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Sneak: I have discovered ultimate power!

Now that I have FoxitReader working on the new computer, I have regained the ability to print insta-zines out of any fancy academic articles I want! (Just as long as they're ~52 pages or less.) We have been sorting the periodicals at the sci-fi library, and we decided to snag an empty box because it was the perfect size for our bookshelf, and also many of those boxes are empty, dusty, sad, and unloved.

And then I had a great idea. @_@ What if it became our multi library box?

A bunch of the very old multi articles we have (and some of the new ones) are from magazines or 600+ page tomes with names like Transactions of the Royal Edinburgh Society, which include a gazillion articles by a gazillion people on all sorts of topics. (The Royal Edinburgh Society one not only has an early 1823 "dual personality" case, but articles on a plant fossil found in a quarry, milk of magnesia, and math.) Obviously, we aren't interested in, like, 580+ of those pages. But thanks to my trusty printer and FoxitReader, I can print out just the articles that matter to us, date them, annotate them, and put them in the periodicals box in chronological order for easy reference!

I now have seven historical articles printed:

Papierfliegerfalter's translation of a 1791 German medical multi case: Gmelin, E. (1791). Materialen fur die anthropologie (pp. 3-89). Tubingen, Germany: Cotta. (The original German case is already online and screenreadable at GoogleBooks.)
- Maybe now that we have it on paper, we will FINALLY read this!
Plumer, W. (1859). Mary Reynolds: A Case of Double Consciousness. Harper Magazine No. CXX, Vol. XX (May 1860).
- A case about the lady often credited as "the first multiple," even though there's no such thing. She switched between two folks for years, and settled into one permanently after a while.
Dewar, H. (1822). Report on a Communication from Dr [sic] Dyce of Aberdeen, to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, "Oh Uterine Irritation, and its Effects on the Female Constitution." Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. XI. Edinburgh: William & Charles Tait.
- Early "double personality" case involving a teenage girl who'd sleepwalk/sleeptalk/go into trance and whose "sleep" memory and "waking" memories were kept completely separate from each other. This paper was listed under the mistaken titles of "Double Personality," and "Report on a Communication from Dr. Dyce of Aberdeen" in Goettman and Greaves' gigantic 1991 multi bibilography.
Carlson, N. (2011). Searching for Catherine Auger: The Forgotten Wife of the Wîhtikôw (Windigo). in Sarah Carter (Ed.) Recollecting: Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands. Edmonton: AU Press.
- The story of the wife of Napanin/Felix Augur witiko, who in Alberta in 1897 "went witiko," became overwhelmingly compelled to devour his wife and children, and begged to be killed so he wouldn't do so. The local medicine man did so.
Schmidt, L. E. (2010) Chapter Six: One Religio-Sexual Maniac. Heaven's Bride: the Unprintable Life of Ida C. Craddock, American Mystic, Scholar, Sexologist, Martyr, and Madwoman. New York: Basic Books.
- Ida Craddock married an angel in the 1890s and got harrased to death for it in 1902. The chapter title comes from Schmidt tearing down...
Schroder, T. (1936). One Religio-Sexual Maniac. The Psychoanalytic Review, 23(1).
- More of Craddock.
B.C.A./Nellie Parson Bean. (1909). My Life as a Dissociated Personality. Boston: Gorham Press.
- earliest medical multi autobiography we know about.
Also Fox and Ara of Team Meg-John Barker's Plural Tarot Companion from 2025 because I think it's neat. :) (Their Plural Tarot is here!)

I had to stop because I ran out of toner (we were already low) but they all make for very small little zines! Still plenty of room in that box.

