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Despite the Nazi's crushing defeat, their hatred lived on. The Allies' own censorship and anti-gay laws helped erase the queer dead from the record and kept the living hiding or imprisoned To quote the Auschwitz Memorial's own website, "embarrassment is the reason that scholars remain silent about Nazism's homosexual victims". In the decades since, many queer stories from the era have been unearthed, and many read as losses upon losses. John Topham's photographs of the battery in drag were banned from publication in the UK. Queer men like Alan Turing were subjected to chemical castration. Christine and Roberta both spent their lives as outcasts, hounded by the press and, in Christine's case, dened her own marriage due to the court ruling her a man and her union sodomy. I do not need to point out the parallels. I *do* need you to help us ensure that this history is not allowed to repeat itself. LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND. --piper

<3 thank you for reading, friend

"I do not need to point out the parallels. I *do* need you to help us ensure that this history is *not* allowed to repeat itself. LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND." amazing work by @piperbomb.bsky.social for @assignedmedia.org

A Clippings Scrapbook: Drag Shows and Bombshells on the Front Lines Against the Nazi Scourge — Assigned The 1940s were not a good time to be gay, and an even less stellar time to be trans. But we were there; on variety show stages, on the front lines, and strapped into the cockpit of the bombers, trans ...

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

new joint up on @assignedmedia.org

i don't have Z-mount body money atm, and i'm rather partial to the older f-mount lenses anyways (you can knock a nazi out with that baseball bat of a lens, and in this day and age that may come in handy)

would you recommend switching to Z once i do have the cash? or should i stick to F-mount DSLRs?

that, it very much does. think 90% of the photos in this article will be with the 80-200 f/2.8d, it has been my workhorse telephoto for both film and digital since i bought it. old as hell with a cracked manual-auto ring, but i'm also old and have plenty busted parts so it ain't like i can't relate

(i thankfully had the foresight to bring my full frame Nikons along so the day is not lost, don't worry lol. was mostly an experiment to see if a lighter kit was possible. it's important to learn these lessons and even more important to make sure you have backups so these lessons do not cost you!)

a grumpy cat is wearing a santa hat and holding a cup of coffee . Alt: a grumpy cat is wearing a santa hat and holding a cup of coffee .

on my feet for 27 hrs straight yesterday (8 hour bakery shift, drove to Chicago, covered an event, drove back)

passed out for 3 hrs, now i'm back at it

only lesson i've learned from my Terrible Life Choices?

i really do need to invest in fast zooms for m43. these shots are underexposed as SHIT

this week on @datafruits.bsky.social : local cat takes nap

still working overnights at the bakery atm and will need to be well rested for something i'm covering later this week for @assignedmedia.org, so i will be Eepin' a bit before I gotta clock in to make dat Bread

we'll see you all next week!

(Image description: A man in a GI's helmet and a shepherd girl dress directs an artillery battery to fire upon a target off in the distance. Two other men, also in frilly frocks, push the barrel of the battery around to face the target.) Christmastime, 1940. All's quiet on the shore--until the sirens go off and a flurry of men run to the Mk. VII mounted on the battery. As photojournalist John Topham would later write, "‘Jerry’, like Time, waits for no one". Thing was, whichever Jerry would have been on the scope for the Nazis must have been mighty confused that day....because, as sure the devil was the fascist's witness, he must have sworn he was looking down the glass at a squad of shepherd girls in bonnets aiming the turret in the seconds before the shrapnel pierced his skull.

The 1940s were not a good time to be gay, and an even less stellar time to be trans. But we were there; on variety show stages, on the front lines, and strapped into the cockpit of the bombers.
Read this month's Clippings by @piperbomb.bsky.social

A Clippings Scrapbook: Drag Shows and Bombshells on the Front Lines Against the Nazi Scourge — Assigned The 1940s were not a good time to be gay, and an even less stellar time to be trans. But we were there; on variety show stages, on the front lines, and strapped into the cockpit of the bombers, trans ...

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

new joint up on @assignedmedia.org

genuine question re: the most recent What's Been Goin' On post: would cookin' comics be something y'all'd be interested in reading?

let me know, and let me know what kind of recipes you'd like me to doodle lil' chibi me puttin' together

(apologies for my absence on these Social Medias; been filling in overnight shifts at the bakery while I wait for better opportunities to roll in, and have not had much time to draw while I flip my sleep schedule on its head. i do have more stuff comin' down the line, i promise)

genuine question re: the most recent What's Been Goin' On post: would cookin' comics be something y'all'd be interested in reading?

let me know, and let me know what kind of recipes you'd like me to doodle lil' chibi me puttin' together

for those of you wondering...no, this is not going to be a feel-good story.

but hopefully it serves as a wake-up call for certain audiences.

#clippings @assignedmedia.org

me on discogs marketplace tbh

for those of you wondering...no, this is not going to be a feel-good story.

but hopefully it serves as a wake-up call for certain audiences.

#clippings @assignedmedia.org

. . .

*spell

edit. i cant spel for shit

full program writeup and plenty of bad jokes and dated references, as always, on Da Blog: truckstop.coffee/post/0052_fe...

tune in live and join the chat here: datafruits.fm/chat

got some Quality Reruns (tm) again due to time constraints in my schedule, but u should tune in anyways <3

this week on Talkie Time and The Jazz Program: somehow better medical advice than RFK ever gave

please consult your doctor to find out if jazz is right for you, and then tune in at 8 CST / 9 EST / 6 PST on @datafruits.bsky.social

(full program / bad jokes / link to the show below!)

PLAMPT UPDATE

IT MICROGREENIE BABBY TIME

some more various commissions from years past

as you can probably tell from the dates i Do Not Often Do #commission Work, so if you'd like an original piece of mine on your desk or wall, now's the time!

dm or email piperbomb(at)protonmail(dot)com and lets get somethin' rollin'!

plz boost <3 #art

a drawing of a cat laying on a table with a palette and markers Alt: a drawing of a cat laying on a table with a palette and markers

it me

no gods, no masters. we kill those. i'm just a professional who put in her ten thousand hours and kept going

but thank you, friend <3

some more various commissions from years past

as you can probably tell from the dates i Do Not Often Do #commission Work, so if you'd like an original piece of mine on your desk or wall, now's the time!

dm or email piperbomb(at)protonmail(dot)com and lets get somethin' rollin'!

plz boost <3 #art

sasuke and naruto are fighting each other in a cartoon scene Alt: sasuke and naruto are fighting each other in a cartoon scene

both y'all rn

The artist's workstation, with a Linux desktop on a monitor hovering over the table. The drawing board has some sketchbook concept art in progress and this month's Clippings, and off to the right is a hospital tray table with a large amount of pens.

The artist's tools, all organized into separate glasses. Most of the glasses are cleaned glass jars from the kitchen, including several Dona Maria mole cups and a couple peanut butter jars and jelly jars. A brush wash station sits off to the left.

finally got the monitor arm up and moving in the studio, last piece of my workstation that i hadnt prepared yet

someone mentioned that i have "too many pens" and no, that is in fact a fairly normal amount. restrained, even