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We've found our new home in the snow! Don't forget to register for 2026

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Hey guys!

I'm tabling at @citruscon.bsky.social this weekend! This is a FREE 18+ online BL convention. Grab your tickets today before it closes, they have a ton of cool stuff planned. www.citruscon.com

The heartless bookmarks & keychains will hit the shop tomorrow, so stay tuned for that announcement. As a fun bonus for the con, all orders made this weekend will ship with a Fujoshi Flan sticker. Give her all your lemons~

Happy yaoi weekend, guys!

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here's my full lineup for @citruscon! you can find out more here:

hope to see you there! yippee

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Just like last year, we're bringing back the Speed Round of our Cosplay Contest! Bring out those closet cosplays, those last minute crafting zoomies, and head on over to Discord (in 22 minutes) to submit!

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We're so excited to announce the Citrus Con Summer Festival Bundle!

🐟50 creators 🐟63 items 🐟~$300 value 🐟only $15 + pay what you want!

AVAILABLE TOMORROW JUNE 20

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Rebuilding Community on the (Fujo)Web, pt. 2

This part (my favorite) is all about why "getting help from your community members" is not a straightforward way to exit the Downward Spiral of Indie Projects Burnout. The answer is "simple": power dynamics

Many Indie Projects start from a desire to flatten the hierarchy of power between platforms and users. Many project runners are uncomfortable with wielding power at all!

But wishing power away is not enough: the US vs THEM always lies in wait, ready to rear its head—especially in moments of crisis.

Above all, power is not as simple as we make it: while we all understand the power that flows from top to bottom of a hierarchy (power-over), we rarely talk about power that flows FROM the bottom of a hierarchy to the top—even though we see it all the time!

Power-under is all around us online.

Changing the power dynamics that happen in Indie Projects and our Community Spaces means understanding that it's not enough for people who build them to give away *their* power, we MUST figure out how to get people to take on the power that's given away. Reaching shared power requires both sides.

There is a lot more to this talk that would make this Tumblr post way too long. You can read more in the article itself, or a longer summary in this Bluesky thread.

Come to @citruscon this Saturday to watch me give (and discuss) its spiritual successor! 👇

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Our official art for @citruscon 2025! The theme is summer festival and since its Pride month we wanted to show the boys on a cute little date! We hope everyone gets to experience queer joy this month!

Our Shop

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might as well post this here too lol, i will be at @citruscon this year... more information soon... yippee

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Citrus Con 2025

I will be running two panels at @citruscon this year! Tickets are free but you must register by June 19th!

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Rebuilding Community on the (fujo)Web — Part 1

It's (finally) time! A year after my CitrusCon24 talk & 10 days before my next, Part 1 of my "Rebuilding Community" series is on my blog.

This part explores why many indie social projects are caught in a "Downward Spiral" of disillusionment and burnout.

What's the "Downward Spiral"?

It's the vicious cycle where project runner burnout, user disillusionment, and impossible expectations feed each other. This makes it harder for the next project to get off the ground, and breeds resentment even within aligned communities. On… and on… and on…

I also look at the common "solutions" we desperately want to believe would work, but that are anything but straightforward:

Reducing scope (doing less)

Raising more funds

Relying on volunteers

Featuring: one of my favorite charts 👇 as they say, "ouch"

In the next part, we'll explore THE core issue we must fix, one that (once you see it) explains so much of… everything: our relationship to power.

You can watch the full original talk on YouTube, or follow along as I post the rest in the next days!

See you soon at @citruscon for my new talk (and spiritual successor): "Working Together in a Dying World"!

In the meantime, if this presentation convinced you I know what I'm doing (I do), support my work to fix this whole mess on Patreon

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I'm going to be doing a panel @citruscon next Saturday!! I know I'm getting you up early, but come check out the panel version of Let's Make a Fansite and Populate it at 09:30 ET! Tickets are available for free until the 19th, so be sure to grab one! I'll be helping ppl post panel too!

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The Citrus Con schedule is now LIVE! Check out our 2025 programming and make sure you don't miss out!!

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Just one week left to get your tickets for Citrus Con 2025!

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We're so excited to announce Rotten Blossoms as a sponsor for Citrus Con 2025! For more information on our sponsors check out

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might as well post this here too lol, i will be at @citruscon this year... more information soon... yippee

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We're so excited to announce David Wald as a guest for Citrus Con 2025!

For more info on our guests, check out the 2025 guest page!

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Dear Tumblr—I don't post that much on you so I hope this post will get some traction.

I'm helping @citruscon organize an itch.io co-op bundle. Applications are open for novels, comics, zines and games that feature queer romance and/or summer festivals.

APPLY HERE

Here's the tearsheet:

REVENUE: Even split between creators ACCEPTING WORKS: original novels, comics, video games, TTRPGs PRICE: Minimum $15, pay what you want FREE WORKS: Yes 18+ OK: Welcomed but not required! DEADLINE: June 11th

It's gonna be super fun. I would love to have your original work in it—and I would love for you to spread the word.