shel

The Transsexual Chofetz Chaim

Mutant, librarian, poet, union rabble rouser, dog, Ashkenazi Jewish. Neuroweird, bodyweird, mostly sleepy.


I write about transformative justice, community, love, Judaism, Neurodivergence, mental health, Disability, geography, rivers, labor, and libraries; through poetry, opinionated essays, and short fiction.


I review Schoolhouse Rock! songs at @PropagandaRock


Website (RSS + Newsletter)
shelraphen.com/

I dreamt that there was this like three hour demo reel video of all these like completely disparate and unrelated creative types like a midwestern emo band, CityNerd, a twitch streamer, like a huge number of people who Make Something that gets posted online and it was all about promoting the vague concept of “supporting your favorite content creators” while also showing off what you make and there was big names and small names alike for like this three hour YouTube video

And the one thing they all had in common was they all shared the same somewhat obscure fetish and that’s how they knew each other but unless you also had that fetish you would never know this…. Except that at the end of the video reel they were like “now you might be wondering what we all have in common, and how we know each other, and the answer is” and then they all said in unison “*We’re all into (Fetish)!!!” While the fetish object in question appeared on screen and then said nothing else about that and the video ended.

Like just imagine of all your favorite YouTubers came together with all your favorite streamers and indie bands on BandCamp and writers and journalists and podcasters and they all were promoting each other’s creative projects and then right at the end they all said in unison “And we’re all into feet!” And a bare perfectly pedicured foot appeared on screen and then the video ended. That was the vibe.


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