#shannon and cammie

[emilybrontesghost]

I don’t think it’s an accident at all that Shannon Beveridge’s greatest loves were both also Pisces. Cammie and Cari were her most compatible matches imho and I think part of why she and Becky didn’t last was because they didn’t have the same chemistry.

[amazingspider-boy]

Thinking about that time when the LA lesbian YouTubers were all friends or dating and making videos with each other. Wasted Youth by Fletcher. Girl Meets World and Sabrina Carpenter's first album; the song Seamless. MTV's Faking it.

[wasamontage]

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Summaries under the cut

Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter

Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school—that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses, but it's really a school for spies. Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, or track him through town with the skill of a real "pavement artist"—but can she maneuver a relationship with someone who can never know the truth about her?

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

Trespassers will be turned to stone

For centuries, mystical creatures of all description were gathered to a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary is one of the last strongholds of true magic. Enchanting? Absolutely. Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well, actually, quite the opposite . . .

Kendra and her brother, Seth, have no idea their grandfather is the current caretaker of Fablehaven. Inside the gated woods, ancient laws keep order among greedy trolls, mischievous satyrs, plotting witches, spiteful imps, and jealous fairies. However, when the rules get broken, powerful forces of evil are unleashed, forcing Kendra and Seth to face the greatest challenge of their lives, to save their family, Fablehaven, and perhaps even the world.

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott

Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on 28 September 1330. Nearly seven hundred years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal life. The records show that he died in 1418. But his tomb is empty and Nicholas Flamel lives. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book he protects—the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. And that's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. Humankind won't know what's happening until it's too late. And if the prophecy is right, Sophie and Josh Newman are the only ones with the power to save the world as we know it. Sometimes legends are true. And Sophie and Josh Newman are about to find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all time.

Out of My Mind by Shannon Draper

Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroom - the very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged because she cannot tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by cerebral palsy. And she's determined to let everyone know it - somehow.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the cold, bleak shores of Connecticut Colony, that her new home will never be like the shimmering Caribbean island she left behind. In her relatives' stern Puritan community, she feels like a tropical bird that has flown to the wrong part of the world, a bird that is now caged and lonely. The only place where Kit feels completely free is in the meadows, where she enjoys the company of the old Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, and on occasion, her young sailor friend Nat. But when Kit's friendship with the "witch" is discovered, Kit is faced with suspicion, fear, and anger. She herself is accused of witchcraft!

Books of Bayern by Shannon Hale

She was born with her eyes closed and a word on her tongue, a word she could not taste.

Her name was Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, and she spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt’s stories and learning the language of the birds, especially the swans. And when she was older, she watched as a colt was born, and she heard the first word on his tongue, his name, Falada.

From the Grimm’s fairy tale of the princess who became a goose girl before she could become queen, Shannon Hale has woven an incredible, original, and magical tale of a girl who must find her own unusual talents before she can lead the people she has made her own.

Fudge by Judy Blume

Life with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing. Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store, smearing mashed potatoes on the walls at Hamburger Heaven, or trying to fly, he's never far from trouble. He's an almost three-year-old terror who gets away with everything, and Peter's had it up to here! When Fudge walks off with Dribble, Peter's pet turtle, it's the last straw. Peter has put up with Fudge for too long. Way too long! How can he get his parents to pay attention to him for a change?

Bartimaeus by Jonathan Stroud

Nathaniel is a boy magician-in-training, sold to the government by his birth parents at the age of five and sent to live as an apprentice to a master. Powerful magicians rule Britain, and its empire, and Nathaniel is told his is the "ultimate sacrifice" for a "noble destiny."

If leaving his parents and erasing his past life isn't tough enough, Nathaniel's master, Arthur Underwood, is a cold, condescending, and cruel middle-ranking magician in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The boy's only saving grace is the master's wife, Martha Underwood, who shows him genuine affection that he rewards with fierce devotion. Nathaniel gets along tolerably well over the years in the Underwood household until the summer before his eleventh birthday. Everything changes when he is publicly humiliated by the ruthless magician Simon Lovelace and betrayed by his cowardly master who does not defend him.

Nathaniel vows revenge. In a Faustian fever, he devours magical texts and hones his magic skills, all the while trying to appear subservient to his master. When he musters the strength to summon the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus to avenge Lovelace by stealing the powerful Amulet of Samarkand, the boy magician plunges into a situation more dangerous and deadly than anything he could ever imagine.

Shadow Children by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend.

Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside.

Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows - does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to?

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from among the girls of the village. The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess.

Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.

[alexbkrieger13]

"what was your gay awakening?"

