#queer nerds

[rockingpow3r]

Makeup improvisation. Graphic liner n double faded lips.

Conceptualization.

📸040924

[kitschhazel]

I think we all understand and have accepted the impact The Snap from Shiva’s FFX Diamond Dust had in awakening us

But I think a lot of you are lying and not admitting the walls were already severely weakened from beholding Rainbow Moon Heartache

[toplesstopics]

New video coming out this Friday-- #ToplessTopics interviews the December #Portland cast from the "Dungeons and #DragQueens Live show"! As usual, you'll be able to watch the #patriarchy-approved "female-looking nipple"-less version at https://www.youtube.com/@toplesstopics or the patriarchy-UNAPPROVED version on my website https://www.toptopicstv.org/dndQLive :D You can visit that page now to find links to all the people in the interview as well as other resources, and enjoy watching the video this Friday at 11am PST !

[givefangapuppy]

I forgot to share the most beautiful, amazing thing that happened to me at Emerald City Comicon this year. Here's the text I sent my friends about it:

In a lot of ways I still often feel like a baby gay myself, so it was a little surreal to be cast in the role of queer elder for a hot minute, but man - we went to this con for five years straight pre-pando, and this was our first year back. In that time we watched (and maybe helped, in a small way) it become a queerer and more feminist space - a space that helped people like me and like this kid keep growing and becoming more comfortable with who we are, through the chance to be surrounded by people like us. I can't think of a better emblem of that evolution at this con in particular, and in nerd culture generally, than this experience.

[sarcastic-salem]

I was banned from r/comicbooks on Reddit because I’m not a DC fanboy.

This was in a post about Atom vs Ant Man and their shrinking abilities. Tumblr is being a dick and won’t lemme post the URL right, but you should be able to find this on the r/comicbooks sub if you feel like doing any digging.

[laziestgirlintown]

(I had a National Geographic map of galaxies as far back towards the Big Bang as they knew at the time on my wall; it was also a science nerd flag)

(It was a little like this but more mindblowing as I remember)

It me

[lightarts]

#pride collection 2 for your use, more to come soon with animations and more explorations to make your Zoom or Meeting backdrops

[newblvotg]

[yawnzshit]

glasses are the sluttiest thing a man can wear.

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

My friend was super popular at Boston Pride:

He and several other friends from the 18th century reenacting community joined me (we also had a Riker, as you can see) and he was super down to bring one of several Kirk cosplays to the party. He’d never been in a pride parade before but he got so much love for the Amok Time cosplay! So many 🖖🖖🖖 from the crowd, and the pinnacle of it was when he saw another Kirk and they hugged! Then a bunch of people wanted to do the weird thing where you do the 🖖 gesture and scissor your hands!

Every queer geek will appreciate Amok Time Kirk.

happy pride

[rockingpow3r]

Natural is cool too. 😊

📸060824

[rainbowpopeworld]

(Quote from David Tennant is from this video and the photo is from Staged)

[bookmothic-dyke]

The road to goth is paved with gay intentions.

[maxlequeer]

To all my nerds out there!

Calling all BL academics! You should check out Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific Issue 49, June 2023. It's devoted to Thai BL and it's Thai scholars, publishing in English, and available free. So basically everything I ever wanted.

Thai Boys Love (BL)/Y(aoi) in Literary and Media Industries: Political and Transnational Practices - This is the introductory article. One interesting takeaway is that there's a market for western M/M romance in Thailand and I'm dying to know what sort of titles have gotten Thai releases.

Chinese Historical BL by Thai Writers: The Thai BL Polysystem in the Age of Media Convergence - I didn't read this one. It's about the phenomenon of Thai writers writing danmei set in ancient China.

Authorial Revisions of Boys Love/Y Novels: The Dialogue between Activism and the Literary Industry in Thailand - This one was super intersting. It was about how the backlash to certain problematic tropes affected both revisions to Y novels and their tv adaptations. It uses Jittirain as a case study and includes passages from 2gether that were rewritten.

Boys Love (Yaoi) Fandom and Political Activism in Thailand - This article has a lot about Not Me, both about the backlash to the novle due to it being originally a GOT7 fanfic (allegedly) and the political context for the series. It also discusses a few other series related to the youth movement and marriage equality.

Heterosexual Reading vs. Queering Thai Boys' Love Dramas among Chinese and Filipino Audiences -This really only covers up to 2019 and as we all know everything is changing fast. I'll be interested in future scholarship that covers the current period. Basically expands on some of Baudinette's work.

Provincialising Thai Boys Love: Queer Desire and the Aesthetics of Rural Cosmopolitanism -I just skimmed this since I'm not familiar with either series mentioned or the rural culture of Isan.

[namespara]

Hello strangest target audience of fellow sad mage enjoyers

[sarcastic-salem]

Hey, nerdy peeps, looking for confirmation: Has anyone else had mostly negative experiences with single cishet men who wear anime shirts and play MtG????