First Up, A Big Thank You
I don’t have a ton of stuff this week because I’ve been mostly offline, helping my dear friend Katie put together a live show for BuzzFeed. Last night, it finally all kicked off at Webster Hall. According to Rolling Stone, “Ryan Broderick and Katie Notopolous succinctly and successfully presented a powerpoint-esque presentation about Belle Delphine selling her bathwater.” So that’s pretty cool! It was a great time. Such a great time, in fact, that I am not feeling very good today. Thank you everyone who came!
OK, Second, Two Interesting Charts
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The following gross CGI “live action” character spectrum was created by Tumblr user penny-ana. “The Cats movie and the ‘live action’ Lion King exist at opposite ends of a spectrum but idk what said spectrum is,” they wrote.
Luckily, another Tumbr user, lesbianchemicalplant, decided to help add a bit more clarity to what we’re talking about here.
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Still pretty unclear what it is we’re really looking at, but I do definitely think we’re on to something.
Next Up, A Quick Tech Update
![Twitter avatar for @WarrenIsDead](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/WarrenIsDead.jpg)
Now, For Some British Politics
Look, following what’s happening in Britain can be complicated. Most of their politicians look like haunted Victorian dolls and have names like Jacob Yon-Rogg or whatever. Also, the unceasing disaster of Brexit is taking forever and impossibly boring. My buddy Luke owes me £50 if they’re still “Brexiting” by 2025.
But if you’re looking for a good way to keep up with the Great British Break Up, look no further than the Ireland Simpsons Fans Twitter account.
They had a lot to say this week, especially, now that former London mayor Boris Johnson is the UK’s new Prime Minister.
Hopefully, this all makes more sense now.
Speaking Of The Simpsons, I Fucking Hate This
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Alright, Here’s Some Good Cat Content
A Tumblr user named gaeree decided to draw famous cat memes in the style of the horrific hyper-real cat humans from the Cats movie. If I had to look at these with my own eyes, so do you.
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Finally, A Discussion About Workers’ Rights
This amazing post was flagged to me by Twitter user @ReallyGoodJames. The original post appears to no longer be on Reddit, but thankfully, someone found it so we can appreciate it with all the details.
“I have been in a committed polyamorous dominant submissive relationship for the past three months. I’m the Dom and I have 5 subs”
“They need to call me master. No kissing anyone except for me. If i tell someone to do something, they do it (within bounds of course).”
“The punishments depend on the person, some of my subs get whipped, some publicly humiliated.”
“I woke up a couple days ago and told one of my subs to get me a cup of coffee. He didn’t do it.”
“Now, if one of my subs acts like this I break it off with them so I threatened him that I would kick him out of the relationship.”
“The other subs chimed in and said that if I kick him out, they all leave. That’s right; my submissives have unionized.”
“They handed me a sheet of paper with a list of demands.”
“The power balance was shifted when they unionized and I don’t know what to do.”
There’s obviously a lot to process here, but I, for one, support these subs in the struggle against their bourgeoise dom.
P.S. Here’s that good comic.
***All typos in this letter are on purpose actually***