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When people get a little too gung-ho about-

wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?

ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.

That’s…wild. What was I talking about?

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Rabbits are plantigrade, never stand on their toes and move by hopping.

-Rabbits not giving a shit about your laws of science:

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Garden of Hope - James Gurney (detail)

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"whose name was writ in water", from john keats last poem | middaia silver engraved heart pendant .

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Wait what did Freydis Moon do? :( I've read their books and really liked them, but I don't follow them anywhere online, so that last ask you got worried me

Freydis Moon has been exposed to be Taylor Barton, a white person from the state of Oregon, someone who had a history of faking their race, being racist, and general abusive behavior. You can read more here about this Taylor person here, and you can find an incredibly long thread here.

Freydis was a colleague of mine, and they took me under their wing when I entered the indie book scene. They presented themselves as a Latine, mystic, queer trans author — who was older than me, I should add — so I deeply admired them and confided in them. I don't think ABM would have ever gotten much attention if I hadn't received their guidance.

There had been some whispers that Freydis was really Taylor, but I'd seen Frey's seemingly darker-skinned hands and heard their real name, which was supposedly Daniela.

Two things I should say before the big reveal: Freydis briefly hired a publicist named Cordi, who was also an agent with their own agency, named The Lynne Agency. Cordi, very randomly, decided to leave the industry and left their clients, and Freydis, hanging. Someone else to mention is Saint Harlow, an author of gay, cannibal erotica. On twitter, Saint was known for peddling a lot of drama — sometimes, he was on the good side of things and sometimes the bad, but he tended to be a massive bully. Freydis allegedly comforted some of Saint's victims.

And the reveal:

Freydis is the race faker Taylor Barton. The evidence is substantial, but most notably, some of the files they shared with other authors, including me, had metadata with the names of Taylor Barton's other identities. I was able to check the files myself to confirm.

They were also Saint Harlow. Meaning Freydis was bullying people secretly on one account and comforting them on another. And the bullying was a lot more disgusting than you might think, but for the sake of the victim, I won't share details.

They were also the publicist/agent Cordi. Why did they pretend to be an agent at all? I'm not sure but they wasted a lot of authors' times, that's for sure. Were they just looking to plagiarize off manuscripts sent to them? Who knows. (A friend of mine who sent their manuscript to them fears so).

There were a lot of interactions between Taylor and I that are much much weirder in retrospect. They critiqued the industry use of #ownvoices, which I agreed about, but blew the issue out of proportion, like thinking #ownvoices gay-trans author book lists shouldn't exist because of potential outing, mlm books by mlm authors lists shouldn't exist because of potential outing, and that lists of books by people of color about people of color also shouldn't exist because... potential outing? Taylor was, to me, oddly sympathetic toward certain authors accused of racism and shot down my concerns of a certain book with what I felt to be pro-colonizer themes inconsistently — their response to racism seemed to depend on whether they already disliked a person or not.

I could say a lot more but as someone who spoke to Taylor in private at times, there were a lot of things I was unsure about even when I was on their side of things. To some people, apparently, Freydis had said they were part Mexican, but only ever told me they were Peruvian (they might've known I'd clock them as a faker). Regardless, when this all came to light, their response was shockingly dismissive.

This may be more info than you asked for but TLDR:

Freydis Moon faked their race and ethnicity, bullied and manipulated many readers and authors using various fake identities, took advantage of latine author resources, and so on.

#this rabbit hole goes so deep #fréydis moon

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JOKERFIED

BECOME JOKERFIED BABY

THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

🟩🟩🟩 IS A COMEDIAN TRYING TO MAKE IT AS A JOKEMAN IN GOTHAM CITY WHERE COMEDY IS LITERALLY ILLEGAL UNLESS ONE ATTENDS AN EXORBITANT SCHOOL RULED BY RIGID GENDER NORMS WHERE WOMEN CAN ONLY BE HARLEQUINS

CREATES UNDERGROUND ANTICOMEDY CLUB OF MISFITS WITH HER FRIEND PENGUIN WHERE SHE MEETS AND FALLS FOR MISTA J- A “DAMAGED” TRANSMASC JOKEMAN (JASON TODD)

