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I’m so fucking sad and mad.

We are heartbroken to share the tragic news of the death of Jonathan Joss—beloved actor, artist, and gay icon—who was fatally shot on June 1, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. He was 59 years old. Authorities are investigating the possibility of a hate crime.

Jonathan, of Comanche and White Mountain Apache heritage, rose to fame as the voice of John Redcorn on King of the Hill and appeared in acclaimed films such as The Magnificent Seven and True Grit. Beyond his screen work, he was a tireless advocate for Native sovereignty, queer visibility, and authentic representation.

In recent years, Jonathan came out publicly as a gay man and remained fiercely proud of both his Indigenous and queer identities. He is survived by his husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, with whom he shared a life rooted in love, art, and community.

Jonathan’s legacy is one of courage, truth, and unapologetic presence. His impact on two-spirit and LGBTQ+ Indigenous youth—and on all of us who saw ourselves in his work—cannot be overstated.

We mourn his loss. We honor his voice. We demand justice. Rest in power, Jonathan Joss. You are remembered. You are loved.

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For Those who Wear Lillac, For Those who carry a towel, and for those who we remember:

“Dont put your trust in Revolutions, they always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions”

Happy 25th of May everyone

GNU Sir Pterry, oh the things you would’ve said about the world we live in right now.

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Once upon a time…

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The Purim story has two very distinctive villains. There's Achashverosh, the self centered, misogynistic, antisemitic king. He flaunts his wealth by throwing extravagant parties for his political allies, views his wife and all the women in his kingdom as just more trophies to display, and brags about his conquerings in the faces of those he conquered. He's somehow both incompetent and really good at intentionally doing the morally wrong thing.

And then there's Hamman. The richest man in the kingdom who weaseled his way up into second in command, despite his position technically being lower. He demands to be treated like a king (even in front of his ruler), can't stand the slightest bit of opposition, and throws a temper tantrum every time he doesn't get his way and cries to the king until he makes a new law to make him feel better. He has 10+ kids he doesn't actually care about. He openly schemes about replacing the king, while still trying to keep up the "I'm your best advisor and you can trust me with anything" act. He uses the guise of "protecting the empire from evil outsiders who will never be True Persians" to suggest mass murder.

This story sounds familiar to me. That's because I've been seeing these figures in the news recently.

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why did nobody show me these earlier

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Is this anything?

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be sure to leave out milk and cookies for brutus tonight

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Let us not forget:

Victim (1961)

“The first British film to explicitly name homosexuality and deal with it sympathetically”

This film was made when homosexuality was still a criminal act. So the fact that this was filmed and released in cinemas is frankly shocking. Well worth a watch.

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Boss is asleep, cannot stop me from frogposting

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Theater display for “Cat People” (1942). 

As many film students know, this was the movie that invented the “jump scare,” created not by the director, but by editor Mark Robson. The way he did it was, he had continuing movement in one direction, a through line in a direction between cuts, and then had something come in parallel to the continuing movement. This resulted in a jarring sense shock and fear. The jump scare was extremely rare prior to the 1980s. 

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Just some of B. Dylan Hollis’ funniest moments, because we could all use a bit of a laugh.

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