TJ “Come live next to me I will give you my realtor and show you the exact pinpoint locations of every single teammate’s house so you can be close to us on AND off the rink” Oshie welcoming Darcy Kuemper to the area is very on brand.
He was the first openly gay child of a president. You will NEVER know the vitriol, the evil he suffered when he came out, against his will, as a boy in the White House.
carrd. 🥂 blog.
tjhmnd: tj hammond of political animals. please do not follow if you are triggered by sex as a coping mechanism or drug abuse. 21+ muns only please.
Similarly Rebbie, the oldest Jackson sister, voiced her complaints about Janet's Rolling Stone cover back in the day.
Ironically, Janet herself even had criticism - for Madonna - who during that time, she argued, had no class in her performances.
TJ's comments come two weeks after Tom Brady was criticized for saying Janet's wardrobe malfunction during her and Justin Timberlake's 2004 Super Bowl performance was "good" for the NFL.
"Is any publicity bad publicity?" Brady rhetorically asked. "That's what they say, so who knows?"
Deal Announcement: WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON (Erewhon, Spring 2025)
If you've been with me on Tumblr for a while, then you may already be familiar with this title and been waiting for this particular update, and all I can say is thank you endlessly for patiently sticking it out with me! I am so incredibly pleased to announce that WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON has been acquired by Diana Pho at Erewhon Books/Kensington Publishing as an illustrated adult historical fantasy!
Tor.com has published a blush-inducing article which features some insights from me about what inspired the story, reactions from Hugo Award-winning editor Diana Pho on what drew her to the book, a downright tear-jerking endorsement from the incomparable TJ Klune, and my original concept art of Benny & Río. I hope you'll take a moment to read it at the link below!
This project is the culmination of a lifelong dream to write and illustrate my own books, and there are no words to convey the depth of my gratitude to Diana for the gift of seeing it be delivered as an illustrated adult work. Infinite thanks must also go to my unstoppable agent Saritza Hernandez, my phenomenal critique partners Anna Racine and Mark Duplane, and the many experts who generously and enthusiastically donated their time and resources in the middle of lockdown to help me bring 1911 Brooklyn, NY to life, including:
Virginia Sanchez-Korrol –– Professor Emeritus of Puerto Rican & Latino Studies, CUNY Brooklyn College
David Sharp -- President, The Waterfront Museum
Jamie Salen, David Favaloro, & Lana Rubin –– Marketing Director, Director of Curatorial Affairs, & Collections Manager (respectively), The Tenement Museum
Adam Realman -- Artistic Director, The Coney Island Circus Sideshow
More details about WTTHTM's release will be forthcoming, but in the meantime, thank you all again for believing in this story and supporting it when it was just a humble MerMay fic. I can't wait until you meet Benny and his beloved Río in print in 2025!
I have a 16 almost 17 year old who wants to start dressing goth/punk, and I'm all for it, I just don't...know...how...to help? I'm not a fashion person, my fashion is funny tee shirts and jeans, and I want to help but I don't know HOW. Do you have sort of a ...starter list of shops or types of clothes or anything? TL;dr -- tee shirt Mom needs help pls
Firstly, you are an AWESOME mom.
Ask your kid what style of goth they're interested in; ask them for images, links, anything. Goth/punk fashion is a vast umbrella for all sorts of different things. No matter what they show you, remember that goth/punk fashion doesn't have to be from "subculture" stores - avoid places like Killstar, Dolls Kill (ESPECIALLY AVOID THEM), Shein, etc. A lot of the basics are things you can find at any big-box mainstream store (or Amazon); for speciality items, shops like Foxblood, Lively Ghosts, and Die With Your Boots On are great. And don't forget resale sites! eBay, Poshmark, Depop, etc.
However, some recommendations for goth/punk basics:
Oversized black shirts - tshirts, button ups, tunics, whatever. All of these can be customized by cutting off collars, sleeves, adding slashes, adding safety pins, adding lace or ribbons ... you get the idea.
