#c: jordan ellis

[evphorium]

"Normally I'd pretend I have no idea what you're talking about but I actually have no idea what you're talking about."

open to females. joshua belmont – former navy seal of military veterans, suffers from ptsd after a classified mission gone wrong. quiet, calculating with a fierce sense of loyalty.

"we need to talk about that little stunt you pulled earlier."

[crowclubkaz]

💚👁️🕸️ In honour of The Magnus Protocol releasing today, here are some book recommendations based on The Magnus Archives Fears!! 🕸️👁️💚

Detailed list of books below the cut!

For more book recommendations, especially queer horror, check out my Bookstagram @hauntedstacks

The Buried ⚰️ - Into the Sublime by Kate A. Boorman - Stuck by Ben Young - The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling - The Deep by Nick Cutter

The Corruption 🦠 - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher - Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris - The Honeys by Ryan La Sala - She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

The Dark 🌑 - Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes - Nightfall by Jake Halpern & Peter Kujawinski - No Power by Todd Kirby - The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

The Desolation 🔥 - Firestarter by Stephen King - Burner by Robert Ford - Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta - Burn the House Down by Kenna Jenkins

The End 💀 - Funeral Girl by Emma K. Ohland - Pet Sematary by Stephen King - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune - This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

The Extinction 🦴 - Lost Signals by Max Booth III - Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy - No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz - The Rules of the Road by C.B. Jones

The Eye 👁️ - Video Palace by Maynard Wills - Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie - A History of Fear by Luke Dumas - The Watchers by A.M. Shine

The Flesh 🦷 - You’ve Lost A Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca - Carnivore by Justin Boote - A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers - Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

The Hunt 🏹 - Hunt by Alexandra Nisneru - The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins - Survive the Night by Danielle Vega - The Hunger by Alma Katsu

The Lonely ☁️ - Red River Seven by A.J. Ryan - Solitude by Michael Penning - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Slaughter 🥩 - Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin - Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis - The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas

The Spiral 🌀 - That Darkened Doorstep by Catherine Jordan - Mind the Mirrors by Amanda Leanne - Grey Noise by Marcus Hawke - Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

The Stranger🕴️ - It Looks Like Us by Alison Ames - My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix - The Deep by Alma Katsu - The Outside by Stephen King

The Vast 🪂 - From Below by Darcy Coates - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant - Floating Staircase by Ronald Mafi - Nightmare Sky by Red Lagoe

The Web 🕸️ - The Taking of Jake Livingston - The Fervor by Alma Katsu - The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig - Come Closer by Sarah Gran

If You Like The Magnus Archives 💚 - Thirteen Stories by Jonathan Sims - Family Business by Jonathan Sims - Gas Station by Jack Townsend - Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

[bikinibottomdayz]

NOVEMBER 10, 2024 RELEASE

All my videos can be found here, full release under the read more! If interested, please contact me at bikinibottomtrading@gmail.com!

This release includes: Romeo + Juliet, & Juliet (cast change), Death Becomes Her, Moulin Rouge! (Aaron + JoJo), Ragtime, Safety Not Guranteed

& JULIET October 27, 2024 (E) | Broadway | 4K MP4 (10.56GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Maya Boyd (Juliet), Alison Luff (Anne), Drew Gehling (Shakespeare), Megan Kane (u/s Nurse), Paulo Szot (Lance), Justin David Sullivan (May), Philippe Arroyo (Francois), Ben Jackson Walker (Romeo), Phil Colgan (s/w Crosse/Bathroom Attendant), Andrew Chappelle (Lord Capulet/Sly), Virgil Gadson (Augustine), Makai Hernandez (Richard), Najah Hetsberger (Lady Capulet/Nell), Joomin Hwang (Kempe), Khailah Johnson (Judith/Rosaline), Ava Noble (s/w Titania), Jasmine Raphael (Imogen), Matt Raffy (Gregory), Bex Robinson (Charion), Tiernan Tunniclffe (Eleanor/Benvolio) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of cast change performance! Final performance for Philippe, Justin, Ben, Phil, Andrew, Virgil, Megan, Jasmine, Matt, Bex, and Tiernan. Minor obstruction that blocks off some action on the right but is worked around well. Some moments of wandering and unfocusing. Includes curtain call and the post-show speech, audio is fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBPL3Y | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL MAY 2, 2025

DEATH BECOMES HER October 23, 2024 | Broadway (Previews) | 4K MP4 (10.07GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Megan Hilty (Madeline Ashton), Jennifer Simard (Helen Sharp), Christopher Sieber (Ernest Melville), Michelle T. Williams (Viola Van Horn), Marija Abney (Ensemble), Lauren Celentano (Ensemble), Sarita Colón (Ensemble), Kaleigh Cronin (Ensemble), Natalie Charle Ellis (Ensemble), Taurean Everett (Ensemble), Michael Graceffa (Ensemble), Neil Haskell (Ensemble), Kolton Krouse (Ensemble), Josh Lamon (Ensemble), Sarah Meahl (Ensemble), Ximone Rose (Ensemble), Sir Brock Warren (Ensemble), Bud Weber (Ensemble), Ryan Worsing (Ensemble), Warren Yang (Ensemble) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of this show’s first preview! Minor head obstruction on the far left and on the bottom, doesn't block action except for a few moments. Some short blackouts scattered throughout the show because of people getting up and walking the aisles. Increased wandering / readjustment and unfocusing throughout. Includes curtain call, audio is fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBPwL6 | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL MAY 2, 2025

MOULIN ROUGE! October 2, 2024 (E) | Broadway | 4K MP4 (10.43GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Joanna "JoJo" Levesque (Satine), Aaron Tveit (Christian), Patrick Clanton (s/b Harold Zidler), David Harris (The Duke of Monroth), André Ward (Toulouse Lautrec), Alexander Gil Cruz (Santiago), Sophie Carmen-Jones (Nini), Nicci Claspell (Arabia), Jacqueline B. Arnold (La Chocolat), Jeigh Madjus (Baby Doll), Nick Martinez (Pierre), Giovanni Bonaventura (s/w Ensemble), Cameron Burke (s/w Ensemble), Aaron C. Finley (Ensemble), Bahiyah Hibah (Ensemble), Kamal Lado (Ensemble), Heather Makalani (Ensemble), Kaitlin Mesh (Ensemble), Jenn Stafford (Ensemble), Brooke Taylor (Ensemble), Alex Varcas (Ensemble), Frank Viveros (Ensemble), Cole Joseph Wachman (Ensemble), Michael Bryan Wang (s/w Ensemble), Jordan Wynn (Ensemble) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of the show’s 1500th performance! Three short blackouts, lasting 90 seconds near the end of “Sympathy for the Duke,” 30 seconds after “Nature Boy,” and 25 seconds after “Backstage Romance.” Action on the far left and on the walkway is somewhat obstructed. A railing is also visible and occasionally blocks off action but is usually unintrusive. Some wandering and unfocusing throughout. Includes curtain call, and encore, audio is fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBL7yf | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL MAY 2, 2025

RAGTIME November 3, 2024 (E) | Broadway | 4K MP4 (10.86GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Joshua Henry (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), Caissie Levy (Mother), Brandon Uranowitz (Tateh), Nichelle Lewis (Sarah), Colin Donnell (Father), Ben Levi Ross (Mother’s Younger Brother), Matthew Lamb (Little Boy), Tabitha Lawing (Little Girl), Stephanie Styles (Evelyn Nesbit), Shaina Taub (Emma Goldman), John Clay III (Booker T. Washington), Todd Cyrus (Harry Houdini), Kai Latorre (Coalhouse Walker III), Nicholas Barrón, Briana Carlson-Goodman, Billy Cohen, Rheaume Crenshaw, Tanika Gibson, Olivia Hernandez (Kathleen), David Jennings, Marina Kondo, Jeff Kready (Henry Ford), Tiffany Mann (Sarah’s Friend), Morgan Marcell, Tom Nelis (Grandfather), Ramone Nelson, John Rapson (J.P. Morgan / Admiral Peary), Destinee Rea, Deandre Sevon, Kathy Voytko, Jacob Keith Watson (Willie Conklin), Alan Wiggins Notes: Excellent 4K capture of this very anticipated production! Minor head obstruction blocks off some action on the far left during the opening number but disappears for the rest of the show. Increased wandering and unfocusing throughout. Some washout on the wider shots. Includes curtain call, audio is fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBQEix | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL MAY 2, 2025

ROMEO + JULIET October, 2024 | Broadway | 4K MP4 (10.1GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Kit Connor (Romeo), Rachel Zegler (Juliet), Taheen Modak (Benvolio), Gabby Beans (Mercutio/Friar Laurence), Solá Fádìran (Lord Capulet/Lady Capulet), Tommy Dorfman (Tybalt/The Nurse), Daniel Velez (u/s Paris/Sampson/Peter), Nihar Duvvuri (Balthasar), Jasai Chase-Owens (Gregory), Daniel Bravo Hernández (Abraham) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of this star-studded revival! Minor head obstruction that doesn’t block off anything. Action that takes place on the catwalk and on the far sides of the theatre (not on stage) are mostly uncaptured. One blackout in both acts lasting 40 seconds each. Some moments of wandering / readjustment and unfocusing. Includes curtain call, audio is fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBQ9bx | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL MAY 2, 2025

