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The Queer Politics of Craftivism: Crafting Trans Joy Through Quilting

Right photo by @transjoyquilt, left by @poppythewitch (posted to @transjoyquilt) on IG

This essay was presented by me at a Queer conference at my University, and discusses queer craftivism in a historical context and contemporary one through the work of the Nortfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt. As a fiber artist, getting to talk with my professors and peers about craftivism was a big honor. It also couldn't be done without the publisher of The Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine, Common Threads Press. Living in the US and on a time crunch they sent me a digital copy. All references are at the end of the essay, which I absolutely recommend reading, but I'd totally be willing to post other great resources that didn't make it into the final draft but are great works on queer craftivism.

The Queer Politics of Craftivism: Crafting Trans Joy Through Quilting

“Craftivism,” a term popularized by activist and writer Betsy Greer, is the intersection of “crafting” and “activism.” Trans and queer activists have adopted the term to craft materials to express queer joy and resilient community in the face of abandonment and oppression by the state. Craftivism, while certainly involving anger, centers joy and love for the self and community. One of the most famous queer craftivist projects is the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt created in 1987 which memorialized thousands of people who died from AIDS and offered a way for the queer community to mourn. In this paper, I want to look at the Norfolk Trans Joy Community quilt to offer a more recent example of craftism that continues the political legacy of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The Norfolk Trans Joy Community quilt was created earlier this year by trans people and allies in Norwich, England to offer trans people community and to highlight trans joy in a society that is continually working to criminalize the trans body.

Craftivism has existed long before Betsy Greer popularized the name, and its influence reaches outside of queer circles, however one of the most notable works of craftivism is the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. The government response to the AIDS crisis early in the epidemic was incredibly flawed and lacking with Ronald Reagan’s administration staying almost completely silent on AIDS until 1987 their only comments minimizing the scope of the epidemic on the queer community (Oritz 85). Reagan’s administration abandoned queer people to fend for themselves during the AIDS epidemic, needlessly allowing for thousands of people to die. The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, created in 1987, was crafted in protest to the government’s abandonment of queer people and to mourn as a community. The quilt initially consisted of 1,920 squares, each memorializing a person who died of AIDS, made by themselves or those who loved them (“The History of the Quilt”). Cleve Jones, the man who conceived the quilt, hoped that it would serve as a communal form of healing in dealing with the great loss the community was feeling, but also to publicly shame the government for their apathy and failure towards the queer community (“AIDS Memorial Quilt”). People combined their anger towards the governent and love and sadness towards losing someone close to them and channeled it into a quilt showcasing their emotions. Scholar Daniel Fountain writes in their essay “‘Queer Quilts’: A Patchworked History,” “Although the blocks can be exhibited independently of one another, the idea is that each panel – each life– would never be isolated or alone, even in death” (qtd in “The Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine” 7). The AIDS quilt simultaneously allowed queer people to come together as a community and mourn those they had lost, while also spotlighting the fact that the government did not acknowledge the scope of the epidemic.

The conventional definition of “crafting” is gendered as one that is feminine and therefore “lower.” Art forms of knitting, embroidery, quilting, etc., come to mind over the more “masculine” and therefore more legitimate mediums of writing, painting, etc,. Associations with craft and queerness are tied, that they’re both too feminine and not as legitimate than their more recognized counterparts. Artist Ben Cuevas writes of their personal connection to the link of crafting and queerness stating, “by knitting with my male body, and referencing that in my work, I’m queering gendered constructs of craft,” (qtd in Chaich & Oldham 137). Queer people recognize the connection between the connotations of queerness and craft, and use it to materially render queer and trans experiences, including expressing joy and love for their community.

Crafting, specifically quilting, is used to express queer joy due to the symbolic nature of quilts, and what the gift of a quilt means. The gift of a quilt tells someone that they love and care for them, that in a literal sense you never want them to be cold and alone. Quilting teacher and writer Thomas Knauer in his essay “The Gift of a Quilt is an Act of Love” writes of the symbolism present in giving quilts, “warmth — once a literal protection against the elements — is also a symbolic means of protection, and our desire to protect is a reflection of the love we feel for another.” People make quilts to express love. Furthermore, the gift of a quilt involves incredible amounts of patience and care. Quilts are not really practical as people in modern life have access to cheaper ready-made blankets, yet people spend weeks and months picking out fabric, and cutting and sewing them for another person to show their love. The Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt does this for an entire community of people. Individual squares are sewn together to become an entire quilt of trans people expressing their love for themselves and their community, that they do not want themselves or any trans person to be without joy or community.