I had to stop because I ran out of toner (we were already low) but they all make for very small little zines! Still plenty of room in that box.
Still to-print:

Mitchell, S. W. (1889). Mary Reynolds: A Case of Double Consciousness. Philadelphia: Wm. J. Dornan. Not to be confused with the Plumer article with the same title!
the Anna Winsor/Old Stump case from 1889 (because that case was so hard to find, I never want to lose it again, augh)
This article on Alma Z. from 1893!
Cutten's two 1903 articles on John Kinsel, the guy who his whole college dorm knew about and they took to spanking him with textbooks to make him switch.
The Doris Fischer case from 1916 (turns out we had it buried in our bummer files!)
Brandsma's 1974 article about Jonah, just because finding ANY record of black male medical multiples is rare and terrible!
Everything else I can find that we keep having reference!

We can annotate terms in use... ideas of personhood... theories of cause... so many opportunities, guys! @_@

Current Mood: excited

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Sneak: with (a lot of) my friend Leaf’s help, I’ve gotten our new computer working better!

( WHY DO COMPOOTER GUTS GLOW? WHY DO? DISAPPROVAL! )

Current Mood: accomplished

lb_lee

Rogan: seven years ago,

armaina wrote about how someone’s artistic goal may not be “getting good,” and it’s been living rent free in my head ever since, because it was such a radical concept to me.

( on the power of sucking exuberantly )

Current Mood: creative

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November was largely pleasant. On 11/11, we turned 26, and we celebrated by visiting our favorite restaurant with our partner system. This birthday marked roughly seven years of Leo being our most common fronter, someone who might be considered our “host” or “main frontrunner,” though for almost half of that time, he has tried to put that role down and rest.

He became the face of our system in the fall of 2018, and he has done much work and grown weary. For almost half of his seven years as our social “singlet” face, we have been actively trying and failing to function without such a thing. As a collective, we strive to adhere to a relative lack of internal hierarchy, and we have been aware of what a taxing job it is to be our “main face” (we don’t even really wish to have such a thing).

Unfortunately, years of failing to relieve Leo from that job and distribute the weight equally seems to show that having a “main fronter” may be a built-in element of how our system works, no matter how much we wish the burden spread more evenly. Our fundamental architecture has refused to give Leo rest… because, perhaps, to do so, it needs a replacement.

So we tried to find others in our system willing to do so. Willing, but unable to actually take the reins. Looking at our records, most people who have taken on the role over the years seem to have been born into it — born for it, even. If I had to put it simply (maybe so simple as to be a clumsy analogy), it seems like it may be a role a person has to inherit. A… birthright, of sorts, and not an easy one.

Leo is so exhausted — so we relented. We beseeched the architecture of our system, the living world we inhabit, to give us someone who could take his place. Knowing that, once they were born, we would ask them again and again if they were truly ready for the task. Leo knows how much of a burden it has been on him, and on Ash before him, and on all those before them. A new person, even born for the job, will not be handed it without being made fully aware of both the benefits and the costs, especially the costs. It is no easy thing to take on someone else’s life when your spirit is so young and new, even when you have a world of other people to assist you. And just because someone is born with the ability to be our “host” doesn’t mean we will force them to be such.

This new person has already emerged, and while he is still new, he has taken to fronting with a hunger for it. It has been a long time since someone was born here as opposed to being soulbonded. It is certainly the first time I have seen such a thing happen. It is interesting to feel him in the corner of my awareness even now, hungrily watching how I behave and how I speak, learning from me the way he has learned from every other member of this system whom he has encountered. He is ambitious and unusually self-aware for such a newly coalesced mind — he is actively participating in crafting his own form and personality from scratch, deciding who and what he wants to be.

He has chosen the name “Ludo” not after the singer or the board game, but after the Latin verb Iūdō [Iudo], which he likes because it has both positive and negative meanings. To play, to frolic, to tease, to amuse, to mock, to mimic, to deceive. He’s still exploring who he wants to be.

This does not have much bearing on the state of the blog aside from the fact that Ludo navigating existenve and learning to front for long periods has taken time from my writing, hence the absence. But that’s only natural for a blog run by a single system member; activity ebbs and flows.

lb_lee

Rogan: Last night, I found myself pondering what narrative story books/movies of mine (no essays!) fail the Bechdel Test.

