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the snake is sad

The snake is sad about old guard community kings who don’t see queer transness as important to the human experience. They will acknowledge in an official way that queer trans people matter, as they center themselves over and over again. The old guard community kings are impressed by a slick professionalism that anarchist kids like… Read More »

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what we tolerate

Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’m thinking about what we tolerate. Some things I’ll no longer tolerate. It shifts as I continue to grow up. I’m getting ready to crone– done giving the titty to sad, lost babies in the wild. Some wounds, traumas, and bad behaviors are ok– some are not. I want… Read More »

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just because you’re crying doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong

Hello, reader. How are you doing? I have a new motto, developed while trying to teach myself how to crochet. Just because you’re crying doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong. disability Most everything I do, I do in my own way. It’s custom for the disabled person. Lots of trial and error! I can go… Read More »

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translated

Hello, reader. How are you doing? An exciting thing happened: A brilliant artist likes my writing and art. Yes, I’m telling the truth about being crazy. So the artist asked if they could collaborate with me, share my work, and bring me to more readers. The artist translated this recent post “hello from schizophrenia” that… Read More »

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life updates: parsnips, art, and madness

Hello, reader. How are you doing? I have a few life updates to give you. First of all, I hate parsnips. I think they taste weird, like the texture and the flavor don’t go together. It’s a bold move, but I’m ready to come out as a no parsnip person. They show up at the… Read More »

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making tamales, embroidering maps

Hello, reader. How you doing? I saw a video about some displaced Mexican people embroidering maps. It’s beautiful and sad. The Spanish as spoken in the video is comprehensible to me. The video is short but made me think a lot. I’m thinking about home maps art vs craft memories history who we preserve history… Read More »

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grasshopper necklace

Hello, reader. How are you doing? I made a grasshopper necklace. Then you know I’m probably doing ok, creative. Yesterday I made it start to finish in the early morning. It was a momentous day because it was Ellie’s memorial. A chapter of my life is closed. I like to sew the knots so they’ll… Read More »

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poetry

This list poem “poetry” is a love poem to my friend. Thank you for making me sing my own poem to the river. Thank you for helping see parts of my stodgy stuckness, my wrongness. Thank you for busting me up with poetry. Thank you for confusing me generatively. Thank you for giving me a… Read More »

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deleting dead people from my contacts

Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’ve been crying and growling this morning. It’s because I was deleting dead people from my contacts. I don’t want these people to be dead. I need more rituals for grief. Is it painful for you, deleting dead people from your contacts? I hate it. Some had multiple email… Read More »

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Strawberry skirt

Hello, reader. How are you doing? My friend finished my Strawberry skirt. I feel happy like I want to tell you the story. Strawberry skirt Once upon a time, my chosen family member was cleaning out their childhood room and offered me their fabric scraps. We went through the whole box together. I got nice… Read More »