Queer craftivism subverts the idea of quilting as a symbol of cis-heteronormativity, instead making it a symbol of community. In their essay “‘Queer Quilts’: A Patchworked History,” Daniel Fountain writes of gendered associations of quilts, saying, “quilts are still largely associated with milestones in cis-heteronormative culture – birth, marriage, and death – and they are typically passed down through generations of biological family members, usually through matrilineality.” (Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine 6). However in queer crafting, instead of marriage and family as the sole climactic moment in a person’s life worthy of a quilt, it is the moment in which a person expresses joy in being trans and queer that is worthy of a quilt. Community becomes family, which is important when many trans folks are shunned by their families and the matrilineal line is broken or strained.

Trans joy is important now more than ever in a world that is increasingly criminalizing the trans body. The media has increasingly portrayed trans people as predators and dangerous, with CPAC speaker Michael Knowles stating earlier this year that “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely,” (qtd in Wade & Reis). Despite the onslaught of cruelty thrown at trans people, craftivism is used a means to express joy and challenge the narratives against them. K, who created a square for the community quilt and was interviewed about it said, “As much as I want to express my anger, trans joy is defiant. It can’t be legislated out of existence, defanged or sold. It doesn’t have one look and it contradicts itself. Its complexity is powerful, trans joy is a protest in itself” (Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine 21). Anger is not absent in craftivism, as it is a response to injustice and abandonment of marginalized groups which rightfully sparks outrage, yet joy is present in them as well, which is an important mode of protest against oppression. In other words, joy and anger are not mutually exclusive categories.

Even when not being portrayed as dangerous, mainstream trans narratives are often filled with the trauma associated with being trans such as the violence inflicted on them, suicide, and survival sex work to name a few. While these are all real issues affecting the trans community, hyperfocusing on these issues in the media creates a false narrative that trans people are joyless, which the Trans Community Quilt hopes to reject. Alex, another person who contributed to the quilt and was interviewed said, “It helps to combat the tragedy of trans lives in lots of mainstream media, even in sympathetic cases.” (The Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine 18). Instead of fetishizing trans folks through the lens of traumatic tragedy, the quilt highlights the joy in being transgender. K’s square features a pun which says “Orange you glad trans people exist?” Another square made by a person named Josh is an embroidered rendering of Josh’s chest nine months post top surgery. The quilt rejects the narrative that trans people are dangerous and tragic, but rather spotlighting the joy for self and community in being transgender. The focus on joy is not at the expense of histories of pain or struggle.

The creation of the Trans Community quilt was largely community focused, with recurring workshops for queer community members to gather and create. Workshops included free materials and instruction for creating the squares in addition to providing a safe community space for community members. Therefore the quilt was truly made by the trans community of Norwich, and even after its creation the quilt will go on to be exhibited at various queer and trans events across England. The conceptors Beau Brannick and Alice Bigsby-Bye write, “The project aims to return ownership of queer collections to their communities and empower people to access, discover, and contribute to the objects that reflect their shared histories” (5). The quilt is also therefore owned by the queer and trans community in addition to being made by and for the community.

Craftivism has existed for a long time, with a notable queer example being the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, and these kinds of projects have gone onto inspire others such as the Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt. The Trans Joy Quilt centers trans joy and community rather than suffering. This research as well as the work being done by queer and trans craftivists is important because activism that centers joy and resilient community is needed more than ever in a society that is working to criminalize the trans body.

Works Cited

“AIDS Memorial Quilt,” Williams College Museum of Art, March 17, 2019, https://artmuseum.williams.edu/aids-memorial-quilt/

Chaich, John & Oldham, Todd, Queer Threads: Crafting Identity & Community, AMMO Books, 2017.

Knauer, Thomas. “The Gift of a Quilt is an Act of Love,” Hachette Book Group, https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/storey/gift-quilt-act-love/#:~:text=the%20room%20symbolically.-,The%20gift%20of%20a%20quilt%20is%20an%20act%20of%20love,those%20they%20are%20given%20to

“The History of the Quilt,” National AIDS Memorial, https://www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt-history

The Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine, Common Threads Press, 2023.