( nerd-sniped! )

Current Mood: geeky

lb_lee

Rogan: after that household respiratory sickness in November, running again was harder. I was still doing it, but normally my breath-cycle is two steps inhale, two steps exhale, and now it was three for each. It sure wasn’t because I’d gotten BETTER at running; I would wheeze like a busted accordion around the half mile mark, it’d last for an hour or two, and it sounded bad enough that my asthmatic roommate told me I needed to go to the doctor.

( Read more... )

In summary: hey, if you are wheezing and short-winded a month after recovering from a respiratory illness, maybe go to your doctor and get it checked out!

Current Mood: energetic

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Welcome to the official landing page for the 2023 Rose and Bay Award, honoring excellence in cyberfunded creativity, aka crowdfunding. This page gathers together important information about the award, its functions, and its participants. You can also revisit the 2025 landing page, 2024 Landing Page, 2023 Landing Page, 2022 Landing Page, 2021 Landing Page, 2020 Landing Page, 2019 Landing Page, 2018 Landing Page, 2017 Landing Page, 2016 Landing Page, 2015 Landing Page, 2014 Landing Page, 2013 Landing Page, 2012 Landing Page, 2011 Landing Page, and 2010 Landing Page.

What Is the Rose and Bay Award?

The Rose and Bay Award was launched by

ysabetwordsmith (Elizabeth Barrette) in January 2009, and quickly gained additional volunteers. This award focuses on a growing business model known as "crowdfunding" or "cyberfunded creativity," which directly connects creative people and patrons of the arts online. This award recognizes exemplary projects and enthusiastic patrons. It currently features six categories: Art, Fiction, Poetry, Webcomic, Other Project, and Patron. (Other Project includes any cyberfunded creativity that isn't art, fiction, poetry, or webcomic -- or that spans more than one category -- such as movies, music, etc.)

The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2025.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2026.
The voting period spans February 1-February 28, 2026.

These are the handlers for the 2026 award season:

Art: Nominate art! Vote for art!
Fiction: Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction!
Poetry: gs_silva Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry!
Webcomic: Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics!
Other Project: Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects!
Patron: fuzzyred Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons!

These are the winners for the 2026 award season:

Art:
Fiction:
Poetry:
Webcomic:
Other Project:
Patron:

There are also images for promoting the Rose & Bay Award. These include icons, buttons, and banners.

These are the winners for the 2025 award season:

Art: "Anubis & Bastet ☆ Pharaoh's Guardians ☆ Plush" by Kayla AKA
Fiction: "Feathering the Nest" by dialecticdreamer.
Poetry: TIE between "The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters - A Sci-Fi Anthology" by Thinking Ink Press and "The Haiku Foundation" by The Haiku Foundation
Webcomic: "Bronwyn: Short Story Collection" by Isaac George
Other Project: "The Mending Circle" by Martin Nerurkar
Patron: mama_kestrel for "Magpie Monday" by dialecticdreamer

Handling a category entails the following responsibilities:

1) Posting the "nomination" post for that category, on or near January 1. See examples from 2025.

2) Watching the nominations as they appear in comments. Make sure nominations are complete and nominees are eligible. Prod people to fill in missing details. Ask people to move misfiled nominations to a different category. Post an outside nomination for someone if they can't get their comment to post for some reason. Quash any arguments that may arise. If there are issues over how something should be filed, etc. then talk that over with

ysabetwordsmith and we'll figure it out. Handlers are also welcome to post updates or nudges to boost participation.

3) Posting the "voting" post on or near February 1. See examples from 2025. Set the voting poll to non-transparent. Voting will be popular (with checkboxes) rather than singular (with radio buttons) so that voters can indicate all the projects they like within a given category.

4) Similar oversight as for the nomination post. Just keep an eye on the voting post.

