The @themarshallproject.org is asking people to tell them what it's like to go through menopause in prison. This doesn't get written about all that much so I'll be interested to see the results! They have a form so you can tell them your experience: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/16/m...

Speaking of giving, @wcp.bsky.social is just $12,284 away from reaching our Dec. 31 fundraising goal of $36,260. I know there's plenty of places & people to give to this holiday season, but if you can spare a few bucks for local journalism we'd be grateful washingtoncitypaper.fundjournalism.org

Dance Place is hosting a v cute fundraiser for the next 8 days. Donate $10 during their 12 days of giving and you could win a prize—like today's hour of free studio space. www.danceloft14.org/12daysofgiving

When indie trio Home Remedies formed in 2022, the bandmates were undergrads at GW. Three years later, they’ve graduated and released solo projects, and they just dropped a new single. On Dec. 13, they reunite at Songbyrd to raise money for the local unhoused community. Read about their journey:

Mosaic Theater Company's annual High School Playwriting Contest is happening now: 9-12th graders in public, private, and charter schools in DC, Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, and Northern Virginia are eligible. Submissions due by Jan. 16 mosaictheater.org/playwriting-...

Happy to say that Beats Me is back and there's plenty of new music coming out of DC. And in which I review a fun pop-punk EP from Truth or Dare for @wcp.bsky.social washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7747...

Why we need more queer parents

Call me crazy, but I don't know if EIGHT senators makes something "bipartisan"

A fun read in which @ctklimek.bsky.social reminded that as a child, like most kids I'm sure, I had a crush on Sonny Landham in Predator washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7739...

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

So excited to drop @wcp.bsky.social's 2025 People Issue. These Washingtonians represent the best of D.C. and I was so honored to interview graffiti artist Luis Del Valle, King Molasses, & author Carolivia Herron. Photos by @darrow-m.bsky.social washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7737...

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Fuck yes!!!! New York AND Virginia!!!!!

"By the end, 'both men and women' were taken away, the witnesses said. They also said two of the men seized in the raid were deported to Venezuela on Friday, Oct. 31."

I love D.C. for this. But also my 2-person household would struggle with just $314 for groceries per month. Tho I guess I'm greedy and like fruits, vegetables, and well-treated meat.

You and me both Guillermo (and Kate)

"Ghosts are like storms—you can put one into a story & it changes everything while changing nothing.” So excited to read Amber Sparks' debut novel Happy People Don't Live Here. The DC writer sat down with @writesloud.bsky.social for this month's Spot LIT washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7731...

New Nightmare remains one of the best horror movies of the ’90s. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7707...

City Paper Arts readers, I'm curious: How do you feel about attending shows at the Kennedy Center in 2025? Considering their are employees attempting to unionize and that some artists have less options to cancel and play elsewhere to get paid? @wcp.bsky.social

Curious to hear from people in DC if the increased Fed presence is making you scared to come out for the second No Kings protest.

City Paper Arts readers, I'm curious: How do you feel about attending shows at the Kennedy Center in 2025? Considering their are employees attempting to unionize and that some artists have less options to cancel and play elsewhere to get paid? @wcp.bsky.social

The Blade's Editor's Choice: Tell me the editors are gay men without telling me the editors are gay men. AYA wins Best Neighborhood Bar, editors say its Number Nine. A lesbian wins best DJ, editors say its a dude who won in 2024. Don't get me started on them choosing the Commanders over the Spirit

We’re closing out the Fall Arts Guide with a roundup of unmissable dance, opera, and more performances coming to D.C. Add these to your fall calendar:

Every arts guide I learn about a new act worth checking out and never once have I been disappointed. From Zamrockers WITCH to Little Simz to Leith Ross to Bar Italia, my list of shows to see this fall has ballooned with these recs. Do yourself a favor and check it out

FYI: domestic survivor service providers in Maryland's Cecil, Washington, and Harford counties have expanded ways to help families fleeing violence save their pets and keep them safe

It’s a hard time to celebrate art, even if we all understand its importance & value. Perhaps that’s why this year’s Fall Arts Guide theme, How To Make a Scene, struck a chord. This is about coming together, it’s about making our feelings known, it’s about taking a stand for what’s important.

I hope year's Fall Arts Guide inspires you to make a scene of your own.

V.E. Schwab’s latest book gives women the choice to become a vampire or remain an object in a man’s world. @sarahmarloff.bsky.social talks to the prolific fantasy author about power, queerness, and vampires ahead of her stop at the National Book Festival this weekend.

From her love of Anne Rice to her beliefs that vampires do NOT sparkle and that queer people are just as capable of villainy as their hetero counterparts, talking with V.E. Schwab was by far one of the best interviews I've had in a long time.

So excited to talk with @litmagreject.bsky.social & @kashana.bsky.social about their hilarious & poignant new books at the @librarycongress.bsky.social’s National Book Festival on Saturday!

Spent a really long time working on this complicated story and I'm grateful for everyone who agreed to speak with me.

one of my favorite posts on here was "what do you say to both prosecutors and cats? oooooo big stretch"

even a small win is a win in 2025

I tried *so* hard not to over-fangirl when interviewing Leigh Bardugo. Talking to her and John Picacio about their new, beautiful children's book, The Invisible Parade, was a highlight of my summer. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7697...

So excited to be moderating this panel at the Library of Congress' National Book Festival on Sept. 6! www.loc.gov/events/2025-...

I realize painting over crosswalks is low on the outrage list, but the cruelness behind this decision is breathtakingly chilling. 49 people—queer, trans, and Latine—were murdered at Pulse in 2016.

A POTUS hasn't sent the Nat Guard—much less "regular military"—to a state w/o its gov asking in 60 yrs. The last instance was LBJ sending NG to protect civil rights activists marching when Alabama Gov. Wallace would not. The cities on Trump's list all have Black mayors. 19thnews.org/2025/08/blac...

Remember when the Post just like jumped the fucking shark?

Love some good news: "The vague standards create an 'I know it when I see it' test that relies on personal opinions rather than a neutral benchmark. As a result, Judge Mendoza argued, the provisions chill free speech and violate the First Amendment." www.metroweekly.com/2025/08/flor...

Jaws Hackers Halloween Clueless Empire Records Jurassic Park

Our new research estimates that 2.8 million people aged 13+ in the U.S. identify as transgender. This includes 724,000 youth (13 to 17) and 2.1 million adults 18+. bit.ly/TranspeopleUS

This is what it looks like to NOT comply just because the administration threatens you. If you give up on some marginalized communities, you will eventually give up on all of us. www.metroweekly.com/2025/08/virg...

Violent crime is at an all-time low in D.C. the NYT acting as stenographers for the administration is shameful - this is an authoritarian crackdown on an overwhelmingly Democratic city. Accepting and amplifying the framing of the Trump admin is wildly irresponsible.

700,000 people live in DC. Even more live in the surrounding areas and come here daily to work and be with loved ones. Trump already deployed the National Guard here in 2020. This isn't a distraction -- it's a test run. And our neighbors' lives and safety are at risk.

One thing that didn't make it into today's piece: Washington, DC already has by far the highest number of law enforcement officers per capita of any city of 250k+.

Trump is invoking Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, which authorizes him to seize control of the entire DC police department for a maximum of 30 days. This is insane stuff. D.C. is not in the grip of a crime wave. Crime has been falling for three years now. Violent crime is at a 30-year low.

Probably all gonna need this today

No one loves the sound of their own voice as much as this man

"you'll have more police and you'll be so happy" said no one ever