PSA: the guardian is not working on a hit piece on diy hrt, and claims they are are misinformation
tl;dr: claims that the guardian's Susanna Rustin is writing a piece on diy hrt and contacting trans people for comment is false.
on the 18th, this post appeared on 4chan's /lgbt/ (slurs in thread: link). a screenshot was posted to reddit, then to tumblr. you've probably seen it:
today, the 23rd, another screenshot popped up on various discord servers, then was reposted variously to twitter. it shows a supposed email from guardian journalist and notorious TERF Susanna Rustin, claiming as the original 4chan post does.
it's now been shared around, and it's with good intentions. the message is useful: don't share your personal information or medical data with journalists, especially ones that happen to be TERFs.
but the post does this through misinformation and fearmongering. i'm still waiting on my response by email from Rustin, but she's reiterated twice (once, twice) that she did not write the email and is not working on such a story. on the 19th, i talked to other guardian newsroom journalists, who said they also did not know of a story's existence.
the moral of the story: this is misinformation, and it's dangerous. it spreads a fine message here, but it does it through spreading anxiety and terror.
you can follow along with this post on my parallel thread on twitter. also calling on @wakewithgiggli to delete their original post!
If someone messages you on Discord claiming they accidentally reported you, it’s a scam. You don’t need to pay anything either if asked to verify things. Just block the sender and don’t click anything your sent. People are actively falling for this very common scam on a daily basis.
hot take but “kill all men” and similar proclamations that all men are evil and inherently bad is not feminist and is only making things worse, pushing men to become like Andrew Tate. it is also removing accountability from men who are actually bad; “you can’t get mad at me, it’s in my nature!”
you are not helping anyone. not yourself, not women, not men. you are just hurting actual good people while the people you are trying to hurt are enabled. you are not turning people away from misogyny, you are pushing them towards it.
hating all men is not cool. it is not feminist. no issue is solved by simply reversing who is being affected.
I'm trying to post more often! Both here, and stuff in progress on Patreon, bc I realized I am constantly working on something anyway and there's lots of stuff just hiding in sketchbooks forever otherwise
SO!! I have no plans to paywall any finished stuff, but if you're interested in a never-ending stream of whatever the hell I'm doodling that day, it shall now be chucked into my $2 tier, over here
Here's a little sliver of an Umami piece I'm picking at, having a normal one
Me acaban de mandar esto por whatsapp y literal lo voy a copiar y pegar tal cual porque está piola así como está
Películas documentales cero famosas pero de una belleza única ❤️. Imperdibles para repensar el valor esencial de la Educación pública y gratuita.
CHETO CHETO https://vimeo.com/365404160
Contraseña SANTIAGO
Cuando los santo vienen marchando: https://play.cine.ar/INCAA/produccion/9339
Después de Sarmiento https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCbeHOGb7os
E alma fuerte https://vimeo.com/148952620
El cine argentino va a la escuela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGkEVGNb8NE/
El Futuro es Nuestro https://vimeo.com/442422453?share=copy
clave: franca
En Obra https://youtu.be/cfhPXdJe9kY?si=46C1_KND15_Qww-a
Escuela Monte https://vimeo.com/297076196
Escuela Trashumante: https://play.cine.ar/INCAA/produccion/4002
La escuela contra el margen https://vimeo.com/344701452
La escuela de la señorita Olga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJRzTcNWlTY
LA TOMA https://vimeo.com/60175122
Contraseña latoma
Los sentidos https://play.cine.ar/INCAA/produccion/3854
"ORQUESTA EL TAMBO. LA MÚSICA EN BUENAS MANOS" https://youtu.be/cjtxTEw_oig?si=tCuxb-tMFtU4sDbQ
Palabras pendientes https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/581570892 clave: palabraspalabras
Pabellón 4 https://vimeo.com/242912409?share=copy
Recatate con los pibes https://play.cine.ar/INCAA/produccion/8222
Todos podemos bailar https://vimeo.com/113495016
Uso mis manos uso mis ideas https://youtu.be/0UpecWzmrhw?si=huhC2Ld67pHtKRpo
Mañana martes 23/4 marchamos en todo el país, en CABA 15 hs el Cine sale del Gaumont
With an influx of new fans, there has been some confusion about what's official or canon to the Lacey Games series. And one website in particular keeps getting spread around as official.
The website https://freeonlinelaceygames.neocities.org/ is NOT OFFICIAL!
It says so on the top of the site.
Ghosttundra has clarified this multiple times. Lacey Games isn't an ARG, and is self-contained to the episodes.
Here's a community post from after Petshop was released:
The only site that contains canon information is THIS, which seems to be used for filming the episode.
Just to make a point, every time I finished a panel of this I would export it as a PNG on the perceptual setting and use it as a color reference for the next panel
IT'S BAD
PLEASE CHECK YOUR COLOR SETTINGS
EDIT: If you're still having problems, it might help to switch from "Save/Save as" to "Export (as a) Single Layer". Just. Make SURE the box labeled "Expression Color" is set to RGB. I've been messing with this all day, and it looks like this combination of settings will allow exported PNGs to maintain their colors perfectly. To you. So far both Discord and Toyhouse still only display desaturated images and I cannot for the life of me figure out why
This is a friendly reminder to never, ever publish your book with a publishing company that charges you to publish with them. That is a vanity press, which makes money by preying on authors. They charge you for editing, formatting, cover art, and more. With most of these companies, you will never seen a cent of any royalties made from sale of your book. A legitimate publishing company only makes money when you make money, they will never charge you to publish with them. If a company approaches you and says "Hey, we'll publish your book, just pay us X amount of money," tell them to go fuck themself and block them.
I'm aware that this is a pretty big blog, so I try to avoid putting people on blast- mostly cause I don't want anyone tracking folks down and dogpiling on them for the unforgivable sin of "being wrong about a thing",
Because we are all hilariously, ridiculously and unabashedly incorrect about things at times, and that doesn't deserve the embarrassment of a thousand jeering, judging strangers with their careless mockery and casual insults,