#queer archive work

[juleszuckerberg]

My new zine, ZINEFEST BOYFRIEND is now available online!

Order your physical riso printed copy at justrightzines.com or a digital pdf version @ justright.itch.io/zinefest-boyfriend! You will receive a 16 page zine & a companion paper doll.

ZFBF will also be featured in the Binch Press x Queer.Archive.Work print CSA fall share, you can subscribe today here! CSA subscribers will directly support our cooperative studio and receive bundles of zines & prints every season!

Z.F.B.F. (Zine Fest Boyfriend) is a dating adventure zine starring a cute anthro wolfboy and you, the reader! Z.F.B.F. is told through a combination of comics and pages inspired by dating sims, JRPGs, and other eclectic digital interfaces. You will have several prompts to draw yourself & other imagery throughout the story if you feel so inclined!

💙💙💙

[queerism1969]

[fiotrethewey]

So...

@georgiacooked and I are working on an audio drama together, a queer/trans gothic horror road trip, inspired by Dracula and the Magnus Archives, told over found footage and collected evidence as our main characters deal with the true aftermath of what happened to the Crew of Light in Transylvania over a hundred years ago.

It's a story that will span over three series, roughly 7 episodes per series - at 30-35 mins long per episode.

We want to ask you guys, the wonderful people of Tumblr, what sort of rewards you would be looking for to help fund our audio drama as we want to make sure our cast and crew are paid fairly. Current Reward Ideas include (in order of expense): A pin / merch related to the story Postcards of certain scenes Shooting Scripts (Transcripts will be made available) Named after a character A small cameo Associate Producer Credit

Firstly, would this interest you? Secondly, what sort of rewards do YOU want to see? Any feedback or support would be amazing!

[astriiformes]

Satisfying/entertaining day to be a Minnesotan

[onepeaceman]

Venmo: @torchport

Cashapp: $onepeaceman

Gofundme: https://gofund.me/3daa990b

@sundemonlord -- my OG account, has been UNshadowbanned.

Haven't gone back yet to check.

But I'll be using both of these blogs.

That one will probably have a wider range of stuff on it.

This will be the more personalized one.

For all those who have reblogged and donated:

Thank you.

Your help has meant the world to me.

You've helped me and I am grateful from the bottom of my heart.

For you. For existing and not shying away from a person in need -- a stranger at that.

For your parents, ancestors, and whatever deities you may believe in. For surely they had a hand in bringing you to this point. In maturing you.

For you, again. I hope that your journey is much easier and that everything that you need and want comes to you. I pray that whatever happens, your life is more filled with peace and satisfaction.

May you find who you are, where you belong, and what you're meant to do.

If you have everything you need.. I pray that you have a wonderful surprise of another blessing.

Thank you.

For those of you who have turned me away, whether out of ignorance, apathy, or some other vice?

I pray that the darkness may be lifted from your life, your love, your body, mind and soul. I pray that you too get what you need and want -- and that those things do not harm you or others.

Everyone's kindness or lack thereof has helped me grow and confront my own darkness. And I have found more light for it.

(PS been reading more of the Quran lately too. Seems to be having a calming effect. Tho that may be my audhd being pleased with my special interest being appeased as well)(special interest is spirituality, psychology, and philosophy -- there is much to learn from the belief and mind of man)

[ironyscleverer]

Hey. Shout out to all the aro/ace/demi fanfic writers. Y’all are fkn carrying. Your characters have complicated interpersonal relationships that aren’t merely defined by their romantic or platonic labels. You get it.

[muppet-rabies]

First time posting art on here being so brave rn. This is a wip, but I’m very happy with it so far and I wanted to share :]

[hotwaterandmilk]

I'm still not well so this isn't going to be articulate, but I wanted to say something anyway.

In the wake of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (amongst other titles) being purged from streaming I've seen countless posts saying "This is terrible, we need to stop this practice -- they might purge a good show next!" and yeah, for sure a lot of titles being impacted by streaming purges/lack of physical media/a decline in archiving right now aren't going to be remembered for changing the world.

However, I think it is vital that we fight to preserve these titles for their own sake not just because "What if next time it's something we actually like?!" There is value is preserving things widely regarded as "bad" not just because I have firm beliefs about the absurdity of taste, but because who gives a shit if something is deemed "good?" Actual human people put their time and energy into realising these artistic visions. Even if the results are arguably not "good" or "popular", should the efforts of these artists be lost to the sands of time? No, no they fucking shouldn't.

I share a lot of art on this blog from titles very few people consider culturally important or valuabe. However, I don't look at the things I collect & share like that. Even some of the most objectively absurd titles I own are still pieces of art that were developed, published, and consumed by humans in the real world. Whether they've turned out to be broadly memorable or not is irrelevant because they existed and that in itself makes them worthy of preservation so that others can choose to familiarise themselves with them long after the original creative team is gone.

So yes, we should all be trying to preserve the media that's important to us and not let corporations try to stamp out every trace of a financial (though not necessarily artistic) misstep. However, it shouldn't take the threat of something we, personally, like being taken away to stir us into giving a shit.

