⚓ My wife and I made a zine about sailor tattoos from the 1800s that indicated interest in fellow men: https://swanpress.itch.io/gay-sailor-tattoos. (Note that some of the tattoos are raunchy, of course.)
Should be fun if you enjoy #queerhistory (it's fully cited!), or if you're into historical #cosplay. We're hoping people who like #OFMD enjoy it, because that was part of the inspiration for our research. 🏴☠️
#OurFlagMeansDeath is a show about queer pirates and finding community as societal outcasts. It's arguably one of the most important pieces of queer media to have been released over the last number of years.
So, of course it was axed.
I've tried watching it 3 times now, and personally am not a fan - but I see how important shows like this are. My housemate (who is also queer) LOVES it. We often talk about the support and home the fans of this show have found - fans who are primarily young queer and trans people, a lot of whom don't have a home elsewhere.
Please sign this petition because the fandom of #OFMD are trying to get it renewed for a 3rd season.
#Save campaigns are fan-led digital efforts to reverse the cancellation of favorite TV series. They've been instrumental in bringing shows like "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Lucifer" back from the brink. The campaigns are getting more expensive and elaborate, but according to Paste magazine they are unlikely to work, and can be exploitative of fandoms. Here's their thoughtful feature on the subject.
🏴☠️ Did I just buy 2 seasons of a show via "methods" because I can't find an official, sanctioned release & I don't trust that it will remain on a certain network now that it's been cancelled?
Yes, yes, I did. And you should, too.
Do Stede, Blackbeard, & the rest of the crew proud. Pirates for fucking ever, especially when they give us no other choice. 🏴☠️
ETA raffle is now closed! but if you're still looking for organisations to donate to, the site has a good list!
ETA: we've raised 20k guys well done!!
There's a fandom fundraiser going towards aid organisations for Palestine, and there's so many great creators you can bid on while supporting an important cause!
I hope the Our Flag Means Death #renewasacrew campaign succeeds and also that the characters they killed off in s2 return as ghosts or sea monsters #ofmd
I'll say it: the cancellation of Our Flag Means Death, a show that completely destroyed programs like Succession or Peacemaker in ratings, and which more importantly was reaching the increasingly-important Gen Z demographic, is suspicious as fuck.
For the Stizzy zine I got to make a print! I thought it fitting to post it during Stizzy week <3
To get the zine, stickers, charms, and prints, check out https://crossmyheartzine.bigcartel.com/ Preorders are open until April 21st, and all proceeds go to Anera
Consider signing the petition to save Our Flag Means Death! If you know not that of which I speak, consider watching the first two seasons on MAX! #OFMD https://chng.it/qyCVrscPhb
Hab ich gerade anderthalb Stunden damit verbracht, Canva zu lernen, nur um ein extrem nischiges Meme über meine Lieblingsserie zu basteln? Möglich isses... 🤷♀️
Wollt ihr helfen, eine wunderbar queere Piraten-RomCom-Serie (das ist mal ein Kompositum! 😂) vor dem vorzeitigen Aus zu bewahren? 💖🏴☠️🏳️🌈
Dann hier lang 👉 https://www.change.org/p/renew-our-flag-means-death
(Mehr Infos gibt es auch auf dem Profil von @RenewAsACrew!)