-Joy Sullivan - Ernest (@ernestdabest) • Collective

santiagoadorno

Cheers man! 👏🏾

1 month

Sometimes, thoughts plucked from messy minds, scribbled on scraps of paper, should be scrumpled up and left with the dirty dishes. Especially those scrawled on an empty stomach…

dnlwlls

10/10 — a queer book like no other. The writing style carries you through the pages until you realise you’ve finished it in one sitting. An exceptional story, lyrical prose that teeters on the edge of poetry. A masterpiece and a joy to read. Fully recommend. What are your ten-out-of-ten titles?

jcob

This queerling is the most helpful person I’ve ever met. And we met on @collective! We’d been chatting here for some time. When I landed in Toronto, they drove me from the airport to my Airbnb. They invited me to their Thursday vegan potlucks, which was a great way to meet new queers. They offered me an apartment to rent in the house they live in. I lived there all by myself. They helped me navigate Canada. And when I was sick. And many other times. And they drove me to the airport on my last day. I wouldn’t have made it without you. Thanks a billion for everything, @biscuit 🏳️‍🌈🩷

emiliush

One year from today, my book, “Yes, I’m Still Here” comes out. Until then, I’m writing about some of the objects that survived the years inside it, starting with a dog tag I’ve carried through four countries and endless apartments, and a perfume I had to buy twice. Queer people are very good at making ordinary objects impossible to be neutral about. A shirt becomes a person. A perfume becomes a relationship. A song is suddenly banned from the aux for three years. What’s something you kept long after it stopped being just a thing?