#queering your craft

[fernthewhimsical]

I'm reading Queering your Craft by Cassandra Eason, and the book says that one of the cultural symbols of queerness is cold brew instead of hot coffee? Can anyone explain why???

#lgbt #lgbtqia #queer #witchcraft #witch #pagan #paganism #queer culture #gay #lesbian #bisexual #trans #transgender #asexual #aromantic #pansexual #tagging for visibility #i'm very confused #cassandra eason #queering your craft #books

[cyberpunkboytoy]

My DID-having ass is experiencing so much world-envy for the fictional country of Vaugarde I'm going to throw up

#Didn't realize how much I needed a society built around the concepts if change and reinvention but holy shit I do. I need it so bad. #The legally normal concept of being given multiple names to transition between or change to... #the societally accepted and easy ways to craft a new body... #the traditions built around reinvention and throwing away aspects of your old life that you wish to discard #that also acknowledge that reinvention involves the destruction of something else. & the grief from yourself or others that comes with that #literally have never resonated with anything to this level and I am YEARNING #like. my life would literally be so much easier in that society #the fact Vaugarde also highly values queerness of all kinds only helps #going insane over this world-building tbh konda wanna overthrow my government & rebuild my country in its image tbh #I am Decidedly Not Normal about this fake country #no spoilers if you respond to this btw. Not done with the game #In Stars And Time #hi dev I know you have a tumblr so if you see this: I love you #thank you for creating this world and letting me have a peek into it #they say we can't build a better world if we can't imagine what that world would look like and #now i can. I know what my ideal world looks like. #textpost

[urfrndlynbhdemigirl]

i’ve been trying to craft all my xmas presents this year and i thought it could be cute to share some here as i go…

first up, i made my friend this cute lil alien buddy. i made it by using florist wire to create a skeleton of the body, then covered it in tin foil to bulk him up and then covered the tin foil in masking tape to keep it together. after that, i used polymer clay for the head and felt for the body. i used acrylic paint on the face and acrylic yarn for the hair and used some fabric scraps to make lil clothes :))

#alien #aliens #aliencore #craft #crafting #crafts #craftblr #dollblr #doll making #polymer clay #polymer doll #coraline doll #alien aesthetic #christmas #queer culture is making your friend a lil alien doll that vaguely resembles them for xmas #queer culture

[stitchingcritters]

Pride Cats Bookmark

Link to Pattern here // my Etsy

#for all your subtle gay pride needs #really missing out on an opportunity to call it gay pussy but oh well #gay #lgbt #queer #cats #cross stitch #sewing #crafts #crafting #artists on tumblr #artists on etsy #pinterest #etsy #homemade #small business #lesbian #bisexual #fiber art #finished product #trans

[cometrose]

reading peer essays about diversity and shit and i feel so conflicted ugh

because the person is like "i like diversity but diversity needs to be on good merit they should be diverse because they bring their cultural impact and not just for the sake of it"

like sure i agree that when we include pocs or minorities they should have proper representation and be given the same respect and character development as their cis white male counterparts BUT why can't we have diverse characters for the sake of ittttt. why is the default character always white why do they get to be all over the story but diverse characters need to fight there way in.

why do we need to wait around for more diverse characters in the hopes that someone will do it right, i just want them to be there for of all

like why is white people and elves and orcs and dragons okay but suddenly black people is breaking the narrative?

#ugh #whatever i guess #if we meet i will poke at your brain a bit #i want diversity but i want it to be ‘proper’ #i don’t care i just want them to exist first #and i hate that it’s like ‘you’re one of the good ones’ bullshit #like pocs and queer people need some type of narrative purpose to justify their existence #like idk when i’m crafting my ocs i don’t stop and be like i want their identity to have a specific purpose #sometimes i do ofc i want them to have a very specific identity and build off that #but others times it’s just like this character is going to be a lesbian why? because idk i think it’s fitting #i want my characters to be diverse just for the hell of it cause it’s funnier that way

[peaches--n--queen]

“gotta give em the ole razzle dazzle” i whisper as i give myself my monthly queer 1am diy haircut in the bathroom mirror

#queer haircut #this is a universal experience #i could write a thesis about queer people and diy haircuts #something about chopping off your own hair with the world’s smallest craft scissors that are too blunt to work properly just #really makes ya think about your place in queer history #fellow diy bathroom haircut people #i see you #i raise my bottle of arctic fox at you in queer solidarity