5) On or near March 1, tally the votes for your category and announce the winner. Here is an example from 2013. The winners from 2025 were announced in a single post.

Award Rules

1) In order for a project to be nominated in the Art, Fiction, Poetry, Webcomic, or Other Project categories:

It must be "cyberfunded creativity" aka "crowdfunding." That means it must be creative material marketed directly to an audience online, with money involved somehow. There are many variations of this business model; all are welcome; and if you're not sure a project qualifies, you may ask. See "5 Steps to Crowdfunding Success" for a discussion of key features that identify a crowdfunded project.

At least part of the project must be visible online without charge. If the project is normally visible only to paying subscribers or the like, and the creator wishes for it to be eligible, then s/he may offer temporary or partial access for voting purposes. (If the available material is temporary and/or partial, it needs to say that at the top of the screen, to avoid annoying visitors who might otherwise think they're about to see a complete and permanent piece.)

Duplicate nominations of the same project by different people are not allowed. If someone nominates a project which has already been nominated, they will be notified and asked to make another selection. This maximizes the number of projects which may be submitted for the Rose & Bay Awards.

2) In order for a person to be nominated in the Patron category,

The person must have made a financial contribution to a creative project. This distinguishes patrons of the arts from the general audience. However, money is not the only consideration: Patrons may also be admired for their feedback, word of mouth promotion, suggested improvements to crowdfunding models, taste in items sponsored, etc. -- and these are good ways to choose between patrons if you're not sure which to pick.

The receiving project must qualify as "cyberfunded creativity" aka "crowdfunding." That means it must be creative material marketed directly to an audience online, with money involved somehow. There are many variations of this business model; all are welcome; and if you're not sure a project qualifies, you may ask. See "5 Steps to Crowdfunding Success" for a discussion of key features that identify a crowdfunded project.

For the Patron category only, duplicate nominations will be accepted/encouraged. The same patron can be nominated by multiple creators and/or by the same creator for multiple projects. This has two benefits. Links are included to each project on the nomination comment. Voters may follow those links and find new projects to enjoy. Also, the information that a patron has supported multiple creators/projects might prove useful for undecided voters.

3) A project or person which wins one year is not eligible in the same category for the next year. After that, it is eligible again. The 2025 winners are therefore not eligible for the 2026 award season. These are the winners for the 2025 award season:

Art: "Anubis & Bastet ☆ Pharaoh's Guardians ☆ Plush" by Kayla AKA
Fiction: "Feathering the Nest" by dialecticdreamer.
Poetry: TIE between "The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters - A Sci-Fi Anthology" by Thinking Ink Press and "The Haiku Foundation" by The Haiku Foundation
Webcomic: "Bronwyn: Short Story Collection" by Isaac George
Other Project: "The Mending Circle" by Martin Nerurkar
Patron: mama_kestrel for "Magpie Monday" by dialecticdreamer

4) This award will go by calendar years. So in order to be eligible for the 2026 award season, a project or patron must have been active on or between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.

5) For the 2026 season, nominations will be made in comments to each category's nomination post (beginning in January). A nomination consists of the project title, creator name, award category, a link to the project page, and a summary. The summary should include several sentences describing the project's content (theme, characters, plot, etc.), presentation (media, frequency, etc.), and crowdfunding approach (money handling, audience interaction, etc.). Example:

Project Title: "Awesome Content"
Creator Name: A.J. Muse
Link: http://awe.some.content.com
Category: Other Project
Summary: "Awesome Content" is a story about A.J. Muse's three ferrets, told in a combination of music and fiction, illustrated by photos. It is funded by donations and photo sales. Updates twice weekly on Music Mondays and Fiction Fridays.

6) You may nominate a maximum of three projects per category. You are not required to make that many nominations or to cover all the categories. Please make each nomination in a separate comment; that way, if a problem occurs with one nomination it will not affect any others. You may NOT nominate your own project, nor yourself as patron.