Ortiz, Jacqueline A. (2023) "Silence From the Great Communicator: The Early Years of the AIDS Epidemic Under the Reagan Administration," Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal: 4 (2), 76-99. https://works.swarthmore.edu/suhj/vol4/iss2/6

Wade, Peter & Reis, Patrick. “CPAC Speaker Calls for Eradication of ‘Transgenderism’ — and Somehow Claims He’s Not Calling for Elimination of Transgender People.” Rolling Stone, March 6, 2023, https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/cpac-speaker-transgender-people-eradicated-1234690924/

#quilting #craftivism #queer community #queer crafts #craftblr #queer history #trans #trans joy #aidsquilt

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amplifyme · 6 months

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20 Fanfic Questions

Thanks to @randomfoggytiger for tagging me again. This was fun!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

72. But not all of them are mine. I've been transcribing and posting some fics under a pseud, from Beauty and the Beast 4th Season hardcopy zines written by folks who've since passed on, just so that part of the fandom's history doesn't get lost.

2. What's your total AO3 words count?

1,133,574, but half of those are fics posted under my pseud. Nan Dibble was a writing fiend when it came to her Acquainted With the Night series. 💕

3. What fandoms do you write for?

The X-Files, Beauty and the Beast 1987, A Song of Ice and Fire.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Huh, interesting. They’re all ASOIAF/SanSan fics. In descending order: These Scars We Wear, The Calling, Beggar’s Banquet, Blessed Be (The Third Night) and Pas de Deux.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes, as often as I can. I feel bad if I don’t. If you can take the time to leave a comment, I can take the time to thank you for it.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Probably Pass You By and Incomplete, both in TXF ‘verse.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I have a few. The Possibility of Being, LifeSongs and Upsidaisium (BATB 1987) and These Scars We Wear and The Calling (ASOIAF). Both these ‘verses seem to lend themselves to happier endings than TXF.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Nope.

9. Do you write smut. If so what kind?

I used to. I got bored with it. And when it started to feel as though it were expected of me, I lost interest. I still write steamy stuff, just not explicitly anymore. I'd rather you use your imagination instead of mine. 😉

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Nope.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yeah. Someone plagiarized one of my TXF fics back in the day and reposted it for The Nanny fandom. Who knew?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Several, mostly the ASOIAF fics.

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Yes, once. I collaborated with Alanna Baker on a TXF fic called Doors.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Can’t narrow it down to one and you can’t make me. But the Big 3 are Mulder and Scully, Vincent and Diana, Sandor and Sansa. I do love me some big, tortured and damaged men in romantic relationships with stubborn redheaded women. What can I say? It's my kink.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

The case file I started for TXF many, many moons ago. Sticks and Stones. It’s dead in the water.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue is the big one. I think my pacing is pretty good, and I have a feel for knowing what POV should be used when and where – and how to stick to that (I can't tolerate wandering POVs). I think I'm good at showing body language and tone in a way that's in-character and doesn't hit you over the head. Is it a strength to know when and how to ignore “common” writing rules? If so, I think I’m pretty good at that, too.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I tend to overthink things, which leads to too much exposition. I try to cut out as much of that as I can when doing final edits. The danger there lies in cutting too much, though. It’s a fine line I’m still learning to navigate. I generally suck at plotting anything unless the muse steps in and demands to take over. Now that I think about it, most of the very favorites of my fics are long and plot heavy, which makes no sense. I’m also not so great at beginnings, but my middles and ends are usually shiny. Is it a weakness to be The World's Slowest Writer? (On second thought, I think GRRM would beat me at that.) But yeah, takes me forever to get anything done. So that, as well.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I have, but I do it sparingly. I added a few short sentences in Italian for The Possibility of Being. Thank you Google.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Beauty and the Beast. 1990-ish or so. I've been at this for a while.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Nope. Can’t do it. That’s like asking me to pick a favorite child. I love them all, for various reasons particular to each one.

#20 fanfic questions #about me #txf #beauty and the beast 1987 #asoiaf #msr #vincent and diana #sansan

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bulbabutt · 1 year

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Question; would you ever do the cool trans turtle comics but wit the other iterations? Like 12 but with space heroes or rise with Jupiter Jim? Or is this only for 03? I don’t mind if it is; I was just curious.

no, its very specifically a series based in 2003 both in series and in date. being at an age where more knowledge was starting to be talked about (unlike 1987) but information wasn't as available as it was in 2012 and 2018 (both in culture and in how available the internet was). im kind of using it as the age of using a fan space to figure yourselves out. also because as i've mentioned before, the 03 turtles have a specific vibe about them where they support each other without having language.

