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[personal profile] duckprintspress will be launching a new project tomorrow. The swag release is on their Dreamwidth blog.

Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Cozy Academia Anthology
A collection of 22 delightfully queer, charmingly cozy stories that put a fluffy LGBTQIA+ spin on the dark academia genre
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For reference, "cozy academia" seems to lean toward "light academia" in mood, but doesn't necessarily exclude the deeper colors of "dark academia," and is basically the "comfy/cozy" aesthetic or subgenre with an academic setting.  So if you want queer romance and culture without the gaybashing and other stress of local-America, this is probably an excellent bet.  And if you are going to romanticize something, there are a lot worse things to admire than academia, which has long been a refuge for queers, nerds, and freaks of all flavors.

As a bonus, this is exactly the kind of content that lots of people want not to exist, so buy a queer book and poke a bigot in the eye!  If you know of librarians defending queer books, tip them to this campaign.
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Thanks to a donation from [personal profile] fuzzyred, you can now read the rest of "In the Heart of the Hidden Garden."  Lawrence gives Stan a tour of two more buildings and two more gardens -- and then explains why.
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Academia: Staying Afloat

You are the right person to do what you do, know what you know, study what you’re going to study. You do it.

You are a lifeboat.

You are not the passenger being rescued from a shipwreck. You are the rescuer. Your skills, your knowledge, your experience reside in you. You have pulled them from the cold ocean where cruel and careless captains have set them adrift.

You are a lifeboat
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Thanks to a donation from [personal profile] lone_cat, there are 24 new verses of "In the Heart of the Hidden Garden." Lawrence shows Stan the Iron Courtyard.
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This poem is spillover from the August 6, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from [personal profile] fuzzyred, [personal profile] helgatwb, [personal profile] rix_scaedu, and [personal profile] wyld_dandelyon. It also fills the "books" square in my 8-1-24 card for the Discworld Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with [personal profile] fuzzyred and [personal profile] janetmiles. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: Most of this poem is upbeat, but it does touch on some past issues of educational abuse.

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Thanks to a donation from [personal profile] lone_cat, you can now read the beginning of "In the Heart of the Hidden Garden."  Lawrence and Stan look for their classrooms at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
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Based on an audience poll, this is the free epic for the May 6, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl making its $200 goal. It is spillover from the April 1, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] see_also_friend. It also fills the "Coastal Style" square in my 4-1-25 card for the Aesthetics Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Peculiar Obligations.

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This poem is spillover from the September 3, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from [personal profile] see_also_friend. It also fills the "Addiction" square in my 9-1-24 card for the People with Disabilities Drabble Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles. It belongs to the Rutledge thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "Not Until We Are Lost" and "Come to a New Point of View" so read those first, or this won't make much sense.

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This poem is spillover from the March 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from [personal profile] fuzzyred, [personal profile] readera, [personal profile] see_also_friend, and [personal profile] janetmiles. It also fills the "fight" square in my 3-1-25 card for the Tolkien Bingo Fest. This poem has been sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles. It belongs to the college arc of the Shiv thread in the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: This poem contains intense and controversial topics. Highlight to read the more detailed warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes girls being anxious about safety at college, past educational trauma, minor disrespect of a nontraditional student, sexual harassment, rude language, attempted assault, appropriate use of superpowers in a fight, minor bloodshed, ignominious retreat, plans for graffiti, talking about sexual harassment, and other challenges. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

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This poem is spillover from the January 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by [personal profile] janetmiles. It also fills the "Then You've Never Been Blue" square in my 1-1-25 card for the Public Domain Day Bingo fest.


"Never Been Blue"
-- a limerick


a There was a young girl from Purdue
a Who struggled with classes, it's true.
b As her roommate coped,
b She grumped and she moped
a And said, "Then you've never been blue."

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Notes:

A limerick is a 5-line poem usually with a funny or wry tone.

Book Bans

Jan. 9th, 2025 04:41 pm
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6 states expand library protections amid surging book bans: 'The freedom to read... is supported and protected'

New Jersey joined at least five other states — California, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington — that have passed legislation within the past two years that aims to preserve access to reading materials that deal with racial and sexual themes, including those about the LGBTQ+ community.

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