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A screenshot of lyrics reading: “The first thing they teach at Eton is to recognize a mark And they don't come no easier than desperate in the dark A little smoke and mirrors, boys, you've got them on the hook Blaming other folks for what you took The biggest con-man came, and we were looking down at heel A land of milk and honey, boys, an oven-ready deal And every single architect is richer since we left Our workers and our industries bereft But when the dinghies got you tied up in knots You don't worry 'bout the super yachts”
The cover of the March 2026 edition of Lavender Rising, featuring a digital illustration titled “Trees Are Watching” by Elijah Berg; two figures rest against the trunk of the tree in a forest of yellow birch trees, one with a book resting open on their lap whilst another looks on over their shoulder. Text from an article reads: “Parents leading the Charge in Southern Africa.” The lower left corner includes the “Once Upon a Queer” publishing logo, with a silhouette of a book and quill splashed with rainbow colours.
A teal graphic titled: "Pixelated Snowflakes: Animal Crossing's Simulated Seasons." The main image features a screenshot from Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a winter landscape where a human character rolls a snowball whilst a brown deer and a pink wolf converse near a log cabin. A quote below reads: "There's a dystopian irony in simulatin the world that we have ourselves unmade: trapping the beauty of [the seasons] behind not just a screen, but a paywall." Smaller text below reads: "Read for free on Medium ✦ Link in bio." The graphic is decorated with pink collage-style graphics and photos including a branch with cherry blossom flowers, a clock, striped gloves, a folded blanket, a butterfly, tulips, a video game controller, and a letter sealed with a heart sticker."
A graphic featuring an oil painting of a red-haired boy reading a book at the table, titled: "Boys Don't Read," - "The Hidden Demographics of the UK's Literacy Crisis," with text below reading "We urgently need a cultural shift concerning gendered expectation around reading." Smaller text below reads "Read for free on Medium / Link in bio." The graphic is decorated with scrabble tiles, a school bell, pencil shavings, a wooden pawn, bookmarks, a scrap of paper, and an old fashioned globe.
A collage titled: “Love Thy Stranger: Whispering of the Heart, Night Windows, and Storytelling,” with text beneath reading “Whisper of the Heart shows the mundane for exactly what it is, and insists upon seeing the beauty in it, from its very first scene.” A smaller subtitle reads “Read for free on Medium ⭐️ Link in bio.” The venture of the graphic includes a screen cap from Whisper of the Heart, featuring a girl grasping something brightly glowing in her hands, spots of colour leaking out between her fingers. The graphic is decorated with cutout style photographs of Japanese stamps, a full moon, star string lights, a moth, a bicycle wheel, a page of sheet music, a cat tail, and a borrower’s card from a library book.
The same image as upthread, with the covers of Wandering Son volumes 1 to 14 in the remaining date slots. On the 31st, two images have been diagonally bisected to fit volume 13 and 14 in the same slot.
The same calendar as upthread, with the cover of Kai Chen’s Thom’s ‘Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars,’ in the slot for December 17th.
The same calendar as upthread, with the cover of Lee Knox Ostertag’s The Witch Boy in the slot for December 16th.
The same calendar ss upthread, with the addition of the cover of Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke.
The same calendar as upthread, with Woodworking by Emily St. James in the spot for December 14th.
The same calendar as upthread, with the addition of the covers of Lote by Shola Von Reinhold in the December 10th slot, Woodworking by Emily St. James in the 11th and 12th slots, and Little Blue Encyclopaedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante in the slot for the 13th.
The same calendar as upthread, with the addition of the cover of The Ajani's Sister by Alek L. Cristea in the slot for the 9th of December.
The same calendar as upthread, with the addition of the cover of Johannes T. Evans's Archival Management in the spot for Monday 8th December.
The same calendar as upthread, with the edition of the cover of Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda in the slot for Sunday, December 7th.
The same calendar as upthread, with the addition of the cover of The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes by Zöey Playdon in the slots for the 5th and 6th December.
A blue graphic with gold text titled: "“I Can Feel This Body Dying All Around Me!” Innocence and Immortality in Children’s Animation." Central to the graphic is a screencap from the 1982 animated film 'The Last Unicorn,' featuring a white-haired woman with purple eyes standing before a tapestry depicting a bearded unicorn with a flowing mane. Text below reads: "From first days at school to first kisses, children's media often incorporates the many milestones that line the path winding towards adulthood. “First reckoning with the inevitably of death,” is a looming obelisk that many storytellers, understandably, choose to neatly sidestep... Read for free on Medium ✦ Link in bio." The graphic is decorated with golde objects, including a sculpted wing, two nine-pointed stars, a set of sewing scissors, a key, and a rose.
The same calendar as upthread, with the addition of hte cover of 'My Journey to Her,' by Yuna Hirasawa in the slot for Thursday 4th December.
An updated version of the calendar from upthread, with the cover of Volume 2 of Poppy Pesuyama's "Until I Love Myself" in the slot for Wednesday 3rd December.
The same calendar graphic from upthread, but with the day two spot filled in with the cover of Vol 1 of ‘Until I Love Myself’ by Poppy Pesuyama.
A blue graphic titled "Canute's Folly: A sonnet for my transfeminine sisters." In the centre is an image with the text "Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh: Supreme Injustice! Community Response to Supreme Court Ruling." A preview below reads: "Forbid the ocean from her rightful name, Your fingers tracing curses in the foam..." Below in smaller text: "Read for free on rtie.org ✦ Link in bio." The graphic below is decorated with pearls, an anchor, blue coral, a blue shell, and a whale's tail.
A calendar in the colours of the trans flag, titled “tfr. 2025 December Trans Readathon.” The first slot is filled with the cover of Volume 1 of the manga The Planet of the Wheat. A text box in the bottom right corner reads: “Add a picture of your current read to each day on the calendar! If a book takes multiple days, add it more than once. Reading everyday matters more than finishing books!”
A spread of blue/grey books on a white bedsheet. From left to right: Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg, An Unkindess of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, Little Fish by Casey Plett, and Conundrum by Jan Morris
Shon Faye’s Love in Exile resting atop crumpled sheets.