SHE BECOMES JOKER THE HARLEQUIN, JUMPING INTO AN ESTROGEN VAT AND PURSUED BY THE BATMAN (A MUSTACHIOED COP)

IMAGINE BIRDS OF PREY (2020) AND THE JOKER (2019) FELL IN LOVE AND TOLD THEIR STORIES THROUGH WEIRD PUNK FILMMAKING

IN ANIMATED TRANSGENDER LIFE STORYTELLING

SEE “THE PEOPLE’S JOKER” THE SPRINGTIME FILM WARNER BROS DONT WANT YOU TO SEE

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It's only one rule, man. It's not that hard.

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Why is the courtroom sketch art style so beautiful. It's very gestural and expressive and stylized in a weirdly pleasing way. Simultaneously feels very real and tangible but strangely dreamlike. Very odd

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Writer-director Vera Drew says she made The People’s Joker partly to test a contemporary truism: that beloved fictional universes are a shared modern mythology, and people draw meaning from them the way that artists once reinterpreted Greek myths or painted Biblical figures. 

As Drew has put it, “if the purpose of myth is to learn about the human experience and grow and also chart your progress — the hero’s journey and all that stuff — let’s actually do that earnestly with these characters.”

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today, @thepeoplesjoker finally sees a theatrical release, starting in NYC and spreading like wildfire to theaters across the country and almost certainly beyond. here are some non-spoilery screenshots of my scene!

i’m honored to have been asked to be a small part of this film; i animated a scene right in the middle of the movie in 2021 while i was finishing my senior year of college, as well as matte paintings used as backgrounds throughout - and recently i got to animate the logo, designed by @michaeldeforgecomics!

all movies take a herculean collaborative effort to get made, but the people’s joker has been supported by the good will of so many people just to get seen. @veradrew22 and @brilerose have made THE true trans comic book movie, equal parts funny, thrilling, emotional, and reflective of modernity. it’s been one of the most artistically rewarding experiences of my life, and i’m beyond excited for y’all to finally see it. i’m obviously biased, but this is my favorite movie, and it would be even if i didn’t work on it. she’s finally free and getting her due, and i couldn’t be happier!

if you somehow want more of me waxing poetic about TPJ, check out the review i did on my letterboxd. and to see other people do it instead, peruse one of the fuckmillion articles that have been out in major publications throughout the production; it’s been in indiewire, variety, the hollywood reporter, polygon, @brokenpencilmag, even the goddamn new york times! that’s wild. the whole thing is wild.

do yourself a favor and see this movie; it represents the possibilities of embracing outsider art, and of a world where IP law is less “for narcs, by narcs.”

#See the people’s Joker today!!

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BECOME JOKERFIED BABY

THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

🟩🟩🟩 IS A COMEDIAN TRYING TO MAKE IT AS A JOKEMAN IN GOTHAM CITY WHERE COMEDY IS LITERALLY ILLEGAL UNLESS ONE ATTENDS AN EXORBITANT SCHOOL RULED BY RIGID GENDER NORMS WHERE WOMEN CAN ONLY BE HARLEQUINS

CREATES UNDERGROUND ANTICOMEDY CLUB OF MISFITS WITH HER FRIEND PENGUIN WHERE SHE MEETS AND FALLS FOR MISTA J- A “DAMAGED” TRANSMASC JOKEMAN (JASON TODD)

SHE BECOMES JOKER THE HARLEQUIN, JUMPING INTO AN ESTROGEN VAT AND PURSUED BY THE BATMAN (A MUSTACHIOED COP)

IMAGINE BIRDS OF PREY (2020) AND THE JOKER (2019) FELL IN LOVE AND TOLD THEIR STORIES THROUGH WEIRD PUNK FILMMAKING

IN ANIMATED TRANSGENDER LIFE STORYTELLING

SEE “THE PEOPLE’S JOKER” THE SPRINGTIME FILM WARNER BROS DONT WANT YOU TO SEE

@veradrew22

#the people’s joker

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Hunter Waldera aka Snacktoast (American, based Santa Clarita, CA, USA) - Through the Window, 2023, Paintings: Digital Art

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classic post rant quora phrase

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