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There’s a thing we run into that we call “mugging for the audience.” It’s when you feel compelled to perform whatever you are, whatever you’re doing, as some piece of noble political theater intended to prevent your (unseen, at times entirely hypothetical) audience from coming after you. Anything that fails that performance shows secret evil within you and justifies whatever “they” do to you (whoever “they” are).

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Crossposts: https://lb-lee.insanejournal.com/34235.html

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Rogan: while chatting with Mori, we realized that while we aren’t really good at what most people call fandom, when we’re into something, we STAY into it, often for five years or more. ( Read more... )

Current Mood: dorky
Crossposts: https://lb-lee.insanejournal.com/33739.html

lb_lee

( Stuff I research for funsies. :B )

Current Mood: geeky
Crossposts: https://lb-lee.insanejournal.com/33262.html

lb_lee

Hey everybody, it's that time again: time to vote for which stuff gets the LiberaPay/Patreon money this month!

As always, anyone can vote (please do!), but LiberaPay and Patreon patrons get double weight for their votes. (Due to Patreon's porn purges, I really encourage you to use LiberaPay, if you get a choice.) If you want to see the blurbs for any of these works, those are here! (You can also leave your requests there; requesting a story or essay is always free!) If you don't have a DW and so can't do the poll, that's okay; just leave your vote in the comments below; anon comments are turned on.

Which works gets the money, and thus posted this month? YOU CHOOSE, readers!

Poll #34566 2026 May Fan Poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21

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Did you toss LiberaPay/Patreon money my way last month?

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Yes (my votes count double)
6 (100.0%)

What writing gets posted this month?

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Infinity Smashed: Born Lucky
4 (19.0%)

Reverend Alpert: the Traveling Exorcist
3 (14.3%)

Henchwench for Hire (F/F supervillainy)
3 (14.3%)

Rutless (trans omegaverse porno)
2 (9.5%)

Kayfabe in the Coliseum (psuedo-Greco-Roman gladiator fights)
3 (14.3%)

Crazy Boys Join Forces (narrative autobio)
11 (52.4%)

The Golem Always Dies At The End (essay)
11 (52.4%)

What art/comic/zine gets posted this month?

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Cult Comix (doodle strips of Cultiples BS)
3 (15.0%)

Death Watch (bony lady comic)
7 (35.0%)

Protection (one-page dark side of protector duty)
3 (15.0%)

Thrown Away
3 (15.0%)

Fluff (Mori/Rawlin silliness)
8 (40.0%)

Possessions (text-only poetry zine of haunting incompetently)
7 (35.0%)

Dr. Frankenstein vs. the Queerborgs (book spine poetry)
7 (35.0%)

lb_lee

We will be tabling with Boston Dyke March next month, on Friday June 5! Stay tuned and mark your calendars, for some unfathomable reason the queers are getting rowdy!

Current Mood: busy
Crossposts: https://lb-lee.insanejournal.com/32813.html

gze

Author: G
Length: 3-6 minutes
Warnings: Discussion of racism

( When I was younger, I had mixed feelings on calling someone a ‘dog’ as an insult. )

lb_lee

Rogan: apparently I just like collating data about my library for fun. And last night, I wondered: what decades are on my shelf?

( more than I thought! )

Crossposts: https://lb-lee.insanejournal.com/32752.html

lb_lee

Rogan: we’re back from our trip, and we had a great time!

( We made money, ransacked bookstores, and got to pet many cats! )

Current Mood: refreshed
Crossposts: https://lb-lee.insanejournal.com/32419.html

fuzzyred

The carpet is thick, soft and cream coloured, while the walls are a yellow bronze colour. In the corner along one wall there is a large sofa, able to seat 4 or 5 people comfortably. Along the other corner wall there is a smaller sofa for 2 or 3 people. In the middle of the furniture, there is a low, round coffee table, perfect for colouring at or for other craft activities.

