#lee!shotty

[eunchancorner]

Enjoy chaotic cops

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“Poke!” Shotty poked at Cap’s side with a giggle. “Poke poke poke!”

“Sh-Shotty, stop…” Cap snorted and held back giggles at each little poke. He knew what Shotty was doing. They made it too obvious. Still, he could always try to just tell his partner off.

“Whyyyyyy?” they cooed, laying on their back beside him. “You gonna stop me? Hm? Hmm? Poke poke poke!”

The ravenette was starting to have enough of his partner’s shit. The pokes seemed to be getting more and more ticklish as time went on. It was only a matter of time before he snatched their wrists up and dragged them into his lap, glaring down at them.

“How well did you think that was going to end for you, Shotty?” he questioned his tan-haired bestie, who just grinned up at him.

“Very well, actually!”

“Well…” Cap started before looking Shotty up and down, noticing their outfit. More specifically, their shorts. Seemed as though they really wanted to get wrecked today.

“You were right,” he finished as he quickly dug into Shotty’s ribs, prompting a squeal and that chaotic laugh he lived to hear. He smirked as his roommate kicked and squealed, twisting and turning in his hands, and still kept up perfectly with their thrashing. Of course he did. He was used to it by now.

Shotty, however, could never get used to how easily Cap could tickle them to pieces. Maybe they were just too ticklish, or maybe it was because Cap knew exactly what got them going and how, but nevertheless, Shotty never failed to be surprised with how badly it tickled.

“Cahahahahap wahahait!! Wahait nohohoho! Ihi’m sohohohohorry!” they squealed out, wiggling in their friend’s grip, but Cap wasn’t deterred.

“Why are you suddenly fighting back? I thought you wanted this, Shotty? Hmm? Are you regretting it now, or, maybe, you’d wanna play your favorite game?” Cap cooed sweetly.

“Ihihi- It’s YOUR fahavorihihite gahahahame!!”

“Hm, guess that’s true, too… still, we’re gonna play it.”

“CAHAP NO-”

The ravenette quickly dragged Shotty farther over his lap, grabbing their shin and lifting their leg up at a diagonal angle. He smirked at Shotty, who shook their head quickly, trying to push down spluttery, nervous giggles as they realized how fucked they were.

Without another word, Cap strummed on their thigh, similar to how you would a guitar, even going so far as to lightly press on their calf.

Shotty let loose with the loudest, chaotic, most hysterical laugh, the very same laugh that happens every time Cap played ‘Leg guitar’ with them. He knew how bad it was, how bad it got Shotty going, so of course it quickly became his favorite.

However, that spot also quickly brought Shotty to their limit, so when Cap heard their laugh become more hiccup than laughter, he backed off.

He gently scooped his partner up and held them close, letting them let out their residual giggles as they melted. He noticed their lack of stimming and fidgeting and figured he’d tired them out really bad with the tickles.

“Finally gonna stop bugging me?” he asked, and all they responded with was a small snuggle and a quiet sigh, which told him all he needed to know.

[switchbladeclub]

[mayisgoingnuts]

Pls, I beg of thee, anything with Shotty and Cap. They're so underrated (I mean they appear for two seconds but still)

Guys I think he got too excited

I also made another one of them with Lee!Shotty and Ler!Cap here

[likesummerrainn]

ROH | 1.11.24

[handsome-robot]

It's nice to see the shades of Cody Rhodes in Lee Johnson's wrestling.

[besilentintheticklecloset]

My turn

Kevin works all day so I'm like 100% sure most of his lee moods kicks in when he's working and there's nothing worse than havinf a lee mood when you're somewhere where not only it's boring af but you also need to focus and not daydream. Worst nightmare

Dexter's social life is composed by his mom what the FUCK is he going to do. Plus he also works, plus plus needs kicking his ass, it's a full combo

Candy Dealer has more important stuff to do other than thinking about being tickled. But he does daydream sometimes when someone is just talking a bunch of unimportant stuff to him

It's Susie I don't even need to elaborate, Pump is always with Skid she is no fucking way going to Mr Wonder AND MUCH LESS TO THE HATZGANG she just grabs her pencil and wrecks her oc's to compensate

The homie is Shotty. They share the same braincell so he doesn't even need to say anything, and if he does they treat it like they're trading drugs going "psst.. the thing...."

