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[olivermoss]

Fuck, this June I haven't even seen Pride discourse. Not that I miss it, but... the usual focus from content creators I follow, the pride fan art and fics, the events, just.... file non found. Also, fuck Target so I haven't done my usual shopping of their pride collection. Haven't seen pride collections elsewhere, really. I haven't seen chalkings or yarn bombings. No sudden rainbow flags up in corporate owned stores or the cognitive dissonance of 'don't assume our employees pronouns!' signs in stores where those employees are aggressively mis-gendering me because friendly-style customer service tends to be very gendered. Not to mention the queer art and craft events where creators try to get my attention by going 'ma'am, ma'am, ma'am' and then get louder when I don't respond.

June's fucking annoying, but this quiet isn't good.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

duckprintspress on DW has posted recommended reading lists, bargain bundles, and assorted swag. I've been linking to the reading lists -- they're doing cover colors as a theme this year.

[mistressofmuses]

The quiet definitely doesn't feel great. :/

I've still seen a handful of small things by online creators and things, and some stuff in storefronts in Denver, but mostly in places that already have that stuff up year-round.

There are still pride events in various cities around here, and I plan to go to Denver Pride on Saturday. But on the whole road trip to NM and back the only pride flag I noticed was in Taos on a Lutheran church. (I'm sure there were others! Just... not that I saw.)
I only saw screenshots of the sad beige Target "pride collection" this year, but otherwise... like, I think I saw one flyer up in Starbucks about it being pride month, but no merch type stuff.

I enjoy pride as a whole, or at least want to love the idea of it, if not the execution. While the rainbow capitalism nonsense has never been great, the resounding silence is worse.

What's really odd

[disgruntledgirl]

We didn't get much in the way of Friday the 13th memes and very little on April Fool's Day.

Like joy and silliness is being suppressed.

[muccamukk]

I'm so on team I rather be annoyed at ubiquitous rainbow that and the worst take than deal with ominous silence and rising beige fascism.