[someone-always-cares]

chapter 5, page 21

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[image description: an sac webcomic page. “you’re good sweetie, we’re just hanging out!” smiles the woman in the hijab, who waves, and the man in the leather jacket next to her raises an eyebrow and smirks, saying “oh hey, you on babysitting duty?” “hey, i’m older than her!” exclaims lewis, glaring with slit pupils. “oh, this is my new teamate! i’m training him! everyone, this is howler, he broke wraiths arm, but don’t spread that around.” smiles jade, putting a arm around him. “oh shit really? i heard he blamed that all on you.” the same woman replies, off screen. “urgh, of course he did. probably to make him look less pathetic, long story.” “well howler, fantastic to meet you. the name’s moon striker, my pronouns are she/her and i’m team captain for us four.” the same woman, now introduced as moon striker, greets. “this is my boyfriend, terra flora, he/him.” the man in the leather jacker, terra flora grins and shoots two fingerguns. “his girlfriend stardust, she/her, and their partner split second”. stardust, the woman with the blue ribbons, smiles and waves, her fingers purple and glowing with sparkles and glittery dust. “i mostly stick to he/they/she but i’m partial to fae/faer pronouns. feel free to use whatever though, all’s chill” states split second, the person with the eye patch, with a blank expression on faer face, tilting his head a bit. end id]

moon striker and her team have been briefly mentioned once before in comic, back in early chapter 3 page 23, when rami was infodumping and speculating who would win in a fight

i dont have any witty comments to make because its 1:41am rn and i gotta get up early for a doctors appointment because i dont do my t shots myself and i havent bothered to ask bc i know i dont have the will to do so, so i got to go in and a nurse does it. but im on holiday off work so at least i can go home and take a nap after. annoying that my clinic is in another town though

#someone always cares #sac #webcomic #webcomics #comics #speaking of pronouns i was at a queer crafting group earlier #and we had little sticky labels to write our names and pronouns #one person accidentally wrote they/they instead of they/them #when this was pointed out to them they just put their head in their hands #if it feels like i'm pointing at sac characters and rubbing it in your face that they're queer #its because i am #cis folks need handholding sometimes and i mean this with care in my heart #also spite #at some point back when i was writing this something must have pissed me off enough to be like #okay you know what i am going to make this obvious that these characters are queer fuck you #this team is all trans and polyamarous and split second uses neopronouns and theres nothing you can do about it #i just zoned out for a bit due to 2am related reasons and forgot where i was going withthat but anyway

[dangerousdan-dan]

Wanna know how big of a nerd I am? I was talking with this person, and at first I didn't think anything in particular about them. But the moment they started talking about their investigation on camp aesthetic in latin american literature, I swear to you I transformed into a giggling, blushing mess. Twirling my hair, kicking my feet and thinking to myself "damn, this is the sexiest person in the room".

#talk smart to me baby and I'm yours #if you're into queer and gender studies in literature you're the hostest person alive #I don't make the rules #no seriously ppl who know their craft and talk passionately about it make me go weak on the knees

[snekdood]

I mean. I do think its weird that some ppl are so eager and willing to switch their old make up out with "cruelty free" make up but then. Not consider doing that with food in any capacity. And its hard not to feel like some ppl have been convicned vegan food is cringe and that since vegans are cringe all around that everything we do and eat is also cringe. Like yall reaaaallly want to divorce animal rights from veganism and thats an impossible task. Vegans will always be part of animal welfare one way or another. Who do you think fights for cruelty free make up in the first place? Ig if you divorce them in your mind you get to pretend the two movements are entirely seperate and you're not like those Loud Cringe Vegans or whatever lmao. Like. Okay cassandra. I kinda have a feeling a good majority of the people involved in pushing cruelty free make up are vegan. Idk why substituting your meat every now and then is so fuckin hard (if you can do it) if not for how ppl react to vegan food as if its cringe. And taste to me isnt a good enough excuse bc theres a lot of vegan food that tastes good. It feels like you just like the taste of something familiar.