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED September 26, 2024 | BAM (Previews) | 4K MP4 (8.12GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Nkeki Obi-Melekwe (Darius), Taylor Trensch (Kenneth), Pomme Koch (Jeff), Rohan Kymal (Arnau), Ashley Pérez Flanagan (Liz/Belinda/Others), John-Michael Lyles (Tristan/Others) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of this world premiere musical! Increased moments of wandering / readjustment and unfocusing throughout. Includes curtain call, audio fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBKeEe | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL MAY 2, 2025

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in June 2024 🌈

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats, and happy Pride Month!! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ The Shadow of Summer - Marlon Yelich 🧡 Of Stardust - (ed) Avrah C. Baren 💛 The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye - Briony Cameron 💚 Triple Sec - T.J. Alexander 💙 Same Difference - E.J. Copperman 💜 The Pull of the Tide - Various ❤️ The Misadventures of Getting Lainey a Date - Eija Jimenez 🧡 Surface Pressure - Adrian J. Smith & Neen Cohen 💛 Mirrored Heavens - Rebecca Roanhorse 💙 The Fire Within Them - Matthew Ward 💜 One and Done - Frederick Smith 🌈 Digging for Destiny - Jenna Jarvis

❤️ She Who Brought the Storm - Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea 🧡 Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights - James Persichetti & L.S. Biehler 💛 London on My Mind - Clara Alves (translated by Nina Perrotta) 💚 The Deep Dark - Molly Knox Ostertag 💙 Furious - Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos 💜 Gay the Pray Away - Natalie Naudus ❤️ Such A Small World - Jordan Clayden-Lewis 🧡 Make It Count: My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner - CeCé Telfer 💛 Cicada Summer - Erica McKeen 💙 We Used to Live Here - Marcus Kliewer 💜 Dandelion - Merlina Garance 🌈 The Curse of the Goddess - C.C. González

❤️ The Schoolmaster - Jessica Tvordi 🧡 Cigarette Lemonade - Connor de Bruler 💛 Coil of Boughs - Penny Moss 💚 Ballad for Jasmine Town - Molly Ringle 💙 Asking for a Friend - Ronnie Riley 💜 Pleasure Principle - Madeleine Cravens ❤️ Perfect Revenge - Jessica Burkhart 🧡 Lockjaw - Matteo L. Cerilli 💛 Markless - C.G. Malburi 💙 Queer Art - Gemma Rolls-Bentley 💜 Morally Straight - Mike De Socio 🌈 Our Bodies Electric - Zackary Vernon

❤️ Love Is All - Various 🧡 Becoming Ted - Matt Cain 💛 Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet - Molly Morris 💚 Dear Cisgender People: A Guide to Trans Allyship and Empathy - Kenny Ethan Jones 💙 Pole Position - Rebecca J. Caffery 💜 Something to be Proud Of - Anna Zoe Quirke ❤️ Hot Hires - Nan Campbell, Alaina Erdell, Jesse J. Thoma 🧡 Lord of the Empty Isles - Jules Arbeaux 💛 Kissing Girls on Shabbat - Sara Glass 💙 When You Smile - Melissa Brayden 💜 We Could Be Heroes - Philip Ellis 🌈 But How Are You, Really - Ella Dawson

❤️ A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence - Jess Everlee 🧡 Take All of Us - Natalie Leif 💛 One Killer Problem - Justine Pucella Winans 💚 Why Are People Into That? - Tina Horn 💙 Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity - Jack Turban 💜 Lady Eve's Last Con - Rebecca Fraimow ❤️ Sea of Broken Glass - Jenna Pine 🧡 Rapunzella, Or, Don't Touch My Hair - Ella McLeod 💛 Wolfpitch - Balazs Lorinczi 💙 Looking for a Sign - Susie Dumond 💜 Director's Cut - Carlyn Greenwald 🌈 Wish You Weren't Here - Erin Baldwin

❤️ Act Two - Rochelle Wolf 🧡 Unexploded Remnants - Elaine Gallagher 💛 The Stars Want Blood - Morgan Lawson 💚 Shadows Dark and Deadly - Andrea Marie Johnson 💙 Design of Darkness - R.D. Pires 💜 Two Sides to Every Murder - Danielle Valentine ❤️ Meet Me in the Sky - Jeffrey K. Davenport 🧡 A Shore Thing - Joanna Lowell 💛 The Lions' Den - Iris Mwanza 💙 Under the Dragon Moon - Mawce Hanlin 💜 A Sea of Wolves - Sarah Street 🌈 Saints of Storm and Sorrow - Gabriella Buba

❤️ Private Rites - Julia Armfield 🧡 Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous - Mae Marvel 💛 The Stars Too Fondly - Emily Hamilton 💚 Keeping Carmen Ruiz - Alyson Root 💙 Cuckoo - Gretchen Felker-Martin 💜 Heartwaves - Anita Kelly ❤️ Bound to the Wild Fae - Tavia Lark 🧡 Four Squares - Bobby Finger 💛 The Ghost of Us - James L. Sutter 💙 Poison in Their Hearts - Laura Sebastian 💜 Puppy Love - Elle Sprinkle 🌈 Hot Summer - Elle Everhart

❤️ Liddy-Jean Marketing Queen and the Matchmaking Scheme - Mari SanGiovanni 🧡 All Friends Are Necessary - Tomas Moniz 💛 Six of Sorrow - Amanda Linsmeier 💚 Shanghai Murder - Jessie Chandler 💙 PROUD - Anthology 💜 Little Rot - Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ Fling - Deja Elise 🧡 Too Many Stars to Count - Frances M. Thompson 💛 Rakesfall - Vajra Chandrasekera 💙 The Unrelenting Earth - Kritika H. Rao 💜 Freakslaw - Jane Flett 🌈 Please Stop Trying to Leave Me - Alana Saab

❤️ A Sense of Shifting - Coco Romack, Yael Malka 🧡 Moonstorm - Yoon Ha Lee 💛 Now, Conjurers - Freddie Kölsch 💚 Hide No More - Rita Potter 💙 Running Close to the Wind - Alexandra Rowland 💜 The Afterlife of Mal Caldera - Nadi Reed Perez ❤️ Her, Him & I - Christian Weissmann 🧡 The Sons of El Rey - Alex Espinoza 💛 Show Me Your Teeth - Amy Marsden 💙 Defeating Demons and Breaking Up With My Boyfriend - Dylan James 💜 For Real - Alexis Hall 🌈 The Clarity of Light - Jade Church

[alldancersaretalented]

My fav solos this year

(please send anons or something, I'm down with bronchitis in 30°C weather :()

Solos

Avery Altobelli, Epic - "Heavenly Bodies" (Rudy Abreu)

Madisyn Amos, Elite Dance Pro - "A New Life" (Mandy Korpinen & Elizabeth Petrin)

Ellie Anbarden, P21 - "Somebody Help Me" (Madi Hicks)

Hallee Anderson, Larkin - "So This Is Love" (Kenzie Symanietz)

Harper Anderson, Concept Pavielle - "Paint It Black" (Brady Farrar)

Kennedy Anderson, VDA - "Come On Dreamer" (?)

Lilly Anderson, Larkin - "Cell Block Tango" (Michele Larkin)

Belle Marie Arauz, DT Miami - "How To Feel" (Ruby Castro)

Brielle Arias, Studio X - "Black And Gold" (Lia Dominique)

Finley Ashfield, Larkin - "Fools Who Dream" (Chelsea Jennings)

Melina Biltz, Rock - "Madness" (Crystal Huang)

Sofia Cuevas, Pave - "Locomotion" (?)

Kinley Cunningham, TheCREW - "Come Together" (Mollee Gray)

Aaliyah Dixon, Summit - "Take Me Oya" (Jay Jay Dixonbey)

Kensington Dressing, Evolve - "From The Ashes" (Chelsea Sebes)

Aria Du, Yoko's - "Je M'arreterai" (Megan Ellis)

Hope Edwards, OCPAA - "Winner Takes All"

Brinley Evans, Southern Strutt - "Silent Night" (?)

Gracyn French, P21 - "Chemtrails Over The Country Club" (Molly Long)

Kourtney Gampol, OCPAA - "Steam Heat" (Rachel Miller)

Regan Gerena, P21 - "That's Life" (Molly Long)

Lily Hackney, WFDC - "I Love You" (Gianna Adianez)

Sloane Hall, Southern Strutt - "Watch Me" (Leah Evans)

Lainey Hess, WFDC - "Between These Hands" (Gianna Adianez)

Reagan Hess, WFDC - "Twilight" (Gianna Adianez)

Izzy Howard, WDP - "Over It, Scene" (Maria Konrad)

Annsley Huff, Southern Strutt - "The Swan" (Shelby Barnes)

Desa Jankes, WFDC - "Find You" (Jessica Disalvo)

Eva Jimmerson, Renner - "A Mischievous Waltz" (Jordan Pelliteri)

Tayah Klimcuk, Pave - "Slow Me Down" (Courtney Schwartz)

Lily Knopps (Club) - "Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend" (Ashley Moffitt)

Mya Lanigan, Evolve - "Breakin' Dishes" (Lauren Herb)

Esme Lee, OCPAA - "Bring On The Men" (?)

