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did you know that the creator of the quote:
God blessed me by making me transsexual for the same reason God made wheat but not bread and fruit but not wine, so that humanity might share in the act of creation.
wrote a TTRPG based on Invisible Cities by italo calvino and the artwork is fucking gorgeous ???
its called Inscrutable Cities and its a solo journaling RPG and its gonna be amazing
#inscrutable cities#possum creek#ttrpg#solo game#transgender#everyone on the moon is essential personnel
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Pairing Audio and Print Fiction: Moonbase Theta, Out and Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel
Why you should listen to MTO:
This podcast by @monkeymanproductions is beautiful, grounded sci-fi that builds its world of struggle and hope through the hearts of its lifelike characters. The first season consists of micro-fiction episodes in the form of progress reports from a moon base in the process of being decommissioned. From the second season onward, the cast of one expands to a whole group of moon-based professionals, by necessity a kind of family that accepts their differences and their shared hardships. As I listened, I came to feel a part of that group too, and to care for these characters despite their shortcomings, as one does for real people.
Why you should read EotMIEP:
This short story collection by Julian K. Jarboe provides striking variety in its subjects while always cleaving close to its themes of queer/trans identity and resilience. Its title story/novella depicts a moon colonization industry that is obviously exploitative, but still offers hope to those laborers who have exhausted their opportunities on earth (particularly queer, disabled, and indigenous workers). My favorite story in the collection, "I Am a Beautiful Bug!", follows a person caught in a bureaucratic nightmare after receiving surgery to become a Kafkaesque giant insect. I reveled in the eventual triumph of this self-made bug-person, as well as in the trans joy of robots, troubled teens, and the other characters who populate these stories.
Why you should try both!
MTO and Jarboe's title novella share a vision of the moon as a place of hope to strive for, a hope frustratingly limited by self-serving capitalist interests. Despite coming up against systemic forces they can do little to combat, the heroes of both works find comfort and agency in community. There's a kind of queer revolutionary bent that runs through both of these texts, which does not proscribe what a better future must look like, but imagines possible paths toward it. These stories have inspired my own work in how they center the complexity and transcending power of human connection in overwhelming circumstances, and how our present shapes our dreams of the future.
#I hope to do more of these eventually! feel free to send requests!#audio drama#short fiction#queer fiction#audio fiction#moonbase theta out#everyone on the moon is essential personnel
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Professionals yammer on about the “mental health crisis” in These Turbulent Times, like, GEE I WONDER if it has anything to do with most people being constantly in a state of desperation to sell their joy to oligarchs forever and ever?
Julian K. Jarboe, Self Care
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Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe
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In this debut collection of body-horror fairy tales and mid-apocalyptic Catholic cyberpunk, memory and myth, loss and age, these are the tools of storyteller Jarboe, a talent in the field of queer fabulism. Bodily autonomy and transformation, the importance of negative emotions, unhealthy relationships, and bad situations amidst the staggering and urgent question of how build and nurture meaning, love, and safety in a larger world/society that might not be "fixable."
Mod opinion: I haven't read this one yet, but it is on my tbr, it sounds so interesting!
#everyone on the moon is essential personnel#julian k. jarboe#polls#trans lit#trans literature#trans books#lgbt lit#lgbt literature#lgbt books#anthology#sci fi#short stories#nonbinary#own voices#itch.io#to read
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“Give me one of every face that has ever been called ugly. Give me one of every skin that has ever been called excessive. Give me a way of moving that no space can admit or accommodate, and then reshape the entire world to hold me.”
The Android That Designed Itself by Julian K. Jarboe
#The Android That Designed Itself#Julian K. Jarboe#Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel#Quote#Poetry
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“Why does God create grapes and wheat but not wine and bread? God does this because God wants us to share in the act of creation. To be how you made me, to become how God made me, through you, I can remake myself. You and I: we are already whole, and shifting towards the divine.
