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Hi, I’m Clint Collide, a gay creator-curator who celebrates Past, Present, and Pride with a motley mix of Men, Merch, Montages, and More. I’m here to celebrate…not debate or hate. If you “color” outside the lines too, welcome to the crew, boo!
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The Media Thinks We're Red Or Blue...To That, I Say "FU!"

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"The whole point is to live life and be—to use all the colors in the crayon box."
RuPaul Charles

Welcome to all the new subscribers! In case we haven’t met yet, I’m Clint Collide.

I originally started Collide Press as an art and design collective for myself and a few fellow LGBTQ creatives. It’s slowly morphed into a one-man band. Long story short? My friends got busy with other projects. And I got busy becoming a content creator.

Funny how life takes you in directions you didn’t expect, huh?

Collide Press is now one part Shop, one part Substack, and one part YouTube. It’s where I mix—and remix—Art, Design, Photo, and Video to celebrate creativity and spotlight history.

It’s Studio Saturday here at Collide Press, so I’m gearing up to dig in and make a few creative messes today.

But first, let’s talk about coloring outside the lines—personally, politically, and professionally.

LIFE BEYOND LABELS

We live in a world that thrives on labels.

Our lizard brains are hard-wired to categorize and classify—“good” vs. “bad,” “fight” vs. “flight.” And both legacy and social media—like small-brained dinosaurs trying to survive an Ice Age—cling to these stark divisions, painting everything in extremes:

Red or blue, this side or that, one box or the other.

But real life? Real life doesn’t fit into boxes.
Neither do I. I’m guessing you don’t either.

HOW LEGACY MEDIA LIKES TO PORTRAY US

Coloring outside the lines is about rejecting antiquated, binary ways of thinking. It’s about embracing contradictions and understanding nuance.

  • Personally it means being unabashedly me—creative, imperfect, messy, and queer as a three-dollar bill.

  • Politically it means refusing to let anyone else define my identity or values based on their beliefs or opinions.

  • Professionally it means building something authentic, even if it doesn’t fit a traditional business model.

For me, creativity thrives when I stop limiting myself to the “approved” color palette.

USE ALL THE COLORS…

So, here’s my recommendation: Use every crayon in the box. Scribble. Color outside the lines. Blur and paint over them entirely if you want to.

Studio Saturday is all about embracing that sense of play. If you want to try, grab a crayon—or your creative tool of choice—and dare to make a mess.

Life is fuller, richer, and a hell of a lot more fun when you color outside the lines.

As for me, I’m excited to dive into some messy, creative play today. How about you?

Thanks for reading!
Clint


NEWS + VIEWS

  • TikTok Ban: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

  • The Insane Story of How the Onion Bought InfoWars (LegalEagle)

  • SHRINKAGE: Trump's victory shrivels (David Pakman Show)

  • An Honest Review of Apple Intelligence... So Far (Marques Brownlee)

  • I Tried Apple’s New Adobe Competitor: Pixelmator Pro (Grayson’s Graphics)


ON THIS DAY = NOVEMBER 23

BIRTHDAYS

  • 1887 = Boris Karloff = English actor

  • 1888 = Harpo Marx = American comedian and musician

  • 1892 = Erté = Russian-French illustrator and designer 🌈

  • 1912 = George O'Hanlon = American actor and screenwriter

  • 1912 = Virginia Prince = American pharmacologist, publisher, and activist 🌈

  • 1934 = Robert Towne = American actor, director, and screenwriter

  • 1944 = Joe Eszterhas = Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer

  • 1944 = James Toback = American actor, director, and screenwriter

  • 1948 = Bruce Vilanch = American writer. actor, and tv personality 🌈

  • 1954 = Bruce Hornsby = American singer-songwriter and pianist

  • 1959 = Maxwell Caulfield = English-American actor

  • 1960 = Robin Roberts = American sportscaster and journalist 🌈

  • 1992 = Miley Cyrus = American singer-songwriter and actor 🌈

CELEBRATIONS

  • Movember (November 1-30)

  • National Espresso Day

EVENTS

  • 1644 = John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.

  • 1921 = Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, signs the Willis–Campbell Act into law, prohibiting doctors from prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes.

  • 1963 = Doctor Who premieres on BBC and is now the world's longest-running science fiction drama.

  • 1973 = In New York City, 325 people attend the first conference of the Gay Academic Union, a pioneering group of LGBTQ academics who aimed at making the academia more amenable to the LGBTQ community in the United States.

  • 1991 = Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury announces in a statement that he is HIV-positive. He dies the following day.

  • 1992 = Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating revokes the country’s restrictions on gay men and lesbians in the military.

  • 1992 = The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • 1998 = The Supreme Court of Georgia rules 6 to 1 to invalidate that state’s sodomy law.


PHOTO + QUOTE OF THE DAY

80s heartthrob Maxwell Caulfield of “The Colbys” and “Grease 2” :  r/VintageLadyBoners

“Before Grease 2, I was called the next Richard Gere, then after Grease 2, nobody would touch me.”
Maxwell Caulfield

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