Clientele
It occurs to me that if you’re running a “trans-owned LGBTQIA+ bookshop and coffee shop” – “queer books, queer haircuts, queer coffee” – yes, queer coffee – and your patrons have to be reminded, via “guidelines displayed on each table,” of how to behave like even minimally civilised people, then you may want to seek out a better class of patron.
Please maintain good personal hygiene out of consideration for other customers.
That’s before we get to the bits about “violent, abusive, and disruptive behaviour” and, inevitably, “crisis support.” And yet, despite the somewhat concerning reminders about violence and basic hygiene, what caught my eye was the bit about taking your craft projects home with you when you leave.
Yes, today’s word is littering. Why do you ask?
For those of you intrigued – and I can feel the hum of excitement in the room – temptations include Sad Dyke Poetry Night – two hours of mournful lesbians, first Friday of every month – “open to all emotions and all identities” – plus lots of talks about mental health, and Queer Yarn, an evening of “fibre craft” every other Saturday afternoon.
There’s also a Queer Art Takeover, in which suitably queer artists are invited to “rent a shelf” to display their creative outpourings and general queerness. And those best-selling pronoun pins are now back in stock.
Oh, and Palestinian cola drinks. Obviously.
Update, via the comments:
Commenter [+] quotes this,
Please maintain good personal hygiene out of consideration for other customers.
And adds,
Quite. And presumably every one of those bullet points – complete with its own big pink heart – tells a story about the venue’s clientele. Some incident or other. After all, you’d only need to announce this rather bizarre list of rules if you already have a significant number of customers who are enormously selfish and self-absorbed, prone to littering and violence and psychological crises, and whose personal hygiene falls far short of what one might hope.
The fact that the rules are there – printed up on every table – tells us quite a lot. More than intended, I venture. One might even infer some correlation of selfish and antisocial behaviour with the supposedly radical “identities” being professed. For instance.
Previously in the laugh-a-minute world of ostentatiously “queer” venues.
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Stephanie:
Oy vey what a pun..
Regarding the gay cruise that has been denied entry to both Turkey and Eqypt: who the hell is running it? I dunno, maybe a little research when planning the itinerary would have gone a long way, knowing which countries have laws they enforce against homosexual behavior?
I am assuming those Viking cruises so often plugged on PBS and that seemingly cater to the more “mature” adult finds port attractions that don’t require climbing stairs.
I’m here all week. Remember to tip your waitress. Wacka-wacka.
Im cabaret, au cabaret, to cabaret . . .
Their rules for being able to having nice things in their own spaces. Don’t uglify and territory mark the space with your noise or garbage or bad personal hygiene. If you’re having mental health issues go away and have it dealt with and don’t bore or threaten us with it. Last and most important rule: “we reserve the right to ask anyone to leave whose behavior prevents others from enjoying the space”.
We have to grin and bear it in our public spaces (subway cars, nations, etc) when encountering their diverse pets. If we had rules like that we’d have much nicer public spaces but they’d call us fascists. But there you go, they’ve rediscovered the rules and the reason they have to be explicit, and the reason that exclusion is necessary.
I’m not sure just how widespread, though–what fraction of women consume this stuff.
I recall encountering a few “urban fantasy” novels that predate it (War for the Oaks and Little, Big for example) but I’m willing to accept that Vampire Hunter et al mark the point where it broke out into a mass pop culture phenomenon.
I recently learned that Anne Rice wrote a lot of other creepy novels, including a series about Sleeping Beauty which is nothing but SM porn.
Wikipedia says she’s sold nearly 100 million books (an average of about 3 million copies of each of 37 novels) which is a significant number of fans around the world.
I’m afraid to ask how many copies of Morning Glory Milking Farm have been sold.
Modern leftist discourse has eroded people’s ability to make any kind of reasonable friend / enemy distinction.
Witness the gay cruisegoers with Patti LuPone. One fellow blames Trump for the many Islamic countries refusing to allow the cruise to dock there.
In their mind-boggling naivete, they thought they would be welcomed with open arms (and, presumably, zippers).
But, nope, Trump is the bad guy here, and must ever be, world without end, amen.
https://x.com/i/status/2076206835267490187
As I wrote earlier, it seems highly likely that this was planned. Publicity stunt.