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 haven’t already, please take a minute to answer a short series of poll questions.
Based on early feedback, I’ve already decided to make some minor adjustments:
Blog + Newsletter = Will continue posting regularly, if not daily.
💌 Email = No changes. The morning newsletter stays the same.
🆓 Substack = Free for all, but posts will be paywalled after 14 days.
NSFW Montages = Will mostly be under 10 minutes going forward.
💌 Email = No changes. I plan to post new videos every day…or two.
🔒 Substack = Paywalled for paid subscribers. Free previews for all.
Pioneers + Pride - New posts will appear more regularly online.
💌 Email = No direct emails. Links in the newsletter.
🆓 Substack = Free for all…because LGBTQ history is worth sharing.
SFW Montages = Will be posted on Substack and/or YouTube.
💌 Email = No direct emails. Links in the newsletter.
🆓 Substack = Free for all, but posts will be paywalled after 14 days.
Based on other feedback and stats, I’ve also refreshed and updated the homepage layout and navigation on Substack.
That’s the latest—and greatest?—at Collide Press. For now.
Thanks for being here and/or queer, dear!
Clint 🌈✌️
QUESTION OF THE DAY
What’s new with YOU, boo?
A NOTE ABOUT NSFW + SFW
A few have pointed out “NSFW” and “SFW” are subjective terms.
What’s “not safe for work” for me might be “safe for work” to you.
And lots of us haven’t 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, here’s 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 “sexually gratifying”
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 🌈
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 Chaplin’s Modern Times premieres in NYC.
1953 = Walt Disney’s 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
“Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.”
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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