Black leggings.
A black duster. Lace, satin, velvet, cotton, rayon, whatever. You can find some amazing ones by searching for "black beach cover up" on Amazon.
Fishnet tights - cut off the feet, cut out the crotch, and boom! Instant fishnet shirt to wear under other things.
Belts. No matter the gender presentation, wearing an interesting belt will make the outfit more striking. There are all sorts of faux corset belts out there (which are my personal preference), but layering a bunch of different belts is also a great look.
Boots! While there are a LOT of specialty gothy boots out there, black boots in a style like the original Dr. Marten's boots are a classic for a reason.
With those things as a foundation, your teen can start enhancing and customizing their look with accessories - necklaces, bracelets, pins, (this is where thrift stores and mainstream mall stores can be helpful - layer on all the necklaces you can find from Ross or TJ Maxx!), or shawls, scarves, plain blazers they customize, etc.
Antimony and Lace has great project tutorials. This Gothic Charm School articles that may also be useful:
So scp 7489 is a great rewrite of TJ (scp 590) that deals with his autism in a non ablest way. But also I can’t get over the fact the article references 9/11
The idea of everyone being so depressed about 9/11 the ethics committee had to be like “we need to cheer everyone up I think”
Sonny Milano has high-end puck skill, a powerful skating stride and, quite possibly, the biggest hair in the NHL.
“It’s absolutely amaaazing,” Capitals forward T.J. Oshie said.
“Honestly,” Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren added, “it’s un-believable.”
“It’s poofy,” Milano’s former Ducks teammate Trevor Zegras deadpanned. “He’s got a lot of hair.”
Asked about the inspiration for his hairdo, Milano said, “I’m just doing me.”
...He also likes the fact that it’s low-maintenance. No pricey haircut is required. Heck, combs and brushes aren’t necessary, either.
“Just a little coconut oil — that’s it,” Milano said.
“I used to brush it and put some product in it,” he continued, referring to his pre-pandemic days. “Now, I’m just letting it flow.”
Okay, this is all great, but he had to get an special helmet to actually fit over all his hair:
After being called up from the AHL’s Hershey Bears, it took Milano and the Caps equipment staff a couple of fittings to find one that was accommodating enough.
“When I first got here they gave me a random helmet and it wasn’t really fitting well,” he said. “I tried a different one in practice and I was like, ‘Yeah, this one fits waaay better.’ So I switched.
“Obviously, it’s pretty important to have a helmet that fits in hockey with concussions and all that. So I had to make sure of that. It took a couple, but we got it sorted out.”
I was a bit disappointed your OTJ article did not cover what discussion you guys had about how to deal with First Nations representation in a Western setting, and why you chose the option you did (i.e. having TJ be uninhabited before settlers came in). Can you tell us a little bit about Wizards thinking on this issue?
It just wasn’t my area. I mostly cover mechanical design. I can say we did have cultural consultants and the creative team spent a lot of time with the various areas of sensitivity.
i was collecting some transformative justice resources for one of our volunteers in our discord server so i figured i'd share some here too:
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for more, check out the #clarification-center channel of our server! every day, links to novels, videos, articles, and more are dropped. and this is also the same channel folks asks their questions! even if it seems silly or you feel behind in your activist journey, we trust that every question comes from an authentic place of curiosity!
could you do a SCP-590/TJ stimboard maybe please :0?
Upon trying to find gifs for this, I ended up finding a rewrite of TJ’s article that is WAYYYY better than the original and not ableist so like. This stimboard is based off of this version of TJ because I like him and he’s silly :]
SCP 7849
“SCP-7489 is a ten-year-old child identified as Terrence Jovial “TJ” Hatcher, with red curly hair and blue eyes. Upon skin to skin contact with a physically injured human (or any organism with features congruent to a human), any and all wounds present on the organism's body will be healed, and SCP-7489 will gain these wounds in their place”