#i promise its a lot better than you think it is #is it exactly like meat? no. but meat doesnt have to be the main protien in every fuckin thing #sometimes a nicely crafter veggie patty os enough #crafted* #anyways theres a bunch of vegans in my motes now bc of an old post of mine #so thats why i was thinkin abt this #🙄 and no i dont think theres some way to sus out who can and cant eat meat. i think people know when they can or cant and just wanna lie #to themselves when they can so they can keep eating the tasty tasty meat. #like. you know who you are. i dont need to make you vegan bc clearly you already feel guilty enough to lie to urself 🥴 #i dont believe in Legislating Some Way To Detect Who Is And Isnt Vegan Possibly By Evaluating Their Medical History or some crap. #but ik yall gotta assume the worst from vegans so. #like why would i legislate anything. ppl who eat meat and can eat other things tend to feel guilt regardless. i dont have to do shit lol. #its all on you and whether or not you wanna keep feeling that way or if you wanna be an edgy diseffected douchebag whos just. so above #doing anything or caring about the world in any capacity bc no ethical consumption so it doesnt matter what you do or at least #you dont care so you toss your cigarette butss in the woods. #thats always gonna be my go to bc if you ever get to that point then ik that you're just a nihilist tool and i dont want to be around you. #to detect who can and cant be vegan* is a better way to phrase that #like god dude you're so cool and subversive with your combat boots that every other queer leftist has and cigarette butts you dont #care about flicking in every which way. like. ur just so coold dude. so so cool. fer sure #didnt mean cold but you're also cold hearted so thats applicable. #the fact this is a stereotype in the queer community to me should tell you enough about how subversive you think you are. #cant emphasize enough that this isnt about people who cant be vegan bc they biologically need to eat meat or theyre poor #this is about ppl who can go vegan. have the funds. have no health condjtions. knows internally that they can. but chooses not to #in spite of trying to consume ethically in other forms. like some of yall will buy cruelty free make up. buy ethically sourced clothes. #but for some reason when it comes to food you act SO fucking weird about it. its truly hard not to feel like its not bc of the narrative #around vegans. and no! i cant tell who can actually go vegan and is lying and who cant! i dont care about investing that much energy into #controlling other people!! they know when they can and they know when theyre lying to themselves and others! i dont gotta do shit! #idgaf!!! #imma let the guilt about their actions do the work my dude #and to the person reading this going 'i dont feel guilty' im sure the fuck you dont! you edgy totally different person from the rest!!!

[fear-ze-queer]

hate when i'm trying to control my emotions and queerphobes decide to test my fucking patience

#parker shut up #ventish #tw queerphobia #we say “hey please don't eat the bigot bird or go to the bigot craft store” #and theyre like “but i LIKE the bigot craft store and cant live without the bigot bird!!!!” #and we go “that's harmful to us” so they say “oh there go the snowflakes ruining everything again 🙄” #like. i mentioned how chik-fil-a and hobby lobby are bigoted as fuck and my parents are like “but you go there!!!” #im your CHILD. i dont have a fucking CHOICE. you don't give me one. i would be happy never going to those places again. #take me to another restaurant. another craft store. take me somewhere i can be visibly queer without getting hate or fearing for my life. #ugh. the shit cishets say.

[uumumuu]

So the leader of the library craft club I joined told us today she wrote for Gay Community News back in the day?! Like going to work there was why she came to Boston in the first place!?!

She talked about how it was a big deal at the time that they had both lesbians and gay men writers because the communities has been so separate. And about receiving death threats with her own name on them and still being the one who went to rallies and events to hand out the papers! Earlier in that same meeting the youngest member (Surprise, it's not me!) had shown us the pride flag she had painted at a Michael's workshop!!

If you guys really want to meet queer elders, a bunch of them are in online zoom clubs now a days! (And if you're anxious/rusty like me, one of the best non-pushy leading questions you can ask them is why they came to live where they did!) I am once again begging you guys to join clubs!!!

#i need to join more clubs even..! #theres this craft club but they also talk about a zoom meeting for writing letters to local politicians #check your local library they love hooking you up with community run clubs!!!! #ALSO i got to talk to a lovely grandma in florida about the history of watercolors! and where else do you get to do that?! #lgbtqia #queer #If someone wants to maybe link the gay revolution article aka the homosexual manifesto that would be very nice!

[seecreatures]

The new box designs are 🔥 especially the monster chest! Aqua velvet with a unique stone eye on every box 🤤 every one handmade! Which is your favourite?