Shotty has no shame at ALL he just wanna laugh and be happy. Please tickle him he's giving you the puppy eyes

Roy prefers to die in his own shame than to say anything to anyone. His pride would NEVER let him but even there he's just trying so harddd to be subtle and failing

Rick is very ler to me. Not like he's not ticklish he definitely is he just don't really has lee moods

John doesn't know how to lie someone tell him. He is just craving so hard for some cheer up tickles to forget about how life is miserable but oh nooo he's too old for that

Radford OBVIOUSLY wouldn't say it like that but lee moods are like one of his last problems ever. He has a bunch of friends who he can start a tickle fight with and most of them also knows how he likes tickles so he doesn't know how it is to suffer

Old fucking man. Even if he does have them he definitely doesn't know nor cares to give a name and also shakes it off to think about other and probably more depressing things. Also needs cheer up tickles but is in absolute denial and tbh also has no one so it doesn't matter/j

[bluwavez]

˗ ˋ 🌊 HOT NEWS ! ﹕ DEEPDIVE OFFICIALLY LEAVES FLOWERBANK!

By THEENEWWAVE | MARCH 3, 2024

"We're out of there," Finn Lee says in a selfie with Kiwoo outside of the Flowerbank Entertainment building. After months of a silent legal battle that erupted with the postponement of Noah Son's highly anticipated solo debut "GUILTY" also known as Flowerbank's Biggest Fumble that resulted in the idol exposing Flowerbank for improperly managing the once chart-dominating boy group.

Since DeepDive was acquired by Flowerbank in 2023, the group has had a singular comeback, which was later revealed to have been funded by the members themselves. The album "The Lagoon" would become the highest-selling boy group album under Flowerbank by selling an astounding 2,740,000 copies within the first day but that apparently didn't matter to the professional bag fumblers, Carmen and Iseul.

After the postponement of Guilty, Noah would file a lawsuit to terminate his contract with Flowerbank, backed by Son Jinhwa, the CEO of Mydol Entertainment, and his father. A day after Noah filed for contract termination, Finn Lee and Bae Kiwoo filed their notions for contract termination. Four days later, the rest of DeepDive Hwang Jisung, Jacob Lee, Kang Woobin, and Park Woojin would file to terminate their contracts, all being represented by Mydol-funded lawyers.

Just a few short weeks later, Flowerbank would relinquish all rights to DeepDive and release all seven members from their contracts. Within the same week, Sirens would be invited to attend DeepDive's Mydol contract signing, following the newly founded tradition of public contract signings

All seven members of DeepDive would debut new hairstyles at their contract signings. Finn's new long blond look would cause mass hysteria on Twitter.

"It's an honor to have DeepDive back. We're already discussing their comeback and the release of Noah's solo mini album. Please, stay tuned and give them lots of love and support," Son Jinhwa would announce at the contract signing to the excitement of Sirens in the crowd.

A majority of the DeepDive members seemed pleased with the fourth company transfer of their long winded career. Kiwoo, Woojin, and Jacob remained silent on social media while the other four members would celebrate through Instagram posts.

  [ +1029, -384 ] this group has been through seven wars, 24 different members, flopism, musical terrorism, and so much more

      [ +863, -271 ] flowerbank will burn for separating venus and deepdive...sick bitches

      [ +726, -485 ] mydol is going to try to buy venus next at this point lol

      [ +620, -139 ] jinhwa is such a good dad!! weird guy and a shotty business man but he loves his kids so much

      [ +578, -387 ] flowerbank is soooooo stupid for fumbling these guys. their one album under them literally outsold haute pink's entire career 💀

      [ +502, -208 ] FINN LOOKS SO GOOOOD!!

      [ +458, -139 ] why are we acting like jinhwa didn't verbally abuse these boys for years 😭 this is not a good thing and he should be in PRISON...

      [ +453, -87 ] do you realize how overworked they're going to be again? sirens hate these boys so much. why are they celebrating this??

      [ +324, -108 ] i cant believe the last venus and deepdive interaction we got was a stupid ass klara and jacob vlog...

[alexissara]

THE Comics Of The Year 2023

I'm Alexis Sara, and if you don't know me then you should know I am an Eisner [among several other award] winning comics writer and I eventually kinda left behind comics because of a massive feeling of burn out and a lack of hope for the industry. However, I utterly adore the medium and I do enjoy comics still even if mostly in indie form or Manga. Manga of the year is a separate post since I just read more Manga and I wanted to talk about more comics overall so this section is all non manga stuff from Webcomics to graphic novels to single issue type deals, everything I read is up for consideration.

