Bumblebees Would Make Horrible Mailmen

Pete Wentz and Jimmy Butler as 'Heat Wentz'

So Boyzine was a short-lived zine “for boyz (and girlz)” about “new masculinity not defined by patriarchy // Culture for dudes who can’t chug beer all the time // Feminism for boys”. During January of 2015, Gerard was featured in the second issue of the zine where he talked a great deal about gender identity, feminity, gender roles, in addition to other things. 

I’ve wanted a copy of this issue of Boyzine for ages, but unfortunately, their site is dead and the project appears to be defunct. I sent a message to the official Boyzine e-mail asking if I could please get/pay for a copy of the second issue, as I’m exploring my gender identity, and I was told they’d look around once they got back from touring…but sadly, I never heard back from them. If anybody is willing to part with a copy, please message me to work out a ~deal~. Or even if you’re just willing to scan your copy, I’d love to see how the interview looks in zine form since I’ve only ever read it online in plain text form! I mean, anything really, lol. Anyway, without much further ado, while their website is dead I was able to grab the interview through Wayback Machine!!! You can read the full interview under the cut. Enjoy!

There he is

ask-omnipony:

I don’t really believe this mumbo jumbo

I mean it’s a goddamn hat.

Right..?

The white rose, it symbolizes the unique beauty of all the women who wish not to be with a nice guy such as myse-

I wonder if this works with other kinds of hat…

Nothing ventured, nothing gained…

WHEEEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE THAT’S AMORREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

oh boy…….

Luckily, this nonsense doesn’t work on girls.

Observe…

And it can’t possibly work on motorcycle helmets.

I must test it.

Nothing happening so far…

What in the world?

Oh why not? This should be interesting.

Here we go!

Were all mad here in Underland!

What the hell! Never Again!

… Actually …

Alright, I gotta try this!

Can’t be that bad!

….

LOL

i wonder if it works for flower crowns?

here goes nothin-

w HAT THE

DID I JUST-

Okay Clearly something is up.

Hmm… I wonder

I’m sure nothing could possibly…

I wonder what happens when you wear 8 of these at once…

an influential piece from

an art period…

Good isn’t always nice (i.e. sometimes appearing nice is a luxury you can’t afford if you want to do the right thing) (this refers to setting bones and fighting evil, not to being pointlessly horrible)

Evil can appear very nice indeed (watch out for people who smile while they deny your basic humanity)

People can suck, be rude and actively work against their own best interests, but personkind is still something we must protect so they can keep being wonderful in between all the stupid

“Person” is always a broader category than you think

It’s not about who’s best for the job - it’s about who shows up and does it

Be very aware of how you treat those in your power; you will be judged on it

Respect women, which explicitly includes trans women (with or without beards and steel-toed boots)

Addendum: those who think they are are often the worst of the worst

Kids understand more than we think and sometimes the best way to protect innocence is to arm them with knowledge, confidence, and skill

How you’re born is intrinsically less important and less relevant than who you make yourself into

I can’t put it into a pithy sentence but that bit where Magrat is like “let’s toss [Lily] off the tower” and Nanny answers with “go ahead then” and Magrat hesitates bc it’s easier to do something like that together than to make the decision alone… impactful.

Making a Chinese lacquerware bracelet

song: 兰亭序 - 周杰伦

Submitters' motivations under the cut.