There is a scratching post and a cat tree for climbing, which are both along the wall opposite the couch. A few fluffy beds have also been put out, in varying sizes, in case any one prefers the floor. There is also a large sturdy perch and a marked off area that says "Landing Pad" in case any winged friends want to visit.

There is now a blue chaise chair in the nook as well, which has been placed near the couch and is good for both sitting and spreading out lengthwise. There are also two armchairs; one an oversized, deep gray leather chair, the other a square fabric armchair in deep blue with light purple swirls on it.

There are two baskets off to the side. One contains fuzzy blankets, a variety of fuzzy and textured pillows, and a collection of stuffed animals while the other contains a variety of art supplies, ranging from colouring pages and blank paper to crayons and coloured pencils, and more besides.

Current Mood: good

chanter1944

Subject line seen on a banner carried by multiple people, leading what was likely a significant percentage of East High School's student body on the march to the square, complete with school marching band (and they had mad rhythm, holy cow). Translation: We're here, and we're not going away!

So yes. Sang and chanted up a storm. Marched until I got mildly footsore. Practiced my Spanish comprehension, and honestly, both official language (our mayor and a county supervisor both read proclamations out to the crowd) and prayers are good for that. I do mean that about prayers, too. I am unexpectedly grateful for the opportunity given me by faith leaders and interpreters on the mic - one pastor, one rabbi. Then went down State Street and had a late lunch at a restaurant pretty definitely run by members of the immigrant community. Taste of Sichuan makes delicious seafood noodle wonton soup, for any local folks so inclined. The relative I was with wasn't, and said, summarily, yuck! :)

I don't believe we had any arrests, disturbances, or difficulties today. If we did, someone clue me in. And if I'm being entirely honest, a significant portion of a high school arriving all at once, doubling the assembled crowd and getting a jubilant welcome by the people already there? That was worth the whole day. I wish I'd seen West and Memorial arrive.

Current Mood: sleepy

chanter1944

In other words (that aren't lyrics quoted from the In The Heights movie adaptation), I'm shortly out of here to a May Day protest. I suspect turnout will eclipse the last No Kings utterly; we have the support of Madison's public school teachers and, very probably, students, to the tune of citywide school closures, and atop that, the UW is in session. You know I'll be keeping a language count, singing and chanting myself hoarse, and marching until my feet take notice. You know I'm hoping we make the news, locally and nationally, for all the best reasons and none of the worst ones.

If I need bailing out by the end of this, I'm calling you,

meimichan. :) Seriously, if I need someone to throw my bail, it means the ice-hearted and/or some towering racists showed up and tried something reprehensible. That would be monumentally stupid, given Madison's crowds (diverse, peaceful, vocal, and unlikely to tolerate random innocents being snatched for no reason) but given the ice-hearted... well. Let's just hope I'm imagining the unlikely.

Current Mood: determined
Current Music: In The Heights - Carnaval del Barrio

fuzzyred

I have a good feeling about April. It was a good month and I think I made good progress on things. For a closer look at how I did, check behind the cut.

( April goal review )

Current Mood: excited

lb_lee

This Saturday, May 2, we'll be tabling at Hampshire Pride in the Armory Street parking lot behind Thornes Marketplace, in Northampton MA! We'll be at the white booth, #29, and we're sharing the space with Bee Leake!

We'll be loaded up with all sorts of goodies. Hope to see you there! We also will be offline once we leave tomorrow morning, so if you need to reach us, call, text, or wait.

Crossposts: https://lb-lee.insanejournal.com/32144.html

Mangle

Reading

Mugging for the Audience

Hype Burnout

The Spokes of the Singlet-Busting Umbrella

2026 May Fan Poll

Future Events: Boston Dyke March

“Dog” as Insult - It didn’t (and still doesn’t) sit right

Bookshelf by Decades

Reading Vulva Zine in the Graveyard

Comfort Corner

¡Aquí estamos, y no nos vamos¡

the word is out, tell the whole city I'm bouncing

April Monthly Goal Review

LB is tabling at Hampshire Pride!

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