reference request: archives of anything that could be varyingly described as masculine trans womanhood, masc transfemininity, the masculine male crossdresser, etc.?
one of my personal fav zine articles is M2B (male2butch) in this zine but I'm sure there's a lot more out there of a similar vein and I am very interested in finding it
I got 25th out of 34, did good in seeded pools, got eliminated in double eliminations by someone who was just better than me, and by someone who was evenly matched but won by a single point. Overall it was a good experience and I’m glad that I did it. I achieved all my goals of attending and felt like I wasn’t flailing about wildly during my matches.
The text patches are from shops on Etsy that sell no-minimum custom text patches. The rest are from either local queer shops or Etsy - i just kinda look around for what looks good and has good poetry. I sewed them all on using a felling stitch. My friend sewed the lapel roses on cauz they sucked ass to get a needle through and he makes denim battle jackets for fun.
Castlevania Dracula somehow manages to be even more ridiculous than original flavour Dracula. “He’s eight feet tall. He lives in a magic castle from Hell. The actual Grim Reaper crashes on his couch. His real name is Matt.”
Real life: I am in a stressful situation > I immediately start looking to bail out > I alienate myself from others and fail to develop coping skills > I find more situations too stressful to tolerate
Tech Jobs: I am in a stressful meeting > I immediately start applying for new jobs > I am hired at a new place and get more pay, a more prestigious title, and my responsibilities and expectations reset
Work (and tech) is such a toxic paradigm - anywhere else in life this is self destructive but its just a good idea in this field.