Jillian Mahan, OCPAA - "London Bridge" (Hannahlei Cabanilla)

Savannah Manzel, Larkin - "Flowers In May" (Chelsea Jennings)

Scarlett Manzel, Larkin - "What A Feeling" (Chelsea Jennings)

Kennedy Marble, Club - "Mr. Monotony" (Jaycee Wilkins)

Taylor Morrison, DC2 - "My Discarded Men" (Tanya Emmer)

Avery Olsen, OCPAA - "Woman"

Helena Olaerts, Mather - "She Used To Be Mine" (Shannon Mather)

Roxie Onellion, Base - "Amor" (Kelly Inskip)

Addyson Paul, Pave - "The Garden" (Courtney Schwartz)

Emily Polis, VDA - "When I Go" (Jessica Malafronte)

Mila Renae, Studio X - "Voila" (Fiorella Baclit)

Dylan Reuss, OCPAA - "Favorite Crime" (Amy Berokoff)

Lola Rodi, Evolve - "Heavenly Bodies" (Chelsea Sebes)

Amaya Rodriguez, DUC Miami - "3 Breaths" (Chelsea Sebes)

Elsie Sandall, Club - "Beneath The Mask" (Chelsea Jennings)

Emma Santos, Studio X - "Have A Little Faith" (Avery Cardozza)

Berkeley Scifres, P21 - "Cornet Man" (Molly Long)

Tatum Self, Club - "Gorgeous" (Jaycee Wilkins)

Everleigh Soutas, DCDF - "Something New" (Molly Long)

Kayleigh Stoler, Enthusiasm - "Medusa's Curse"

Sailor Stormoen, Larkin - "Bloom" (Chelsea Jennings)

Kiera Sun, WDP - "Mist" (Renee Kester)

Macey Strickland, WFDC - "Heavenly Bodies" (Chelsea Sebes)

Ellary Day Szyndlar, Club - "Over The Rainbow" (Mark Meismer :()

Sylvie Win Szyndlar, Club - "Magic Within Me" (Chantel Aguirre)

Ella Venerio, DUC Miami - "Beneath The Surface" (Chelsea Sebes)

Greta Wagner, Summit - "Me And The Devil" (?)

Tinsley Wallace, Renner - "Broken Wings" (Chelsea Sebes)

Skylar Wong, Woodbury - "Just A Room" (Ricky Ubeda)

Fiona Wu, Yoko's - "Voila" (Erin Lamoyne)

Aliyah Yen, P21 - "Mink, Schmink" (Molly Long)

[dc-vs-marvel-tournament]

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[deadcactuswalking]

REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 19/10/2024 (Sabrina Carpenter, JENNIE, Brat Remix Album)

For an eighth week, bringing Sabrina’s annual total to 20 weeks at #1 this year (a feat not reached since Frankie Laine), “Taste” sticks to the top spot of the UK Singles Chart, and we’ve got another goofy week where our new entries aren’t really the main point of interest. Welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

content warning: language, way more sex references than normal

Rundown

As always, we start the episode with our notable dropouts, those being songs that exit from the UK Top 75 – which is what I cover – after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40. This week, we bid adieu to: “Going Crazy” by Nines with uncredited vocals from LEILAH, “Black Friday (pretty like the sun)” by Lost Frequencies remixing Tom Odell, “Numb” by Linkin Park, “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” by Ariana Grande and “I Can Do it with a Broken Heart” by Taylor Swift.

Now we also have two more songs dropping out that may be of more interest, specifically the premature dropouts for Charli xcx’s “Talk talk”, featuring Troye Sivan and an uncredited Dua Lipa on the remix, and “Guess”, her former #1 hit with Billie Eilish on the remix. These singles from Charli’s album would hypothetically have a boost given the release of her deluxe remix edition of BRAT, which I wrote about on my RateYourMusic listening log if you want more in-depth thoughts there, since there are actually no debuts from it. Instead, Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat has not only pumped its parent release to the top of the albums chart with no T-Swizzle to block it this time, but due to a three-song rule in the UK Singles Chart, it’s created what I can only call a switcheroo for songs that had charted before, but are now doing so in remix form. In that regard, we welcome back “360” at #20. The original peaked at #11, its book-end album closer counterpart “365” reached #63. As with many of the remixed versions, I far prefer the originals in both cases, but it is of course noteworthy to point out that Swedes Yung Lean and Robyn feature on the fragmented, awkward “360” remix that works pretty wearingly as an album opener; I used to prefer it, but now, I find it just okay. The Official Charts Company has not credited them, and the case rings true for “Apple” at #11, which was still charting but takes a boost to #11. Previously peaking at #8, the remix would be the first chart appearance for English indie singer-songwriter Amber Bain, known as “The Japanese House”. For new fans, I remember listening to her 2019 debut Good at Falling and whilst I fell off the ship at some point, there’s definitely stuff worth hearing there. I’d probably like it even more now. However, OCC decided to credit only one of the guest remix artists, that being Ariana Grande who grants a new peak with her… completely serviceable but uninteresting remix of the great “Sympathy is a knife”. Originally peaking at #56, Ari takes it straight to #7 off of the return, and it’s not the only new top 10 entry this week.

We do have a fair few non-Brat gains and returns too, namely “Viva la Vida” by Coldplay taking the space of one of their new singles at #72, “Scared to Start” by Mchael Marcagi restarting at #70, “NEW DROP” by Don Toliver coming back at #69 and I have a feeling this will be one of those songs that just comes back and forth, then Andy C and Becky Hill seeing a return to #66 with “Indestructible”, thanks to a remix from drum and bass DJ Disrupta that OCC seems to think is a new song. Congratulations to Disrupta for his first chart entry… I suppose… if you count formatting errors and misremembering chart positions as valid debuts, the remix is fine. You know what’s not? “Riptide” by Vance Joy up to #61, but our other gains see boosts for “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls at #59, “KEHLANI” by Jordan Adetunji at #58, “Cruel Summer” by Taylor Swift at #52, “Free” by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding at #47, “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)” by Dasha at #40, “Don’t Dream it’s Over” by Crowded House at #32, “Move” by Adam Port, Stryv and Malachiii at #10, with all acts gaining their first top 10 thanks in part to an uncredited Camila Cabello remix, and Trippie Redd also grabbing his first with, you guessed it, KSI on “Thick of It” at #8, its Prime position thus far.

As for our top five on this week’s UK Singles Chart, we start with “Somedays” by Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D at a new peak of #5, followed by another new peak for Gracie Abrams at #4 with “I Love You, I’m Sorry”… can’t say I’m too over the Moon about either of these in the top five, but I am pretty happy with “Sailor Song” by Gigi Perez making it up to #3, then of course, “Die with a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars as the runner-up at #2 to Sabrina once again at #1 with “Taste”. Now we’ll have more on Sabrina later, but for now, let’s take a look-see at what’s below her.

New Entries

#74 – “Why Lie?” – Skepta and Flo Milli

Produced by Lex Luger, PotentGYFT, Kesh and Carson Hackney

I am of the opinion that Skepta would have much more respect in general music-loving audiences for his influence, talent, catalogue and unique approach to hip hop production if he didn’t fuck around in questionable, perpetually brow-raising side quests, but oddly, he would lose some of my respect if he stopped doing that. He’s constantly got a look out for new collaborators and new sounds to crib from, and even when he doesn’t fully understand it, he’ll co-opt it, well-intentionally, and make… something of it. I figured that maybe the recent Ryder remixes and his EDM tracks, including a remix of Amy Winehouse, would push him into ambient house territory or something, but he quickly disproved that by just dropping whatever. After his latest track to chart, “Gas Me Up (Diligent)”, itself some AWGE-adjacent cloud-trap, he released an Afrobeats track with JAE5 and then got on a bit of a sexy drill kick (he’s just like me, for real). These singles are all potentially from an upcoming album, but would be confusing as a whole package, as he equipped PoWR Trav for the R2R Moe and Jorja Smith-assisted “Miss Independent”, using typical Cash Cobain-esque tense drum patterns and buzzy bass over a distant R&B sample, whilst Skepta raps mostly about sex, sometimes in too much detail. I’m not ageist, and Skep’ looks great, but I’m not always looking for middle-aged sex raps.

