breakfast ingredients “You want a grackle for breakfast?” I asked Ming. A grackle was vocalizing in the courtyard. “Yeah!” he said. “Oh, honey. You don’t eat birds. The only animals you eat are sea creatures.” “Well, that’s good because they both start with a c.” “Uh–grackle doesn’t start with a c. It starts with a… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Have you ever identified as punk? I’ve been a zinester for a long time. Punk is part of that whole worldview. If no one else is making the media you need, make it yourself. There’s no need to wait for experts. What’s an expert anyway? You can become one. … Read More »
“I’m here for the lesbians,” I told my dear housemate. “Imma head to the lesbian exhibit.” We had entered the museum, all six of us, and were greeted by a visibly queer worker who wore an anti-TERF button. They talked to me about museum admission rates, not mentioning the special SNAP rate. “Is there a… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I’ve been thinking a lot about disability, worth, how all bodies are valid bodies, and what disabled people are denied in an ableist world. I started making a checklist in my head, of people who could be considered lesser than. I will write it for you here. checklist Do you… 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 »
Hello, how are you doing? Hopefully enjoying life, finding moments of intense pleasure within stress and heartache, like delicious bright blueberries in the muffin of existence. I hope you’re loving yourself however you are today, a valuable miracle of survival. I want to tell you about this fat zine archive that some people I admire… Read More »
I ponder the damage done in the world by people who hate themselves. Mostly because they don’t feel their feelings. “I think people hate themselves because they do bad behaviors. And they do bad behaviors because they don’t let themselves feel their feelings,” I told Ming. “And that makes them do more bad behaviors.” luxury… Read More »
I started doing yoga over zoom with Ample Movement. The teacher is incredible. clear kind helpful relaxing to listen to supportive brilliant about bodies Have I lucked out with gifted yoga teachers, throughout my life? Yes, I have. First I did a chair yoga short class with Ample Movement on youtube. It was great, so… Read More »
This is a letter to a stranger whose mom died. I ached to write a letter to her, although I don’t know her. It’s about my mom’s death and what I’ve learned so far on my grief journey. Dear kind piano teacher, Hello, I heard your mom passed away. I’m sorry she is no longer… Read More »
You are stronger than hate is my motto lately. I was making art recently, and slogans I like were coming to me: queer liberation for all life forms queer revolution fight the power love one another You are stronger than hate was loud and clear. The sentences are ideas I need to share and need… Read More »