"the l word"

"orange is the new black"

"shannon and cammie"

p: "magda"

[asian-heart-92]

Street Fighter fancast (part 2)

Jason Scott Lee as Retsu

Jon Foo as Geki I, Kairi, Cycloid Beta and Cycloid Gamma

Lewis Tan as Geki II

Stephen Thompson as Joe

Michael Shannon Jenkins as Mike (Street Fighter I)

Benedict Wong as Lee

Chow Yun-fat as Gen

Nonso Anozie as Birdie

David Ames as Eagle

Dwayne Johnson as Sagat

Yamamotoyama Ryūta as Edmond Honda

Vitor Belfort as Blanka

John Cena as Guile

Liu Yifei as Chun-Li

Shah Rukh Khan as Dhalsim

Mike Colter as Balrog

Óscar Jaenada as Vega

Josh Brolin as M. Bison

Jodie Comer as Cammy White and Decapre

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Zangief

Maika Monroe as Eliza Masters

Lulu Wilson as Chris

Eugene Brave Rock as T. Hawk

Danny Chan Kwok-kwan as Fei Long

Laurent Plancel as Dee Jay

Tadanobu Asano as my choice #1 for Akuma/Oni

Brian Tee as my choice #2 for Akuma/Oni

Simon Kuke as Adon

Yoshi Sudarso as Guy

[iwanthermidnightz]

When internet lesbians come across the evidence on their own 🤌 (this is cammie scott’s wife - cammie dated shannon aka nowthisisliving, fletchers ex)

[uswnt5]

I think that’s the chick who is married to Cammie. Who was previously one half on Cammie & Shannon. They were in that group of lesbian YouTubers in LA years ago.

And I hate that I actually know that information 🤣

Idk those ppl either lol

[elijahdoes]

(im gonn seem like a really old lesbian here but im really not) i need a relationship like shannon amd cammies back in 2015/16 🙏

[magdasabs]

WAIT.

The Shannon with the drama with the songwriter is SHANNON from Shannon and Cami?!

Omfg.

It ALL makes sense now.

I’ve always wondered why so many blogs not in the least bit music inclined knew all this drama and were always talking about “Shannon”. Tumblr has always been talking about Shannon. It’s just got nothing to do with Cami anymore 😂

yesss bestie everyone's favourite lesbian!! shannon aka nowthisisliving who was tumblr famous and met cammie here, they had a youtube channel and moved to la together and were probably the biggest lesbian influencers 10 years ago and then they broke up and shannon dated fletcher and then they broke up and shannon dated becky and then they broke up and I'm not too sure what shannon's up to besides her new pod but she's still a legend

also if you were wondering about cammie, she's married now and has a podcast with her wife

[navigating-20s]

Navigating Your 20s: Hey Besties

Hey, S here.

Welcome to my little corner of the internet—a diary of sorts, or simply a collection of music and photos that encapsulate my vibe of the week when I'm too busy to properly journal.

You might be wondering, why not use Instagram or TikTok to document your mid/late 20’s living in New York City? Well, growing up, Tumblr always stood out as one of the few spaces where one could authentically explore their queerness. Whether that was through flirty, anonymous messages, cheering for the Shannons and Cammies of the world from the sidelines, or catching a glimpse of The L Word through a raunchy GIF—Tumblr always understood the vibe and harbored some of our deepest secrets. With that sentiment in mind, I decided to return to my roots with a fresh page—a secondary blog. Lol. 

Now, who am I, and why should you follow along and give a shit? I'm a blonde, pop culture loving, espresso drinking creative (she/her) who works in the entertainment industry. I’ve had the pleasure of crossing paths with some of your favorite queer influencers and musicians numerous times. Strictly on a professional level though, let's keep our minds out of the gutter.

I share my career not to ~flex, but to convey, that despite my professional network, and despite being from one of the most inclusive cities, I'm still in the process of figuring out my place within the lgbtq+ community. I haven't officially come out, and honestly, I've never felt the need to. However, most people would take one glance at me and say, “Oh, she’s definitely straight," and that's really never bothered me until now. Maybe it's because I'm beginning to date again, and oof, it's brutal out here. But hey, that's a post for a later date.

So, join me on this 2010 inspired odyssey where, perhaps, I'll discover a label for myself and 'come out,' or maybe I'll choose to defy labels altogether and simply embrace doing whatever feels right. I like that—embracing whatever feels right. Cheers to that.

Talk soon, Besties.

S 

[ai-ley]

RTA 950 - Meaningful Media Memories 1

What I watched with everyone...

During my tween years, Pretty Little Liars (PLL) must have been the pinnacle of teen TV. It’s no surprise that it was all the rage among my age group; the mystery was thrilling, the romances were juicy, and it was just “adult” enough that we all felt cool for watching it. Netflix made it easily accessible and allowed for endless replayability of our favourite scenes and episodes, and my friends and I used to sit in the lunchroom and discuss our outlandish theories or comment on the characters’ poor decision-making (“If that happened to me, I would’ve just called the police!”). While PLL was my poison, The Fosters and The Vampire Diaries are other examples of shows that girls my age were similarly engaging with.

Pretty Little Liars via Netflix

Looking back on those days serves as a powerful reminder of the screen’s “...omnipresence in every aspect of young people’s lives…” (Lemish, 2022, p. 3). Go to school and learn with a Chromebook; talk about television at lunch; go home and study with the computer; entertain yourself with more television or your phone. Putting it like this makes it seem a tad dystopian, but I agree with Lemish’s analysis that we need to let go of alarmist concerns over screen-time and its negative effects (p. 1). 

