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It never fails to amuse me when I get “hello influencer” emails wanting me to push questionable products to my followers.

Like worstie, I can barely promote my own published book without wanting to curl up and die.

The fuck makes you think I’ll shill your discount wish shit?

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oh im gonna be weird about this for so long

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And after a while you just stop. You stop watering your plants. You stop watching netflix. You stop reading. You stop replying to your friends as fast as you used to. You stop buying yourself nice things. You stop putting an effort into how you look. You stop taking care of yourself like you used to. You stop sleeping. You stop eating healthy foods. You stop petting your dog. You stop socializing.

You stop with everything. You find yourself sitting in your room for hours on end, without doing a single thing. Days feel like years. And you think you can’t do it for much longer.

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Jelly cycle, gamblin ink on kitakata paper, hand pressed

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">_< but im scared of change!" <- girl who wishes everything was different

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this made me cry so now i need everyone to see it

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a mary oliver quote that peeled me like a fruit

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**TW for butchphobic rhetoric mention**

I am writing an article for a queer forum in India about butchphobia, particularly among Gen Z heavy online spaces. As my own experiences are limited to my own city and closed circles (trust me, Kolkata isn't a good or safe place for butches and gnc folk), I would like some more voices to chime in. If you identify as butch, stud, masc or gnc, what do you feel about the common and pervasive microaggressions among exclusionary lgbtq spaces that

"butch lesbians are almost always confused closeted trans men because of rejecting femininity"

"sapphics who are singularly attracted to masc/butch/stud lesbians actually do not want to acknowledge their secret attraction to men"

the discourse around the "soft butch" label and what it implies / doesn't imply for other butches, particularly stones

Please rb this with your thoughts in the tags or comments if you feel safe, otherwise, I'm opening my asks (they will not be published publicly), and you are free to dm me if you don't wish to send an ask. Also do let me know if you wish to be credited for your thoughts, or would like to remain anonymous.

Note: Only people identifying as butch/stud/ masc or gnc interact please. Desis are particularly encouraged, but people from all countries and ethnicities are welcome.

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post-post clarity when you're looking at your post on the dash like who gives a fuck. delete

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From Birmingham Mutual Aid on instagram

You can find the mentioned resources post here

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mutual aid groups (US)

Indigenous Mutual Aid (US)

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief (US)

mutual aid groups (UK)

mutual aid app (worldwide)

how to organize a local mutual aid effort

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i don't remember the last time i actually typed a text post but i am so extremely anxious it might help??

anyway. i'm waiting to hear back from a phd program i applied to and they're being pretty radio silent. for context - it's been nearly three months and outcomes were meant to be released a few days ago. i guess not getting a rejection is a good thing, but i've spent so long trying to convince myself that i don't really want this in order to stave off what feels like an inevitable disappointment that it's actually taken me until now to realise i might actually want this. and what a time to realise it lol. realistically, i know my chances are limited but i'm still hopeful. ugh i don't know what to do with this anxiety over the weekend. i'm trying to make plans/make art/throw myself into other things but i feel really consumed with anxiety!!!!!!!!!!

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shhh anyways bad days are also part of a very good and sexy life

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When I'm liking your vent post just know that I'm kneeling with my sword to offer you support.

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"Don't use Libby because it costs libraries too much, pirate instead" is such a weird, anti-patron, anti-author take that somehow manages to also be anti-library, in my professional librarian-ass opinion.

It's well documented that pirating books negatively affects authors directly* in a way that pirating movies or TV shows doesn't affect actors or writers, so I will likely always be anti-book piracy unless there's absolutely, positively no other option (i.e. the book simply doesn't exist outside of online archives at all, or in a particular language).

Also, yeah, Libby and Hoopla licenses are really expensive, but libraries buy them SO THAT PATRONS CAN USE THEM. If you're gonna be pissed at anybody about this shitty state of affairs, be pissed at publishing companies and continue to use Libby or Hoopla at your library so we can continue to justify having it to our funding bodies.

One of the best ways to support your library having services you like is to USE THOSE SERVICES. Yes, even if they are expensive.

*Yes, this is a blog post, but it's a blog post filled with links to news articles. If you can click one link, you can click another.