Extreme Venomverse #4 Necroko story 

This story makes me even more mad than I am every day about the state of the public domain. Stan Lee is dead, he doesn't need Spider-man money but Marvel will for many many many more years hoard the amazing ideas made by so many other people that relate to spider-man and even when Spider-man enters the public domain Disney will sue people for using any part of spider-man that doesn't come from the debut time and is still with in their copyright. So an amazing character like Nercroko is stuck at the whims of some editor to see if the creators can bring her back, for how long they can bring her back, they get to decide how gay she is allowed to be, how violent, if the story fits their brand image and if a random event has her erased from the timeline or something to fuel a mans pain or something. Which is to say fuck Marvel comics, don't buy their stuff but I read this story and it's really fucking good, 12/10 it's not really worth buying Extreme Venomverse cuz the other stories are mid but as fuck but this little short story if you could find it at retail value for a single issue of Venomverse #4 pick it up for sure. It's a venom magical girl who is gay, just great, perfect, brilliant, inspirational.

IDW Sonic 

You expect to see the sapphics from me and there here, for real, but I really enjoy this series in general. Whisper and Tangle are my main draw but I did enjoy Sonic video games a lot when I was younger so the characters, designs, etc are always something I just like seeing. The IDW comics bring a great consistent art style that makes the world of sonic feel very alive, stylish an cool. The new characters are all people I want to show up as playable in new sonic games and the story lines all feel like they would be exciting to see in a video game. These comics are really well done and while it could be more explicit in allowing it's original characters to be queer [I understand main game characters not being able to have romance to give the game devs space] it's still a good time.

Ladykillers

I love when the lesbians are on an adventure, when they are poly, when they are silly, and we got it all here. Ladykillers is a silly D&D inspired webcomic that has these cute little dumbasses go on quests and get into trouble. It starts pretty one shotty and eventually gets into a continuous narrative. If you loved Bauldr's Gate but wished it was just about like three homoerotic girls getting into silly trouble, this one is for you.

My Dragon Girlfriend

My Dragon Girlfriend every year is a top series for me. The release format of release makes each update a very small dose of a larger narrative but these little romances are all compelling and sweet and fun filled with silly little sapphics. While the newest couple added in is the one I am least compelled by I still enjoyed them. The art is really cute and sweet, the way emotion is portrayed is handled really well, Country really knows how to capture emotion within the medium and masters making good use out of all the little details.

Grand Slam Romance

I don't like sports but if lesbian magical girls played soft ball I would have to convert to being the number ones sports girly. The messy lesbian drama here is so good and the jokes are really great, when I grabbed this I kinda worried it be YA toned which typically doesn't sit well with me but luckily this is in fact adult fiction for adults that just has a strong sense of whimsy. It's a really great read and I hope a lot more people check it out because it's super good and even has a follow up book coming out.

SpellAstra

These lesbians have issues and I am so fucking here for it. We got a trio of queer witches casting spells, fighting monsters, etc who are all also teachers for a school of other witches. One of the party turns into a demon if her seal is broken which causes her to get all violent and feral, one has a magical artifact tied to a bigger play happening across the universes of the world and the final is holding secrets she doesn't want to share. From there their issues run into each other, they deal with new problems they cause, their love lives get complicated and we find out the truth of all the messy lesbian fun that is unleashed between them. The translation is sometimes a little wonky but if you can forgive a self published self translation to English for sometimes saying words a little wrong but still understandably then damn there just isn't really a story like SpellAstra I've read.

Mage & Demon Queen 

After following this series for so many years it finally finished. This action comedy yuri series is fucking amazing from start to finish a fun time with some of the best jokes across all of comics for nerdy little sapphics like me. I do think near the end of the series we spend too much time with the men of the cast who simply were not the draw for me at all but they got a lot of panel time but outside of that small preference so much of this series is so perfect it's hard to even fault the parts that are a little less great.

Pink Sugar 

What a fucking book, what a queer gift that this exists, that we live in a world where this is being released on webtoon [and a ton of other places] gives me hope for queer art and art in general. This story is lesbian in the deepest ways, with the diversity of lesbians that I want to see. Masc Non Binary Lesbians, bigger fem lesbians, trans lesbians, all falling in love with each other in these gloriously sweet ways. This series is truly queer in the most real sense. The presentation of the afterlife is innovative and fun. the comedy is great, the chemistry between all four of this polycule is great, the romantic moments are super sweet, the art's fantastic, the pacing is great and all of that lends to some really fucking heart breaking moments to as we get into the deep feelings of these dead women. This is one of the best stories being told right now and maybe ever. I love Pink Sugar, I beg of you to check it out. It's currently kickstarting a physical version if your reading this near release of this post then you should go back it. You can read it for free, if you like it, back it.

