Too Nasty About Characters

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THE HOUSE OF THE THREE-HEADED DOG, an M/M gothic vampire romance book coming in October!

🌊Coastal gothic setting

🌊Trans man assassin MC

🌊Sarcastic pianist vampire love interest

🌊Mission to find a necromantic artifact

🌊He killed the vampire LI’s sire and has to keep it a secret

Devon O’Brien has a few secrets: He is an assassin who must find the Crown of the Undying, and he killed the sire of the vampire he must serve.

Dangerous Fictions

The Fear of Fantasy and the Invention of Reality

Lyta Gold

In a political moment when social panics over literature are at their peak, Dangerous Fictions is a mind-expanding treatise on the nature of fictional stories as cultural battlegrounds for power.

Fictional stories have long held an uncanny power over hearts and minds, especially those of young people. In Dangerous Fictions, Lyta Gold traces arguments both historical and contemporary that have labeled fiction as dark, immoral, frightening, or poisonous. Within each she asks: How “dangerous” is fiction, really? And what about it provokes waves of moral panic and even censorship?

Gold argues that any panic about art is largely a disguised panic about power. There have been versions of these same fights over fiction for centuries. By exposing fiction as a social danger and a battleground of immediate public concern, we can see what each side really wants—the right to shape the future of a world deeply in flux and a distraction from more pressing material concerns about money, access, and the hard work of politics.

From novels about people driven insane by reading novels to “copaganda” TV shows that influence how viewers regard the police, Gold uses her signature wit, research, and fearless commentary to point readers toward a more substantial question: Fiction may be dangerous to us, but aren’t we also dangerous to it?

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Palestinians In Gaza Painted A Mural For The Young Woman That Got Fired After Stating “Free Palestine”

Arianna Hamilton was filmed by an Israeli who later got her fired, complaining about “anti-Semitism” because a young woman had said “Free Palestine” while he visited Burger King.

Before this crisis, I was a Computer Engineering graduate from the Islamic University of Gaza. I had a house, a car, a promising career, and a life full of dreams. Now, I am a brother carrying the heavy responsibility of keeping my entire family alive.

I sacrificed absolutely everything before turning to this campaign. I spent my entire life savings and sold every single thing I owned, including my laptop. Out of pure desperation to feed my family, I took a grueling heavy-lifting job that my body couldn't handle. My back broke under the weight, leaving me hospitalized for an entire month.

Today, I am broken and in agonizing pain inside a tent, unable to even stand up on my own feet.

I feel completely helpless because my campaign is moving extremely slow—it doesn't even cover the cost of basic food for my family right now. We are starving, and the slow support is leaving us stranded on the brink of survival.

Please, do not look away from our agony. Your donations are our only way to eat and stay safe. If you cannot donate, please share my story. You are truly our last remaining hope 🙏😭🥀💔😔

I absolutely understand this, and I have some stories for you.

For articles:

George Everett Klippert tells the story of a man who changed the shape of a country because he was loved.

Jackie Shane tells the story of a trans woman of colour in the fifties who had a happier story than you'd expect.

Simon Tseko Nkoli tells the story of a man who fought back.

Elvira de la Fuente Chaudoir, A.K.A Agent Bronx tells the story of a woman who survived.

For books (affiliate links below) :

The Women's House of Detention

A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

Hugh Ryan

The Freaks Came Out to Write

The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

Tricia Romano

Liberated

The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun

Kaz Rowe 

Nothing Ever Just Disappears

Seven Hidden Queer Histories

Diarmuid Hester 

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

Larry Mitchell (Author), Ned Asta (Illustrator)

Double Cross

The True Story of the D-Day Spies

Ben MacIntyre

The New Queer Conscience

Adam Eli 

[Beautiful art done by @supersardineburial! She is hosting a free art commission if you have donated to Palestine and Sudan! Click here to check it out!]

Welcome:

This blog is to spread awareness about fundraisers, mutual aid, news, and resources for Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Sudan, Tigray, and other Black majority countries.

Disclaimer:

Please bear in mind that I do NOT verify or vet fundraisers! I only share!

Please Support:

Evacuation (Sudan): Eman Abdelrahman - URGENT!

Evacuation (Sudan): Randa's Family - URGENT!

Evacuation (Sudan): Elaf, Eman, Randa, and Sajida!

Evacuation (Sudan): Mohammad Abdullah's Family!

Evacuation (Sudan): Tigani's Family!

Fundraisers (Caribbean): Hurricane Beryl!

Fundraisers (DR Congo): Part 1!

Fundraisers (Haiti): Part 1!

Fundraisers (Sudan): Part 1!

Fundraisers (Sudan): Part 2!

Mutual Aid (Tigray): Part 1!

Completed:

Evacuation (DR Congo): Goal Achieved!

Resources:

Thomaserena has been organizing to help several Sudanese families, some who have relocated to Egypt and others that remain in Sudan. In addition to these families, he is also helping a community kitchen afford their operating costs so they can continue to serve displaced families with no where else to turn for meals, clean water, and shelter.

The monthly goals are 72k on gfm for the families and 28k on chuffed for the kitchen.

The operating cost of the kitchen continues to increase due to rising inflation and the ongoing water shortage. Thomaserena unfortunately had to dig himself deeper into dept last month to help the kitchen afford water tankers after donations were not enough to cover the costs. We cannot leave this burden to Thomaserena to carry alone. Please step up to help by donating what you can.

Thomaserena is vetted on SudanFunds.com and has been shared by Sara (bsonblast). If you check the updates section on gfm and chuffed, you can also find proof of the transfers ThomaSerena has made.

Uber is a fucking shell game of a company designed to leech investor capital and output bootleg cabs.

Nvidia posted a profit in 2023 of $4.37 billion. This is like someone stealing less than a penny from me.

And they lock this kid in a prison hospital for LIFE?

"Free Palestine. End the US-funded Genocide! Permanent Ceasefire Now!"