wild and perfect for a moment then nothing forever

Hey, folks! Pride month is here, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to promote the custom name and pronoun buttons I make. =]

I opened my little shop in late 2015 because I was having trouble getting misgendered myself, so I started making these buttons and I've made thousands of name and pronoun buttons for folks since. It's so cool to have been even just a tiny part of so many people's journeys like that. I've even got over 100(!) different pride flags made in the Painted style, too, so whatever your flag I've got you covered.

Because Western media equivocates "not selected for mass distribution" with "banned" in an effort to portray the Chinese government as more censorial than it actually is. For example, the 2018 release of the Disney movie "Christopher Robin" was claimed by Western news outlets to have been banned in China and speculated to be related to social media sites in China banning far-right memes using Winnie the Pooh as a stand-in for Xi Jinping.

However, the idea that the movie was banned comes from a distortion of how the film industry works in China. Put simply, China places a limit on how many foreign films can be distributed in Chinese movie theaters per year, and foreign film companies will bid for access to these coveted slots. Films that make the cut are able to earn their foreign rights holders per-ticket sales in China. All other foreign films must be sold to Chinese distributors for a flat fee, making them far less profitable.

But he doesn't know who Bad Bunny is, and Bad Bunny doesn't know who Shane is... So they're both just making small talk with this hot guy they met at the bar while they wait for their drinks. They're enjoying talking to someone who doesn't know their celebrity status. And Shane is getting a little flustered despite being married, because damn if this guy isn't his type, and Bad Bunny is lowkey flirting with him.

And then Ilya shows up and has a heart attack. Alternating between fanboying over Bad Bunny and wanting to fight him. Just standing there frozen with this bonkers expression on his face.