Julian K. Jarboe, “The Android that Designed Itself”, Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel
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Look to the stars. Look at how the winners get history and the losers get culture. Close your eyes and ask God for light and look for it.
Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe
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Another Instagram crosspost! I made a post of my favorite queer books last pride month, so here's some of my recent faves!
ID in alt text and book summaries under the cut.
Borderline by Mishell Baker follows a young woman named Millie recruited into an organization that guards the border between our world and the fae world. Artistic inspiration comes from a mystical tether to a fae and when a fae noble goes missing goes missing, Millie, despite being a new recruit, has to investigate across LA, meeting fae nobles and celebrities who owe their fame to their bond. Bisexual
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger takes place in a fictionalized America where magic is normal. Elatsoe, a young Lipan Apache girl can summon the ghosts of dead animals. One night, she is visited in a dream by her cousin who tells her he has been murdered, though his death has officially been ruled an accident. Elatsoe travels to his town to investigate and encounters magical beings and a town full of secrets. Asexual
The Wicker King by K Ancrum follows a popular boy and a misfit who maintain a close and intense friendship despite their social differences. Jack begins experiencing visions of a parallel world existing alongside their own and demands August's help in fulfilling the prophecy the fantasy world centers around. The two become more and more codependent upon each other as they try to figure out whether Jack is hallucinating and how to fulfill the prophecy if it is real. Mlm- I don't remember if they specify any labels.
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant follows multiple perspectives of the crew of a ship going out to investigate the sinking of one of the company's other ships seven years prior. The sunken ship had been out to film a mockumentery on the existence of mermaids, but before they sank, they uploaded incredibly realistic footage of the crew being attacked by mermaids. The new ship is crewed by scientists and media personnel to discover both what happened to the other ship and whether the mermaid attack was real. Main character is bisexual with a lesbian love interest.
Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee follows an artist in a fantastical version of Korea during Japanese colonization. Though Jebi has no interest in politics and is perfectly happy to live under colonization as long as they get to paint, their sister hates the colonizers and kicks them out of the house when they apply for an artist's position in the colonial government. While in the government's employ though, Jebi discovers some of the horrors the government regularly commits and resolves to steal the government's dragon automaton and fight back. Nonbinary
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall takes place in a fantasy world that is divided by colonialism. Evelyn, the daughter of a noble family, is forced onto a ship by her mother to be delivered to her arranged husband. Flora, who has taken on the identity as Florian the pirate, is part of the pirate crew who masquerade as a transport ship before selling the passengers into slavery. Flora is assigned to guard Evelyn during their journey as she will fetch the highest price once sold, but the two begin to bond. Especially when the rest of the crew capture a mermaid that they plan to sell as well. Florian and Evelyn resolve to free the mermaid and escape together. Lesbian and nonbinary.
Our Bloody Pearl by DN Bryn follows Perle, a mute siren who has been captured and tortued by the pirate captain Kian as a prize. When Kian's ship is attacked by another pirate, Dejean, he finds and promises to free Perle, but because they are so injured from Kian's treatment, Dejean must take them back to his island to heal. The two slowly warm to each other as Perle heals and they hide from Kian, who is intent on revenge. Intersex and asexual
Eight Kinky Nights by Xan West follows Jordan, who just got divorced and moved to New York for her new job and is rooming with Leah, her best friend of decades. Because her ex wife wasn't interested in kink, Jordan has no experience with BDSM despite desperately wanting to be part of the community and explore herself as a dom. Since Leah is an experienced sub and works as a sex educator, she introduces Jordan to members of the community and decides that her Haunnuka gift to Jordan will be eight lessons on kink. Lesbian and grey ace
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé follows Devon and Chiamaka, the only two black students at a prestigious private school. Devon is a scholarship student and a loner and Chimaka is rich, popular, and Head Girl. They have nothing in common before they both become the only targets of Aces- an anonymous online bully who starts outing all of their secrets and tormenting them. The two must work together to figure out the mystery behind Aces and why they are being targeted. Gay and sapphic
Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett follows Simone, a young HIV+ girl who is starting over at a new school after being forced to leave the old one as a result of serophobic bullying. When she starts crushing on and hanging out with a popular boy in school, she begins receiving anonymous letters threatening to out her as HIV+ if she doesn't leave stop spending time with him. She must decide what to do while attending a support group for other HIV+ teens and learning more about the community. Bisexual
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters follows three people. Ames detransitioned after experiencing a violent hate crime and is now presenting as a man and in a casual relationship with his boss, a straight woman named Katrina. When Katrina becomes pregnant and informs Ames that she does not want to be a single mother and will only keep the baby if Ames enters into a committed relationship with her, Ames realizes he cannot live the rest of his life with someone who sees him as a man. So he invites Reese, another trans woman and his ex who broke up with him when he detransitioned, to co-parent with them since Reese has always wanted to be a mother and he knows Reese understands that though he presents as a man, he is not cisgender. The three try to make their new relationship work as the pregnancy continues. Trans, lesbian, detransition
Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker follows a young witch who comes across her childhood crush, a werewolf, fighting a demon in the woods. The two of them investigate the demon and reconnect. Nonbinary
The Tea Dragon Society by K O'Neill follows a young blacksmith learning how to care for Tea Dragons and bonding with the dragons' care takers' young ward. Nonbinary, gay
Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare is an essay collection centering on disability, class, queer identity, and environmental justice. Author IDed as a lesbian at the time of writing, but recent editions contain a forward clarifying him as trans
Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K Jarobe is a short story collection featuring sci fi and fantasy stories. Variety of representation
A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom is a poetry collection centering race, sexuality, gender, and trauma. Trans
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo is a Great Gatsby retelling focusing on Jordan Baker, who in this version is Vietnamese and was adopted into the Baker family. It is also set in a fantastical version of the 1920s where Gatsby's magic is more of his gilded glamour and Jordan's is one more factor in how her peers exoticize her. We follow the events of the original book and her relationship with Daisy while Jordan reflects on being a queer Asian woman who is treated like an exotic attraction by her peers. Bisexual
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland takes place in a world in which during the Civil War, zombies began to rise. The war was quickly ended in order to fight the zombies, but the fighters on the front lines are black and Native people who are forcibly conscripted into service at the age of eleven. Jane is training in both fighting and ettiquite so that she can serve as a bodyguard to upper class women, but when one of her friend's little sister goes missing, she begins investigating the disappearance that leads her to a conspiracy. Bisexual
#bookblr#arcadia project trilogy#elatsoe#the wicker king#into the drowning deep#phoenix extravagant#the mermaid the witch and the sea#our bloody pearl#eight kinky nights#ace of spades#full disclosure#detransition baby#mooncakes#the tea dragon society#exile and pride: disability queerness and liberation#everyone on the moon is essential personnel#a place called no homeland#the chosen and the beautiful#dread nation
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okay fuck it posting self care (julian k jarboe) lines again
here’s the book on goodreads etc
#everyone on the moon is essential personnel#thank you self care for a gay transsexual witch gossiping with a priest about their hometown and being so so angry and caring so so much#anyway you should read self care because the link is right there and it’s a very fast read. but also you should buy the book and read it#because it has stories about killing your god and autistic changelings and colonizing the moon and bugs and it’s all very speculative <3#happy pride#julian k jarboe thank u for ur words etc
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god gave us transness
God gave us day and night, but that doesn’t erase dawn and dusk
God gave us the ocean, filled with beasts and monsters and the division of land and water. This doesn’t erase the coral reefs and beaches that crawl between the edge of each.
God gave us man and man gave us woman, who is to say there isn't more that man can give us?
God gave us the fruits and beasts of the land, and we create exorbitant feasts and frivolous parties.
God gave us rain to quench our thirst and to feed our crops.
Yet these clouds cover the sun, does that mean God renounces the light?
