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João Florêncio

@noisybits.bsky.social

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Prof. of Gender Studies (Sex Media & Sex Cultures) at @liu.se 🇸🇪. Hon. prof. at @exeter.ac.uk 🇬🇧. Coordinator: NordSex—Nordic Research Network on Sexuality, Media, and Culture 👬: @benwritesthings.bsky.social. More: linktr.ee/Jpmflorencio

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · Apr 19

CROSSINGS is now out on time for you to take it in your next cruising adventure in a historical cruising toilet.

*The model is reading CROSSINGS by João Florêncio and Liz Rosenfeld at the Keith Haring toilet of the LGBT Center in NYC.

João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 1d

Moral of the story, my brothers: sex sells. And consciousness rising goes a lot further when riding the D.

João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 1d

But neither the twinks nor the photos by Italian star of homoerotic photography Tony Patrioli (with whom Holm had contact) managed to reverse the decline of Magasin Gay, leading to its eventual closure in 1984, only one year after its first issue.

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 1d

“Some twink guys hugging each other, half naked. This is not what we wanted,” Dodo Parikas told me in interview.

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 1d

In an (unsuccessful) attempt to save the magazine, its publisher Revolt Press (still run by Michael Holm and his partner Geurt Staal) decided to bring sexy back to Magasin Gay by reintroducing sexy cover pics and erotic spreads.

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 1d

Many wrote to the magazine to complain about the loss of porn, calling the editors bourgeois and “moral police,” many subscriptions were cancelled, and and the readership plummeted.

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 1d

defined Revolt’s mix of sex and political consciousness. So Magasin Gay’s inaugural issue went into circulation armed with the pantheon Genet, Fassbinder, Sarte, Warhol, and Cocteau. The readers were furious.

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 1d

When, in 1983, Recolt magazine became Magasin Gay, and Michael Holm handed over the editorship to Jon Voss and Dodo Parikas, the new editors wanted to get rid of the porn and turn it into a culture magazine that expanded the fantastic political and long-form articles that had already

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 1d

Notes from the Swedish field, notes from the Swedish archive, for “The Europe that Gay Porn Built, 1945–2000” 🧵

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 2d

This is SO good! newlinesmag.com/podcast/rash...

Rashid Khalidi on One of the Worst Periods in Palestinian History

Rashid Khalidi joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss two years of war on Gaza and its place in the greater war on Palestine.

newlinesmag.com

João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 2d

How dare she break national consensus on stone-cold white Lutheran rational debating? Passion? I don’t even know her! Lol

João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 2d

The autumn TV political debate happened last night and today’s scandal is that “voices were sometimes loud”—how unswedish!—with Center Party leader having likened the passion of the Left leader (POC, daughter of Iranian refugees!) to an “unruly youth centre.” 🙄

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Crossings takes queer sex practices and cultures seriously as ways of knowing and world-making.

RSVP to attend the Melbourne launch of CROSSINGS hosted by APHIDS on 15th October from 6pm AEDT

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@rutgersupress.bsky.social @noisybits.bsky.social @lizrosenfeld.bsky.social

Crossings: Creative Ecologies of Cruising
15th October 2025, 18:00 AEDT
COLLINGWOOD YARDS STUDIOS 6+
7 Level 2 Perry st Building

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 3d

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 3d

Zohran’s most iconic video yet! We need a “cyclist” for every city in the world!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 5d

Such great gems about the enmeshment of porn and politics in the interviews I’ve been conducting for my project, The Europe that Gay Porn Built, 1945-2000.

João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 5d

It’s full of metaphysical considerations, e.g., in episode 2:

“I buried those boobs in Baden-Baden.”

João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 5d

Woke up ridiculously early for some stupid reason, so decided to watch that Victoria Beckham doc on Netflix and I’m living… “I haven’t touched chocolate since the ‘90s… I’m not going to start now.” 🤣🤣🤣

João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 5d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 6d

Great moments in translation at the university club 🤣🖤

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Emily Dische-Becker @emilydische.bsky.social · 6d

"Much of this material consisted of outright falsehoods – e.g. the widely circulated animation alleging that Hamas operated a command centre beneath Al-Shifa Hospital. No such facility was found, but it was used to destroy almost the entire healthcare system in Gaza" www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 6d

Sign me up

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 7d

I arrived too late to get the job. It was made for me! 🤣

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Dr. Katharina Kehl @katkehl.bsky.social · 7d

Had a super fun afternoon at Tema Genus in Linköping - thanks for having me @noisybits.bsky.social and special shoutout for the awesome poster 👌🏼🏳️‍🌈 #queer #boundaries #defence

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 7d

Hahahahaha

João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 7d

That’s my goal in life

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