A Crime Against Indigenous and Black Oklahomans If you were to create a perfect villain story, you might start with the center of the story. It might cover their connections, it might cover their intentions, but it almost certainly would be a story with strong roots if the person you center has an ironbound, rockhard …
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Sodomy! Introduction (rough draft)
How did a failed attempt at cruising end a tyrannical royal line in Athens?How many Republicans have been busted by the cops for cruising?How did cruising lead to the suicide of a sitting United States senator?Who was Mother Clap and what was a Molly-house? What exactly is cruising? Why is sodomy so infamous? It’s Athens …
Some AI stories demonstrating my new concept of “unfair fair use”
Title: Celestial Conception: A Journey Beyond Chapter One: The Genesis of Possibilities In the mystical realm of Gaia, where magic and technology coexisted in harmonious synergy, a breakthrough occurred that would reshape the fate of an entire race. Scholars, magicians, and scientists united their skills to shatter the boundaries that had confined the miracle of …
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Transphobes are doing this on purpose
“Transgenderism” push mirrors historic efforts to eliminate the LGBTQ community. In 1909 a raucous meeting of medical professionals and community health advocates met to discuss the so-called “Indiana Plan”. Under this plan, hundreds in psychiatric hospitals would ultimately be subject to lobotomies, electroshock therapy, and worse. A bad proposal on its surface, the meeting would …
Familiar Stranger: Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
Team Ninja / KOEI Tecmo / Square Enix I don’t need you to feel nostalgic but I’ve got a great blast from the past. It’s called benzos and no I’m just kidding I really mean the not-new-but-new entry into the Final Fantasy franchise, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. If you think it’s not possible …
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Taxpayers have supported homelessness opponents but will they do the same for the homeless? Yes.
Over $2.72 billion in taxpayer-funded Paycheck Protection Program loans have been forgiven in Multnomah County alone In February 2022, Mayoral advisor (and former Portland Mayor) Sam Adams was revealed to have penned an ambitious shelter plan that sought to convince local leaders to construct three 1,000-person homeless shelters. Intended as a long-term solution to homelessness …
Eat, Prey, Love
My expectations heading into my viewing of Prey (2022) may have been a little low. I’m not a fan of horror and suspense and the Predator series has been a consistent no way and no how from me. Fast forward to this year and there’s a Predator film that I actually wanted to see, titled …
Segregationists are still bad.
What do you call a predominantly white movement to eliminate one group of people from the public sphere? If we’re talking about the modern day there are plenty, but one sticks out: the so-called gender critical movement. Now I imagine there will be plenty of people arguing against their inclusion here, suggesting there ARE BIPOC …
A Cornucopia of Slurs
If I had to pick one aspect of homophobia and transphobia that really intrigues me it’s how bigots latch onto phrases and ideas and subsequently dump them. Sometimes it’s because queer folks reclaimed the word and sometimes it’s because queerphobes picked up on a new word. Here is a list of some slurs. Faggot: the …
Queer Cold Cases Need to be Taken Seriously
“The ‘hot summer’ in the city has seen the murders of at least five gays. All of the victims have been male, black, and brutally tortured in the same way,” writes Ken Dudley in a 1973 article printed in the Detroit Gay Liberator. In spite of searching and scouring by members of the Detroit queer …
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