If you want to help me enjoy more art then consider checking out my Patreon or Ko-fi and giving me a little bit of cash so I can do more of this kind of writing but also like make lots of my own art, art is hard to make and costs money and like maintain my chronically ill and trans body also takes money so anything helps, thank you. If you want more details on any of these I do have reviews for many of the pieces of art above but you can also let me know you want more and maybe I'll write more.

[blueonwrestling]

it's an incredibly cliche thing to say, but big shotty lee johnson is man that is the definition of potenial and just needs more time to cook away and learn.

a great young act.

[houseofpunk]

Big Shotty Lee Johnson aka The House of Black's collective son-in-law

[eunchancorner]

imagine if someone threatened a lee with tickles, and they automatically respond "don't threaten me with a good time"

(not nsfw)

Shottycore

[switchbladeclub]

[mayisgoingnuts]

Also I love the idea of Shotty and Cap both being massive switches bc like. Those two absolutely tickle each other ALL the time.

Like I have this hc where Shotty rarely stops moving, and one of the things they do to keep from leaping out of their fucking seat is trace all over Cap's arms, but Cap's arms are super fuckin ticklish so the poor dude's just gotta sit there and take it.

THEY ARE!!! THE SWITCH AND SWITCH DUO!! The only problem is if I go with 100% switches for them to match or a ler leaning and a lee leaning just for the funzies,, BOTH OF THEM FITSSS

And I'm adopting that headcanon thank you goodbye /silly

Now it's both this one and sometimes Captain going "If you do this task for me I'll tickle you" as a payment (I hc for them to live together)

[darknessillumina]

Outerversal

[Verse] Blood gushes from decapitation though I'm Sleepy Hollow Creeping follow cut you with glass shards from a broken whiskey bottle Leave me alone with dead zombies on Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment My group of vigilantes could raid the whole FBI department Jason Voorhees torn in pieces torturing aborted fetus The hellfire brimstone keep scorching people with the sport of evil I'm Genghis Khan strategic atheist and non-believer Like the demon in the sky that made you believe you talked to Jesus Fucked a corpse and bleeding inside his eye, the silence is fine No banshee screaming force-feed it and helicopter chop this creature into 40 pieces Pestilence horsemen about to fill you with AIDS diseases in Watch you suffocate with your throat stuffed with wet cement Make a statue of your last breath and shatter it all to pieces My heart pumps colder than the combinations of winter seasons Oh lemme guess you hate magic? I could peel your flesh and Stretch it into a straitjacket, your rapping is trash and the tape You made is a waste faggot, bash your brains and the bloods looking Like paint splashing I possess demonic entities and take 'em over Make sure my life is always at risk while I'm raising cobras Sitting lower under the effects of novocaine I'm lower Peep the flow, I go to Skid Row to announce cocaine is over Fucking Victoria Secret's models in kamasutra positions Channeled more demons than an Vatican inquisition Kidnap aliens in abductions and drag 'em through 10 dimensions Third-eye biomechanical with astro-projection lenses Beat you senseless, my seventh senses are enhanced Let's get demented, enter trenches and they're defenseless Rusty blades, I spank it with rusty barbwires fences Cut your tongue off like an dentist then rip your guts out And watch it fall into place like Tetris flashing visions I'm deathless hacking people headless get left in the Cecil Hotel in the room where Ramirez killed the Maries Open portals snatch the specimens from older ages Put them in the modern world though hahahahaha! Crack your bones with a jagged knife and a jackhammer Then smoke your bones in the crack pipe with the mad hatter Leave you stranded somewhere on an distant abandoned planet Then stream it live from a webcam that the feds planted it Lust gluttony envy fighting I'm trained by Ali and Mike Tyson Bruce Lee and Rocky Balboa so wait 'til the cal blow up Hahahahahaha! Henrique sadistic as I laugh crying Hahahahahaha! I'm so evil I blast cancers in the gas chambers What I'm radiating is fast silent and mad violent Body bags piling flying to Thanos the Mad Titan Caio the vigilante in an hockey mask wilding All black but half-serpent and half-lion Burn you with a shotty that's flamboyant and cast iron If I read pyrokinesis it enchants fire smirking in the smoke Taking off the hockey mask proceed to mumify the victims in an Body cast get your torso chopped in half like samurais invading Breaking in Karate class the radioactive wastelands after the rocket blast Razor Raisers army of mutated psychopaths we dash and smash But we bash and blast Cho Virginia Tech, my villain name is the Stormsuper While you're keep missing like Stormtroopers Doctor Satan giving octopus Tentacles to an barracuda Anonymous Legion will keep sending viruses to your Computers waiting until an volcano eruption just summon destruction Superhuman that can fly laughing 'cuz you can't survive never feeling Satisfied everlasting mastermind mighty hands blast the nine We Nirvana battle cry amplify the hands of time banging angels in the sky Hack-and-slash, I can't decide, pet insects or pesticide? Leaving whole eyes petrified, feel me as I laugh and cry Darkness Harkness trapped is like you would never rap these lines Polarize the Poltergeist with the coldest solar eyes