The mere absence of one does mitigate its existence, as is the existence of the other doesn’t fault the one.
I’ve existed as a woman, living for years under another name and sharing the experiences of women.
There was no mistake.
God made me in their visage, a visage of abundant change and never-ending curiosity.
I swam to the other side, crossing the line between land and sea, embracing dusk and dawn, to see what else man had for me.
I tended to myself, as we have done to our crops.
God gave us seeds and rain to grow our feasts.
God gave me testosterone and needles to stroke the fire in my heart.
I studied every change, as my voice became scratchy and dropped, those first pangs of pain were a sign of a rising sun.
The world gave me a new name, from the plethora of written works and history that man has yielded.
I forged my own path until I lifted the quite literal weight off my chest.
There is more to God’s creations than just two things- the dew filled dawns, agate filled beaches, sweet rainbows in the sky.
I have never believed in a god.
But one that has created so many things, must have wanted us to create too
#god gave us transness#juliankjarboe#inspired by juliankjarboe's quote from#Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel#trans#queer poetry#gender poetry#writing#prose#transgram#own writing#noodleggio#spilled ink
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Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel - Julian K. Jarboe
Summary: A collection of fairy tales and cyberpunk short stories.
Quote: “The apocalypse is the past, the dystopia already happened, and is happening, and will happen again.”
My rating: 3.5/5.0 Goodreads: 4.07/5.0
Review: I suffered a little from overexposure by the time I picked up this collection. It’s quoted all the time on tumblr and I also felt too close to it in other ways. The stories mostly focus on young queer people trying to survive in a world where everything is hostile—corporations, bigots, and the climate. It all felt a little too relatable, which means that it hit a nerve, but also means that it didn’t prove escapist. There’s triumph in the way that the characters in the stories cling so fast to their individualism even in the apocalypse or smaller tragedies, but there’s also the sense that it won’t be enough, lending the collection an undercurrent of hopelessness that even the beautiful writing couldn’t lift me out of. My favorite story was “As Tender Feet of Cretan Girls Danced Once Around an Alter of Love”, which broke this mold and presented a weird cosmic and mythological love story.
#everyone on the moon is essential personnel#julian k jarboe#book review#fantasy#sci-fi#short stories
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[ first contact, communion from everyone on the moon is essential personnel ]
by julian k. jarboe
#the bear#thebearedit#the bear fx#jeremy allen white#carmen berzatto#carmy berzatto#tvedit#tvfilmsource#useroptional#dailytvfilmgifs#cinemapix#cinematv#*#*poetry#making this as i watch the world cup :')
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Every advertisement is speculative fiction. The ever-blank future. The myth of forward momentum. The cipher where the present gets stolen and sold off in pieces. The apocalypse is the past, the dystopia already happened, and is happening, and will happen again.
Julian K. Jarboe, Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel
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“Give me a sex that has never been seen before and a soft outline exactly the size and shape of my lovers, and when they lay their entire selves within it, that is how we are going to fuck, since you keep asking, and everybody wants to know.”
The Android That Designed Itself by Julian K. Jarboe
#The Android That Designed Itself#Julian K. Jarboe#Quote#Poetry#Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel
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Questions simmer in me. Questions rife with ingratitude and yearning froth forth at the vulgar limits of speech.
She smiles, and just to witness it, I am at once broken and in bloom.
Julian K. Jarboe, Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel
#love#divinity#confirmed: yearning is gay#julian k jarboe#everyone on the moon is essential personnel#GOD#words
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i just don't know how to use love; inspired by percival de rolo
unkown || beloved - yves oalde || anne carson - red doc || clarice lispector - the stream of life || love disorders & other heartaches || unknown || Brené Brown - ep 141 of the sheep dressed like wolves podcast || julian k. jarboe - everyone on the moon is essential personnel || miranda july - the first bad man
#percival de rolo#percy de rolo#Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III#critical role#web weaving#word weaving#tlovm#the legend of vox machina
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