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The first-edition of The Joy of Gay Sex, published in 1977, declared, “Vegetable shortening may be the best lubricant, since it is not only greasy but also digestible”[4] Such a statement perhaps gives new meaning to the companies boastful declarations that “Its digestible” and “Crisco has been making life in the kitchen more delicious for years.”  Similarly, in the 1978 sex manual The Advocate Guide to Gay Health, Crisco even earned an entry in the book’s index.  Discussions of the shortening’s use as an anal lubricant indicate its popularity, with statements such as: “The lubricant, typically the cultic Crisco, must be copious.”[5]  In fact, Crisco was so synonomus with gay sex that discos and bars around the world took on the name, such as Crisco Disco in New York City, which was one of the premiere clubs during the 1970s and early 1980s.  Other clubs or bathhouses, such as Club Z in Seattle, even featured murals with Crisco.  Thus, Crisco was conversely also one of many things that led to the formation of gay identities during the 20th century.

from this essay: http://www.columbia.edu/~sf2220/TT2007/web-content/Pages/drew2.html

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/76388406/chapters/199909576

Adorable fanfic I wanna eat them

So of course, I had to make that vision a reality. Thanks @404boros for taking the comm and delivering this beautiful render. My two fav flashy idiots <3333

BTW: If you hate Getaway, I do not care to hear about your opinion! If you post stupid comments or tags, you'll be immediately blocked ;P

Leaving aside the fact that fanfic and original fic are two completely separate forms that require different skills and approaches, and that talent honed in writing fic is not necessarily directly transferrable to original fiction and vice versa, I think there’s a weird thing people do where they treat fic writing as consolation prize for not “having access” to traditional publishing, while also behaving as though contemporary publishing is this inscrutable entity instead of a community with norms that anyone can learn for free with a little time and effort.

For every big name bestselling author there are thousands of working writers. There is a wide spectrum of what success looks like as a writer and most of the time it looks like having a day job and writing when you have time. I think what often frustrates me about fannish takes on trad publishing is that they ignore those writers, decrying the lack of diversity or creativity in fiction when there is no lack at all.

When you see writers and publishers working hard to make spaces for themselves--running small presses, starting lit mags, putting on readings, submitting stories and querying novels, showing up for their work again and again despite how fucking hard everything is, writing really cool shit, fucking trying, it gets really old hearing about how those things don't exist. And I think repeating the old fandom saw that there's no space for e.g. queer stories in publishing can actually kill the drive to try in someone who doesn't know any better.

Remember that comic of Pax choked on Dee’s humming sound?