Relationships are once again the topic on “Why Lie?” but after going through Afrobeats and sexy drill, he’s chasing after yet another bubbling trend in not-exactly-mainstream-yet hip hop, “new jazz”, a trap subgenre taking a chiller approach to rage synthwork with much more wonkiness. Alabama rapper Flo Milli, herself no stranger to switching genre, has been recruited here for a duet that involves Skeppy getting into a Young Adz-level faletto on the chorus as Milli’s breathily cooing below him, then interchanging bars on a beat that has tiny details that never take up too much space, still leaving it slightly empty, to fit for the sheer amount of vocal layers and filters present, often somewhat extraneous and occasionally acting as arbitrary censorship. The main conceit of the song is that Skep’ thinks that Milli’s probably cheating, but doesn’t seem to care too much, because after a while, the sex is good enough for their slightly frayed connection to repair itself. Neither rapper will admit to lying to each other in the relationship, but are under the impression that if they really love each other, they’re just going to sugarcoat all the problems in the relationship anyway, and not think about the toxicities too deeply. It’s a really unique and honestly somewhat depressing relationship dynamic portrayed here, with the immediate contradictions present being pointed out and laid out quite openly. Milli is desperate to have sex after Skepta’s exhausting live show despite wanting to “take it slow”, both acts seem to care more about money accumulation than each other but still hold hope in the strength of their love – it’s not the most subtle song about relationships, but it allows for a lot of good trade-off displaying both the charming sensuality of Flo Milli and the chinks hidden in Skepta’s noble façade.

As far as my opinion on the song overall, I love the squelchy bass sound and the delayed feeling of the chorus coming in that fits the whole song having a staggered sense to its bass hits, sloppier drum programming and cascading, shimmering melodies, forming sonically the sound of this fragmented relationship they seem to work through in real time. This wonkiness is clearly cribbed in part from the similarly messy 2000s pop-rap classic “What’s it Gonna Be?!” with Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson, which “Why Lie?” subtly samples. The chorus is genuinely hilarious as well as an earworm, with Skepta lamenting to his boys in an auto-croon that she’s probably having sex with another man, before a deadpan ad-lib that “She might as well” preludes his one-line falsetto run about he’s going to go on a business trip anyway, leaving her in the dust. There are doorbell sound effects, some of the best ad-libs on the chart – Skepta ending the hook by whispering “(Sex)” is such a stupid detail – and the overt detail in the analogy that the sex was so emotional that not only did he nearly shed a tear, but she “cried” too if you get the jist. Skep’s verse has the bass clunkily fall over him right after he details the outright falsehood that Flo Milli is a “ride-or-die” type and throughout, his flow is about as slippery… I’m not going to complete that sentence.

I love how the final chorus is led in without the drums by Flo’s panned whispering too, as the song is structurally all over the place but proud enough of that fact to add these quirky details, including some that seem improvised – Skep’ interrupts his verse to ask his mic to be turned up in a way that shouldn’t fit the flow or content, even rhyme scheme, at all, but works out because its execution is as chaotic and befuzzling as the relationship it depicts. I didn’t expect to be discussing this song at all, in all honesty, let alone in this much detail, as it has barely charted in the first place, but this is one of my favourite songs of the year, absolutely some of the most fun I’ve had with pop-rap in a year that has either had little of it or peppered with detailed interpersonal conflict. I hope that it can become a hit, because it absolutely could get radio play or become a meme… if not both. Check it out.

#60 – “The Days” – Chrystal

Produced by Chrystal and Billen Ted

Billen Ted, probably best known for the “Wellerman” remix, have found a new vehicle in the slow-burn breakout single for Chrystal. Though active since 2014, with a remix of their 2015 debut single “All Ur Love” being the only other reasonable success for them on streaming services, Chrystal has, from my understanding, largely kept a low profile, with this new song having crept up to the top 75 after a few weeks bubbling under, though it may be reminiscent of a larger trend. We’ve seen with nimino, PAWSA and a few other stray songs that weirder, more insular, often old-school and sometimes minimal house music by lesser-known artists, possibly thanks in part to the experimentation and innovation of acts like Fred again.., is starting to solidify a place in the lower reaches of the UK charts, and it’s been relatively hit and miss so far, which is understandable. These are lower-budget, very much lower-profile acts who bring their relative anonymity to the basic rhythms and airy atmospheres of their music, and “The Days” is no different. The cheap, dime-a-dozen four-on-the-floor beats sound exhausted especially with all the swooshing effects phasing in and out, and Chrystal themselves, assuming they’re the one singing, reminisces about chilling, smoking, having their partner’s favourite show on the background, and wanting to relive that whilst having some uncertainty about if that relationship is actually what it seems. I love the vocal filter that makes her distant in the pre-chorus, resembling the audio qualities of a post-chorus, the basic and desperate plead of “Do you?” acting as the “drop” or “hook” when in reality, like “TOO COOL TO BE CARELESS”, which has grown on me, there’s not much of a drop or hook at all, as the song builds about as lethargically as EDM possibly could. Stuttering synth bloops and a heavier, fuzzy bass are about as detailed as this song gets, and I find it honestly fascinating how empty the song is. These types of house jams we’re seeing always end up on a bittersweet note due to the woozy nonchalance with which they’re structured and produced, and whilst I’m not always a fan, not only is it funny to see those lazy Nate Dogg remixes that popped up turn into something worthwhile, but it’ll be interesting to see if this obscure phenomenon continues into a larger trend.

#37 – “Mantra” – JENNIE

Produced by JUMPA, El Guincho, Șerban Cazan and Jelli Dorman

Another week, another K-pop track that will probably not last too long but makes for a smashing top 40 debut, this time yet another latch at solo stardom from a BLACKPINK solo member. Though I’ve found it difficult to distinguish the girls as solo artists thanks to a lack of cohesive sound, they are at least more interesting on average than the BTS solo attempts, and yeah, this is about as chaotic as you could expect. Billed as a “pretty girl mantra”, JENNIE’s condescending sing-songy chorus is intensified by a stretching, nigh-indecipherable loop pushed to the back of the mix by a bunch of sounds, including an obnoxious stab of keys and horns, heavily involved bassy rhythm section and JENNIE herself, whose melodic ad-libs are fighting for attention with not just her own multi-tracking but stray “hey” vocal blips, a spray of house bass synth, and a cascading plunge into atmospheric synth mess… until that chorus brings the focus back into a different kind of chaos. Hell, it even has a set of panning cowbells that don’t let up once JENNIE starts singing the busier post-chorus, with a multi-tracked half-belt at the end making way for some of the most detailed and confusing vocal production I’ve heard on the charts in a while. Several layers of “oh” harmonies plate up below twinkling takes of breathy cooing, bordering on whispering, and just actual breathing, that never fully swings back into a full register. That little detail is particularly interesting given how much of the song is confident flexing, perhaps hinting that the light she scoffs at having dimmed may have gone off after all. Whilst substanceless lyrically, it has less awkward turns of phrase than a typical English-language BLACKPINK track, though I'm raising an eyebrow at how she'll supposedly turn me bisexual, and it goes for a more specific sound that could actually form unique character rather than an aping of other songs or artists that K-pop acts sometimes fall into when chasing western trends. It works as more of an amalgamation in a charmingly messy way, and that’s where K-pop acts tend to be at their best for me: embracing styles and genres in an endless pile-up that goes for shock and drastic twists and turns whilst retaining incessant hooks. “Mantra” falls squarely into that category, and is actually her second I’ve enjoyed after “You & Me” – given the BLACKPINK girls have been all over the place but often leaving a positive impression nowadays, I am interested in where any of these careers end up next, if the most reasonable angle isn’t to branch them all back together.

#9 – “Bed Chem” – Sabrina Carpenter

Produced by John Ryan and Ian Kirkpatrick

When I first listened to Short n’ Sweet, this song stood out as probably one of my least favourites, along with “Please Please Please”. Both have grown on me, so it makes it quite a fun coincidence that this week has swapped out the latter for “Bed Chem”, in yet another example of the silly three-song rule. I’m not necessarily complaining here: “Please” is still definitely a dud, just less so than I initially thought, whilst “Bed Chem” has won me over completely, mostly for the reasons that I disliked it in the first place. Sure, it’s cheesy and awkward in its heavy-handed sexual chemistry, framed in the context of her first meeting with her new partner, who in this case may specifically be her real-life partner, Irish actor Barry Keoghan, whose “thick accent” is mentioned in the pre-chorus. I may find the pitch-shifted vocal detail unbefitting for the otherwise vague attempt at organic soft rock, but it’s easily ignorable and the unnatural elements of the production overall, including the sprinkling sound effects and Sabrina herself, whose high-register chorus is so shrill and over-programmed that it used to just annoy me, and honestly still catches me by surprise, being genuinely a bit difficult to listen to for me in that hook. Surely, I wouldn’t rate it highly because of that... but aren’t people newly in a relationship all over each other and never out of each other’s mouths (in all possible ways that I could mean by that) always a bit annoying to the observer? The meek hints towards explicit lyrics are purposefully straight out of a PG-13 romcom, with audience chatter in the outro furthering the idea that this is all just a humorous portrayal of lovestruck youths, with all the awkwardly sexual banter and shimmering optimism intact. Sure, it’s not her most nuanced song emotionally, not that nuance has ever been Sabrina’s calling card, but it’s a lot of fun, needlessly catchy and an understandable fan favourite that I’m sure is both hilarious and incredibly difficult to perform live. With this as a replacement, Sabrina’s currently three for three for me in regards to her charting singles.