#wouldn't they both look great on your shelf? #a few teething problems but overall very happy #see creatures #i've seen creatures #can you see creatures #queer artist #crafts #handmade #card game #gaming #card game design #game collector #velvet

[why-are-humans-like-this]

why does it even matter what i would have to say about something that has nothing to do with me, that my opinion or actions do nothing to change? why does it matter who i support or dont, if i dont bother with either side at all? why is it the end of the world to you that im staying out of it? why am i "supporting the oppressors" by not talking about it.

what in the actual world would anything i do change? why should i tune in when all it does is make me miserable, and change none of whats happening there at all? why should i stay informed when it doesnt help anyone being hurt?

#i dont need to be condescended to by a 17 year old in LA #the only opinion i have is that people need to not be black and white about it all #saying to nuke a whole country just because of the actions of their government and military is disgusting #obviously fucked up shit is going on and i wish it wasnt! wow! what a shocker! i dont want people to suffer! who knew! #what the hell can i say or do that others cant say or do a million times better than me! #but no. i cant even say anything because i know that anything i say will be misinterpreted to fit the narrative other people have crafted #im not taking sides because it was never about countries or religion or land. its never about that even if thats the paint thats put on #i just wish things would go right. end the violence. for people to be fucking sane #again. wow. what a shocker! what a controversial opinion am i right! #ive put off saying this literally anywhere because like i said. people would misinterpret it so hard and get mad at me for no reason #but i had to say it somewhere and i know no one is going to see this because no one follows this blog (thank fuck) #not to mention the abhorrent antisemitism people are doing because of it. or even the subtle antisemitism #coughs at the 17 year old from LA who thinks theyre soooo woke for being obsessed with this #yeah bud youre so woke for acting just like every school bully i went to middle school with but with a queer coat of paint

[thekaticorn]

friendly reminder that headcanons are for fiction only and you should not have them for celebrities or other real people

#*bill wurtz voice* that's a human person #it's none of your fucking business if a celeb is queer or neurodivergent or not #they do not owe you that info #they owe you their craft (at the rate they choose to make it) and being a decent human being #that's it

[thetreetopinn]

Sources for Somerton's Plagiarism from Hbomberguy's Video (as much as I could get)

I went back through Harry's video, focused entirely on the sources James Somerton pulled from in the hopes of creating as much of a comprehensive list as I could--though my Google-Fu is not very strong. I did however find something I thought was forever lost and that made me very happy--specifically the magazine Midlands Zone containing the column by Steven Spinks that Harry poignantly used as an illustration of gay erasure... while Somerton uses it to sound like HE is waxing remorseful about the very subject.

This is not a complete list, I'm sure. For one thing, I was only able to attempt to pull sources that Harry himself mentioned in the video. Surely there's so very much more out there. I expect there to be a great deal more internet archeology to unearth just how much writing and culture Somerton has stolen like he's the British Museum of Natural History but for gay people.

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Harry's list of mentioned youtubers:

Alexander Avila - https://www.youtube.com/@alexander_avila Matt Baume - https://www.youtube.com/@MattBaume Khadija Mbowe - https://www.youtube.com/@KhadijaMbowe Lady Emily - https://www.youtube.com/@LadyEmilyPresents Shanspeare - https://www.youtube.com/@Shanspeare RickiHirsch - https://www.youtube.com/@RickiHirsch VerilyBitchie - https://www.youtube.com/@verilybitchie

Harry created a convenient playlist of videos by these and other people he wants to bring to everyone's attention.

Please give them your support.

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Midlands Zone Magazine - Column by Steven Spinks

After a great deal of searching, I found an archive of the "Midlands Zone" magazine, where you can read through past issues dating all the way back to February 2014. I have also found the issue from which Somerton took Spinks' poignant discussion of gay erasure: Overall archive Specific Issue - Pages 16-17

It will not allow you to download it, but you can read it exactly as it appeared in print form.

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My best effort to find the exact book or article Somerton lifted from to be able to get attention to the original writers

Tinker Bells and Evil Queens By Sean Griffin

The Celluloid Closet By Vito Russo Wikipedia article about the book Wikipedia article about the documentary My weak google-fu could not find where you can access the book or documentary. Check your local municipal or university library for book or documentary, or if you know a good source for one or both, please reblog with it added

Camp and the Gay Sensibility By Jack Babuscio

The Groundbreaking Queerness of Disney's Mulan By Jes Tom Personal site with links to social media accounts

