Scribbles and Bits

Due to multiple requests, we have completely unlocked the Disabled Cyborgs stories. These range from T4T sensate sex toy price wars to cute borg animals who find individuality after being a hive-mind, written from 2012-2017, and I wouldn't mind writing any of them again.

We hope you enjoy!

Rogan: So, George Nader is probably someone most of you have never heard of, and for good reason. He was apparently a pretty successful actor in movies and television for over twenty years, but none of his stuff has really stuck in cultural memory except the first, worst starring role he ever had, Robot Monster from 1953. (I have seen it. It is bad.) In 1972, he suffered a detached retina which led to glaucoma, which rendered him unable to handle film lights, forcing him to quit acting, and in 1978, he published his only novel, a gay robomance entitled Chrome (Footnote). (His entry on the Internet Speculative Fiction Database is here. Note the author photo of him pumping iron.)

( Gay robots, gay movie stars, chocolate milk products, and stereophonic weenies. )

( Footnote )

Rogan: I have been working on an essay about being a cyborg, and it's led me to a lot of interesting readings! So since I am sick and don't have a lot to do, nonfiction cyborg linkdump! (With bad citations because I am dumb with plague right now.)

( There are a lot more of these than I thought. Including one plural citation, We Other Fairies by Xavia Publius at the bottom. )

Alternate Drag zine by Donnyclaws: (2022) "The alternate underbelly of the drag world and its importance, a personal zine and critique of Drag Race's legacy and the importance of drag monsters. " (on tumblr here and on itch.io here; pretty sure not screenreadable)

"Monsters of Our Own: Monster Symbolism in the Trans Community," by Lucian Clark (2016): interviews with monstery trans folks.

My Monster Boyfriend by Lindsay Ellis (2018): A Youtube video about the racial, gender, and queercoding in monsterhood, focusing more on movies.

Ode to Monsterfucking comic by Jenna Miles (2021): exactly what it says on the tin. Seems to be unavailable on the Internet; I got a physical paper copy at a library zine fest and am considering textually transcribing it for posterity.

Queer Code zine by Panic Volkushka (2016): an exploration/rant about "queer coding" in horror film and canon queers vs. monster queers in pop culture. (on tumblr here and on Etsy here; not screenreadable)

The Shape of Water: Falling in Love with Monsters, by LaRon Readus (2018). " I discuss Guillermo Del Toro's latest movie "The Shape of Water," and why there are so many people of color and members of the LGBT+ community that find themselves smitten by monsters and monstrous creatures in monster movies and media in general."

We Are All Monsters comic by Phineas Klier (2020): "A comic I created in April and May about why LGBTQ+ individuals often feel attracted to the monster in media." (not screenreadable)

this twitter thread by Ezra Rose (2022): " can't stop thinking about the way medieval antisemitism (which is absolutely the blueprint for modern antisemitism) connected Judaism to both illness/disability & also to gender deviation"