[Outro] Hehehehehehe….

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

Okay @mogai-sunflowers. Here's a list. (My memory is shotty so please forgive me if I suggest anyone you've already talked about).

(I do not take credit for the list. For more information please view this list on BlackPast. I simply summarized most of the people on their list so that they could be organized and grouped together based on related themes for the MOGAI BHM posts.)

Stonewall Riots was started by queer POC. Particularly Marsha P Johnson and Storme Delarverieare are two Black queer icons in that movement.

Gladys Bentley was one of the most famous blues singers during the Harlem Renaissance.

Bayard Rustin was arrested for having sex with men and was a civil rights leader that worked closely with Martin Luther King.

Audre Lord is a Black Lesbian Feminist known for her works on queer theory, feminist theory, critical race studies.

Lucy Hicks is a prominent Trans woman in the 1920s (though the word trans didn't exist). She just started living as a woman one day, and when it got out she was biologically male the govt was not happy!

Paris KC Barclay. First out gay male and first Black person to hold the title President if Directors Guild of America in 2013.

Ashley A Boone Jr gay man whom has had major success in the world of movie promotion. Was director of foreign advertising and publicity. Had hand in the promotion of classics like Westside Story, Alien, Starwars, Young Frankenstein, and many more. Also in 1979 he was the highest ranking African American in Hollywood.

Isaiah Crawford. The 14th and current residing president of University of Pudget Sound. Also the first Black LGBT+ president of ANY prestigious university in the United States.

Petrisse Cullors, the founder of the modern Black Lives Matter Movement.

Alicia Garza another founder of the modern Black Lives Matter Movement.

Lee Louis Daniels first Black man to solely produce an Academy Award nominated film.

Angela Davis. I can't even begin on how amazing she was. She was awesome. An Icon in the Civil Rights Movement. Part of the Black Panther Party. Communist. Worked at UCLA as a professor in philosophy.

Trish Millines Dziko has my heart as a "woman in STEM" (TM). Co-founder and Executive Director of Technology Access Foundation.

Sherry D Harris. First candidate endorsed by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.

Barbara Jordan. I can't even BEGIN to get into the major political stuff she's helped pass.

Ray Douglas McDonald one of the first gay athletes in the NFL.

Danny Lyon Scarborough the first will known African American to go public about having aids.

John Eric Teamer co-founder of the National Association of Black and White Men Together a national organization that advocated against racism, sexism, homophobia, and HIV/AIDA discrimination. As such was a big part of the HIV/AIDs movement.

Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton huge blues singer/songwriter who wrote iconic songs like " Hound Dog" and "Ball n Chain".

Wallace Thurman one of the leading poets, artists, critics, and playwrights during the Harlem Renaissance.

Alvin Ailey established the company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater whose art celebrated black music and traditions while highlighting the struggle for equality and justice.

James Baldwin. Major Advocate during the Civil Rights Movement also worked with Martin Luther King Jr.

Deborah Batts first openly lesbian black female American Federal Judge.

Charles Blow youngest department head in New York Times' history.

Keith Boykin accepted into Harvard Law in 1989 which is one year after Pres. Obama and one year after Michelle Obama graduated. Part of the Bill Clinton Presidential campaign. Credited for first meeting between Clinton and LGBTQ+ leaders in 1993. Executive Director of National Black Lesbian and Gay Forum. Founder of National Black Justice Coalition.

George Washington Carver's sexuality has been in a long heated debate, but it's concluded he was likely bisexual. (His contributions to American History is already well known).

Jason Paul Collins one of the first class of inductees into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. Blackballed by the NBA after coming out as gay.

