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Live To Gay Another Day

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Chinese painter Yu Xiaodong

[ID: A realistic painting of a nude fat chinese woman asleep on a couch. She rests one hand on her leg and one on the top of the couch. She lays atop a blanket and rests her head on a thin pillow. She wears a blue bracelet on one hand. End ID.]

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essential retail workers during covid should qualify for the vet discount. The amount of shit I had to put up with during that whole thing was insane. Fucking went from 200 customers a day on average to like 500 but never got any backup until like 5 months into that shit

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berlynn-wohl

someone I follow on the bird app just announced they're starting a very exclusive private fic server because they and a bunch of other people want to talk about how much they love the fics they're reading, and as an author can I just say that a really great place to talk about a fic you love is in the comments for that fic

I understand that people are trying to create safe spaces, but as the number of comments that I get on my fics dwindles with each passing year, knowing these spaces exist where my fics are being discussed, places that I am excluded from, makes me want to write fic LESS

I mean I guess who cares, right, because if I stop writing, there's 10,000 other people that will continue...but if you participate in a fic "book club" server and you say nice things there about a fic you loved, maybe copy and paste that into a comment on AO3?

the only thing fanfic writers are asking for in return for hours of hard work is attention. please don't rob us of the one thing that we hope for when we hit "post"

this is directly related to this post I made about how fanfic authors now are treated like content mills, and not like valued members of a creative community who thrive on interaction. for the past decade, we've watched the fandom ecosystem disrupted over and over, as NSFW fan artists seek safety by putting their work behind paywalls, and self-conscious fic readers squirrel away their feelings in invite-only communities

an easy way to do your part to fight against the evils perpetrated by social media is to leave a comment on a fanfic you love

but don't take my word for it -- here are some responses that my fellow authors have left on this post:

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mrlarkstin

The fact I had a fic that was fairly beloved and NO ONE commented on it because it was all being done in a fucking book club server made me want to scream.

I haven't updated that fic in two years now.

I cannot express enough how imperative it is to show the writer how much you love their work. The comments don't have to be novels themselves - even just an "I loved this so much!" Or keyboard smashing works wonders to keep the writer going. Please, we need to bring back supporting writers and artists now more than ever!!!

Dear lord please tell me if you love my fics. Kudos, comments, anything. I'm not going to stop writing them because I am like unto a femme possessed at times. But there are too many fucking anti assholes trying to kill my ship (if you like RavWave, please write some yourself!)

I would love to hear from people who love me more.

Also please don't disappear if I write long comments back to you. I just want to talk about all of these people in my head. <3

If there is a discord server out there where you're talking about my stuff, invite me to that <3

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liesmyth

btw! I was made aware that many people don't know that we're boycotting Eurovision this year, so.

we are boycotting Eurovision, as per BDS guidelines.

don't watch the stream, don't engage with the videos, don't post it about it on social media using hashtags that are going to trend. whatever you're getting from the show isn't worth it

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