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 »
Yesterday we held the first fat transqueer disabled dance. It was a beautiful day for unconditional love. All bodies are valid bodies, and I’m compelled to co-create a space where all bodies belong. I’m happy to dance in the revolution. When I scheduled the fat transqueer disabled dance, I didn’t know there was a huge… Read More »
“Is it ok if I grab your breasts in public?” I asked Ming. “Yes,” he said. We were sitting on a bench in our community near the main garden. I was behind Ming, my tummy on his back, spooning him, holding onto his chest with my hands. My thighs gripped his butt. “It’s ok because… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Have you ever experienced the vegetarian pizza effect? It’s when there’s a pizza party, and the pizza orderer says, “Oh, there are not many vegetarians. I’ll get one veggie pizza. That should be plenty.” But there’s a problem. The vegetarian pizza gets eaten by both vegetarians and omnivores. This… 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 »