Morning Comrades!
So, a slight departure from the self imposed plan for this week. I had initially planned on dissecting the realties of modern family structures, how to build egalitarian and just family structures and more but that is not happening today. For one, I am a little exhausted / burnt out - the conjunction of work, all the insanity going on in the world, the output here and so on left the batteries on low over here. Additionally, as I was starting to write on the above topics I realized how little reading I had done on the subject as there has been a lot of new published in the last few years, especially in regards to Gender Studies and the role of emancipation due to the modern realities of Capitalism. I didn’t think it was fair to you for me to slide into your inbox with a bunch of takes that other, smarter people had already invested years of academic and activist work into - without me actually having read it. That’s still happening but I need a little while longer to figure it all out.
Also, I just realized that I had not written a specific patreon-only email this week, apologies, so like last week, I will drop your free into the later part of this email. Having started an actual job outside of the BL universe has messed with my routines a little so thanks for being patient with me and the subsequent confusion here. Yikes.
Long story short - I need a little break to catch up on everything and take a breath, go outside and touch some grass. There is lot’s to be said and even more to be done but luckily I am getting old enough to know when it is time to take a wee break. That’s now.
With that, here is the link to this week’s tunes and some good jams I enjoyed on Youtube this week for your enjoyment. If you scroll down, there is a little free download for everyone as a little thank you. Thanks for your patience, support and have yourself some restful days, if you can. Until next week, yours, taking a break, V.
As promised, here is a little thank you, a free, digital download of the first cook book from the beginning of the pandemic. Just hit the picture below and you’ll download a pdf of the book - careful, it’s around 40MB in case you are using cellular data - and why is that even still a thing?!
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