Hello, reader. Happy leap day. How’s life? I interviewed my new friend Jess Coble of the Zero Collective about noise. I’m proud of how it turned out. I like what Jess told me about art practice: You are what you do, so do what you love. Yes, I live by that too. Please listen to… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’m excited–I interviewed Jacks McNamara about harm and how we can do better. Please listen and share with anyone who cares about these ideas. Caring, inspired people form activist groups, wanting to make a better world. But despite our best intentions, we end up recreating the violence that… Read More »
Hello, how are you? There’s a new interview up on youtube. A two person roundtable conversation. A brilliant witch living in community in the South invited me to speak. We talk about some of my favorite topics. My experience as a multi-outsider in the Catholic Worker is great to talk about. I love what I… Read More »
Hello, I’m so happy. My zine interview with the LA Public Library posted. Please enjoy and share. https://lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/interview-zine-maker-laura-marie-river-victor-peace-nopales I love libraries as a gem of society. If we’re going to have a government, may it do wonderful socialist things like public libraries. Zines are my favorite, I enjoy being interviewed, and I love LA! I… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I’d like to tell you about my interview on Madness Radio. It posted yesterday: Love Is a Skill. Please listen and share. Love Is a Skill | Laura-Marie & Jacks McNamara | Madness Radio The interviewers Will Hall and Jacks McNamara are rock stars of radical mental health. They are… Read More »
Last month I had an interview with Dabby Longlegs about riding trike, radical mental health, power, healing, zines, the gifts my ancestors gave me, the love I feel in my body. Yesterday it posted. Yay! Please consider listening to this interview with Dabby Longlegs. It’s a conversation about being unconditionally valid. Art, activism, health, and… Read More »
Yesterday David Rovics interviewed me. It went very well–he was kind and asked good interview questions. I sat outside in front of a blooming creosote bush, so pretty, covered in yellow flowers. And I wore my favorite tie dyed tank top, which I want to wear every day lately, like the autistic kid I am. … Read More »
Today I’m getting interviewed at 10 pacific by David Rovics. Please consider listening. His youtube is a good place to catch it. https://www.youtube.com/user/drovics Here’s my gratitude list today, joy sprinkled your way. What’s on your gratitude list? yay I’m so glad my finger got better, where the cactus microspines got into it. It’s healed. I… Read More »
On April 21 at 10am pacific, David Rovics will interview me, Laura-Marie River Victor Peace. Will we talk about radical mental health, fat liberation, peace work, resisting capitalism for fun? No one knows, what this interview with David Rovics holds. Oh, probably we’ll discuss zines. Probably the test site. Maybe art, where I come from,… Read More »
My friend gave me these seeds. I was excited and planted some in a pot. The packet says it can take a long time for them to sprout. So I labeled the pot–I was afraid of losing track of which pot the seeds were in. Guess what? They sprouted! I was amazed. My tulsi seeds… Read More »