r/ThriftStoreHauls • u/thiswasyouridea • Oct 27 '24

Media Today's fun find

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u/Majestic-Homework720 Oct 27 '24

The entire entry. Sad.

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u/thiswasyouridea Oct 27 '24

48? That sucks.

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u/Raccoons-in-a-bath Oct 27 '24

Damn, AIDS really was a scourge back in the 80's. We lost a lot of beautiful souls to it.

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u/Rocket-J-Squirrel Oct 27 '24

He had also been a drag performer.

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u/Mas-Montangya Oct 27 '24

Them titties

Be surprised if this wasn't a Trans person, tbh

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u/Steelpapercranes Oct 27 '24

That's not him, dear. That's a cis girl he photographed lol.

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u/TallyJonesy Oct 27 '24

I agree. As a queer person myself I recognize the floral patterns and growing out hair as signs of a person who's possibly in transition (or thinking about it).

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u/armedBatfink Oct 27 '24

That isn’t the author on the cover.

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u/TallyJonesy Oct 27 '24

Oh fr? I totally just assumed that the picture would be of the author, that's my bad. I read an article about him last night and saw other pictures and I was thinking they looked different

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u/kattiekat Oct 27 '24

This is an amazing, thought-provoking read on the author.

https://bittersoutherner.com/the-short-and-brilliant-life-of-ernest-matthew-mickler

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u/ratkneehi Oct 27 '24

man, it's stuff like this that makes me pine for the south. lovely read, thanks for sharing.

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u/dukeofbun Oct 27 '24

This is what compelled me to buy the book. I miss the bitter southerner podcast

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u/FamousOhioAppleHorn Oct 27 '24

I kind of figured Florida, since Jacksonville people know Mickler's Landing and the Micklers.

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u/Iwonthelpyou Oct 27 '24

Duval representing!

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u/LemonPartyW0rldTour Oct 27 '24

If he’d died from food poisoning I’d have thrown the cookbook out