excerpts from an interview with kathee muzin about the first time she fell in love with another woman, published in the montreal gazette, december 1991
Time to start taking vitamin d and using my light therapy lamp every morning for the next six months so I don’t completely lose it before spring rolls around 🙃
If you too live a stone’s throw from the Arctic circle this is your cordial reminder to start taking your vitamin d and dust off your light therapy lamp before the SAD sets in! Vitamin d and light therapy lamps are most effective when you start using them beginning early in the fall, before your SAD gets too bad. Don’t let the SAD set in and get too bad, start now!
Sometimes people think they’re dealing with a Torment Nexus but what they actually have is a Jumanji. And sometimes people think something’s a Jumanji but oops it’s a Torment Nexus.
Now. Sometimes you have a third thing- you’ll have yourself a Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. And buddy, I can’t help you there.
So a Torment Nexus is something that is either a metaphor for a larger societal problem (e.g. The Platform, The Long Walk) or a social issue/trend taken to an exaggerated extreme (e.g. The Purge), with a lot of shades of grey in between (e.g. Squid Game). If it isn’t about a larger societal issue/trend/structure it isn’t a Torment Nexus.
A Jumanji can be dangerous and high-stakes (to the characters), but it doesn’t need to have a metaphor or lesson, it can easily just be a “Would this be fucked up or what?” situation (e.g. a lotta Goosebumps stories). If there IS a lesson/metaphor, it will be on a smaller scale like psychological issues (e.g. Magnus Archives), family/relationship issues (e.g. Zathura), or about a specific topic (e.g. Magic School Bus). Large-scale social issues may be present (after all, Everything Is Political), but they take a definite backseat.
Now. A Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory is a trap based around morality and vices. These can be cultural, religious, or bonkers bullshit like “children shouldn’t chew gum.” There is generally not discussion or criticism of this morality system. Regardless of the morality system used, if it’s not a trap, it’s not a Chocolate Factory.
examples of a willy wonkas chocolate factory include:
also speaking of jakub różalski this painting of his is my FAVOURITE like yes girl snitch on the knight!!! get his ass!!!
the one of a girl looking longingly at a naked witch flying by and the one of a babushka yelling at a devil also rule tho
Just want to make sure people are aware that the artist is on ArtStation and many of these, including the longing stare at witch one, are in fact for sale as prints for highly reasonable prices - the cheapest option being an 8 by 12 art poster for 18 US dollars (plus shipping).
Cannot enthuse enough about looking at the flyers on corkboards. As soon as you start noticing them, a whole world of unique events opens itself up to you. There are always people offering guitar and piano lessons, but I’ve also seen flyers for queer game nights, town hall protests, hiking clubs, live music festivals, student film showcases, indie film screenings, stone carving sculpture classes, Pride events, jazz in the park, genderswapped Star Trek stage plays, bike-a-thons, cyberpunk drag shows, an online asexuality archive… tons of the events being promoted are even free and they’re things I never would have known about if not for a flyer in a café or ice cream shop or park kiosk
September 22, 2025 - Italian motorists react to getting stuck in traffic due to the national strike and Palestine solidarity blockades which shut down the country. [video]
“Tiffany “New York” Pollard — the queen of reality TV, the HBIC herself — is opening up like never before. In a new interview with "PinkNews,” she shared why she resonates with being non-binary, saying, “Some days I may feel a lot more masculine, and some days I’m super feminine — and that’s okay… shoving me back in the closet is never going to be an option.” Tiffany went on to say, “If I didn’t have such a strong connection to the queer fanbase that I have, I don’t know if I would still be in the game… They keep the HBIC alive!”"
The Monarch of Meme was already queer, and we’re happy to see her discovery. Black queer folk CONTINUE TO WIN 👑
that’s parent
If you don’t recognize the name…you might recognize some other appearances:
