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As for the #MeToo/#TimesUp movement that’s been the talk of awards season and beyond, there were white roses on the red carpet, but it too was comparatively low-key — until Kesha performed “Praying,” her stark piano ballad about abuse. As critic Lorraine Ali notes, it was a reminder to an industry that has yet to deal with its own demons. Of course, “Praying” didn’t win an award either, losing out to Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” about — yes, you guessed it — a woman’s body.

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glumshoe:

I think I’m always chasing that particular high you only get from certain rare stories – the ones that resonate with you on a strange personal level, like an implacable aroma that reminds you of something that was once very dear to you but has somehow been forgotten. Those stories that rewire your brain just a little, just for a while. Not every great story has this effect – I have enjoyed many excellent books and movies that did not change me.

It’s just that now and then, if you’re very lucky, you’ll come across a story that feels like home, or a like limb you didn’t even know you had or how you got by all these years without using it. These stories haunt you and become part of your personal canon.

I am curious. You stated you’ve been working on The Hue’s premise since 1998 I think the date was? How much has it changed since it was first thought up? Why did you decide to work on Garanos before The Hues?

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alexheberling:

That’s correct. The Hues will turn 15 years old on August 27th.

It’s changed pretty dramatically more than a few times since its inception.  In the very beginning, it was essentially a Sailor Moon fanfic, then for awhile it was a pretty conventional magical girl series, and now it’s a love letter to the genre.  I’ve described this iteration of The Hues as a collaboration with my 12-year-old self, which is pretty accurate.

Garanos presented itself in my head during a time when I had convinced myself that The Hues would never get made, so that’s why I made it first.  TH had been my baby for a decade at that point and I had really kind of lost objectivity about it.  It just wasn’t ready back then, and I wasn’t ready to change things up in order to make it something more special.

Where do you get your button making supplies, if I may ask? Also, is that a hand-held press in that picture? I’ve wanted to try button making but the standing presses are so expensive! Thanks!

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alexheberling:

My machine is the Badge-a-Minit hand press, which I got for $100 about… 6 years ago?  I got the starter kit that came with 100 sets of button parts, which were my practice buttons while I learned how the machine worked.  I buy button parts in bulk from ButtonSafari on eBay, since they are much cheaper than BAM’s button parts.

I wrote up a whole button guide on my blog a few years ago, so go read that for more information.

A hand press is good for getting your feet wet, but a table-top unit with a lever will save your hands from dying.  I’ve been at the point where I should probably upgrade to a lever machine for the last couple years, but I’ve been putting it off and putting it off.

The nice thing about buttons is that whatever kind of machine you buy, it will eventually pay for itself in buttons sold.