This morning there was an interesting presentation at #lgm about using new typographic ligatures to make written language more gender-neutral. Great ideas with graphically interesting solutions. Thanks to the "Bye Bye Binary"-collective. https://typotheque.genderfluid.space/
Sometimes I like to amuse myself by tallying which items of my outfit came from a "men's" department and which from a "women's" (per US retail designations). Today's tally:
Lee Teka is also a comic artist (often under E.L. Tedana), and you can help support them by buying this wonderful anthology of their work from ABO Comix: https://www.abocomix.com/store/p303/bodeofwork.html
It's #AutismAcceptanceWeek and we had a chat with Katie Munday about the benefits of online spaces for trans autistic people and what people can do to make both online and physical spaces more inclusive.
QSFer K.L. Noone has a new queer fantasy book out (M-NB): The Merchant Witch.
Sometimes heroic swordsmen need money. So Aric and his half-fairy partner Emrys have accepted a job protecting a wealthy cloth merchant’s caravan. But the job’s more complicated than it seems.
Em’s fairy father is hunting them, and Em’s trying not ...
"A tender, gentle novel about new beginnings and being surprised by love. John is non-judgmental and curious, yearning for human connection without imposing barriers. Emotionally very satisfying, “Just Stu” is a worthy read. 4 stars."
I'm TapTap, I'm 33, gender fluid, and after a tame but conservative upbringing I finally feel safe & able to get clothes that feel right to me.
Please make yourself VISIBLE by registering to #VOTE and participating in every election you can! A lot of gross policies are very local, where your vote counts much more. "Both sides" is a form of vote suppression
Block anyone who tries to discourage you or others from voting. Monsters.
Wishing everyone a very happy Easter and Trans Day of Visibility 💙💖
We’re celebrating this very special occasion with a collection of trans pride creations by diverse artists from across the world celebrating Trans Visibility!
"Gorgeous, lyrical descriptions, a bit of magic in and of themselves. And the relationship between Aric and Emrys. There's no doubt that these two belong together, and Noone makes writing the gender fluid Emrys seem breathtakingly easy... a lovely, diverse, enterating and dare I say magical read."
"Quite an enjoyable read. The voice, the prose, the characters and plot - everything was good. If you love sci-fi, space operas, advanced technology, alien civilisations, flawed characters and high personal stakes, this is the book for you."
You know, I'm still baffled by the fact that Dorian Electra released a Hyperpop album in 2020 where they collaborated with Pussy Riot, the Village People, and Rebecca Black (helping launch her comeback) to satirize and roast incels, edgelords, conspiracy theorists, and tradwives.
And it honestly had better analysis of the online far right in it than many of my academic colleagues had in their papers and activism.
If you haven't, go listen to it and just imbibe the campy genderfuckery that is Dorian Electra's "My Agenda."
#NonBinary#GenderQueer#GenderFluid#autgender
the binary is an illusion . Smile and let a flashflood of love run through all parts of you if you agree😀. We are not binary. And I mean us, the human race. We never were. We are just playing with polarities. And it's fun. I used to do ballroom dancing. It's great fun. It was even more fun when I started doing it with women only. Playing with the roles. Why can't we all be this flexible and whole? We have lots of different currents of emotions and conciousness inside of us. Not all of them express in gendered physical form. Gender is not a club to beat people into shape with. Patriarchy made it so. But that's just dark age violence. Gender is there for us to have fun with and play. On all levels. mentally, emotionally and physically. Live itself isn't binary. It forms all kinds of relations and shapes. Circles, triangles, polymorphous forms. The binary only exists in the imagination of people that want consciousness to be stuck in one form. For reasons of power, control and fear. That's a very impoverished state of being. Even when I have a heterorelationship I am only really close to my partner If I allow myself to ditch the binary. Most progressive men will know what I'm talking about. As a neurodivergent person I am much closer to this understanding as I am likely to not understand this artificial divide anyways. We need to help the rest out of their corset of unhappiness. Really. Holding up the binary is like arguing about whether god is a he or a she. Utterly silly. I bet you all know this, but I just was dancing this morning, realizing how much damage this does to our bodies wholeness and I had to say it again. It was latin and that culture is so steeped in this and I had to find music that didn't represent that. @actuallyautistic
Today's review! In the Pass of Ghosts by K.L. Noone:
"Noone’s writing has a magical lyrical quality that elevates even the mundane into something magical and evocative... a love story for the ages, beautifully rendered... If you haven’t read these two stories, get them now. Well worth your time, but I warn you - you will get hooked."
Gender-fluid be like slosh slosh slosh.
So much gender, I can't choose just one.
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Welcome to the first Trans Music Monday! Need something fun or cathartic to ride into the weekend? Don't have enough trans genius in your playlists? I got you!
Artist: Dorian Electra (Genderfluid, they/them)
Why? You need to have your brain exploded by multimedia genius. Burning edge of hyperpop and playing with genre. Can invert your presumptions on gender and sexuality on a whim.
Where to start?
I suggest their song, "Career Boy"
Did you know my first ever #TransMusicMonday was actually on a Friday? In case you weren't following me then, go check out the reigning monarch of hyperpop: Dorian Electra. Especially because they released a new album last month, "Fanfare," and it is soaked in sodomy, sex, and satirical critiques of rainbow capitalism and the music industry. Definitely worth your time to give it a try: