/lit/ - Literature

I became a Catholic precisely because I am a bitter and vicious asshole. It was the religion where everyone got to be miserable, not just gay people. Nope, no abortion or birth control. Nope, can't even pull out. Nope, no swinging, friends with benefits, BDSM, fucking your hot secretary, not even masturbation, nothing. When I was growing up Protestant, it got my nerves how people said gay people can't marry "because they can't have kids" but then they go on to have birth control (and even abortion) in their own marriages (more like transactional arrangements). My own family was viciously homophobic, it's the main part of why they shamed me publically and I don't talk to them anymore. Yet, they were supportive of birth control and even abortion - but only for married people, because unmarried people should be "punished" with pregnancy. Even better is when fundies try to justify BDSM with the "wives submitting to husband" thing, meanwhile saying being gay hurt your dignity. Being gay isn't inherently violent, unlike BDSM. Violence and degradation is the whole point of why people find BDSM appealing, there's no reason why a person who is mentally healthy would like that. You think I am kink shaming? Fight me.

Regarding all the nasty nonkosher shit that straight Protestant people do, think about this: even the pastor, who also just happens to be one of the wealthiest dudes in town, gets to snag the hot choir lady or pianist at church. Meanwhile he tells gays that something is wrong with us and suggests celibacy in a community where celibacy is seen as a failure or a punishment. At least in Catholicism, even the priests can't get laid so it's not like a priest can just brush off a gay dude being like "lol don't sex around" while he himself proceeds to bang his trophy wife. See, it's fair. At least you're not alone in your dry misery, the priest gets to suffer too.

Also, Catholics are honest about being assholes. You know that there were only male Dalai Lamas, even though on paper they "could be" female? They're full of shit. There's more chance of a woman becoming the president of Saudi Arabia than becoming a Dalai Lama. You think I am being intolerant? Fuck you, tell me how I am wrong. At least Catholics admit that only men can be their priests. It's the only religion that doesn't get on my nerves with fluff and bullshit.

/lit/ zine, PINECONE MAGAZINE is now open for submissions.

>What kind of submissions?

This issue will be an anthology of poetry based only on topics from the big conspiracy chart.

This pastebin has all the topics and links for more details: https://pastebin.com/LQpXqwkr

The better ones are halfway down and lower

>Is there a format?

Use the topic as the title. The type of poem is up to you. If you need inspiration for form:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Poetic_form
https://www.poemofquotes.com/articles/poetry_forms.php

And inspiration for methods:
http://rhetoric.byu.edu/ See the column on the right side

>How do I submit?

If you want your name or nom de guerre attached, email your submission to pineconemagazine at gmail dot com. Otherwise, submissions within the thread and in the proper format (title followed by poem) will be considered as anonymous submissions.

>When does the window for submissions close?

Sunday April 12th. Publication will be on April 19th.

>Umm okay?

Here are the previous issues:

Issue 00000:
https://files.catbox.moe/yukmqt.pdf

Issue 10000:
https://files.catbox.moe/erg0k8.pdf

The Print Issue:
https://files.catbox.moe/cqy414.pdf