currently writing my first newsletter since 2022: buttondown.com/vicky

Another cool new risograph poster from Australian illustrator Sam Wallman in the shop! justseeds.org/product/unit...

does anyone... really enjoy bluesky? thinking of abandoning this account because I simply cba and hey, getting rid of another social media account can only be good for someone's life right.

I made a simple symbol to show that something was made without AI. Yes to human creativity, no to generative AI. You can get the image files at notoai.xyz

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

WHO IS JACKHAMMERING BY MY HOUSE. It's nearly MIDNIGHT

Pebble dogs, a pigeon or two and a lady. www.instagram.com/virgin_honey...

Walking through Liverpool city centre on a Saturday night is... certainly something.

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

On holiday. New book.

10 minutes left of tabling this market and I'm feeling insane. The playlist has had about 5 different bands on it istg

Bought a house we thought just needed a new paint job and a new fuse box, turns outs the place is dodgy diy held together with expanding foam and "the 2nd worst electrics" our electricians have seen in 30 years.

Took Sky to the lesbian bar closing party, and she got a hell of a lot of fuss from strangers and discovered BALLOONS! 🎈

Thinking about the amount of time terfs have directly made my day worse (loads) even as a cis woman, versus the bad interactions I've had with trans people (zero). And how much the trans folks I know and love have enriched my life. Absolutely fuming at the wider harm terfs have created in this world

Started my weekend by walking down the world's longest pleasure pier and watching the sun set

hell yeah it's shoegaze morning on kexp

good pop fyi

Mabel being a tourist crowd-pleaser in York. Yes, I have wet wipes.

I loved this bar we went to tonight, the music was impeccable

finished making + setting up for riso print another new zine I made as part of my artists residency tonight. Learnt a bunch of new things in indesign and got my head around printing an A6 zine on A3 paper too, chuffed!

thought about just buying a covid jab for this winter but it costs £98.95 wtf. It's £21.95 for a flu jab.

Figure of a shishi, or lion dog, Arita kilns, c. 1680, Edo Period, possibly Kakiemon workshops. Porcelain , probably mould-made, with hand-modelled details, and polychrome overglaze enamels; tail missing; 12.8 x 12 x 10 cm max. Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978. © Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (EA1978.662)

This is incredible

Sat in a outsourced-to-private medical waiting room. The chairs are fancy but there's barely any. I've had to put headphones in because there's a huge tv absolutely blaring travel advertisements. I hate ittt

Yes,

Down time at the zine fest = sketching out badge and zine ideas

Leave Substack.

Did you used to make LiveJournal icons? Do you still have some of the ones that you made? I'm looking to include more icons in the second print run of my LiveJournal Iconic zine and would love to see yours! Share them here: form.jotform.com/252444103676...

Calling all gender outlaws! Leslie Feinberg—self-described “working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist” and the first theorist to advance the marxist concept of “transgender liberation”—was born today in 1949.

this weird loser absolutely loves trying to get in with whatever bigoted vocal minority is shouting the loudest that week huh

20 years since I stopped eating meat, woo

finished a new zine yday, trying it printing black and white on coloured paper, and in full colour. #diyzines

The UK Government will test its Emergency Alert System on Sunday, 7th September at 3:00 PM. If you have a concealed phone for safety, this alert could reveal its presence. You can opt out of these alerts. Find out how here: www.gov.uk/alerts/optin... Please help share to help keep others safe.

I searched "how to steal time from work" for some tips (I don't have a boss, I'm writing a zine where I encourage people to do this) and every result is an article about how to PREVENT time theft for employers. We really have lost the internet to terrible forces.

we stand for the flag in this house

Gayze is about the queer way of viewing the word, featuring different queer artists, writers, and photographers. Includes writings on queer bookstores, Section 28, femme clothing, and queer archives. 🌈🎨 penfightdistro.com/shop/gayze-a...

I made a collage-material drawer last night just for security envelope papers, feel like this is a sign from the universe that this was a good idea

I'm looking forward to Pride this year! The good thing about Pride in Manchester is there's so much going on outside of the official organisation (who keep taking money from shitty sponsors like booking dot com) that you can total avoid it and still have fun

Bad Thing: got stung by a wasp for the first time ever Good Thing: found out I am definitely not allergic to wasp stings at least Vindictive little shit chased me across the allotment to get me. They own the compost heap now.

A wee thread of a selection of working class zines from the collection: 👉 Most Punks Are Total Arseholes - pro-working class punk anarchist zine (~2007)

dreaming about having a pencil-shaped bin ✏️

the fact all Tish Murtha photobooks are out of print has made me a little sad today

GROW UP - dashare.zone ADMIN

15 of 24 authors, and two judges, have now withdrawn. First Book: Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Hanako Footman, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas Main: Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies

This very precarious pile of boxes means Salford Zine Library has come to the end of it's temporary stay at Salford University. We will be doing some behind the scenes work on the collection (starting with some better boxes) while we work on an exciting long-term plan for the library ✏️

good lord I am tired

honestly think signing a petition does fuck all, the government clearly doesn't care what the public thinks (unless they're being bigots). Still, try anything. Shoving from all sides etc etc.

We're launching an emergency petition to demand the UK stops arms sales, RAF flights, and military backing immediately. For every 1,000 signatures, we’ll send a message straight to Keir Starmer. Let’s show him the public won’t stay silent while Gaza burns. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/stop-isr...

update: in Southend there is an absolutely chaotic art shop that was selling old Letrasets for £4 or less a sheet. I spent £75 in there.