Why Rebel Without a Cause was a milestone for gay rights By Peter Howell

Why "The Craft" is still the best Halloween coming out movie By Andrew Park

Opinion: From facehuggers to phallic tails, is 'Alien' one of the queerest films ever? By Dani Leever

Women and Queerness in Horror: Jennifer's Body By Zoe Fortier

[Pride 2019] We Have Such Sights to Show You: Hellraiser and the Spectrum of Queerness By Alejandra Gonzalez

Revealing the Hellbound Heart of Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' By Colin Arason

Queering James Cameron's Aliens (1986) By Bart Bishop

Demeter and Persephone in space: transformation, femininity, and myth in the 'Alien' films By David Greven

Fears of a millennial masculinity: Scream's queer killers By David Greven (Scholarly site, unable to access original work, offers a way to request a full copy of the text in PDF)

Queer Subtext in Stephen King's It - Part 1: 'Reddie' Character Analysis By Rachel Brands Rachel is the very unfortunate lady who found out she was being stolen from because she supported Somerton through Patreon and saw one of his videos early with her writing--lacking any form of citation or credit

How 'It: Chapter Two' Leaves Richie Tozier Behind By Joelle Monique

When Horror Becomes Strength: Queer Armor in Stephen King's 'IT' By Alex London

Why Queer People Love Witchcraft By Amanda Kohr

'The Favourite' Queers The Past And The Present By Giorgi Plys-Garzotto

(Wuko) Crush (Mako x Wu) By MoonFlower on YouTube

5 Terrible Movies With Awesome Hidden Meanings By J.F. Sargent

The Radicalization of Sexuality: The Queer Casae of Jeffrey Dahmer By Ian Barnard

Netflix's 'Dahmer' backlash highlights ethical issues in the platform's obsession with true crime By Shivani Dubey

The Possible Disturbing Dissonance Between Hajime Isayama's Beliefs and Attack on Titan's Themes Original Article by "Seldom Musings" (Author has made all posts not related to Attack On Titan private and has retired from the blog)

Everyone Loves Attack on Titan. So Why Does Everyone Hate Attack on Titan? By Gita Jackson

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The following people are otherwise named in the video. There are no direct citations of articles or books by them in said video. I am unable to guarantee that I have identified the correct individual.

Darren Elliott-Smith Michaela Barton David Church Claire Sisco King Amanda Howell Jessica Roy

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Telos announced and cancelled a film likely based on this book: The Final Girl Support Group - By Grady Hendrix

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I refrained from including certain sources.

First off only focusing on Somerton's work.

Secondly not including anything that might be visible enough to not require amplifying their voice (I cannot speak for all of those I have found links to, but journalism is frequently a thankless job).

Thirdly any source that is of a nature that is antithetical to the very existence of the queer community, such as the right-leaning source that didn't make it into Somerton's video, but Harry was able to identify as a source he had considered using.

If you feel I have missed a mentioned source--or you know of a source from material that was not covered in Harry's video--please do not hesitate to reblog with added details.

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Please share this information far and wide, and please add to it if you find more material that can be positively identified and linked to the creator/writer.

#hbomberguy #james somerton #Plagiarism #Queer #LGBT #LGBTQIA #youtube #Solidarity #gay erasure #Make them un-erased

[gvttergvrden]

i feel like The Last Unicorn is a queer allegory in a lot of ways but also a commentary on art

#like okay these tags are going to be spoiler heavy more than likely click at your own risk #gwyn rambles #okay so when Amalthea mourns being the last of her kind and all the rest were driven by The Red Bull into the sea #i feel like that is a pretty clear shoutout to like #artists being pushed into confined and easier and 'safer' places 'for their own good' #like all she wanted was to be with her own only to find out they're gone #the old artists are dying or giving up their craft and the few that remain are paring down their style to try and maintain any audience #which is something i am identifying with #heavily #i'm being pushed to draw daily detail be damned and it's not what i want in the slightest #i want to take my time and create actual art #not something both i and my audience will forget in a day #at most #and it starts out as 'oh it's only an hour a day' #then it two #then it's eight #it's a full time job without the pay or passion and i wind up hating the whole affair and burning out for six months #it's happened before and i'm trying to stop it from happening again #the queer allegory is pretty obvious #you have Amalthea saying she can feel her (human) body dying all around her #then Molly cursing her out asking here where she was when she needed her #the trans vibes are strong #not to mention the implied WLW vibes #especially for the time #it just #it resonates with me in ways that hurt and validate all at once