Was PLL quality content that made me a more upstanding citizen? Probably not. Would my time have been better spent disengaging with screens and touching grass? Possibly. However, a sense of community is a powerful thing, especially at twelve or thirteen. While adults may have seen us as shallow, TV-obsessed teen girls (emphasis on girls), our conversations explored real issues around storytelling, media literacy, and representation, even if we didn’t quite realize it yet. For us, screen-time translated into a greater understanding of relevant issues and a healthy, fun social outlet. 

Though screens permeated most levels of my life, it was television like PLL and its impact on my social life that I remember most. Even as an adult, I consider “watching” something with others to be a genuinely meaningful activity. 

What was equally as formative, however, was what I watched when no one was looking. →

And what I watched alone:

Although globalization and business interests have created a constantly evolving kids’ media industry, “Children’s television content is still characterized by programming designed to meet the needs of children” (Steemers, 2021, p. 107). The big question, then, is obvious: What do children need? As a tween, what I needed was something that most media products targeted towards my age group couldn’t give me, so I went and found it myself. 

When I was around thirteen years-old, I religiously watched the lifestyle content of a lesbian couple named Shannon and Cammie, one of the few pairs dominating the sapphic vlogger scene at the time. Their videos consisted of all the regular “couples’ YouTube channel” content, with various challenges, vlogs, and Q&As to feed their viewers’ curiosity (and probably jealousy!) about their happy, happy life. Shannon and Cammie have long since broken up, but their content provided me with glimpses of a daily normalcy that I hadn’t thought was achievable for queer people. 

Shannon and Cammie’s viral breakup video via YouTube

Vloggers were all anybody talked about back then, but I watched Shannon and Cammie with the doors locked and the blinds shut, paranoid that someone would see what I was watching and catch on to my unseemly secret. Even though the content was wholesome, watching it felt dirty, in the same way that looking at girls or saying the word “lesbian” out loud did. Loving something and being unable to share it with anyone is a lonely feeling, though I found out years later that many of my queer friends spent their youths watching and engaging in the exact same way I had- we just had no way of reaching each other. If platforms like Tiktok and Twitter had been bigger when I was growing up, I wonder if I may have been able to build a community with those people, and maybe we all might have felt a little less alone. 

With the proliferation of social media and accessibility of video-making, youth have been able to “...exert forms of agency and interaction” (Steemers, 2021; p. 101) that were previously not possible. My tween Youtube habits provide a perfect example. While much of the media targeted towards youth decided my “needs” for me, the YouTube search bar gave me the agency to decide my “needs” for myself; in this case, the need to fight the suffocation of growing up in the closet. In many ways, growing up queer is growing up alone. 

Shannon Beveridge (@nowthisisliving) via YouTube

Looking back, I realize that I really didn’t have much in common with Shannon and Cammie. They were white, affluent influencers in their mid-twenties, with the bright IKEA apartment and the dog and the California life so different from my own. These days, I’m certainly not interested in the saccharine vignettes of influencers in love, nor am I sure how healthy it is to make a living off of broadcasting your relationship to the world. However, I can’t deny that seeing two women, unafraid to love each other in front of the whole world, was a profound source of hope for my younger self. 

Shannon and Cammie (@nowthisisliving) via YouTube

Shannon and Cammie were a reminder that the cozy daily life with someone you love was within my reach. They were a reminder that the apartment, the dog, and the unabashed joys of the everyday were possible for queer people, too. Being queer, being happy, and being accepted, I realized, were not mutually exclusive. I could have the life I longed for, and things would surely be okay, if I was simply patient enough to wait for it. 🌷

Citations ->

[whatiwillsay]

I honestly can’t fathom how Taylor is friends with fletcher above olivia. But also I wonder if Taylor knows all the lesbian incons. Like did she watch Shannon and Cammie breakup video when she was going through it with karlie

well fletcher is the right age to be friends with taylor and didn’t have a publishing rights battle with her like olivia did

[sailorxroxxane]

you and unstablehopelessromantic would be so cute together in a non creep way 🥰🥰 i’m not sure they kept their posts up but they’ve started re blogging again, the last people I said should date were shannon and cammie, back when I was 15 - god that makes me feel old ☺️

[alexbkrieger13]

I was just talking to a friend and we remembered at all the og's couples of tumbler

Like the most known are Shannon and Cammie\ Rose and Rosie

but the og's will know Kealyn and Lucy

Lesbian tumbler couples are sooo 2012

I'm miss those times

omg what a throwback. Rose and Rosie came up on my tiktok recently and i was like wtf when did ye have kids

[uswnt5]

It actually makes me nervous that they do everything together 😭

I feel like they’ve been able to remain in the honeymoon phase for so long because they’ve always had to be away from each other constantly throughout their relationship. Missing your partner causes all those feelings of excitement of seeing them again. I just hope that aspect doesn’t change now that they’re permanently living together, working together and most likely going to be on the same club team together. They’re going from a typical LDR relationship to spending every moment together. I think I’m just still traumatized from Shannon and Cammie’s breakup tbh 😂

Ha I think they've got it figured out. They couldn't live without each other. Lovers.