Conclusion

Weird week, but ultimately one pretty defined by a youthful chaos and attention to detail, that led to four frankly great songs – yes, every one, to the point where I can’t give out a Worst of the Week. Best of the Week goes to Skepta and Flo Milli, however, pretty easily, for “Why Lie?” as it takes ownership of its elements in a way that leans heavily into a narrative, placing it above JENNIE and just having more to it than Sabrina. Meanwhile, the isolated-feeling “The Days” by Chrystal takes the Honourable Mention for its uniquely muted sound that builds its own manic energy with so few elements that it has me really curious about the future of its genre. So, after this fantastic week, what’s to expect from next? Well, God forbid, we might have Yeat, but I consider it more likely that JADE or fellow BLACKPINKer ROSÉ show up, alongside maybe something from Kylie Minogue or Rag’n’Bone Man. Time will tell, however, and for now, thank you for reading, rest in peace to Liam Payne of One Direction, and I’ll see you next week!

[themomsandthecity]

Bryce, Jordan, Jude, and 200+ More of the Best Gender Neutral Baby Names

There are plenty of reasons you might want a shortlist of gender neutral baby names. For instance, if you're not finding out the gender of your baby before their born, but you want to have a name decided on ahead of time - picking a name that works for any gender is the perfect solve. Or maybe you just prefer gender neutral names to baby names that are more traditionally masculine or feminine (although, of course, we love using a baby boy name for girls!) Gender neutral baby names cut across categories. You can find gender neutral names amongst Victorian-era baby names, trendy names, and more unique picks, which means you can find the perfect gender neutral baby name no matter what "vibe" of name you're going for. And to get your creativity going, we rounded up more than 200 unisex names that will suit your baby no matter what. Ahead, find some of our favorite gender-neutral names for babies, from A to Z. A * Adair * Adan * Addison * Ade * Adrian * Aiden * Ainsley * Alby * Alex * Ali * Amari * Andy * Angel * Ari * Ariel * Aries * Ash * Asher * Aspen * Atlas * Aubrey * August * Austen * Avery * B * Baker * Bailey * Bali * Banks * Bellamy * Beckham * Berkeley * Billie * Blaine * Blair * Blake * Bobby * Bowen * Brett * Briar * Brighton * Briley * Brinley * Brooklyn * Bryce * C * Caelan * Cairo * Camden * Cameron * Campbell * Carey * Carson * Carter * Casey * Cassidy * Celyn * Chandler * Charlie * Chris * Cody * Colby * Cole * Collins * Corey * Cove * D * Dakota * Dale * Dallas * Dana * Dane * Darryl * Declan * Delta * Devin * Dorian * Drew * Dylan * E * Easton * Eli * Elliot * Ellis * Ellison * Ember * Emerson * Emory * Evan * Ezra * F * Fallon * Finley * Florian * Flynn * Frances * Frankie * G * Gabriel * Gale * Glenn * Grayson * Grey * H * Harley * Harper * Hayden * Hunter * I * Indiana * Indigo * J * James * Jamie * Jayden * Jaylen * Jesse * Jordan * Jude * Julian * Juniper * Justice * K * Kaden, * Kai * Keegan * Kelly * Kendall * Kennedy * Kerry * Knox * Kyle * L * Lake * Landon * Landry * Lane * Lee * Lennon * Lennox * Lincoln * Linden * Logan * London * Lou * Lucian * Lumi * M * Mackenzie * Madison * Marley * Mason * Max * Maxwell * Micah * Milan * Mina * Monroe * Montana * Morgan * N * Nash * Nevada * Nico * Noah * Noel * O * Oakley * Ollie * Ore * Ozzie * P * Palmer * Paris * Parker * Pat * Perri * Peyton * Piper * Phoenix * Q * Quinn * R * Reagan * Reed * Reese * Reign * Remy * Rey * Riley * River * Roan * Robin * Rory * Roux * Rowan * Royal * Rudy * Ryan * Ryder * Rylan * S * Sage * Salem * Sam * Santana * Sawyer * Saylor * Scout * Seven * Shannon * Shawn * Shiloh * Skylar * Sloane * Spencer * Sterling * Stevie * Sunny * Sydney * T * Tanner * Tatum * Taylor * Terry * Theo * Tony * Tory * Tracy * Tyler * U * Umber * Unique * Uri * V * Val * Vesper * * W * Wallace * West * Winter * Wrennyn * Wyatt * Wynne * X * Xoan * Y * Yael * Z * Zion https://www.popsugar.com/family/Gender-Neutral-Baby-Names-34485564?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[webziine]

Tunes! June 2024

Surprise sneak peak! - This is my track list of edm/trance tunes heard on @diradio during this month in June 2024 so far.

Kaskade - Room For Happiness (Above & Beyond Remix)

Arty - Rain

ATB - Twisted Love (original mix)

Solarstone - Solarcoaster (Maarten De Jong Extended Remix)

Cosmic Gate & Kristina Antuna - Alone (Extended Mix)

Lange feat. Stine Grove - Crossroads (Estiva Remix)

Aamos & False9 - Valo (Extended Mix)

Deeplav - Only You (Extended Mix)

Michael Canitrot - You and I (Original Extended Mix)

Chico Rose feat. Afrojack & Mougleta - Alone Again (Vion Konger Rmx Extended)

K-SYRAN - Dizzy (C-ROD Rollercoaster Anthem Mix)

Afrojack & David Guetta feat. Ester Dean - Another Life (Tom & Jame Remix) (Extended)

Dewey - Start Again (Original Mix)

ONEDUO & TwoWorldsApart - It's Not You

Aly & Fila With Skypatrol Feat Sue Mclaren - Running (Extended Mix)

FUTURECODE - The Network (Extended Mix)

Vir-T - Diamonds (John Snow Remix)

Danny-S vs Taito - Rainbow (Extended Mix)

Alex Sayz feat Sibel - United As One (Club Mix)

Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle (Ben Nicky Trance Remix)

Glinskiy - Balenciaga (Original Mix)

Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High) (Hippie Sabotage Remix)

Ela Rose feat David Deejay - I Can Feel (Darone Remix)

Armin van Buuren & Nicky Romero feat. Ifimay - I Need You To Know

Firebeatz feat. Vertel - Till The Sun Comes Up (Orjan Nilsen Extended Remix)

CombiNation - Follow Me (Rene Rodrigezz Remix)

Jasper Forks - Alone (extended mix)

Bingo Players - Don't Blame the Party (Mode) (Extended Mix)

Inna - Wow (Steve Roberts Extended Remix)

Simon Patterson - Always (Jordan Suckley Remix)

Mario Deline - Something (Original Club Mix)

AVIRA - Miracles (Extended Mix)

Unclubbed Feat Zoe Durrant - Need To Feel Loved (Redroche Remix)

Alex Rusin - Opened Roads (Original Mix)

Jason Ross feat. Emilie Brandt - IOU (Jason Ross Extended Club Mix)

Showtek & Justin Prime Feat Matthew Koma - Cannonball (Earthquake) (Extended Vocal Mix)

Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford - Every Little Beat (Myon & Shane 54 Summer Of Love Mix)

Joe Manina & Alex Tone - Green Light (Dynatronic Phase Crew Edit Remix)

Dash Berlin Feat Jonathan Mendelsohn - World Falls Apart (Club Mix)

DJ Dan - Fascinated (Extended Radio Mix)

ActiveBlaze - Before (Original Mix)

Groove Coverage - Think About The Way (Extended Version)

Sia - She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) (Michael Calfan Remix)

Far East Movement - 2Gether (Extended Mix)

Alyssa Rubino - Keep On Dancing (Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Club Mix)

Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World) (Rosabel's Only Club In The World Mix)

Haddaway - What Is Love (Jake Waltz 2K19)

Movetown - Round 'N' Round (Instant Move Remix)

Paul Oakenfold & Cassandra Fox - Touch Me (Perfecto Club Mix)

Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Kryder Extended Remix)

Eran Hersh & May Kravitz - Human (Passenger 10 Remix)

Avicii - The Nights (Felix Jaehn Remix)

Lypo - Falling for You (Original Mix)

Above & Beyond Feat Marty Longstaff - Flying By Candlelight (Above & Beyond Club Mix)

Nicky Romero feat Basto! - When Love Calls (Vocal Mix)

Arash Feat Helena - One Day (Golden Star Extended)

Tritonal & Paris Blohm Feat. Sterling Fox - Colors (Klude & Ryan Remix)

West Coast Massive feat. Otis Parker - Waiting (Extended Mix)

Adam Ellis & Michele C - Don’t Disappear (Kismet 333 Extended Remix)

