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do newgen wovercoats fans know about the Wooden Overcoats season 2 era chapman/antigone fansong The Sweet Taste of Death by Beth Anderson. is this something thats survived. if not i need y'all to lock in:

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Viva Piñata art dump

Viva Piñata was my favorite game when I was younger and it influenced my style heavily throughout the years but I've noticed it's like really niche? I haven't seen a lot of people talking about it which is a shame since the whole series is absolutely adorable. So I'm spreading the word myself with some funky doodles

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So, in a year that keeps on giving, last month my sister was diagnosed with cancer, and this month she started chemo. i've been helping take care of her while she's been going through this, and i wanted to boost my Patreon a bit because holy shit, gas is not cheap.

i've been working very hard to keep on top of my Patreon this year, and i'm really proud of it. Until chemo lets up and things get easier, my time is going to be limited, so if you like my work and want to support it and help me out amidst what has been A Year, this is the very best way!

Thank you so much >>> patreon.com/sfemonster ♥︎

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SPARKLE TEXT GENERATOR RELEASE!

I've been spending the past 2 months working on my latest project, my sparkle text generator! You have lots of features to play with, such as:

You can upload any font file from your computer!

Up to 7 different colours!

Please have a go! Thanks for having a look!

Consider signing my guestbook! https://dagrand39.atabook.org/

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Purple-crested Slug (Adoneta spinuloides), caterpillar of a moth in the family Limacodidae, NH, USA

photographs by Brent Haglund

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IF ONLY THEY KNEW SHE HAD THE POWER

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A Magnolia Dies and Blooms by H.R. Wolfe

In a town that’s never wanted me, I found solace in a girl named Hestia who welcomed me into her brackish waters with open arms. I didn’t know who I was, much less that I was falling in love until it was near too late. When the town that raised you turns its back on you, what else do you do besides join the monsters?

Promotion length: Permanently free

Markets available: Author's website

Link to story: https://shop.wolfehorror.com/b/1y5iW

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The creator of the lesbian flag, Emily Gwen, is currently unhoused and struggling financially while suffering to chronic and mental illness.

I have already contributed to her Kofi, and now I ask you to help, especially if you have ever used the lesbian flag. Even if you can't donate, I urge you to share her Kofi around to reach more audiences

Lesbians support other lesbians 🧡🤍💗

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illustration for ROBO from editions kinaye

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yoyo guy

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the secret to organising any kind of trip with your friends is to become the benevolent dictator. do NOT wait for everyone to provide a consensus on things before you book anything. do it and then ask for feedback after. do not ask people what they would like to do just tell them what is happening and let them all nod along like the sheep they are. this is the ONLY way to coordinate a group of adults in their 20s/30s

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cookie beast, stay tuned for his post-oven evolution...

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my sincerest wish is that everyone know about the john c. campbell folk school in brasstown north carolina. where you can sign up to take classes taught by folk artists in literally every possible category of folk art. theyve got blacksmithy, traditional beadwork, lacemaking, instrument making, folkloric oral history. you name it, they teach it. literally everyting. its so awesome.

EDIT: you can also take classes online for as low a fee as $10 for a few hours of instruction over video call. they also host an annual folk festival where you can learn the basics for free by going in person <- how i learned to weave

SECOND EDIT: this place is alsp pretty close to cherokee and the ancestral homeland of the cherokee people, so they have a lot of classes and lectures about cherokee folk craft too

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still really haunted by the time i was kind of getting to know a person and they were like hey what if we played some minecraft as an icebreaker activity. and im like oh sure i've done this with people before. i love minecraft. and like an hour or less in i have a person i barely know asking me if I want to join their polycule. through minecraft chat. like bro there's no time for this we need to make a house before nightfall

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I really don't want to come off as an asshole because I don't think bullying people truly changes hearts and minds but we have got to make it socially unacceptable to parrot the "why the fuck does this ethically made screen-printed t-shirt from a small artist cost $40" shit. That's what things cost to make, I'm sorry. I am not a fan of inflation or low wages either but things that have multiple people working on them and needing to make a living through their sale that are less than $30-$50 these days are not being made ethically. Just in general. Doesn't matter what it is. T shirt. Tote bag. Phone case. Perfume. Whatever. This really isn't rocket science and the clouded perception people seem to have about this topic when it comes to apparel is bad. It is goofy. It is lame. If you want to pay less than that, thrifting, DIY clothing, and other things are options. In fact, DIY is a great option! I would love anyone who complains about $40 ethically made t-shirts to try making a t-shirt for less than $40. Many people do this, but they do it by becoming talented artisans in their own right, and I think if you were to gain those skills and then tried to make a living off them, you would also ask for $40. It is not the punk cool indie DIY serve you think it is to complain about this shit. There are ways to complain about the core topics without actually complaining about the price point. Chill on that stuff and save the complaining for massive artists who churn out shirts at fast fashion speeds, or just complain about fast fashion, or whatever.

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Just in case!

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Is there a master post somewhere of all the stuff you have related to trans men and transmasc people? Or queer masculinity more broadly? I'm finding reading history to be therapeutic in key ways for me lately and am always looking for new things to add to my personal reading list, so I figured I'd ask. Thanks for all you do!

I don't have a masterlist premade, but I can make one for you right now!

For books:

The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist

The Other Olympians

For articles:

Amelio Robles Ávila

Karl M. Baer 

Zinaida Gippius 

Ferdinand Andreas Bruce 

Edward De Lacy Evans 

Zdeněk Koubek 

Victor Barker

Lou Sullivan 

Billy Tipton  

Alan L. Hart 

Anderson Bigode Herzer

Sir Ewan Forbes 

We are always exploring, so if you ask me in the future, I will have some more!