I just finished reading Impossibly Cute Boys, which I got for Christmas. It was an immense pleasure to read such a competent and engaging research on such a looked down upon genre! I suggested the book to my friends on instagram just today. Now that I have nothing left to read, I might pick up one of these books you read! Since they seem very interesting too ^^
I hear that pretty often now, some version of "Don't follow your passion, find passion in the work you do." It's advice that takes a long time to figure out and sink in... if you are not ready, it can be very annoying to be told that. Same with the concept of gratitude, living a grateful life. The giver of those maxims must come from a place of nonjudgment, and the receiver must come from a place of acceptance. From a more practical standpoint, just trying it out (i.e. mindfulness in both work and grateful living) helps bring me to that place.
I'll check out some of these books, might come back to comment on them after I've read them. Have you read The Trauma Myth by Susan Clancy? I remember you mentioning Erotic Innocence before, it's in a similar vein except that it's specifically about how psychologists have been pushing the trauma model (PTSD) for CSA, and how that doesn't actually fit, and how it ends up harming victims and ignoring their experiences. It came out of a study Susan conducted herself, but she also goes into further research that's come to the same conclusions. I'm almost done the book now, it's very informative and interesting.
Ohh you have spider boy! I do have a recommendation of a comic if interested in other comics with cute characters. It’s Called ‘Hornsby and halo’ from ghost machine, featuring an angel boy. Dc comics supersons author doing this book and it’s always fun writing. Zach halo is really cute. I say also would say to check out rocketfellers by ghost machine also
Karl, I’ve been a fan since 2006 and I love your work. Glad to hear from you. Any updates on your newest projects? Edit: Are you active on any other sites or platforms? I’d really love to hear from you more often and haven’t had the privilege of any news from you since your last post on Substack some time ago. Your fans are eagerly awaiting to see what you’re doing! And I’m sure I speak for more than just myself in wishing you’d update us more often. Loved your most recent book on shota culture, BTW. And I re-read Gay Man’s Worst Friend at least once a year. Hope to hear from you soon. 😊 And I hope you’ll resurrect Destroyer one day. 😔
@karl.andersson As the queer community becomes ever more sanctimonious, reductive and eager in its attempt to to shrink what it deems to be acceptable expressions of queer identity, you remain one of the few trailblazers and intellectually honest researchers/journalists out there. I’d love to hear more from you. I must also say that I find your previous work, particularly Destroyer and Gay Man’s Worst Friend, courageous and commendable acts in defiance of a queer community and mainstream society that seem to be moving back towards a period of severe censorship and oppression of those who are just a bit too different- a society committed to limiting expressions of love and acknowledgements of beauty. It’s tragic and infuriating to see the queer community give in to this trend as it has found its own enthusiastic way to contribute to this regressive cultural movement in its self-righteous condemnation of expressions of homosexuality that historically existed as foundational aspects of queerness. Destroyer felt like a rare clarion call for those of us who have felt increasingly marginalized not only by the traditional sources of oppression and narrow-mindedness, but also by the communities and movements that were supposed to be havens of openness, diversity and acceptance. I find it disturbing that today’s LGBTQ movement would be ashamed to associate itself with Oscar Wilde, Michel Foucault, Leonardo da Vinci, the Emperor Hadrian, Baron Corvo, André Gide, Roger Peyrefitte, Walter Pater, Michael Davidson, Wilhelm Von Gloeden and other great men whose identity it attempts to whitewash and simultaneously proclaim as icons of its historical community. I’m afraid that if these people were alive now, they would be cast aside and marginalized much in the way Victorian Britain cast aside Wilde in his final years to a life of complete marginalization. You’re one of the few who is willing to honestly grapple with what queerness used to mean and embrace. Thank you for that. Again, I’d love if you were to offer Destroyer and other earlier works of yours once again. I highly appreciate your taking the time to read this, if you reach this point. - A lonely devotee of Apollonian and Dionysian beauty living in a world filled with fear and sanctimony. (I was in my early teens when you published Destroyer and sadly didn’t have the means to subscribe while you actively offered it.)
