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Guys, it got so much freaking worse. KOSA is bad, but SCREEN is even worse, somehow.

"Sen. Mike Lee has introduced the SCREEN ACT, a bill that applies the "harmful to minors" standard used to ban LGBTQ+ books and resources in schools and libraries and apply it nationally to the internet.

Any site that has any amount of material "harmful to minors" would be forced to employ surveillance tech (biometric scans, ID uploads, background checks) to prevent minors from accessing "pornography."

You will not be surprised to learn that this is backed by the Heritage Foundation.

Unlike some of the state age-verification laws, many of which are being challenged in court, SC will be enforced by the FTC, which has the ability to levy fines, raid business and freeze bank accounts. Yes, meaning that even non-for-profits like Ao3 will suffer.

This is something for all US users to keep on their radar. Call your reps, call your senators, and spread the word to protect our archive!"

- When talking with Republicans play up the fact that this would force Elon to implement age verification systems on X (yes do call it X during the call). Elon's been threatening to primary Republicans who stand in his way so there's fear of him. Also play up concerns about "Liberals" doxxing people or Chinese hackers.

- When talking with Democrats, play up the connections to Project 2025 and suggest voters will not be happy to see Democrats siding with it.

Republicans:

Ted Cruz, Texas (Chairman) - Phone: (202) 224-5922

John Thune, South Dakota - Phone: (202) 224-2321

Roger Wicker, Mississippi - Phone: (202) 224-6253

Deb Fischer, Nebraska - Phone: (202) 224-6551

Jerry Moran, Kansas - Phone: (202) 224-6521

Dan Sullivan, Alaska - Phone: (202) 224-3004

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee - Phone: (202) 224-3344

Todd Young, Indiana - Phone: (202) 224-5623

Ted Budd, North Carolina - (202) 224-3154

Eric Schmitt, Missouri - (202) 224-5721

John Curtis, Utah - Phone: (202) 224-5251

Bernie Moreno, Ohio - Phone: 202-224-2315

Tim Sheehy, Montana - Phone: (202) 224-2644

Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia - Phone: (202) 224-6472

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming - Phone: (202) 224-3424

Democrats:

Maria Cantwell, Washington (Ranking Member) - Phone: (202) 224-3441

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota - Phone: (202) 224-3244

Brian Schatz, Hawaii - Phone: (202) 224-3934

Ed Markey, Massachusetts - Phone: (202) 224-2742

Gary Peters, Michigan - Phone: (202) 224-6221

Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin - Phone: (202) 224-5653

Tammy Duckworth, Illinois - Phone: (202) 224-2854

Jacky Rosen, Nevada - Phone: (202) 224-6244

Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico - Phone: (202) 224-6621

John Hickenlooper, Colorado - Phone: (202) 224-5941

John Fetterman, Pennsylvania - Phone: (202) 224-4254

Andy Kim, New Jersey - Phone: (202) 224-4744

Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware - Phone: (202) 224-2441

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Hi, my name is [], and I am one of Senator []’s constituents. I live in [city, zip code - leave your full address if leaving a voicemail].

I am calling in regards to a bill that was recently introduced in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transport: the SCREEN act.

I am asking Senator [] to either take no action or vote against this bill because of its implications for freedom of speech. [insert one of the other concerns listed above]. Thank you for your time and for listening to my concerns.

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behind the scenes photos taken moments before disaster (shannen ran into the location owner’s car)

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Love how Mr Darcy's big act of service was tracking down Lydia, and Mr. Thornton's big act is engaging in romantic and blatant police corruption

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"I know chatgpt is bad but you just don't really have any choice" you literally do. Don't use it. Have some moral backbone.

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In retrospective, benedick "i fear nothing" hobbes getting his shit rocked in wellington and not saying a thing about it hurts so bad and is beautiful understated tcw storytelling.

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I've had a lot of conversations lately about what's lacking in cosy fantasy and romantasy, and the general consensus is that it boils down to being written like fanfiction.

Fanfiction is an entirely different beast than published fiction. Your reader is already invested in the characters, and you don't need to sell them on anything to get them to read it. And that's great! That's the beauty of fanfiction! You should write that if it is your true passion!

