Kate @tux_kate@wandering.shop
Grad student, writer, knitter, she/her/hers. Slytherclaw baby hockey fan, writes mostly genderqueer historical fiction and fantasy
People need to realize that in the age of the internet, people can accuse people of anything. Critical thinking is more important than demonstrations.
While I pop back in here, let me tell you that the new issue of S2B2 is up, and it's got another hockey boys story, and it's awesome and you should go read it.
https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/128256.html
The stories are hosted on WordPress, so you don't have to worry about LJ's owners for anything but the index.
Researchers have found a link between air pollution and psychological distress. The higher the level of particulates in the air, the study showed, the greater the impact on mental health.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171102121128.htm
Falling back into the Shop after a long fatigue hiatus. Hello, all!
FYI if you use #Grindr
“Grindr Is Letting Other Companies See User HIV Status And Location Data”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/grindr-hiv-status-privacy
They’re sharing HIV status with the user’s GPS data, phone ID, and email
This is seriously messed up. Forget #privacy, that means they can precisely identify each user
Good morning, Shop!
Things have been helterskelter here, but I hope all are doing well.
And if you're new to the Shop, please remember that our mods have a Patreon, and will be very pleased if you help support the instance!
Reminder that there's nothing inherently wrong with liking anonymity and having anon accounts not tied to your RL identity in any way on masto or anywhere else on the internet
I hope we can not bring that shit mentality where anonymity = bad to mastodon, thankyouverymuch.
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Woo, 'zine is live.
My story, To Join This Song, is here:
http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/to-join-this-song/
F/F NSFW romance with ART.
"Isabelle’s sophomore year at Julliard starts off well enough at first. Music theory is going to be a challenge this year, since she’s gotten beyond anything they covered in AP at Shattuck, but her teacher seems pretty good. The Operatic History and Practice class looks interesting, even if it is more writing than she’s ever had to do before."
When your notes to self are, really, just plain stupid in retrospect:
Yes, self, I should plan to write original fiction about the Olympics. Thank you so much for this very helpful reminder.
I'm going to sleep soon, but this year's F/F S2B2 issue has gone LIVE today, and you can find a list of everything right over here (stories and art not hosted on LJ):
https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/127372.html
I have an illustration in this one! It and all the stories contained therein are NSFW! We also have a real bastard of a time getting people to respond to F/F issues in particular so why not click the little green hearts or leave a comment about something you liked? I'd be much obliged.
The 'zine goes live today! See its table of contents on LJ:
https://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/127372.html
Or if you don't like LJ, check out the TOC on Tumblr:
http://shousetsubangbang.tumblr.com/post/172274249298/bangbang-special-issue-13-hit-and-mrs-cover
All this talk that people should just #DeleteFacebook isn't very helpful IMO. For many people, getting off Facebook would massively harm their social lives. You can argue that this is bad (it is!), but it's reality.
Those people are still entitled to privacy and data protection!
Hey Shop folk! We don't have a custom Instance Thumbnail or Hero Image. Anyone interested in creating one?
"Instance thumbnail - Used for previews via OpenGraph and API. 1200x630px recommended"
"Hero image - Displayed on the frontpage. At least 600x100px recommended. When not set, falls back to instance thumbnail"
Happy Friday, Shop!
Have an image of a kitten meeting a hedgehog, because it made me happy.
Random question:
If I self-published hockey boys stories with commissioned art for the covers and available-in-print-only snippets as an extra in the back of each volume, would that be enough to make you want to buy a physical copy of a free online novella? (appx 90 pages printed)
What would be your price point? $7? $8? Less? More?
#amwriting #ampublicizing #writing #selfpub #questions #aaaaaugh
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Went to PT this morning and am basically out of energy for the rest of the day, so I've been sitting with my feet up.
Except I think it's time to turn over my laundry.
Maybe the fact that I have more coming out of the dryer implies that I should fold last week's clean laundry to have a place to put it?
Or maybe I'll just put it in the bin with all the other clean clothes and play fuck you wrinkles die die die with my brain all of next week instead.
“The billionaire boom is not a sign of a thriving economy but a symptom of a failing economic system,” said Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Oxfam International. “The people who make our clothes, assemble our phones and grow our food are being exploited.”
No shit. Maybe revolutionary France had the right idea.
