No Stunts Magazine
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| Owner/Maintainer: | altersasideCoaC/Alteraside?[1][2] |
| Dates: | June 2022- |
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| Fandom: | One Direction/Larry Is Real |
| URL: | website, twitter, instagram, tumblr |
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No Stunts Magazine is a monthly online magazine written from a Larrie perspective and covering various topics of interest to Larry fandom. It describes itself as "a magazine devoted to covering the careers of Louis Tomlinson & Harry Styles, & exposing exploitation & closeting in the music industry."[3] Its online presence includes a WordPress blog and social media accounts, and a pdf copy of the magazine is available to Patreon subscribers. Print copies are also sold through a print-on-demand website.
The magazine is a fan project run by volunteers. Alteraside started the project and funded it, but a group of writers, all larries, have also contributed to it.[4]
The magazine's name is a reference to the fannish term "no stunts larrie", meaning a "true" larrie--a One Direction fan who believes that band members Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson are in a closeted gay relationship and that all of their known girlfriends and Louis's son are publicity stunts.
History
No Stunts Magazine has been published online monthly since June 2022.
The Twitter account, nostuntsmag, was created in May 2022.[5] At that time, the purpose of the account was not explained, and nostuntsmag posted only cryptic tweets and a countdown. The countdown began with disclaimer that "this account is not secretly a member of One Direction"[6], but some larries were still anxiously speculating about who or what it was:
[nostuntsmag]
created in offices and boardrooms
[nostuntsmag]
Calm before the storm
[acopyofjess]
well, whoever you are, dear sus account, you certainly know how to make ppl nervous af 🤡🌪[9]
[allthistime28]
WAIT WTF THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE AND THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW!!! IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IM GOING TO GO INSANE[10]
When the first issue went live, the site crashed temporarily, apparently because too many fans tried to access it at the same time.[11][12]
The magazine's Tumblr account was active early on, but stopped updating in 2023; posts there got notes in the single digits, which could mean Larrie Tumblr fandom was dying or just that the magazine appealed more to the Twitter fandom.[13] As of February 2024, the magazine's Twitter account has 5,469 followers[5] and the Instagram account has 1,446 followers[3].
Contents
The blog has categories for "Becoming a Larrie", "Concerts", "For You", "Games", "Industry", "Movies", "Music", and "Pride".
Contents of the blog include word puzzles, concert reviews, movie reviews, music reviews, interviews, fanfic recs, reports on fan projects, Larrie origin stories, and articles on LGBTQ+ history, public relations, closeted celebrities, and Larrie theories.
Fan Response
Twitter responses to the first issue:
- "This is stunning. Reliving my accidental click into Larry, finding the best friends any fandom could have, and my spirit mending along my journey. Beautifully done"[14]
- "y'all need to read this magazine, it's awesome on so many levels. i suddenly feel the gravity of louis' triangle tattoo. like, i knew the stuff anout ww2, but i didnt know the rest. and like, louis knew all of this before getting it. and it's so....brave. loud. daring."[15]
- "So excited to be a part of this! And incredibly proud of everyone who worked so hard to build this happy place. Hope you love it as much as we do!"[16]
- "yay!!!!! everyone please go check out the No Stunts wonderful fan created larrie magazine!!!! (for selfish reasons i recommend the Larry History article 😉)"[17]
- "I’m so proud of you!!!!! You’ve worked extremely hard on this and taken a lot of flack, but YOU DID IT!!!! 🤍🤍🤍🤍"[18]
- "I can't even express how proud I am for this. @altersasideCoaC thank you and congratulations! To you and everyone else included. ❤️"[19]
- "this fandom is so cute and talented and passionate it honestly blows my mind"[20]
- "So happy to be part of this and I’m amazed at how quickly something so cool came together. I’ll write something interesting and probably goofy each month until I win the hearts of Larries everywhere"[21]
- "constantly using the pride movement and the lgbtq community and their ACTUAL ISSUES to push a fake relationship yall created including a straight guy and fetishising mlm relationships doesnt sound homophobic to yall? alright."[22]
- "they’re a cult and i cannot wait until there’s a documentary about how fucking weird and invasive these people are"[23]
References
- ^ I had conversations about that with several lawyers when I launched @nostuntsmag for this exact reason, Archived version, tweet by altersasideCoaC, 16 Jan 2023.
- ^ "Alteraside, the brains and driving force behind No Stunts Magazine" Queer Book Nook Mercury Rising, Archived version by @LAURACASSELS1, No Stunts Magazine, January 1, 2024.
- ^ a b instagram account, Archived version (Accessed 4 February 2024.)
- ^ tweet by altersasideCoaC, Archived version, 20 January 2024.
- ^ a b twitter account, Archived version, nitter copy (Accessed 4 February 2024.)
- ^ tweet by nostuntsmag, Archived version, 20 May 2022.
- ^ tweet by alarrielife, Archived version, 27 May 2022.
- ^ tweet by mahdiyehSlvA, Archived version, 27 May 2022.
- ^ tweet by acopyofjess, Archived version, 31 May 2022.
- ^ tweet by allthistime28, Archived version, 31 May 2022.
- ^ Y’all keep crashing the site 😭😭 dw it’s being worked on and it’ll be back up. love the support, everyone is amazing 🥰. all the hard work we put in is finally paying off. i hope you all enjoy it !! (when the site comes back 😂), Archived version, tweet by copyofsogolden, Jun 1, 2022.
- ^ We already broke it, but I'm still excited and can't wait to read it (when they got to fix it🤭)🧡🌈🧡🌈, Archived version, tweet by harrylouyear369, Jun 1, 2022.
- ^ Tumblr archive shows the most recent posts were in February 2023. A post announcing the August 2022 issue got 2 notes, and the post announcing the March 2023 issue got 0 notes. (Accessed 5 February 2024.)
- ^ tweet by TooDamaged, Archived version, 1 June 2022.
- ^ tweet by sari_larry, Archived version, 1 June 2022.
- ^ tweet by kit_thruthewire, Archived version, 1 June 2022.
- ^ tweet by boyfriendspark, Archived version, 1 June 2022.
- ^ tweet by jennobviously, Archived version, 1 June 2022.
- ^ tweet by solevol6, Archived version, 1 June 2022.
- ^ tweet by sunflwrkait, Archived version, 1 June 2022.
- ^ tweet by Babybunnyteef, Archived version, 1 June 2022.
- ^ tweet by ghostinkissys, Archived version, 2 June 2022.
- ^ tweet by iwantyourbelly, Archived version, 1 June 2022.