thats the thing that connects them to star trek specifically. its a franchise full of queer coding and subtext, even when the language wasnt actually present in the shows. jupiter jim and all the shows the 12 turtles watched aren't real, im not saying they couldnt in universe have content matter relating to identity, but im making this specific series about the way star trek which was a real thing promoted diversity and even without using any terminology at all gave a lot of representation to queer people, even just through coding. while there was always issues behind the scenes, and shows themselves tried to even push further, theres a culture thats surrounded star trek for its entire run that is all about supporting diversity. i mean the very first fan zines were about kirk and spock! thats where so much of fandom has its roots from.

im not that versed in everything, but i can tell you theres a reason the jadzia dax thing hit mikey that hard. is it truly trans representation? no, but at the time? thats the thing that would open their eyes to the possibility! and with a supportive family who knows the material they can figure it out together.

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the-astralalchemist · 9 months

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i like and hate the huge branching of the cthulhu mythos because i can get overly attached to a creature that has only three (3) total expanded canon entries - however, one (1) said entry is from a very obscure 'zine that only had a run of three issues in the late 80s before it folded

anyway, if anyone knows where i can get issue #1 (november 1987) of the revelations of yuggoth fanzine that would be great

#astral rambles #cthulhu mythos #lovecraft #lovecraftian #books #literature

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asphyxiating-endless-darkness · 2 years

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Vulcano

(scan from Headbanger Force Zine #1 - 1987)

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#vulcano #thrash metal #black thrash metal #deathrash #brazil

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jminlovely · 1 year

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my masterlist

Socials: AO3 Twitter Finished fics: Promise (Please Love Me) ♡ enemies to friends to lovers ♡ idol!JM, farmer!JK ♡ angst, misunderstandings and fluff ♡ 10 chapters, 34k Diligence Vanquishes Hard Luck ♡ a/b/o; omega!JM, alpha!JK ♡ forbidden love, slow burn ♡ dystopian future; military, war, angst, violence ♡ 12 chapters, 94k (part 1 or a 2 part series) Troubled Younglings ♡ superpowers, found family ♡ lovers to enemies to lovers (sort of) ♡ angst, fluff and falling in love ♡ 14 chapters, 106 k Come What May ♡ moulin rogue-inspired ♡ courtesan!JM, poet!JK ♡ love and tragedy; MCD! ♡ 5 chapters, 20k over to neither (give myself away) ♡ fallen angel!JM, angel!JK ♡ Heaven and Hell, lost love ♡ ambiguous ending ♡ oneshot, 2k My Heart Boom Boom ♡ youtuber JM stars in a reality dating show ♡ his ex, JK, is the cameraman ♡ exes to lovers, attempt at humor ♡ social media AU (on twt, written parts ~10k) thou shall not kill, thou shall not die ♡ vampires, "The Lost Boys" (1987) inspired ♡ morally gray characters, manipulation ♡ 3 chapters, 21k Compartment no. 13 ♡ stranger to lovers, unexpected encounters ♡ art student JK meets petty thief JM on the train from Seoul to Busan ♡ one-shot (~15k) for the @btswipfest Patience is a Virtue ♡ sequel to "Diligence Vanquishes Hard Luck" ♡ dystopian future, mpreg ♡ 11 chapters, 80k Have I lost myself, or have I found you?

♡ highschool au, love triangle: jikook/vmin. ♡ dark themes; jealousy, mental health issues, drug use ♡ 7 chapters, 32k

Ongoing fics: -

Wips & prompts:

♡ Enemies-to-lovers fic for @jikooktolovers Zine!

♡ Dagger to the Heart: historical vampire au; Vampire JM and Vampire hunter JK.

♡ The Mannequin Room: dead dove jikook.

♡ Unnamed HP-au: slytherin JM & gryffindor JK

♡ IMFAQD: soc-med au on twt (might be yoonmin though?)

I'll keep this list updated as I continue to write and publish my writing!

#ao3 fanfic #ao3 works #jikook #jikook au #jikook fanfic #jikook fic #kookmin #writing #my writing #fanfic #ao3

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faithbayless4d23 · 1 year

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Nine 35mm film frames from Stan Brakhage’s Existence is Song, 1987.