Bodybangers Feat Linda Teodosiu - Go (Original Mix)

Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates - Sugar (Stadiumx Remix)

Enerdizer & Lyd14, Chavano - Move The Mountains (Extended Mix)

Armin van Buuren & Punctual feat. Alika - On & On (Extended Mix)

Martin Garrix vs Matisse & Sadko - Break Through The Silence (Original Mix)

Zedd Feat. Selena Gomez - I Want You To Know (Marc Benjamin Remix)

Sam Allan & Sarah De Warren - Sunrise (Extended Mix)

Kele vs Sander van Doorn feat Lucy Taylor - What Did I Do (Original Mix)

Seven Lions and Above & Beyond feat. Opposite The Other - Over Now (Extended Mix)

Dj Adamus - Free The Night (Club Edit)

Dim Chris - You Found Me (Extended Mix)

Mike Candys & Averro feat. MEELA - Dancing Around

Lisa Williams & Johan Holt - Tomorrowland (The Reaper) (Extended Mix)

Cover Drive - Twilight (Nicola Fasano & Steve Forest Club Mix)

Dinka Feat Hadley & Danny Inzerillo - Reach For Me (Original Mix)

These and anything else I hear will be added to my official list which is only published in my Night Watch Webzine. You can see that list and so much more content in the first issue available as a free download on my website at dtprojktz.com - Night Watch Webzine 001. It is a free pdf download.

You may wonder how the above list could be useful for you. Well, you could look these tunes up on Youtube, Spotify, or your favorite music platform, and discover some new favorite artists and tracks. Be aware that you may not find the exact remixes that di.fm has in their inventory, however the basic tracks can set you off on a search journey of not only finding the radio versions of these tunes, but maybe find other remixes of them as well.

[simsrecordkeeping]

Here Lies my Legacy Save.

Computer died, lost years of play, and so the records I was keeping are now done being collected and are now simply kept.

I WAS renaming my sims by generation because I couldn't tell who was what generation in gameplay and it made it weird when they had the same childhood crush as their children. So the first generation was A-named, next was B, etc.

I did rename some of them funky, I didn't rename others, and some I tried to rename but failed because I couldn't get the names to stick.

All of Gen C were born to played Sims.

Last/family names were mixed from the parents, whose were mixed from their parents. Manning and Falcon became Falman, and when Falman and Blackburn got together, they became Falburn.

When two of the same names have babies (usually because sibling affairs with in-laws), I mixed it up. Once, it was a lady who seduced a mother and son, so Beckman plus Scales became Scaleman and Beckscales. I tend to keep it at 1-5 syllables at most, generally 2, so it's not too messy, but I definitely start losing great grandparent names.

The 'official' records are: Snapshots, where I recap a household at time of switching families and Eulogies, where I recap a Sim's lifetime after their deaths.

Families always went Teen Daughter, Child Son in the beginning. I tried to go by household, but it turns out that those constantly change in ways that don't record well. ^ ^;

Due to length and link issues, I will likely be making a second page for Table of Contents. The links on this page are Eulogies

In only some order, my Save started with...

The Pancakes Family - married pair Bob and Eliza

The Whitfield Family - Craig, Dana, and their children Katherin and Stetson

The Angel Family - Lance, Ellie, and their children Danika and Waylon

The Overton Family - Jennifer and Maddox

The Cullen Family - Anna and her son Valentino

The Pike Family - Gabrielle and Rory, and their children Shawn and Jordan

The York Family - Cleo, and her children Ahmad and Fatima

The Pace Family - Katrina, and her children Kristina and Jefferson

The Scales Family - Shieu, and her children Janice and Dawson

The Holloway Family - Susan, and her children Evageline and Barry

The Brice Family - Chad and Nadine, and their son Walton

The Spencer-Kim-Lewis-Davis Family - Grandparents Dennis and Lydia, Parents Alice and Eric, and child Olivia

The Helton Family - Teens Dillon and Fernanda, and their grandparents who died early

The Pfeiffer Family - Genevieve and her children Benjamin, and Heven

The Blackburn Family - Husband and Wife couple, Annabelle and Bill

The McFarland Family - An old man and his unofficially adopted son, Javier

The Landgrabb Family - married couple Nancy and Geoffrey and YA son Malcolm

The Banks Family - Ayden, Krysten, and their children Lillian and Alan

The Walters Family - Husband and Wife whose names were lost by the game

The Caruso Family - Single Mother whose name was eaten by the game and her son Judah

The Merrill Family - Annie and her child Belmont

Individuals who didn't start as family but ended up paired

Imani Falcon - a sim I made in CAS to pair with someone

Colleen Manning - a townie Imani fell for instead

Lisa Moore - A townie I put into the Overtons to help raise Maddox

Jessie Boston - A townie Alien who lived with Colleen and Imani

Kian Padgett - a townie alien who lived with Jessie, Colleen, and Imani

Tiffani Hobson - a townie who Kian impregnated

Tatum Nixon - a townie that married (b) India Pancakes

Elsa Harms - an Alien who had a baby with Freddie Knapp

Freddie Knapp - A business man who hated kids but liked making them.

NPCs (not playing to death; leaving in the game) - Jana Puckett - A-gen - Mother of several and a high ranking surgeon - Sera Cerda - A-gen - A journalist and socialite

-Fatima York and Janice Scales - B gen - Hate Children and ran away to run a bakery

-Bianca Pancakes - B-gen - A womanizing Police Chief

Special Mention goes to townie Ariella Petty for Gino Pettyburn

Special Mention to townie Ava Tinsley for Ashlynn Puckley

Special Mention also goes to the hiccup with MCCC settings, resulting in Elaina Vatore, as resulting from Lilith and [I changed the game stuff so I can't see the other parent] and Justice Straus, child of Eden Ho and Vladislaus.

~~

Since I'm only linking eulogies, I can't link to anyone not dead/decommissioned yet. Will update as I can.

[birdzflycom]

Tony Awards Nominations 2023: The Complete List

Img Source: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/05/02/multimedia/02tony-noms-list2-pvkl/02tony-noms-list2-pvkl-jumbo.jpg The nominations for the 76th Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Lea Michele, the current star of “Funny Girl” on Broadway, and Myles Frost, who won a 2022 Tony Award for his portrayal of Michael Jackson in the Broadway musical “MJ,” announced the nominations. Some categories were read live on CBS at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, and others were unveiled through a livestream on the Tony Awards YouTube page. A total of 38 shows were vying for Tonys this year. To be eligible, a Broadway show must have opened between April 29, 2022, and April 27, 2023. This year’s awards ceremony is slated for Sunday, June 11. “Some Like It Hot,” a Broadway musical version of the Billy Wilder film, picked up the most nominations of any show, with 13 in all. The musicals “& Juliet,” “New York, New York,” and “Shucked” each followed with nine nominations. Here is the complete list of nominees for the 2023 Tony Awards:

Best New Play

- “Ain’t No Mo’” - “Between Riverside and Crazy” - “Cost of Living” - “Fat Ham” - “Leopoldstadt”

Best New Musical

- “& Juliet” - “Kimberly Akimbo” - “New York, New York” - “Shucked” - “Some Like It Hot”

Best Play Revival

- “The Piano Lesson” - “A Doll’s House” - “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” - “Topdog/Underdog”

Best Musical Revival

- “Into the Woods” - “Camelot” - “Parade” - “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

Best Leading Actor in a Play

- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Topdog/Underdog” - Corey Hawkins, “Topdog/Underdog” - Sean Hayes, “Good Night, Oscar” - Stephen McKinley Henderson, “Between Riverside and Crazy” - Wendell Pierce, “Death of a Salesman”

Best Leading Actress in a Play

- Jessica Chastain, “A Doll’s House” - Jodie Comer, “Prima Facie” - Jessica Hecht, “Summer, 1976” - Audra McDonald, “Ohio State Murders”

Best Leading Actress in a Musical

- Annaleigh Ashford, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” - Sara Bareilles, “Into the Woods” - Victoria Clark, “Kimberly Akimbo” - Lorna Courtney, “& Juliet” - Micaela Diamond, “Parade”

Best Leading Actor in a Musical

- Christian Borle, “Some Like It Hot” - J. Harrison Ghee, “Some Like It Hot” - Josh Groban, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” - Brian D’Arcy James, “Into the Woods” - Ben Platt, “Parade” - Colton Ryan, “New York, New York”

Best Featured Actor in a Play

- Jordan E. Cooper, “Ain’t No Mo’” - Samuel L. Jackson, “The Piano Lesson” - Arian Moayed, “A Doll’s House” - Brandon Uranowitz, “Leopold

Best Choreography Steven

- Hoggett, “New York, New York” - Molly Smith, “Camelot” - Sergio Trujillo, “& Juliet” - Casey Nicholaw, “Some Like It Hot” - Rob Ashford, “Shucked”

Best Direction of a Play Kenny Leon, “Ain’t No Mo’”

