My Son

my son 

@skatergirlfc duuuuuuuude

Ray Frenden reviews the too-cheap-to-be-true Monoprice graphics tablets. How do they stack up to industry standard Wacoms?

After spending a week with the 6.25“x10” Monoprice, my Yiynova and Cintiq remain unplugged and I gave my Intuos away to a friend. The Monoprice tracks subtle pressure variances and small movements with less lag and more crisp fidelity than any of the others. It is, put crudely, fucking awesome, in both OSX Lion and Windows 7 x64.

The other thing about the word “queer” is that almost everyone I’ve seen opposed to it have been cis, binary gays and lesbians. Not wanting it applied to yourself is fine, but I think people underestimate the appeal of vague, inclusive terminology when they already have language to easily and non-invasively describe themselves.

Saying “I’m gay/lesbian/bi” is pretty simple. Just about everyone knows what you mean, and you quickly establish yourself as a member of a community. Saying “I’m a trans nonbinary bi woman who’s celibate due to dysphoria and possibly on the ace spectrum”… not so much. You’re lucky to find anyone who understands even half of that, and explaining it requires revealing a ton of personal information. The appeal of “queer” is being able to identify yourself without profiling yourself. It’s welcoming and functional terminology to those who do not have the luxury of simplified language and occupy complicated identities. *That’s* why people use it - there are currently not alternatives to express the same sentiment.

It’s not people “oppressing themselves” or naively and irresponsibly using a word with loaded history. It’s easy to dismiss it as bad or unnecessary if you already have the luxury of language to comfortably describe yourself.

I decided to draw @waveylovesyohioloid‘s version of Hio because I was bored. (okay I’ve never had a formal conversation with them but they’re great so like check them out)

New Vocamerica Bundles: Feat Stickers, Keychains, & Can Badges

Zero-G Bundle $18: Stickers of Prima, Tonio, Avanna, and Sonika. Can Badges: Prima, Tonio, Sonika, Avanna. Keychain: Avanna.

Power FX Bundle $16: Stickers of Big Al, Yohioloid, Sweet Ann, and Oliver. Can Badges: Sweet Ann, Big Al, Yohioloid. Keychain: Yohioloid.

Ruby Bundle $12: Sticker, Keychain, and Can Badge of Ruby.

Voctro-Lab Bundle $8: Stickers of Bruno, Clara, and Maika and Can Badges of Maika, Clara, and Bruno.