the transporter chief. And in Star Trek IV, Janice is seen at Starfleet Command, along with Chapel.

By Star Trek VI, she was the communications officer of the Excelsior, under Sulu.

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Oni reveals four YA and Middle-Grade Graphic Novels debuting Spring 2025

Oni reveals four YA and Middle-Grade Graphic Novels debuting Spring 2025 #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel

Oni Press has announced four fantastically colorful and captivating YA and middle-grade graphic novels making their debut in the spring of 2025! Spanning science fiction, action-adventure, and LGBTQ+ stories of self-discovery, these books have something for readers of any age and interest. Get ready for four brand-new worlds created by critically acclaimed knockout writers Ben Kahn (GLAAD Award…

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Just to throw in an important observation: it does seem like those last few polls were reblogged much more than the ones in the beginning. The last one, final one, was reblogged 88 times. I’m not trying to defend anybody, I simply think it might be connected to the large number of voters. I reblogged it twice myself and I have 900 followers. I hope that’s the reason and not cheating!

i've gotten a couple of messages since the poll closed, and i'm going to use this ask to give a blanket reply about how i'm proceeding on this situation

today, i went on a bit of an investigation, and basically my conclusion was, yes there likely was someone who cheated in the poll, BUT it would have required an EXTREME effort on their part to flip the poll with as significant of a margin as this one had. their past efforts of doing this have all been in SIGNIFICANTLY smaller polls

the final numbers of today's poll were 372 votes for andre and 529 for washington. for andre to be the rightful winner, at least 158 of the washington votes would have had to be the same person voting over and over on sock accounts. is that possible? technically yes, but honestly if someone is really unwell enough to make 158 sock accs to vote for george washington, maybe they just deserve the dub because how does one even fight that level of crazy lmaooo

also, as mentioned by anon, i have noticed a trend between number of reblogs and number of votes. this poll got more than double the amount of reblogs than the ben and peggy one, and that one had over 500 votes. this poll definitely came across a lot of people's dashboards because it would have been seen by the followers of everyone who reblogged it, and those followers really could be anyone. my blog alone has nearly 600 followers (and even tho not all of my followers are active or real people for that matter, that's still a lot)

i would wager that a significant chunk of the voters were blogs completely unaffiliated with turn or even the broader amrev fandom. i know that i personally have voted in random polls that i see on my dash, even if i'm not the intended audience for them. it would not be shocking to me if washington got a lot of votes because: 1. people saw a the blog they follow asking for them to vote washington, 2. washington is more recognizable to the normies than andre is, 3. people looked at the picture and thought ian kahn's george washington looked hotter than jj field's john andre. and i also do believe that a good chunk of the people who saw this poll probably voted for andre too; he got 372 votes himself after all, which is by no means a small number. it was more votes than ben got in the poll against peggy, and it was more votes than andre himself got when he won against abigail

while there are some measures i could take to re-do the poll and maybe make it more secure, i don't really see much of a point. i blocked the main person who is known for doing this (for reasons that extend even beyond the cheating allegations), but i can't block their fake accounts that i don't know exist, and i cannot stop them from making fake accounts, deleting those accounts, and then making new accounts with the same email just to vote again. at the end of the day, this was just a hottie bracket and it was just for fun. i don't really see much of a point in stressing myself out over this

it's been a pleasure hosting this bracket for everyone, and i hope everyone had fun with it regardless of the results. something about it's the journey, not the destination lol. and congrats to george washington and dilf enjoyers everywhere!!

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Jessica Ford in tailored black Persian lamb coat with notched revers and big patch pocket by Ben Kahn, mink hat by Irene of New York, bag by Nettie Rosenstein, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, November 1956.