What's New, Crew?
Refreshes + Tweaks + Updates = Oh My!
Yesterday, I launched a survey to help me create and curate content better tailored to YOU and your preferences, boo.
If you havenāt already, please take a minute to answer a short series of poll questions.
Based on early feedback, Iāve already decided to make some minor adjustments:
Blog + Newsletter = Will continue posting regularly, if not daily.
š Email = No changes. The morning newsletter stays the same.
š Substack = Free for all, but posts will be paywalled after 14 days.
NSFW Montages = Will mostly be under 10 minutes going forward.
š Email = No changes. I plan to post new videos every dayā¦or two.
š Substack = Paywalled for paid subscribers. Free previews for all.
Pioneers + Pride - New posts will appear more regularly online.
š Email = No direct emails. Links in the newsletter.
š Substack = Free for allā¦because LGBTQ history is worth sharing.
SFW Montages = Will be posted on Substack and/or YouTube.
š Email = No direct emails. Links in the newsletter.
š Substack = Free for all, but posts will be paywalled after 14 days.
Based on other feedback and stats, Iāve also refreshed and updated the homepage layout and navigation on Substack.
Thatās the latestāand greatest?āat Collide Press. For now.
Thanks for being here and/or queer, dear!
Clint šāļø
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Whatās new with YOU, boo?
A NOTE ABOUT NSFW + SFW
A few have pointed out āNSFWā and āSFWā are subjective terms.
Whatās ānot safe for workā for me might be āsafe for workā to you.
And lots of us havenāt worked in an actual office for years. If ever.
Like most abbreviations, these labels are intended as internet shorthand.
Since people, platforms, and credit card processors are super sensitive about nudity, sex, and/or sexuality, hereās how I think about what and where I post online:
Substack = NSFW + SFW = up to full-frontal nudity (since 12-30-24)
YouTube = SFW = no nudity or anything that might be āsexually gratifyingā
Bluesky = SFW + NSFW = anything and everything goes, including porn
ON THIS DAY = FEBRUARY 5
BIRTHDAYS
1906 = John Carradine = American actor
1914 = William S. Burroughs = American writer š
1919 = Red Buttons = American actor
1934 = Hank Aaron = American baseball player
1941 = Stephen J. Cannell = American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1948 = Christopher Guest = American actor and director
1948 = Errol Morris = American filmmaker
1962 = Jennifer Jason Leigh = American actor and filmmaker
1964 = Laura Linney = American actor
1969 = Bobby Brown = American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1969 = Michael Sheen = Welsh actor and director
1980 = Brad Fitzpatrick = American programmer and LiveJournal creator
1987 = Alex Brightman = American actor and singer
1987 = Darren Criss = American actor and singer
EVENTS
1852 = The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
1919 = Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith join forces to launch United Artists.
1936 = Charlie Chaplinās Modern Times premieres in NYC.
1953 = Walt Disneyās Peter Pan is released in theaters.
1981 = Operation Soap: The Metropolitan Toronto Police Force raids four gay bathhouses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, arresting just under 300, triggering mass protest and rallies.
HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES
PHOTO + QUOTE OF THE DAY
āHappiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.ā
William S. Burroughs
NEW + FEATURED
New Poem + Video Art = Lost In The Light
New SFW Montage = Finders Keepers #1
Substack = NSFW + Pioneers + Pride + SFW
MORE FROM COLLIDE PRESS
Bluesky + Ko-Fi + Linktree + Shop
+ Storefront + Threadless + YouTube
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