Get creative, it's your superpower! With thanks to @ninaamaya.bsky.social for finding the graphic.
Man, that's pretty
This is going to be soooo nice.
Perhaps I've read too many spy novels but that seems threatening
Striiiiiiipes!
Embroidery of a little girl holding a drooping American flag and looking sad. Text reads: Iβm just so pissappointed.
New favorite word for my general feelings.
We are creating a directory of black belly dancers! Check out the talent and events
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The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Serviceβs Stonewall website wasnβt done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?
Buy local, as much as you can.
Protect minority communities.
Call your representatives.
And never, ever stop making art.
SLAY DRAGONS. DO YOUR STRETCHES.
We'll there's the "supercallusedfragilemtsticplaguedwithhalitosis" joke about Gandhi
Over the last 8+ years, Iβve thought/talked/wrote/taught about magical resistance work a whole lot. And the thing I keep coming back to is this: the work we do at the local level that aids, builds, and protects community is the most essential and effective.
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Awww. Our Kato developed a wobble two years ago for to an infection but string antibiotics knocked it out. One thing that didn't go away after was his need to be held tightly β€οΈ
BUFFALOOOOO DIVISION! #gobills
Ahhh that is lovely. Bet β€οΈ
I'm actually fucking grieving. It was such an amazing community for art and expression, learning... And the note to look with hope towards the incoming administration was just cold
Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trumpβs Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.
In which case, no one will continue to use the descriptions because they suck. Self extinguishing
Why, I'm glad you asked!
Ooof that skirt just slays me
So I'm annotating Doris Humphrey's "The art of Making Dances" and I don't think I've ever agreed with an author less. The notes in the margins are getting more sarcastic by the page. At this rate by the end of the book either it goes into the fire or I do
Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) ππ
Thank you libraries & library workersβ¦ for everything β¨π
If you'd like to support your fave authors in 2025 but you're skint, you could:
- make a social media post about the book, just as basic as "i enjoyed this" and a picture (don't forget alt-text)
- rec it in a relevant reddit thread or Goodreads forum or Facebook group
Word of mouth has an impact!
Where are you making magic today? Seriously, this is such a soothing thought. So much nicer than "oh sh*t I gotta practice"
This winter so far seems like one of the most winter-y of winters, and it hasn't even started yet.