~ Early Web Links ~

Hudson's FTM Resource Guide is a comprehensive reference site created for female-to-male transgender men, covering everything from testosterone therapy and surgery options to grooming, clothing, and bathroom tips. Viewed over 20 million times across 180 countries since 2004, this long-running guide is one of the most thorough FTM transition resources on the early web.

A personal Neocities site by Jasper Schill, featuring a self-described self-indulgent collection of pages built on a chromebook with a heavy blue aesthetic and lots of gifs. The site openly references the creator's mental health journey, with sensitive content appropriately marked with warnings for visitors.

The Herb Research Foundation's curated links page points visitors to some of the web's most reputable herbal medicine resources, from botanical databases to professional herbalist guilds. Compiled around 2000, this collection covers everything from medicinal plant monographs and Dr. Duke's phytochemical database to Michael Moore's extensive Southwest School of Botanical Medicine materials.

Joe's tilde.town personal page centers on affirmations of self-love, spiritual wellness, and positive manifestation, written in an introspective and meditative style. Short but sincere, it reflects a philosophy of gratitude and personal growth shared with visitors of the small-web community.

Kirifuda's personal Neocities page leads with prominent content warnings covering mental health, disability, gender identity, and abuse, signaling a space centered on candid discussion of these sensitive topics. The site participates in webrings and features old-web aesthetic stamps alongside accessibility-conscious design choices like eyestrain warnings.

Jennie's personal microblog captures candid slices of her life, including a surprise ADHD diagnosis referral, burnout, and a nostalgic mission to revive old-school block blinkies. The site blends personal reflection with retro web aesthetics, making it a charming and honest corner of the modern indie web.

Created by @giowrs, this interactive mental health resource guides visitors through their emotional state with branching prompts and connects them to crisis hotlines, breathing exercises, and curated support links. Built with care and clear safety warnings, it covers depression, anxiety, stress, and suicidal ideation while reminding users that the creator is not a medical professional.

Botanical.com hosts the full electronic version of 'A Modern Herbal' by Maud Grieve, a landmark 1931 reference covering medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and economic properties of over 800 herbs and plants. One of the oldest herbal resources on the web, active since 1995, it includes a plant index, recipe index, poisons guide, and columns from herbalism writers.

Carl's long-running personal blog, active since 1999, centers heavily on his fitness journey including CrossFit-style WODs, dumbbell training, and the Street Parking program. With nearly 1800 archived posts and zero ads or tracking, it exemplifies the indie small web ethos while documenting workouts, weather observations, and everyday life.

Queering Herbalism is a blog by a queer person of color exploring herbalism, plant medicine, and healing through a justice-centered lens. It features posts about the BIPOC Herbal Freedom School and Communiversity, a scholarship-supported program helping chronically ill and low-income medicine makers of color reclaim indigenous healing traditions.