Beauford Delaney works renown painter and make contributor to the Harlem Renaissance.

Stormé DeLarverie possibly the woman that threw the first punch during the Stonewall Riots.

Augustus Granville Dill is a colleague of WEB DuBois and did a lot of activism with him.

Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson wrote the first Newspaper written by and for Black women. Supported the NAACP and served with the Women’s Commission on the Council of National Defense and the Circle of Negro War Relief during World War I.

Darrin Phillip Gayles has a long impressive history that I can't even begin to summarize.

Angelina Weld Grimke second Black graduate of Harvard Law. Vice president of the NAACP. Abolitionist and advocate for women's rights. Not a poet in the Harlem Renaissance but an inspiration for other poets during that time.

Lorraine Hansberry one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century.

Norris Bumstead Herndon founder of the Niagara Movement (precursor to the NAACP)

Alberta Hunter a key link between country- based and melodic female blue

Zora Neale Hurston a skilled writer during the Harlem Renaissance known for her sharp wit.

G. Winston James amazing gay activist. Wrote many pros and essays on being Black and gay.

Karine Jean-Pierre first Black immigrant woman to hold the position as Whitehouse secretary.

Lulu Merle Johnson first African American woman to hold a PhD in Iowa. Granddaughter of freed slaves. Her thesis was on slavery.

Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director/Co-Founder/Dancer/Choreographer of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. His works were commentary on racism, sexism, gender roles, aids, and interracial relationships.

Mondaire Jones congressman of New York. Active in his local chapter of the NAACP. Worked in the US Department of Justice under Pres. Obama.

June Meyer Jordan Civil Rights Activist, one of the ones that demanded the Supreme Court enforce desegregation. Also a writer that authored 28 books. Founded the Poetry for the People Program at University of California at Berkley.

Nella Larsen important literary figure during the Harlem Renaissance.

Queen Latifah. I know it's "modern history" but she's paved the way for women in a male dominated field that's largely misogynistic.

Don Carlton Lemon again "modern history" but he's the most prominent male journalist to announce his sexual orientation and a role model for gay men of color.

Alain Leroy Locke important supporter of the Harlem Renaissance and first Black person to win the Rhodes Scholarship. Often called the originator of the New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance.

Audre Lorde a major poet talking about her experiences as a Black Lesbian woman.

Jackie “Moms” Mabley internationally known standup comedian who was internationally known for 5 decades.

DeRay Mckesson again "modern history" but still a leader in the Black Lives Matter Movement.

Marco McMillian founder of MWM & Associates, a nonprofit consulting firm that according to its homepage is “dedicated to meeting the challenges of change.”

Pauli Murray was denied getting her advanced law degree at University of North Carolina Law School for her gender. Has an impressive education including becoming the first African American awarded a J.S.D. (a law doctorate) from Yale University in New Haven. Coined the term "Jane Crow and Jim Crow" to highlight the impact of dual discrimination.

Alexis Nikole Nelson. Again it's "modern history" but her work on Tiktok discussing how foraging is getting in touch with her Black roots is amazing.

Richard Bruce Nugent credited for "discovering Harlem" also a major player in the Harlem Renaissance.

Richard Wayne Penniman one of the most influential influencers in the early days of Rock n Roll.

Gertrude “Ma” Rainey known as the first woman to introduce Blues into her performances.

Bayard Rustin. Worked closely with W.E.B. Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson. Helped create Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) which pioneered the Civil Rights strategy of nonviolent action.

E. Denise Simmons. Again "modern history" but unfortunately a lot of "firsts" in Black history is even. She made history in 2008 by becoming the first openly lesbian African American mayor in the United States.

Barbara Smith co-founded the Combahee River Collective in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974. Which critiqued both the sexism in Black communities and racism in the feminist movement.

Billy Thomas Strayhorn was the first Black gay composer and pioneered and influenced the American Jazz movement though he was largely unknown during his time.

Andre Leon Talley. Again "modern history" but he's is editor-at-large at Vogue and the most notable African American in designer fashion.

Ritchie John Torres. Again "modern history" but sometimes we're living in history. You know?

-fae

im really struggling to come up with ideas for BHM posts. i have a lot of ideas, but they’re too in depth for me to get into in just one post and a bit too out of of the range of my knowledge still to really get into. i’d really appreciate some suggestions for what people would like to learn about, or things you haven’t seen me discuss yet!

tagging @metalheadsforblacklivesmatter for some ideas!