In Defense of the Poor Image by Hito Steyerl Response 2

In Defense of the Poor Image by Hito Steyerl they explain the benefits of “poor image”. They explain in detail how the visually unappealing ways “poor image” can convey a narrative and be metaphorically representative in contrast to more refined film/ video. Most poor-quality documentation is not typically embraced but is deemed unusable and unworthy, considered to be less than something of more refined definition. Low-quality images due to amateur producers however dominate media and the internet, redefining the concept of the “poor image”. This is especially representative to me of the early 2000’s flip phone cell phone pictures that are aesthetically popular today to tell a story of vintage upcycled fashion. This opportunity for the everyday artist helps inspire and curate subject matter that has a new and untold narrative to be shared. I believe this is an important chapter in visual arts despite the criticism of the lack of rendition of the quality of media.

From my point of view, poor quality reminds me of Zine’s, a self-published, non-commercial print work that is typically produced in small, limited batches, to help spread the artist’s story and political voice to the masses. Zines are typically not produced for quality and are discarded as not a true form of Printmaking or art—a toner-printed comic book at best. But like “poor image” it is an art form that documents events that if not shared would be untold and unseen, and to say an artist’s voice is unimportant due to the quality or resolution is dismissive of that narrative.

Steyerl redefines the poor image, stating that it is no longer about the real thing—the originary original. Instead, it is about its own real conditions of existence: about swarm circulation, digital dispersion, and fractured and flexible temporalities. It is about defiance and appropriation just as it is about conformism and exploitation. In this Steyerl advocates for the poor image, and argues that we often gravitate toward high-resolution and defined images, conforming to what is popular. However, we have to recognize and make room to experience poor images and go against traditional norms in defiance of appropriation.

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burlveneer-music · 1 year

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VA - Piitu Lintunen presents 7Ai9 - compilation of experimental music demos from the 80s

Some notes: tracks A1, A2, A3, A4, B2, B3 and B4 are mastered from 1980's demo tapes that Piitu got from the artists. Piitu exchanged letters and tapes actively with artists in punk, industrial and experimental scenes from all over the world. Some of the tapes we had to leave out from this compilation because we couldn't reach the artists. The three new tracks among the older ones underline the principle of infinity and immortality of music Piitu Lintunen: The first idea for this compilation came one night when Tommi text messaged me while I was having a good time with my Raisio-born punk friends. Tommi suggested that I compile an album from my musical history. After considering different directions I went through my archives and found a box of 1980's demo tapes.

Some of the tapes were from 1981 and 1982, when we did the punk zine Pöly with my brother Sakke Lintunen. I had totally forgotten about many of them. A beautiful track from a Nurse with Wound demo turned out to be made by a NWW studio technician that lived somewhere in the Canarian Islands in early 2000. He couldn't be found.

At first this collection consisted only of demo tracks. Then I got a feeling that I want to include some new tracks too. I asked for a track from Clair whose debut solo is one of my recent favorites. Corumn was another contemporary artist I thought should be there. Jimi Tenor sent me some demos when he moved to NYC in early 1990's. I chose one of those tracks for the compilation. I learned to know Pekka Airaksinen in the early 1980's. He passed away in 2019. Pekka has a big archive of unfinished songs. His wife Maarit gave me some unfinished tracks and Jimi Tenor made a new track out of them. DDAA sent me a tape in the 1986's. After I asked one of the tracks for this compilation they wanted to re-record the track. And they did so in a very original style. Kostruktivists sent me a tape in 1983 while they were recording Psykho Genetica. All 4 tracks from the tape could have been suitable here, but Opening Signs was the one. Ramleh's Black Ark is a unreleased chapter from the recording of Grazing on Fear in 1987. All of the tracks are electronic experimentations. In early 80's I did a lot of cassette exchange. It was a way of communication in the punk spirit. Everybody knew each other. Tasaday, Odal and Neljän seinän jumalat (my own project) are examples of the active players of the time. Compiled by Piitu Lintunen Written and performed by DDAA, Konstruktivists, Ramleh, Neljän Seinän Jumalat, Corum, CLAIR, Jimi Tenor, Tasaday, Odal, Pekka Airaksinen

#Piitu Lintunen #Sahko Recordings #finland #uk #compilation #various artists #80s #experimental #electronic #industrial