Cosy fantasy and romantasy that has no fucking plot whatsoever argh often skips the step of getting you invested in the characters. You're already supposed to be into the "hot mysterious baddie" trope, therefore there's no effort being made to make you interested in this particular hot dude. Female leads are interchangeable. What were they like growing up? What are their morals? Who cares, let them fuck.

Don't get me started on DnD-lite books that rely on you being familiar with DnD to do the world-building for you. First of all, this is boring as all hell. If you're not willing to world-build, you're not going to give us a good story. Second of all, DnD can be a great world-builder, and everyone not taking advantage of that is just being lazy. If you have orcs in your damn book, I want you to tell me what that means. I shouldn't have to flip through a source book to understand the conflict you're setting up goddamnit!

And listen, you can say queer cosy fantasy/romantasy fixes this problem, and I can promise you it doesn't. Some of it is better, but the vast majority is still written for tropes and nothing more. Please, I am begging you, you need more than tropes to write a good book. You need to actually convince us, the reader, to care about these characters as much as you do. That means letting them make mistakes. That means they have to have real problems that aren't solved by the power of love, but by confronting their own flaws. You cannot do this if your characters don't actually have flaws.

I cannot wait for this trend to die.

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web series +  trans representation: trans women

[the uncanny upshurs, the adventures of serena berg, hamlet the dame, the soliloquies of santiago]

made possible by @frankieprices‘ list of lgbt+ web series characters [x]

[full lgbtq+ representation gif series]

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The character of the day is Annie Balkans from All Or Nothing

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damn, I just got reminded of Literary inspired webseries, and thinking of all my favourites, I realized why Public History stands out for me so much. It's so sad it came out in a time when many people had stopped caring about webseries and the fandom had mostly dispersed due to drama and discourse. But Public History?? It really is the peak of that genre.

following the liw trend back to its beginnings with the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, you could really watch a whole new genre evolve and grow. creators taking classics and translating them into a modern setting, finding reasons why vlogging would make sense for them, and how to justify that even dramatic, private moments are put on the internet. Experimenting with the format, telling a story from multiple perspectives, sometimes even via social media. then, with shows like nmtd and call me Katie, slowly realising you were allowed to put queer characters in there, not just in a throwaway mention in the background, but front and center. realising that sometimes, it's not just 'diversity' to cast actors of colour, but it makes a story make more sense in a modern setting, like with Project Green Gables.

And Public History (a David Copperfield webseries) is the culmination of all of that. Everything creators learned about how to make compelling webseries comes together in that show. You have an incredibly diverse cast, where the casting choices feel genuine and make sense for the story. same goes for the queer representation - the lesbian, the gay, the bi, trans, polyamorous storylines. they are deeply rooted in the source material, woven effortlessly into the story, showing that they've always belonged there. there's a deep understanding for the story in general and the ways you can modernise a classic. the way it's told understands its format so perfectly.

I'm still sad that the fandom around that time was so small and that this show never got quite the attention it deserved. So, if you ever feel nostalgic about that good old webseries era, all I'm saying is. give Public History a try.

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why would you ever outsource fun to chatgpt? are you stupid? you can make mediocre shit by yourself too.

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true 2000′s nonsense was finding an amv with a cool song and revisiting the amv for the song instead of actually looking it up

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Bsky post by libro.fm: Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.

Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

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Fuck Amazon. Go to bookshop.org or better yet, take a little time on Saturday to visit your local indie bookstore.

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let's hear it for the nonbinary folks who:

don't present androgynously

use "binary" pronouns in any capacity

identify partially with a binary gender

have a "gendered" name

don't experience body dysmorphia

don't experience gender dysphoria

DO experience gender dysphoria/body dysmorphia but aren't sure what gender or body would suit them

just experience body/gender apathy instead

can't be open about their gender identity yet

you're all absolutely valid.

don't ever feel like you're "not nonbinary enough" because you absolutely are! 💖

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The character of the day is Dot Brooke from Middlemarch: The Series

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April 18, 2016

#TAJWASH10

Celebrate ten years of "The Adventures of Jamie Watson (and Sherlock Holmes)" with a look back on the entire series as we reshare every episode and social media post.

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so apparently since ANOTHER wlw was killed off by a popular “feminist” TV show…

here is my list of free-to-watch queer webseries with happy endings, most of which have wlw as main characters/pairings.