#archival work

You can access it here. Please reblog this post when you see it so more folks can get access and so I can get more recommendations to add to it lmfao

This archive isn't complete, as no archive ever is. I'm constantly taking suggestions on what to add to it or changes to make. If you'd like to see something added to the archives or are having technical difficulties, please send me a DM. Current content categories and archivist's note below cut.

"Anonsee, what is Transfeminist Womanism?"

Transfeminist Womanism itself is a synthesis of both eponymous ideologies, seeking to fill the gaps formed within each that often leave out Black trans women - racism within transfeminism, transmisogyny within womanism - when Black trans women are often the people that need those ideologies the most. Transfeminist Womanism is a primarily Abolitionist ideology, finding value in the rhetoric, knowledge, tactics, and tools of anarchism, communism, and other ideologies without falling directly into any of those categories.

Additionally, I've curated a "Foundational" folder that gives guided reading to help understand the underlying principles and thoughts behind Transfeminist Womanism.

If you're an author of works in the archives and you'd like to be added to the tip list, please send me a DM and I'll add your information. For fiction titles and art, I'm only accepting works from Black and/or transfemme authors/artists to be added to the archives.

NEW: If you are Black and/or Transfemme and would like to potentially include your art in the archive - visual, audio, or otherwise so long as its digital, DM me!

If you'd like to tip me for curating this archive, you can do so through vmo @AnonseeStoryweaver or Cshapp $tshenta

Works within these archives primarily focus on the following topics:

-Transfeminism

-Womanism ("Black Feminism")

-Disability Justice

-Restorative and Transformative Justice

-Ecofeminism

and subjects related to them.

For those who, like me, when they like a character they need to read every single comic the character appears in, I have compiled a list of all of Koriand’r’s appearances from her debut up to the 2011 Flashpoint reboot (not including New 52 continuity).

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Myrient, a massive archive preserving over 390 terabytes of video games, is shutting down on the 31st of March 2026. And AI is to blame.

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WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

According to a statement made by Myrient on Discord, there are many reasons for the shutdown. But the primary reasons include a lack of traffic to the website, scummy download managers that added paywalls to certain downloads despite this being against Myrient's terms, and the rising prices of RAM, HDD, and SSD due to AI.

Now, the reason why AI is at the root of these price rices is because of the increased demand coming from the expansion of data centres. These places require a massive amount of computing power to maintain their AI models. So, the AI companies are buying up all the RAM, SSD, HDD, and other components to be able to keep expanding as fast as they are. Which means manufacturers can't produce fast enough to keep up with demand without raising prices and also neglecting older components. And this impacts or is going to impact basically every bit of tech possible.

So, y'know. If you want to keep archival sites like Myrient around, boycott AI. Let AI companies bankrupt and hopefully die forever.

This post by @goodusernamepending outlines how this links to AO3's recent outages.

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CAN WE DO ANYTHING?

Unfortunately, in the case of Myrient, it's too late. The shutdown appears to be inevitable at this point.

Go to Myrient while you still can and download anything you want/need.

This post by @imakuni has an awesome list of alternatives to Myrient.

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SAVE OUR ARCHIVES!

What we CAN do to stop the loss of other preservation websites is to support archival websites and organisations. Here's a list:

Wikipedia - The online encyclopedia! It also has several other archival efforts which you can find at the bottom of the page.

Internet Archive/Wayback machine - A massive archive of the Internet, ranging from webpages throughout time to software and books, and so much more.

MyAbandonware - A gigantic collection of video games for a wide range of platforms, from the years 1965-2014.

Archive of Our Own - A huge archive of fanworks. You know.

OldVersion - A collection of old versions of software for platforms including Windows, Mac, and Linux.

The Black Vault - A major archive of declassified U.S documents.

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If you've got an archive site that hasn't been included here, please do let me know if you'd like me to add it to the list!

Do you know how to store data to last decades? Are you overwhelmed by the task of archiving the trans internet?