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stillunusual · 2 years

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Pop Avalanche (issue #2) YEAR: 1987 CREATED BY: Brian Orchard (AKA Andrew Rainey), Boy Naughty (AKA Andrew Midgley), Camper Bob (AKA Bob Stanley) and Christoper X (AKA Camper Chris) LOCATION: Peterborough / Edinburgh SIZE: A5 WHAT'S INSIDE.... A fanzine that's "blue for a reason" and has an interesting take on mid-1980s zine culture: "You don't need to read it....we didn't need to write it....we don't need to listen to our records....but we do....do you understand what we're saying? Fanzines are not essential - fatuous views on trivial topics leaning dangerously close to egomania - but the trick is to make them seem to matter....enough to lure you the consumer into buying one at any rate".... It also has The Rolling Stones on the cover and an article about the apparent indestructibility of Keith Richards (Bill Hicks once said that: "I picture nuclear war and two things surviving - Keith Richards and bugs"), both of which would have been unthinkable a few years before, given that the Stones were one of the principal targets of punk's iconoclasm ("no Elvis, Beatles or The Rolling Stones in 1977"). The zine features a fine selection of mid-1980s indie bands, most of whom (ie Hurrah!, 14 Iced Bears, Razorcuts, The BMX Bandits and Talulah Gosh) remained stuck in the indie groove until they eventually split up, and a couple that transitioned to a rock-dance crossover sound under the influence of the rave scene, ie Primal Scream and Age Of Chance (who hailed from Leeds and almost made it into the charts with their cover version of "Kiss"). There's also a retrospective article about Josef K (who influenced all of the above) and a quick guide to up-and-coming bands which includes the future ambassadors of shoegaze - My Bloody Valentine.... Issue #2 of Pop Avalanche is slightly unusual in that it devotes four of its pages to hip hop, which was taking the world by storm at the time but didn't get much coverage in fanzines. Although the empty machismo and casual misogyny in a lot of rap lyrics was not something most indie kids could relate to, the music itself was both groundbreaking and exciting, so kudos to the Pop Avalanche crew for being open minded about it. They recommend the Streetsounds hip hop electro compilations and indicate that #14 was particularly good, although I think the cream of the crop was probably the next one in the series, which I remember buying on cassette and listening to incessantly back in 1986/7. Recent releases by the likes of Schoolly D, The Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Heavy D And The Boyz, Kool Moe Dee and a few others are also highlighted, as well as one or two by UK artists (who - to be fair - were mostly shit).... The zine's contributors also manifest their culture vulture credentials with articles about writer Martin Amis and comic actor Norman Wisdom. There's a brief mention of The Pastels, who published their own fanzine called Juniper Beri Beri, and a one page ad for a zine called Camping, which was a side hustle for Christopher X and Bob Stanley (who went on to become a proper journalist as well as forming the band Saint Etienne). Two other contemporary zines - The Legend! and Trout Fishing In Leytonstone - are described as "a load of old cobblers" and "trivial, derivative and monotonous" respectively. Click on the title above to see scans of all the zine's pages.... my box of 1980s fanzines flickr

#pop avalanche #fanzine #post-punk #indie #indie pop #indie rock #hip hop #rolling stones #1980s #1987

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tellurian-in-aristasia · 1 month

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A review of the 1987 PCW Show from an adventure game zine has a mention of the game mistresses of St. Bride's School. You can view the full zine here. And you can view someone flipping through the 1987 PCW Show here, but I don't know in what capacity the Game Mistresses attended. It is interesting to note just how heavily involved Miss Priscilla and Miss Martindale were with the 1980's computer gaming scene. It doesn't seem as if they quietly wrote these games in their big mysterious house in Ireland then sold them via newspapers or anything of that sort. But rather they seemed to actively promote these games and were frequently out and about at computer gaming events in their Victorian best.

#st brides computer games #miss priscilla langridge #game mistresses #aristasia #st brides school

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brookstonalmanac · 6 months

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Events 11.7 (after 1970)

1972 – United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time. 1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval. 1975 – In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Major General Ziaur Rahman. 1982 – Colonel Saye Zerbo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Gabriel Yoryan Somé. 1983 – United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused. 1983 – Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war 1987 – In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. 1987 – The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service. 1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States. 1989 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City. 1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests. 1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland. 1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA. 1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast. 1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. 1996 – ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashes on approach to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, Nigeria, killing all 144 people on board. 2000 – The controversial US presidential election is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, electing George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States. 2000 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas. 2004 – Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day state of emergency as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. 2007 – The Jokela school shooting in Jokela, Tuusula, Finland, takes place, resulting in the death of nine people. 2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people. 2017 – Shamshad TV is attacked by armed gunmen and suicide bombers, with a security guard killed and 20 people wounded; ISIS claims responsibility for the attack. 2020 – Joe Biden is elected the 46th president of the United States.

