magnetic_pole

Somehow, flist, I missed the entire month of July.

I managed to get more than 200 boxes of (unnecessary) worldly goods out of the old house and squeezed into the new apartment during the first week of the month. (Pity the poor movers, because more than half of those were books.) Then I collapsed: first with flu, then with a particularly bad case of bronchitis, then simply with exhaustion. The next thing I knew, McKayla Maroney was Not Impressed and I had to flip the calendar to August.

I've missed quite a few important birthdays while I was gone.

rosiphelee,

jolielaide,

shaggydogstail,

musesfool,

remuslives23,

secrethappiness,

lamardeuse,

bethbethbeth,

mindabbles, and

snorkackcatcher, hope you were all celebrated in style!

A couple of items you might be interested in:

*

lgbtq_recs ran again this year, with recs for all kinds of queer-themed media, from classics (Zami: A New Spelling of My Name) to recent releases (Tomboy, Weekend). Huge thanks go out to reccers

liseuse,

eccentricweft,

phoenixflare,

tetleythesecond,

woldy,

kellychambliss,

rotaryphones,

verasteine, and

miss_morland! Check out this year's master list for books to read, movies and television to watch, music to listen to, and games to play.

* I missed

hp_friendship altogether due to the move, but the recs I've seen connected to this fest have been amazing. Check out their master list and enjoy.

* Finally, the low-key

femslash_remix, which wrapped up last weekend, was fabulous. I love the whole concept of remixing. Cheers to mod

woldy for continuing to support this corner of fandom! Drop by the master list for eight new remixes and links to the eight original fanworks (many of which I'd missed the first time around). I contributed a bit of fluff, which I'll post separately in a moment.

Glad to see you all again! How has your summer been?