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like. a few of the characters get individual arcs but joe's is the most fleshed out (bc he's a fictional character used to join the real-life narrative together and most of the others are real people, real lives aren't as narratively coherent). he starts out as this nervous kid who has never been part of anything, he's living at home, he's hiding who he is

and in many films his queer arc would be about, well, his sex life, his romantic life, whatever, he'd get a boyfriend and that would be what made him leave his parents' house and stuff. but while joe does get to make out with a guy at the Pits & Perverts gig, fundamentally what he gets out of LGSM is friendship and a place to belong and a place where he thrives, going from a nervous kid at the beginning to a confident leader at the end who reminds the others of the importance of standing together in the face of opposition

and the bit where joe leaves his parents' house and goes to stay with steph and they have their whole "i'm glad you came back" moment and steph goes "if we were normal, this is where we'd kiss" and they laugh and then they entwine their hands (because. holding hands is an important motif of solidarity in this movie and this is peak gay/lesbian solidarity right here)... many stories would have given joe a boyfriend to run away to live with and this would be a romantic moment, but this one doesn't, it gives him a FRIEND, because the solidarity is more important than the single individual identity

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And !!!

At art studio today , person in charge of person in charge of art studio was there ! So exciting when they come , is rare ! Everybody all the Artists like Pixie , get so excited when they come visit art studio

Pixie get to show them the *finished* and *final* practice painting Pixie do on paper before starting on Pixie's next big canvas !

Is this painting !! Is called … Something like wildflower meadow , maybe ? Mot remember . Migraine make very very difficult to function in any way …

but Pixie can still paint good .

Also Pixie have 2 painting's be sent to Washington DC art gallery and if they accept , will be in they fancy Washington DC art gallery … !!!

These two !

They called . Snow storm at sunrise on the river . And . Wildflower meadow under full moon .

Or something similar , not remember exactly .

Pixie all out words too too many words today too too too much excite today all done all done all done

At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.

Weird Al is allowed to parody everything because he's operating under copyright law, not trademark law.

Trademark governs who can "trade" under what "mark" i.e. the brand identity of a company. Companies don't own their trademarked word forever, but they maintain the exclusive right to sell things under that brand in their specific market sector. Patagonia doesn't own the name of a geographical region, they just own the right to be the only company using that name to sell clothing and outdoor gear.

A drag queen name can be a parody of a clothing and outdoor gear company.

A company's trademarked logo can be used in parody creative works, with more leeway if it's not for commercial purposes. Trademark parody is allowed! Patagonia has been aware of and allowed Pattie Gonia's trademark parody for years.

Trademarks are specific to market sector. Actress Chase Infiniti could start a makeup line named after herself and her trademark would not infringe on the Infiniti car brand because they are different markets and there is no risk of confusion. Pattie Gonia could probably trademark her name to sell frozen veggie burgers and Patagonia would not care.

Drag queen Jan Sport did a collab with JanSport bags. What Jan Sport almost certainly did not do is independently apply to register "Jan Sport" as a trademark in order to sell bags on her own, because that would infringe on JanSport's own trademark in the bag market sector.

What Pattie Gonia is not allowed to do -- the thing that Pattie Gonia actually did do and is being sued for -- is apply to register "Pattie Gonia" as a trademark to sell clothing, because apparently Pattie is in talks with North Face and HydroFlask to sell "Pattie Gonia"-branded gear. These companies probably won't finalize anything unless Pattie shows that she actually owns the trademark. Unfortunately, "Patagonia" is already a registered trademark in the clothing market sector, and these two names are too similar to exist in the same sector (see: "likelihood of confusion" legal standard).

Your drag queen name can parody a clothing company. You can parody the trademarked logo of a clothing company. But you cannot use the same name to then go on to also become a clothing company.

In order to maintain their own trademark, Patagonia must sue for trademark infringement. If they don't sue, and Pattie Gonia gets her own trademark, Pattie could sue Patagonia for infringement on her trademark. You can see why Patagonia won't be dropping this suit no matter how much you harass them.

The new conflict is from Pattie Gonia using the Patagonia imagery and the Pattie Gonia name on her own merchandise. This is the email Patagonia sent, with the images they feel conflict with the 2022 agreement.

Pattie responded to that by disagreeing that she had broken any agreement, and also obliquely threatening to expose Patagonia for making tactical gear for the US military?

Pattie selling shit with her stage name on it Really Obviously isn’t going to have any negative effect on the continued lining of Patagonia CEO pockets, as if that even fucking matters, and no amount of waxing poetic about “well they have to 🥺🥺🥺” is going to make me say anything other than “fucking stupid if true then”.

In terms of whose pockets are being lined:

Rather than selling the company or taking it public, Mr. Chouinard, his wife and two adult children have transferred their ownership of Patagonia, valued at about $3 billion, to a specially designed trust and a nonprofit organization. They were created to preserve the company’s independence and ensure that all of its profits — some $100 million a year — are used to combat climate change and protect undeveloped land around the globe.

The unusual move comes at a moment of growing scrutiny for billionaires and corporations, whose rhetoric about making the world a better place is often overshadowed by their contributions to the very problems they claim to want to solve.

At the same time, Mr. Chouinard’s relinquishment of the family fortune is in keeping with his longstanding disregard for business norms, and his lifelong love for the environment.

(NYT Gift Link)

Since 2022, 100% of Patagonia's profits have gone to climate and environmental causes. They have completely restructured the ownership of the company so that this will continue in perpetuity.

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