Even the demise of less admired works should concern us and make us start to burn copies of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies because it might not mean anything to you or I right now, but to some kid in 20 years it could be a seminal experience that leads them to follow their dreams. Or it could become a cult classic that people reflect on at watch parties years in the future. Or it could continue to be a footnote in the history of television that nobody really cares about.

Ultimately I don't think it matters what level of value we arbitrarily assign to media now or in the future, we should be trying to preserve as much of it as possible so that generations from now people can enjoy the option of engaging with these titles should they so wish.

[thetardisisnotourdivision]

The villain of my first book seems really clever and calculating at first. But I know the rest of the series. And it immediately becomes obvious once you know the plot of like books two and three that this woman has ONE move. And somehow it ALWAYS FUCKING WORKS.

[sualne]

"was looking for old one piece videos i watched as a kid. op alice human sacrifice. op bad apple & popipo & carameldansen ect." EXCUSE ME WHAT. i am pretty new to the fandom (~2 years),please share the ancient texts

i doubt any of these are the og videos and are more likely nico nico douga repost on youtube but there you go, some one piece ancient texts:

alice human sacrifice, idk how old you are but back in early 10s ppl would redo the og ahs video/song with any fandom, i remember seeing one for bleach too back then, i loooved that song!

caramelldansen, a classic.

bad apple, i remember watching it before i even had seen the sabaody arc i was confused as to whom was supposed to be who!

popipo, there are multiple old ones! there are also all very low quality.

brook yohohoho [freak-techno], i loved it sm, thought it had been lost to the ages but someone found it back for me!!

one piece in 6 minutes amv, first saw it on dailymotion 12 or so years ago, i finally found it again! and i understand english now too so thats double cool, i remember thinking it was the most epic video i'd ever seen as a kid!

that's the most surface level stuff ive got for now, hopefully that'll do it! edit: those are video ive seen about 12years ago cause that's when i got into one piece! but there are plenty that are older yet!

bonus this one: the 11 supernova

[juleszuckerberg]

HEY!! my studio is raising funds for improving our space for accessibility needs. we're raffling off a bunch of cool things, including 2 pet portrait slots by me!

☆ 10$ per raffle entry

☆ goes on until 7/28

☆ more info on our instagram post over here!

[my-deer-friend]

No nonfiction book has ever quite so profoundly laser-targeted me with grief as Remigiusz Ryziński's Foucault in Warsaw. Phenomenal and absolutely devastating book.

If you are interested in 20th century queer culture and history, I can't possibly recommend it enough. But beware.

[longtallglasses]

Artist Jackie Kirk with the subjects of her one-woman show, The Face of AIDS, that showed at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco in 1991.

Virtually unknown at the time, she was among the first to artistically address the AIDS crisis, specifically in the Bay Area.

“What made the series unique is that Kirk painted a self-portrait after each time she painted a dying AIDS victim. They hung side by side in the gallery to reflect what she felt while staring into the eyes of a dying man.” 

“Perhaps some people may approach this show with fear,” she wrote in her artist’s statement for the historic show. “They may think it is about death. It is not. I am painting courage and strength. It is, above all, about life.” 

Jackie painted and created prolifically throughout her life; she passed away on June 25, 2021. (credit) (credit)

[astriiformes]

Happy Pride specifially to the incredibly sweet older gay man who started chatting with me at the history pavilion, saying it was so good to see a young person interested in studying our history and then started telling me stories for a good half hour about the queer scene in the Twin Cities in the 70s and a dear friend of his who died from AIDs who he sewed a memorial quilt square for 😭

[onepeaceman]

been searching for a soul mate my whole life.

been destroying and recreating my self .. my whole life.

I just want to be physically, mentally, and spiritually attracted to someone 100% and for them to feel the same about me.

my experiences with humanity has been.. very so so.

I became aware of the darkest shit too young, from experience and research.

the mundane and the otherworldly.

..

most women I've found myself attracted to physically were self absorbed, inconsiderate, emotionally unavailable or abusive. even physically abusive.

I haven't been with many women. thankfully.

even so. I listen to the experiences others have. I look at the history...

people are sick - physically, mentally, and spiritually - for many reasons.

some of those things are completely outside of their control and there is little to no help for it. only mitigation.

some of those things are within our control. but it is still so hard, depending upon circumstances and constitution we must fight (of ourselves or others')

to be a better or healthier person is something everyone, I think, strives for. many of us have some inkling of what we could be

but so often, our differences and similarities are held against us. are compared unfairly. are warped by a culture that would see us dead.

...

...

it is hard to love, to trust, or to communicate in this world.

I am neurodivergent. I have always been odd. weird. an outsider (even among other outsiders)

but if I told people I am audhd, cptsd, have anxiety? that I am disabled?

no. that simply cannot be. it must be some character flaw. something that is my fault.

...

I've taken more responsibility than is my due.

I've been more understanding than I should be.

yet many would not give me that same consideration.

...

I am tired.