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108: Oh-OK // The Complete Reissue

The Complete Reissue Oh-OK 2011, Happy Happy Birthday to Me (Bandcamp)

The original Athens post-punk bands played skewed dance music, jumping off from the jittery rhythms of acts like Talking Heads and The Raincoats to create beats for white southern college kids to shake and stumble to. (Watch the 1987 Athens, GA.—Inside/Out documentary to see some of the worst dancing ever recorded.) Formed in 1981, Oh-OK were part of the second generation of Athens bands and the influence of the B-52’s, Method Actors, and especially Pylon is obvious. Primary songwriter Lynda Stipe was just 16 and singer Linda Hopper not much older when they formed the band, and right off the bat their songs had a quality that was childlike but not naïve. They knew exactly who they were. Their original (bass-drums-vox) lineup didn’t even have a guitar player, which furthered the impression their music was almost a found thing, like field recordings of twins inventing their own songs to jump rope to. It’s punk in spirit, but without hostility: “I am a person / and that is enough” goes the chorus to their most well-loved anthem. The closest thing to conflict is liking someone’s perm so much they wish that person didn’t have it.

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Pylon took them on an East Coast tour more or less right away, and their four-song Wow EP won them a level of critical notice most bands spend their whole careers striving for, highlighted by a rave review in the Village Voice from Robert Christgau. (He remained a fan.) They did eventually add a guitarist in fellow Athens resident and future power pop auteur Matthew Sweet, and while his musical competence helped move Oh-OK’s music in a more refined direction, Stipe and Hopper were also literally growing up. Their second EP, 1983’s Mitch Easter-produced Furthermore What, still feels like Oh-OK, but it expands their sound in small, welcome directions. Furthermore What is playfully beaded with the same kind of odd found-sound nibblets Easter brought to R.E.M.’s Murmur (recorded the same year and featuring Lynda’s older brother Michael), and the songs stretch out into intriguing new directions on numbers like the dreamy “Choukoutien.”

Unfortunately, Oh-OK folded up their tent the following year, but a compact legacy seems to fit this most compact of bands. Linda Hopper and second drummer David McNair went on to form the long-running alternative rock act Magnapop; original drummer David Piece had a zine for a while that documented the Athens scene; Sweet wrote “Girlfriend” and “Evangeline”; Stipe led several even more niche acts I’m hereby reminding myself to check out. Good lives, from what I can tell.

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Holidays 7.21

Holidays

Blessing of the Waters & Whitstable Oyster Festival begins (Kent, England) [ends 7.31]

Coldest Day Ever Day (Lowest Recorded Temperature Day)

First Day of the World (Egypt)

International Drug Users Remembrance Day

International Waluigi Day

International Zine Library Day

Invite An Alien To Live With You Day

Kazanskaya (Russia)

Lake Superior Day

Leo zodiac sign begins

Liberation Day (Guam)

Mary Wilson Day (Detroit, Michigan)

Melon Day (French Republic)

Monkey Appreciation Day

National Be Someone Day

National Craft for Your Local Shelters Day

National Edward/Eduardo Day

National Law Day (Argentina)

National Little Black Dress Day

National Meow Day

National No Makeup Day

National Pyjama Day (Australia)

National Race Photos Day

National Tug-of-War Day

No Pet Store Puppies Day

Racial Harmony Day (Singapore)

Sapporo Summer Festival begins (Japan) [Until 8.20]

Schoelcher Day (French West Indies, Martinique)

Summer Kazanskaya (Russia)

Take a Monkey to Lunch Day

Tim Duncan Day (Texas)

Twin-O-Rama

Uterine Fibroid Awareness Day

Veterans Administration Day

World Body Painting Festival begins (Austria) [Thru 7.23]

World Day of the Dog

Zero HIV Stigma Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Belgian Fries Day

California Craft Beer Week begins

Legal Drinking Age Day

Make Your Own Pop Tart Day

National Crème Brûlée Day (also 7.27)

National Junk Food Day

National Lamington Cake Day (Australia)

Third Friday in July

Big Sky Games begin (Montana) [3rd Friday]

Gentse Feesten begins (Ghent, Belgium) [Friday before 3rd Sunday]

Lindenfest (Rhineland, Germany) [Begins 3rd Friday]

National Park & Recreation Professionals Day [3rd Friday]

National Property Managers Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]

