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I'm volunteering for a literary journal right now and there's two things I think you all should know.

1. Most people that submit to literary journals are cis white men. We know this because our journal has an anonymous survey about demographics for people that submit.

2. Most things that get submitted to the creative non fiction section are on the level of middle school "What I did over the summer" essays.

I cannot see the demographics of the people whose essays I'm reading, but guys, if you are wondering if you should submit your work to a literary journal or not, I promise you that just in terms of statistics there are a lot of mediocre cis white men and people in general confidently submitting weird crap that isn't literature to literature magazines. Do it. Submit your work. Please. If you want there to be more diversity in literature, be the diversity. Do it. Do it do it do it.

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I love how Westerners will be like, "Japanese VNs are filled with one-dimensional fantasy Anime Waifus who have no depth and are all homogenous- even a 30 hour visual novel with multiple branching routes where you have to delve deep into the trauma and secrets and insecurities of a character is just Wish Fulfillment Slop! Check out my quirky subversive Queer visual novel that spans two hours, has characters that fit neatly into clear boxes of gender identity across an arbitrarily defined list of categories as advertised in the trailer, provides realistic and authentic romance wherein characters joke that this isn't a dating sim and recite their backstories to you in a coffee shop after 1.5 conversations, and provides Cutting Social Critique like, "Damn dude, Capitalism Sucks, but I guess we Still Gotta Love".

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itch is removing all of their adult games now

Oh things are fucking dire huh. There won't be any storefronts left

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Andre 3000 for honey magazine, June/July 2002.

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comic is from this

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imagine cloth mother and wire mother in family court competing for custody of the baby monkey

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I want to see the fall of LinkedIn during my lifetime

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dadbastian cuz I can🎻

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“Great, honourable Hanguang-Jun.” Jiang Cheng’s voice lost its sharpness for a few syllables. “Who did that to you?” (c) My Sombre Shelter by Limitbreaker on ao3

a scene from one of the greatest chengzhan fics out there drawn by @marshallmigraine. thank you for having me for the third time!

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#myfuit

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the hyena girl