Christopher Ashley, “Leopoldstadt” Daniel Fish, “Death of a Salesman” Gregory Mosher, “Topdog/Underdog” Best Direction of a Musical Diane Paulus, “& Juliet” Michael Mayer, “New York, New York” Jerry Zaks, “Some Like It Hot” Scott Ellis, “Kimberly Akimbo” Marc Bruni, “Shucked”

Best Scenic Design of a Play Tony Cisek, “The Lifespan of a Fact”

Miriam Buether, “Leopoldstadt” Andrew Lieberman, “Between Riverside and Crazy” Mimi Lien, “Ain’t No Mo’”

Best Scenic Design of a Musical David Rockwell, “Some Like It Hot”

David Korins, “& Juliet” Derek McLane, “Shucked” David Gallo, “Kimberly Akimbo”

Best Costume Design of a Play

Linda Cho, “The Lifespan of a Fact” Catherine Zuber, “Leopoldstadt” Toni-Leslie James, “Between Riverside and Crazy” Dede M. Ayite, “Ain’t No Mo’”

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, “Some Like It Hot” Emily Rebholz, “& Juliet” William Ivey Long, “New York, New York” Paloma Young, “Shucked” Best Lighting Design of a Play Jane Cox, “Leopoldstadt” Alan C. Edwards, “Ain’t No Mo’” Japhy Weideman, “The Lifespan of a Fact” Jennifer Schriever, “Topdog/Underdog”

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Howell Binkley, “Some Like It Hot” Natasha Katz, “& Juliet” Bradley King, “Kimberly Akimbo” Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, “New York, New York”

Best Sound Design of a Play

Dan Moses Schreier, “Leopoldstadt” Steve Canyon Kennedy, “Between Riverside and Crazy” Jane Shaw, “Ain’t No Mo’” Fitz Patton, “The Lifespan of a Fact”

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Peter Hylenski, “Some Like It Hot” Jonathan Deans, “& Juliet” Dan Moses Schreier, “Shucked” Kai Harada, “Kimberly Akimbo”

Best Orchestrations

Larry Blank, “Some Like It Hot” Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen, “Kimberly Akimbo” Tom Kitt, “& Juliet” Duncan Sheik, “New York, New York” Those are the complete nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards. Fans of theater will have to wait until June 11 to find out who wins in each category. The awards ceremony is always a memorable event, celebrating the best of the best in Broadway theater.

Conclusion

The 76th Tony Awards nominations have been announced, and it's a great year for theater fans. Some Like It Hot leads the pack with 13 nominations, while & Juliet, New York, New York, and Shucked are close behind with nine each. The awards ceremony is set for June 11, so there's plenty Read the full article

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March 29 Winged Wheel signs Jason Polin F COL and waives Evgenii Dadonov F DAL.

March 22 Winged Wheel signs Pavel Dorofoyev W VEG and waives Jakub Voracek W ARZ.

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I want it to be some C or D list hero. Maybe someone fairly new to the JL, or even still part of the Titans, compared to the better known heroes. This is why so many lectures and repeating PowerPoints. They need to hammer it in and make sure he gets it before releasing him back into the wild with minimal supervision. They thought 'no killing people who haven't done anything wrong yet, especially children,' was a given for being a JL affiliated hero.

'But it's a quick and easy solution to stopping the end of the world' is not a good argument. Being a hero is about doing what's right, not what's easiest. - Flash

Being 'certain it's the kid and not the mom, because of the red eyes and the mom having black hair,' is also not helping your case. - Martian Manhunter

This kid and his mom need support and care to steer him away from that path. How you're raised, and how you're treated can make all the difference. - Superman

If he does grow up to be as strong as Superman, like you say, then he could choose to be a great force for good if given the chance. - Batman

It's important he's accepted and allowed to thrive instead of being treated like a monster. That way lies a self fulfilling prophecy. - Wonder Woman

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Meanwhile, the one thing tiny Dan (Jordan? Dante?) doesn't address, even (especially) to himself, is that he's attached to his 'mom' now. He'd hated his twerp younger self, (hated himself), for so long. He'd started this path to redemption thinking he'd just have to put up with the idiot.

But Danny cared about him and did his best to show it. Even after everything, Danny was trying to be kind and supportive. (Even if Dan sometimes felt he doesn't deserve it.)

It got easier with time. And as much as he hates being tiny; getting a new, living (half) human body helped even more. Not being huge helped Danny separate his trauma reactions and nightmares from Dan so he could process it better. Having family again, and not being a full ghost, was helping Dan process and deal with his own trauma. It's easier for humans to change than for ghosts.

Part of Dan's obsessions was Family. He's not sure if he got it more from his Danny half or his Vlad half. Both sides of that obsession had failed and been broken before he'd ever gone on his rampage. Having 'uncle' Jazz back in his life, and not afraid of him, was a balm on that old wound. Uncle Ellie was easy to love. She hadn't existed before. Maybe things would have been different if she had.

He hadn't expected to love 'mom' Danny too. It had crept up on him, on both of them. The mom had been a mocking insult at first, it became a joke, and then affectionate. And one day, he just realized, but wouldn't admit it, that Danny is his parent, and a better one than his first. And this second childhood was pretty great too. And he loved his mom, Danny, too. And somehow, Danny loved him back.

Dan had family that loved him again. And he was absolutely not going to lose them again. Even if he wouldn't admit it if anyone asked.

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And this one Fruitloop hero creeper ends up drawing in the attention of all these other heroes being weirdo helicopter creepers around his mom and Dan.

Dan is not happy with this. Especially if he thinks some of the heroes might be flirting with his mom. Especially Especially when hero attention inevitably means villain attention. Because so called supervillains are some petty jealous bitches. He would know, he got that from Vlad.

And even if he knows mom can take it, that it won't, can't, kill Danny, that Danny's had worse (from him)... Seeing Danny (his mom, his family) strapped to explosives, in a goddamn fast food place, has Dan frozen in horror, and utterly furious. (Nono not again. It can't happen again. Not again.). And his goddamn tiny body and tiny powers are too small, too weak, too uncontrolled, for him to stop this bullshit. But he's losing control anyway, because tiny body, big trauma emotions, and crying tantrum incoming.

And well, maybe having heroes paying attention to his family isn't entirely bad if it means mom doesn't have to always save himself from a situation. But Dan is still fucking blaming the idiot heroes for their villains getting involved. They get to live though, because mom is fine now, and he'd be upset and disappointed in Dan if he murdered the idiots. Even if it was just some light dismemberment. He's already suffering the child leash until college, he doesn't want it during college too!

But the villains make excellent and valid targets for misplaced aggression. Just you wait until he's bigger and has better control of his powers.

Meanwhile, the heroes think they've successfully prevented Dan from going evil by saving his family from being blown up in a fast food place. Job well done, for now.

Danny just sighs the sigh of a tired dad and tries to inconspicuously put out the blue ectoplasmic fires Dan started during his meltdown. All while Dan clings to his waist, head pressed into the small of his back, and glares at the heroes securing the knocked out villain. Danny absently pets Dan's hair like a smol grumpy cat.

Prompt 177

Now Dan is no coward. He’s not. 

But this stupid child body does have an effect on his reactions to things and honestly it’s a horrible thing that’s too small and too weak for him to use all his abilities. He could barely manage a fireball if he concentrated, yet everything caught fire with a mere outburst! His control was utterly gone, and a tantrum resulted in having to wear a stupid child leash backpack. 

It wasn’t like he was really a child, and it wasn’t like he’d get lost or some stupid shit that Danny would insist. Ugh, this isn’t even fair, technically he was older than him yet was stuck in a smaller body that he kept tripping over! 

Urgh, he’s even insisting on rewarding ‘good behavior’ and shit- must have talked to Jazz or something- because… Oh. No he wants the constellation bear, give! His star bear now, no takes back and, urgh, stupid baby body! 

Well, on the other hand, it’s utterly hilarious how much Danny sputters whenever he calls him Mom, not to mention strangers’ utter befuddlement. He ignores how Danny seems to be trying his best to live up ro the title. 

But! As he was saying, he’s no coward! He’s also not an idiot though, and having no control over his powers isn’t exactly a good thing. It’s really not a good thing when there’s a murderous-looking hero that he thinks he might have maimed in the future- which they apparently remember- staring down at him. So, he has to call in the big guns to fix this. 

“Mom, there’s a creepy fruitloop staring at me!” “There’s WHAT?!” Hah. Take that hero he doesn’t remember the name of.