Pflasterspektakel Linz (Street Musician Festival; Germany) [3rd Friday thru Sunday]

Sherwood Robin Hood Festival begins (Oregon) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival begins (Dorset, UK) [3rd Friday; ends Sunday]

Wrong Days in Wright (Wright, Montana) [3rd Friday & Saturday]

Independence Days

Belgium (from the United Netherlands, 1831)

Feast Days

Alan Moore Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Albert John Luthuli (Episcopal Church)

Arbogast (Christian; Saint)

Barhadbesciabas (Christian; Saint)

Carista (Day of Peace in the Family; Pagan)

Carlos of Brazil (Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church)

Carlos Schwabe (Artology)

Daniel (Catholic Church)

De Foe (Positivist; Saint)

Drukpa Tsheshi (Buddhism; Sikkim, India)

Feast of Damo (Daughter of the Greek sage Pythagoras, keeper of the secrets of philosophy)

First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Buddhist; Bhutan)

Lawrence of Brindisi (Christian; Saint)

Lovis Corinth (Artology)

The Lucaria (Festival of the Grove to Sucellus, Gaulish God of Alcohol); Ancient Rome) [also 2.1 & 7.19]

Praxedes (Christian; Saint)

Primavera Sauce Day (Pastafarian)

Scotty McSock (Muppetism)

Shabbat Chazon (Black Sabbath; Judaism) [4 Av]

Victor of Marseilles (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [27 of 37]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 34 of 60)

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [20 of 30]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [34 of 60]

Premieres

Appetite for Destruction, by Guns N’ Roses (Album; 1987)

Bad Case of Loving You, by Robert Palmer (Song; 1979)

Barbary-Coast Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Barbie (Film; 2023)

Blind Faith, by Blind Faith (Album; 1969)

Clerks II (Film; 2006)

Clueless (Film; 1995)

Come Together, by The Beatles recorded (Song; 1969)

The Daily Show (Late Night TV Series; 1996)

Dirty, by Sonic Youth (Album; 1992)

Do the Right Thing (Film; 1989)

Dunkirk (Film; 2017)

Fleabag (TV Series; 2016)

The Girl Without Hands (Animated Film; 2017)

Landing on Water, by Neil Young (Album; 1986)

The Lord of the Rings (Novel; 1954)

Monster House (Animated Film; 2006)

Oppenheimer (Film; 2023)

Ozark (TV Series; 2017)

The Princess Diaries (Film; 2001)

Rescue Me (TV Series; 2004)

Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery (WB Animated Film; 2015)

Shag (Film: 1989)

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Film; 1978)

The Shootist (Film; 1976)

The Slick Chick (WB LT Cartoon; 1962)

The Soft Parade, by The Doors (Album; 1969)

Stormy Weather (Film; 1943)

The Story of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting (Novel; 1920)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, by B. Traven (Novel; 1927)

UHF (Film; 1989)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Film; 2017)

What Lies Beneath (Film; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Daniel, Daniela, Julia, Laurentius (Austria)

Danica, Danijel, Lovro (Croatia)

Vítězslav (Czech Republic)

Evenus (Denmark)

Tambet, Tulev (Estonia)

Hanna, Hanne, Hannele, Jenna, Jenni, Joanna, Johanna, Jonna (Finland)

Rodolphe, Térence, Victor (France)

Daniel (Germany)

Dániel, Daniella (Hungary)

Cesira, Lorenzo, Vittore (Italy)

Dabris, Daniels, Meldra, Melisa (Latvia)

Danielius, Lionginas, Rimvydas, Rimvydė (Lithuania)

Jane, Janne, Johanne (Norway)

Andrzej, Benedykt, Daniel, Paulina, Prakseda, Prokop, Stojsław, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz (Poland)

Daniel (Slovakia)

Daniel, Lorenzo, Práxedes (Spain)

Johanna (Sweden)

Ernesto, Vic, Vick, Victor, Vik, Viktor, Vittorio (Universal)

Alma, Erna, Ernest, Ernestina, Ernesto, Ernie, Wesley, West, Westin, Westley, Weston (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 202 of 2024; 163 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 29 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Ji-Wei), Day 4 (Geng-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 3 Av 5783

Islamic: 3 Muharram 1445

J Cal: 22 Lux; Oneday [22 of 30]

Julian: 8 July 2023

Moon: 13%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 6 Dante (8th Month) [De Foe]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 31 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 31 of 31)

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