disclaimer

this is just my little gallery of media that i enjoyed (or want to enjoy when i have time!), found interesting, or was recommended. i don't endorse them as people or even their entire catalogue of work! if they're Terrible please let me know and i'll remove their media from this list. thank you!

be mindful of triggers for nonfiction subject matter and protect your peace! this page is an eternal work in progress, but if you have any recs based on what is posted here, please don't hesitate to drop them my way. i love history, non-fiction and critical analysis, so i'll always happily add more to my pile!

education and analysis

LESBIANISM, SEX, GENDER

✿ Stone Butch Blues; Leslie Feinberg
✿ The Lesbian S&M Safety Manual; Pat Califia
✿ Fucking Trans Women; Mira Bellwether
✿ The Femme Mystique; Lesléa Newman
✿ Celebrating Black Lesbian Thought: Spotlight on Ma Rainey; emily
✿ The Persistent Desire: a Femme-Butch Reader; Joan Nestle
✿ Transgender Liberation: a Movement Whose Time has Come; Leslie Feinberg
✿ It Ain't All Bad as it May Seem: Young Black Lesbians Response to Sexual Prejudice; Sarah J Reed, Maria T. Valenti
✿ Beware the Bite of the Were-Lesbian; Hc Guinevere
✿ Slick Lesbian Singers Through History; Girlfriends of Dorothy

DISCUSSION AND CRITIQUE

✿ You've Been Traumatized Into Hating Reading (and it Makes You Easier To Oppress); Ismatu Gwendolyn
✿ Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny; RS Benedict
✿ In Defence of Critique: Let People Enjoy Not Enjoying Things; Charlie Squire
✿ Would You Want to Be Friends With Humbert Humbert?: A Forum on “Likeability”; The New Yorker
✿ Mattel, Malibu Stacy, and the Dialectics of the Barbie Polemic; Charlie Squire
✿ Learn About Abolition; Charlie Squire
✿ An Unseemly Emotion: PW Talks with Claire Messud; Annasue McCleave Wilson

GAMING

✿ Resident Evil’s Most Unsettling Theme Isn’t Zombies — it’s Eugenics; Kazuma Hashimoto
✿ Like a Dragon: Ishin! Can’t Outrun the Yakuza series’ past; Kazuma Hashimoto
✿ The Male Loneliness Epidemic and Silent Hill 2; MertKayKay
✿ A Thorough Look at Resident Evil; Noah Caldwell-Gervais
✿ Firearms Expert Reacts To Resident Evil 4 (2023)’s Guns; Gamespot
✿ Sephiroth and Me: Playing Final Fantasy VII As A Jewish Person; Ria Teitelbaum

PLACES TO READ

✿ MetPublications; metropolitian museum of art books on various artistic and historical subjects
✿ Lavender Zines; archive of old lgbt+ magazines and media
✿ Cowboy Frank; long-running gay bear's website with all kinds of resources and history
✿ LGBT+ History Across the Globe; multiple resources
✿ Anna's Archive; world's largest open library
✿ Butchspace; masterpost of butch literature (fiction and non)

leisure and fun

AMBIENCE

✿ The Tops Casino; Ambiance Magic
✿ Spencer Mansion Tour (playlist); ASMR in Games
✿ Team Fortress 2 Banana Bay; Source of Ambience
✿ Training School Main Hall; Atmospheric Gaming

CUTSCENE COMPILATIONS

✿ Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles/Wesker’s Report; RE TV
✿ Wesker's Story [Report + Umbrella Chronicles Gameplay]; Wayne Bunnell
✿ Resident Evil 4 + Separate Ways (2023) Chronological Order; Gamer's Little Playground
✿ Resident Evil 5 Full Game Movie; Gamer's Little Playground

OTHER FUN STUFF

✿ Resident Evil 4 Original Site; Internet Archive (potential autoplay warning)
✿ Resident Evil Code Veronica Original Site; Internet Archive (potential autoplay warning)
✿ Resident Evil (2001) Original Site; Internet Archive (potential autoplay warning)
✿ Retro Raunch; archive of nude photos (nsfw)
✿ Gay Men's Magazine Scans; archive of vintage raunch magazines (nsfw)