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Hi, friends! With the recent news regarding Sony's decision to discontinue physical game discs from 2028 onwards, I decided it would be good to share the website I made for World Physical Media Day. Whether you're a gamer, stationery lover, film buff, bookworm, vinyl enthusiast or something else entirely, there is space for you within this movement!

World Physical Media Day is currently a tiny grassroots movement but it stands for something important: a love for the tangible and what it represents. On the website, I have listed several suggestions for ways on how you can celebrate!

I'll add smth here cos I learned after posting this on IG that people still aren't entirely understanding how scary and dangerous this is. Ppl kept saying to me 'I can still buy your book in shops though' or 'Its okay, I'll order your book into my library!'

I dont give af about my book lol No one outside of Ace ppl ever read it, its yearly sales don't even cover a month of expenses for me.

The thing you should all be concerned about is that a totally benign unheard of book about someone's every day life is being banned. And those laws listed above are passing through US government right now. One of those laws would make it so that any teacher/librarian in the US could lose their job/go to prison for simply sharing 'ideology'- and I don't mean only lgbtq folk, these laws are attacking black history, civil rights history, disability rep in books. Just talking about these things will now legally be considered a 'dangerous ideology'.

And once that's set into law, the US government has backing via law to go ahead and say 'if these books aren't legally allowed in schools, then they shouldn't be allowed in shops, either.' And from there it sets up a great argument for 'The dangerous content in these books is lawfully being removed from public, shouldn't we be lawfully removing the people living out/promoting this ideology too?'

I can see why ppl don't fully understand how dangerous book bannings are, if they're not familiar with the history of fascism. If you're interested, there are plenty of graphic novels that share this history via first hand accounts- Maus, Persepolis, Banned Book Club.

But guess what? You're on limited time to get these via libraries...cos all three of these books are on banned lists too, and they got nothing to do with lgbtq rep, and everything to do with warning ppl about fascism.

And the US government knows it can get away with this, because they are passing these laws as we speak and barely anyone is doing anything about it or talking about it. I've been trying to talk about it for years and no one does anything except say to me 'don't worry, I'll buy your book!' or say its a badge of honour that I have a banned book.

Rest in peace to the incredible Anthony Stewart Head (20th February 1954 - 1st June 2026)

Hello, everyone!

I was doing some research and it seems to be the case that a "World Physical Media" day does not exist (yet). Now, this may be silly of me, but I want to change that! So, I am establishing a grassroots movement and you are all invited to join.

I would love for there to be a day every year where we celebrate all things tangible, with the backbone of it being media preservation and fan participation.

I have decided that the date will be December 11th. December 11th 1978 was the day that the LaserDisc (then known as DiscoVision) debuted. Though a somewhat niche format, LaserDisc represents the philosophy of World Physical Media Day: preservation of uncut/imported/obscure media, the power of fan culture and the beauty of physical media. The day will be about all physical media, though, not just LaserDiscs!

If you care about media preservation, enjoy posting shelfies, are tired of disingenuous AI slop content or just simply enjoy actually owning and holding something you love, please consider joining the movement!

Ways to support World Physical Media Day:

Purchase physical media (especially from a local, bricks and mortar store if possible!)

Share your collections, fave editions and "shelfies" with the hashtag #WorldPhysicalMediaday

Borrow physical media from a library or put a request in

Watch a movie/show on physical media (e.g: DVD, blu-ray, LaserDisc, VHS, Betamax, etc)

Listen to an album on physical media (e.g: vinyl, CD, cassette, minidisc) from beginning to end

Visit a library, bookstore, game store or video store, spread the word about World Physical Media Day if you're so inclined!

Preserve and back up media you own: learn how to catalogue collections, protect your media and investigate ways on how you can create backups (or find someone in your community who can)

Share stories behind your fave physical media

Donate unwanted physical media to libraries, charities and other organisations that may be looking for it

Learn about a physical media technology you don't know much about

Host a meetup: watch a DVD with friends, listen to a vinyl record with a family member, etc!

These are just some suggestions, you are more than welcome to celebrate the day however feels right and manageable to you. ‪‪❤︎‬

I know this is obviously very early but I feel like it doesn't hurt to put it out there now and promote the endeavour. I also wanted to share now so that if anyone has any ideas or contributions they'd like to make, there is ample time.

P.S: my handwriting is sloppy, yes, but it is my own! I like writing on pen and paper and I felt like it was in the spirit of what I want World Physical Media Day to be about: authenticity, enjoyment and the preservation of the tangible ꨄ︎