I just finished reading Impossibly Cute Boys, which I got for Christmas. It was an immense pleasure to read such a competent and engaging research on such a looked down upon genre! I suggested the book to my friends on instagram just today. Now that I have nothing left to read, I might pick up one of these books you read! Since they seem very interesting too ^^
Thank you, that makes me really happy. I hope to publish more videos on the subject soon.
I hear that pretty often now, some version of "Don't follow your passion, find passion in the work you do." It's advice that takes a long time to figure out and sink in... if you are not ready, it can be very annoying to be told that. Same with the concept of gratitude, living a grateful life. The giver of those maxims must come from a place of nonjudgment, and the receiver must come from a place of acceptance. From a more practical standpoint, just trying it out (i.e. mindfulness in both work and grateful living) helps bring me to that place.
I'll check out some of these books, might come back to comment on them after I've read them. Have you read The Trauma Myth by Susan Clancy? I remember you mentioning Erotic Innocence before, it's in a similar vein except that it's specifically about how psychologists have been pushing the trauma model (PTSD) for CSA, and how that doesn't actually fit, and how it ends up harming victims and ignoring their experiences. It came out of a study Susan conducted herself, but she also goes into further research that's come to the same conclusions. I'm almost done the book now, it's very informative and interesting.
Thanks for the tip, I wasn’t aware of that book.
Ohh you have spider boy! I do have a recommendation of a comic if interested in other comics with cute characters. It’s Called ‘Hornsby and halo’ from ghost machine, featuring an angel boy. Dc comics supersons author doing this book and it’s always fun writing. Zach halo is really cute. I say also would say to check out rocketfellers by ghost machine also
Thanks for the tips, and stay tuned for more Spider-Boy
Karl, I’ve been a fan since 2006 and I love your work. Glad to hear from you. Any updates on your newest projects?
Edit: Are you active on any other sites or platforms? I’d really love to hear from you more often and haven’t had the privilege of any news from you since your last post on Substack some time ago. Your fans are eagerly awaiting to see what you’re doing! And I’m sure I speak for more than just myself in wishing you’d update us more often. Loved your most recent book on shota culture, BTW. And I re-read Gay Man’s Worst Friend at least once a year. Hope to hear from you soon. 😊 And I hope you’ll resurrect Destroyer one day. 😔
Thanks! ☺️ I’ve abandoned all public social media except UA-cam. I hope to find my way back to you, because I miss you too.
@karl.andersson As the queer community becomes ever more sanctimonious, reductive and eager in its attempt to to shrink what it deems to be acceptable expressions of queer identity, you remain one of the few trailblazers and intellectually honest researchers/journalists out there. I’d love to hear more from you. I must also say that I find your previous work, particularly Destroyer and Gay Man’s Worst Friend, courageous and commendable acts in defiance of a queer community and mainstream society that seem to be moving back towards a period of severe censorship and oppression of those who are just a bit too different- a society committed to limiting expressions of love and acknowledgements of beauty. It’s tragic and infuriating to see the queer community give in to this trend as it has found its own enthusiastic way to contribute to this regressive cultural movement in its self-righteous condemnation of expressions of homosexuality that historically existed as foundational aspects of queerness.
Destroyer felt like a rare clarion call for those of us who have felt increasingly marginalized not only by the traditional sources of oppression and narrow-mindedness, but also by the communities and movements that were supposed to be havens of openness, diversity and acceptance. I find it disturbing that today’s LGBTQ movement would be ashamed to associate itself with Oscar Wilde, Michel Foucault, Leonardo da Vinci, the Emperor Hadrian, Baron Corvo, André Gide, Roger Peyrefitte, Walter Pater, Michael Davidson, Wilhelm Von Gloeden and other great men whose identity it attempts to whitewash and simultaneously proclaim as icons of its historical community. I’m afraid that if these people were alive now, they would be cast aside and marginalized much in the way Victorian Britain cast aside Wilde in his final years to a life of complete marginalization. You’re one of the few who is willing to honestly grapple with what queerness used to mean and embrace. Thank you for that. Again, I’d love if you were to offer Destroyer and other earlier works of yours once again. I highly appreciate your taking the time to read this, if you reach this point.
- A lonely devotee of Apollonian and Dionysian beauty living in a world filled with fear and sanctimony. (I was in my early teens when you published Destroyer and sadly didn’t have the means to subscribe while you actively offered it.)
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