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Streetwear Saturday *14
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Tomboy
Tomboy follows 10-year-old transgender boy Laure who moves to a new town and is delighted to realise that he can pass as a boy among his new circle of friends. He impulsively introduces himself as “Mickäel” to his pretty new neighbour Lisa.
The kids are at an age where they’re starting to designate certain people as “popular,” and starting to preen in front of the opposite sex. The short-haired, sharp-featured Mickäel is such a handsome boy that boys and girls alike are immediately drawn to him. Sure, he has to sneak off into the woods alone when all the guys on her soccer team go pee on the sidelines, but he’s a good goal-scorer, he knows how to spit, and he looks lean, fit, and flat with his shirt off.
The film brings an unforced naturalism to scenes of the kids just hanging out, asking goofily intimate questions about whether they’ve ever tasted their own pee—just the way kids act when there are no grown-ups around and they’re showing off for each other. And director Sciamma sensitively explores the fluidity of identity in a sequence where Lisa playfully puts makeup on Mickäel, and one where Mickäel makes a Play-Doh penis he can stuff into his swim trunks. It’s just fun to see Mickäel enjoying the chance to be who he feels he really is as long as he can.
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Friend Zone
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Slow Sunday *21
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Periodical Political Post *106
Queer News
- New York bans “gay panic” defence in murder cases
- Turkish police tear gas pride marchers in Istanbul
- 11th black trans woman killed in the US this year
- Anti-transgender hate crimes rocket by 81% in the UK
- Gay dating app has to pay for not preventing nude leaks
Other News
- UK porn block is privacy timebomb report warns
- French cops teargas climate protesters at point-blank
- Hell is coming: Europe battles unprecedented heat wave
- Trump dismisses need for climate crisis action
- Canada adds Nazi groups to its terror organisation list
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Model Monday *65
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YouTuber Phil Lester came out
Yes, the other half of Dan & Phil is gay too ;)
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Water Polo Yankees
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Teasing Tuesday *30
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Harry x Louis on Euphoria
HBO’s teen drama Euphoria made a slpash by featuring a steamy (animated) sex scene between former One Direction members Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.
Harry said before that he “messes around with both men and women.” Louis Tomlinson on the other hand has lashed out at gay rumours for years, criticising fans for the creation of the portmanteau “Larry Stylinson”.
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Hot Summer Nights
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Wet Wednesday *79
Lee Jong-hyun
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Supporter Account Changes
I’m going to handle donations through GoFundMe instead of Patreon from now on. This should be easier for supporters because you don’t have to grapple with a monthly subscription anymore that you might forget about.
You can just pay once for any number of months you’d like to have access to supporter features in advance and then not worry about it anymore. It also lets me offer you discounts :)
If you’d like to get a supporter account to see the regular exclusive supporter posts you can donate here:
Donate to get a Supporter Account
Here’s what the different donations will get you:
$3 — One month supporter account. So if you donate $6 you’ll get two months, $9 will get you three months and so on. Super simple!
$30 — One year supporter account. You get two months for free! $60 will get you two years and so on.
$100 — Lifetime supporter account. You’ll get an account that never expires. This blog is running for 12 years now so this should be worth it ;)
$200 — Everything over $200 will get you a lifetime account, a link of your choice in the sidebar (as long as it’s legal and in line with the values of this site) and you can have my nudes if you’re into that kinda stuff :p
I’m working on more benefits for supporters that I’m hoping to introduce after the milkboys relaunch next month.
If you used Patreon to support the site before: I’ll go through the list of Patreon supporters over the next few days and will make sure that you will keep your supporter account for as long as your lifetime Patreon payments would have paid for so no one wastes any money.
I will cancel the Patreon page once that’s done, definitely before next month so that no one will be charged on there anymore from now on.
Thanks for your support!
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Jake
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Tempera Thursday *25
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First They Came
Mass shootings are a regualr occurrence in the United States, so it’s heartbreaking but not surprising when a 16-year-old high school student like Odessa Shlain Goldberg says she no longer trusts people, no matter if strangers or otherwise as much as she used to.
These violent outbursts of a divided society affected her life in several ways, from shooting drills at school to an unshakeable fear in crowded places. It’s also what led her to her topic for the Our Pride Student Video Competition, for which she won first place.
Her film combines Rufus Wainwright’s rendition of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah and Martin Niemöller post-World War II poem First They Came with images of various mass shootings in the US.
‘The film illustrates how passivity in the face of injustice is complicity during World War II, but instead reframes and rewrites the 1946 poem to focus on the prolific, devastating shootings in schools and public institutions,’ Goldberg said of her film.
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White Lies
“Studies show that making out with your significant other before class helps you focus” – a lie told by Tarjei Sandvik Moe as Isak Valtersen in SKAM
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Flower Friday *19
Matei Hoffmann
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Twitter says it’s still OK with porn
The internet became increasingly puritanical over the last few months. Tumblr banned all porn from its platform and other social media sites followed suit with more regulations and censorship of sex-related posts.
Many people turned to Twitter as a save haven for porn starts, sex workers and everyday people who want to post some slightly juicer stuff on private alt accounts for a smaller circle of friends.
A recent article by XBIZ got people worried that Twitter’s updated Terms of Service might mean the company is following in the footsteps of Tumblr by putting an end to any usage of their service for porn and other sex-related content.
Twitter says though that they have no such plans. A spokesperson said “We recently updated our rules to better demonstrate what is and is not allowed on Twitter. The updates were made to provide more clarity, not to reflect changes in our policies or enforcement practices.”
In a section of their Terms of Service titled “Sensitive Media Policy,” updated on March 2019, Twitter has, among other things, introduced a few new guidelines. Sensitive media, for the company, includes media that depicts graphic violence, adult content, violent sexual content, and gratuitous gore. This content is not allowed to be shared in profile photos or header imagery. As for “graphic violence and consensually produced adult content,” it can be shared within tweets but it will be marked as sensitive and will be available behind a warning.
Following Tumblr’s porn ban, over 150 million users left the platform. And of those, many migrated to Twitter to hopefully reassemble their communities. Porn performers, both studio performers and those creating homemade work, have corralled their followers there for updates, sharing previews of upcoming scenes.
Other sex workers have also used the platform to share their work or stay in touch with fans. Additionally, users who just share their own homemade content for the enjoyment of friends have spurred communities of “alt Twitter” accounts, sometimes with tags like #TumblrRefugee in their bios — porn has long had a presence on Twitter so these refugees only added to it, as opposed to having created it. Under this new policy, it seemed even these accounts would be in danger.
“Accounts that simply post adult content either to express their sexuality or their interests will not be suspended,” a Twitter spokesperson said though.
The site has long allowed adult content on its platform, and according to the company, plans to continue doing that as long as it was created and shared consensually — creeper shots and revenge porn would not fall under this.
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Neck Action
Blooper from SKAM
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