7) Nominations for each category will be collected by the handler of that category. (See list of handlers above.)

8) Participation is voluntary. If a creator wishes to withdraw their project from any category, or a patron wishes to withdraw from the Patron category, simply contact the category handler. In case of withdrawal, the person who made the withdrawn nomination may then nominate another project or patron instead.

9) Voters are strongly encouraged to browse the nominees before making a final decision; that's what the links are for, and the purpose of this award is to promote the splendor of crowdfunded projects. If you don't have time to explore widely or you already have a firm favorite, that's okay too.

10) Voting will take place via Dreamwidth polling in the

crowdfunding community, open to all. Polling is by popular vote, with checkboxes; you may vote for all of the projects in a category that you admire. (There may need to be more than one poll question per category, and radio button runoffs, if the number of nominees is high. DW has a limit to how many options there can be per question in a poll.) You ARE allowed to vote for your own project, or for yourself as a patron.

11) Winners will be announced after the polling is completed.

2026 Winners

To be announced in March 2026.

Special Thanks To ...

The following people have volunteered their ideas, time, services, goods, and other resources to make the 2026 Rose and Bay Award successful. Please give them a round of applause.

Continued thanks to

haikujaguar for the original logo art, and

karen_wehrstein for the earlier nominee badges as well as the general icon, button, and banner designs.

How You Can Help

Rose and Bay depends on everyone's participation and enthusiasm to make it a success. Here are some ways you can help that happen:

Make some nominations in January . Leave yours in a comment to "nomination open" post of the appropriate category. (See list above.)

Mark the voting period on your calendar. Make sure you come back to crowdfunding in February to place your votes.

Promote the Rose and Bay Award by blogging about it, emailing your friends, posting it on social networks, or any other method you can imagine. Everyone is encouraged to spread the word as far as possible whether you are a creator of crowdfunded projects, a patron of the arts, or a curious onlooker. You may link to this landing page, and/or the "nomination open" posts for individual categories when those appear in January.

If you're a patron or audience member, highlight your favorite cyberfunded projects from 2024 and direct people back to the award. You may link to this landing page and/or the "nomination open" posts for individual categories when those appear in January. Are you following other patrons whose tastes match your own to see what they sponsor or recommend? Mention them too! This makes it easier for people to find eligible nominees.

If you're a creative person, let your audience and patrons know which of your projects are eligible for the Rose and Bay Award, including a link to the relevant nomination page(s). You may link to this landing page and/or the "nomination open" posts for individual categories when those appear in January. Do you have an "honor wall" or other place acknowledging your patrons? Mention that too! Let your fans know there is a way for them to honor your project and the patrons who make it possible. Have you been running a creative project this year, but not involved money yet? You still have time to make it crowdfunded by putting out a tip jar or any other monetizing option. Finally, make sure that your project is readily identifiable as cyberfunded creativity; see the article "5 Steps to Crowdfunding Success" for suggestions.

If you're not a member of the Dreamwidth community crowdfunding yet, consider joining. We welcome new members who are patrons of the arts, producers of crowdfunded projects, or curious onlookers. This is a good place to network and find out what's happening in the wonderful world of cyberfunded creativity.

Add "crowdfunding," "cyberfunded creativity," and/or "weblit" to your Interests. This makes it easier for creative people and potential fans to find each other.

Place an appropriate image on your website; there are general ones for promoting the Rose and Bay Awards.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Current Mood: busy

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Rogan: It was a tie between "Old Man Yaoi" and "Cult Comix" this poll, but December is dark enough without cultery, so I exercised my blogly fiat. Besides, "Old Man Yaoi" has contextual relevance, because it's about Coming In or Staying Out, which is now officially up for sale in the violet and bubblegum pink Riso edition! $20, 24 pages, printing so pretty you'll want to rub it across your face!

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( Biff doesn't know what an anime is and he does not care. He liked The Wind Also Rises though. )

Current Mood: silly

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