(Behold the Grumpiest of Babies)

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🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in June 2024

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats, and happy Pride Month!! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

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❤️ The Shadow of Summer - Marlon Yelich 🧡 Of Stardust - (ed) Avrah C. Baren 💛 The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye - Briony Cameron 💚 Triple Sec - T.J. Alexander 💙 Same Difference - E.J. Copperman 💜 The Pull of the Tide - Various ❤️ The Misadventures of Getting Lainey a Date - Eija Jimenez 🧡 Surface Pressure - Adrian J. Smith & Neen Cohen 💛 Mirrored Heavens - Rebecca Roanhorse 💙 The Fire Within Them - Matthew Ward 💜 One and Done - Frederick Smith 🌈 Digging for Destiny - Jenna Jarvis

❤️ She Who Brought the Storm - Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea 🧡 Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights - James Persichetti & L.S. Biehler 💛 London on My Mind - Clara Alves (translated by Nina Perrotta) 💚 The Deep Dark - Molly Knox Ostertag 💙 Furious - Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos 💜 Gay the Pray Away - Natalie Naudus ❤️ Such A Small World - Jordan Clayden-Lewis 🧡 Make It Count: My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner - CeCé Telfer 💛 Cicada Summer - Erica McKeen 💙 We Used to Live Here - Marcus Kliewer 💜 Dandelion - Merlina Garance 🌈 The Curse of the Goddess - C.C. González

❤️ The Schoolmaster - Jessica Tvordi 🧡 Cigarette Lemonade - Connor de Bruler 💛 Coil of Boughs - Penny Moss 💚 Ballad for Jasmine Town - Molly Ringle 💙 Asking for a Friend - Ronnie Riley 💜 Pleasure Principle - Madeleine Cravens ❤️ Perfect Revenge - Jessica Burkhart 🧡 Lockjaw - Matteo L. Cerilli 💛 Markless - C.G. Malburi 💙 Queer Art - Gemma Rolls-Bentley 💜 Morally Straight - Mike De Socio 🌈 Our Bodies Electric - Zackary Vernon

❤️ Love Is All - Various 🧡 Becoming Ted - Matt Cain 💛 Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet - Molly Morris 💚 Dear Cisgender People: A Guide to Trans Allyship and Empathy - Kenny Ethan Jones 💙 Pole Position - Rebecca J. Caffery 💜 Something to be Proud Of - Anna Zoe Quirke ❤️ Hot Hires - Nan Campbell, Alaina Erdell, Jesse J. Thoma 🧡 Lord of the Empty Isles - Jules Arbeaux 💛 Kissing Girls on Shabbat - Sara Glass 💙 When You Smile - Melissa Brayden 💜 We Could Be Heroes - Philip Ellis 🌈 But How Are You, Really - Ella Dawson

❤️ A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence - Jess Everlee 🧡 Take All of Us - Natalie Leif 💛 One Killer Problem - Justine Pucella Winans 💚 Why Are People Into That? - Tina Horn 💙 Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity - Jack Turban 💜 Lady Eve's Last Con - Rebecca Fraimow ❤️ Sea of Broken Glass - Jenna Pine 🧡 Rapunzella, Or, Don't Touch My Hair - Ella McLeod 💛 Wolfpitch - Balazs Lorinczi 💙 Looking for a Sign - Susie Dumond 💜 Director's Cut - Carlyn Greenwald 🌈 Wish You Weren't Here - Erin Baldwin

❤️ Act Two - Rochelle Wolf 🧡 Unexploded Remnants - Elaine Gallagher 💛 The Stars Want Blood - Morgan Lawson 💚 Shadows Dark and Deadly - Andrea Marie Johnson 💙 Design of Darkness - R.D. Pires 💜 Two Sides to Every Murder - Danielle Valentine ❤️ Meet Me in the Sky - Jeffrey K. Davenport 🧡 A Shore Thing - Joanna Lowell 💛 The Lions' Den - Iris Mwanza 💙 Under the Dragon Moon - Mawce Hanlin 💜 A Sea of Wolves - Sarah Street 🌈 Saints of Storm and Sorrow - Gabriella Buba

❤️ Private Rites - Julia Armfield 🧡 Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous - Mae Marvel 💛 The Stars Too Fondly - Emily Hamilton 💚 Keeping Carmen Ruiz - Alyson Root 💙 Cuckoo - Gretchen Felker-Martin 💜 Heartwaves - Anita Kelly ❤️ Bound to the Wild Fae - Tavia Lark 🧡 Four Squares - Bobby Finger 💛 The Ghost of Us - James L. Sutter 💙 Poison in Their Hearts - Laura Sebastian 💜 Puppy Love - Elle Sprinkle 🌈 Hot Summer - Elle Everhart

❤️ Liddy-Jean Marketing Queen and the Matchmaking Scheme - Mari SanGiovanni 🧡 All Friends Are Necessary - Tomas Moniz 💛 Six of Sorrow - Amanda Linsmeier 💚 Shanghai Murder - Jessie Chandler 💙 PROUD - Anthology 💜 Little Rot - Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ Fling - Deja Elise 🧡 Too Many Stars to Count - Frances M. Thompson 💛 Rakesfall - Vajra Chandrasekera 💙 The Unrelenting Earth - Kritika H. Rao 💜 Freakslaw - Jane Flett 🌈 Please Stop Trying to Leave Me - Alana Saab

❤️ A Sense of Shifting - Coco Romack, Yael Malka 🧡 Moonstorm - Yoon Ha Lee 💛 Now, Conjurers - Freddie Kölsch 💚 Hide No More - Rita Potter 💙 Running Close to the Wind - Alexandra Rowland 💜 The Afterlife of Mal Caldera - Nadi Reed Perez ❤️ Her, Him & I - Christian Weissmann 🧡 The Sons of El Rey - Alex Espinoza 💛 Show Me Your Teeth - Amy Marsden 💙 Defeating Demons and Breaking Up With My Boyfriend - Dylan James 💜 For Real - Alexis Hall 🌈 The Clarity of Light - Jade Church

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Artist Report - Identity

Even though in the 1990s there was much work done by trans scholars with the mission to correct wrongly identified stories of trans people under the academic cisgender bias, sadly Claude Cahun seems to have slipped through the cracks as they didn’t specifically show a strong desire to have a binary transition, instead their identity is much closer to what we would call non-binary nowadays, which explains why to this day academic sources continue to push their identity as a woman’s performance, despite the fact they described themself very clearly outside of binary constraints. In their autobiography, Claude writes “Shuffle the cards. Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation, Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.” (2008, pp. 151) and “me, he she - or simply it” (2008, pp. 200) which is still relevant to gender discourse to this day, upholding the freeing and simultaneously personal singularity and gender plurality in the ever-growing use of they/them pronouns, and admirably consolidating the reality and existence of genderqueer individuals dating back to the 1930s.

In their article for the Art Journal, Jordan Reznick (2022) interprets their artwork as “trans-before-transsexuality”, attributing the artist with a visionary mindset towards gender - as if foreshadowing the current transmedicalist climate of the last decade - Cahun conveyed a liberating gender expression preceding the societal partiality to transhood that fits in the mold of innocuous corporeality that passes under the radar as cisgender, usually by mirroring cis performances of gender and ratifying them as the only correct way to present yourself as not to draw attention to your transness. In my view of this, Cahun’s self-portraits are loud and proud of their genderqueerness, portraying stereotypically masculine or feminine assets in the way that best suits them and the concept of the particular art piece, with a palpable lack of worry for a cisgender audience that might be disturbed from the fragile idea that feminine/masculine elements are innate to a person’s biology or sense of gender within the binary.

From their honors thesis, Miranda DeBrine (2019) demonstrates Claude’s inspiration from artistic movements like Dadaism and Surrealism (pp. 17-18), and scholars like Sigmund Freud and Havelock Ellis (pp. 19-20). In their analysis of 15 artworks by Claude (and also often their partner Marcel Moore), I’d like to mention one of their most recognizable works Self-portrait (reflected image in mirror, chequered jacket) (1928). Miranda notes the influence in the composition of a woman commonly portrayed passively looking at their reflection in a vanity mirror, contrasted by Claude looking directly at the viewer with “a defensive and accusatory gaze” (pp. 29). Their body language seems to show a brief moment of Claude meeting eyes with someone and pulling their jacket towards their body before presumably turning their head and walking away; in disparity, their reflection on the mirror appears to be opening the jacket and revealing their body instead. As I see it, this portrait represents the defensive feeling after locking eyes with a cisgender person that is seemingly looking you up and down to decipher your gender in their own binary perspective of it, and - in the reflection - the underlying recognition of how that process might, in the observer’s mind, strip you down of your clothes and reduce you to biological features and stereotypically gendered cues as they see fit.

Cahun, C. et al. (2008) Disavowals or cancelled confessions. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 

Cahun, C. (2018) Self-portrait (reflected image in mirror, chequered jacket), Elephant. London. Available at: https://elephant.art/exploring-arts-modern-couples-with-a-relationship-expert/self-portrait-reflected-in-mirror-chequered-jacket-1928/ (Accessed: November 27, 2022).

DeBrine, M. (2019) The Exploration of a Nonbinary Gender Identity in the Visual Work of Claude Cahun. Honors Undergraduate Theses. Available at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses/617 (Accessed: November 27, 2022).

Reznick, J. (2022) “Through the guillotine mirror: Claude Cahun’s theory of trans against the void,” Art Journal, 81(3), pp. 53–69. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00043249.2022.2110440.