IDK who needs to know this, but... When you call one of Senator Adam Schiff's local CA offices and he starts droning on, wait until he says "I got a few options for ya" and hit THREE. That transfers you to speak to a live human being instantly. (You might be put on hold, ofc). Just press 3.

We're going to beat the national book ban. But we can do more than just beat this one bill. We can use this national moment to show that book bans anywhere are losing policies. For every $100 donated, we can reach 10,000 Americans about this bill. Imagine what we can right now & help make it happen!

I’m listening back and forth to the censored & the finally published uncensored (15 years ago) versions of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. I’m going to need to read paperback versions too. Anyone doing this close reading or want to? #oscarwilde #doriangray #norelation

Flax, my favorite art store, is closing in Oakland. I’ve been shopping there since the early 90s (Valencia & Market, SF). Their paper and pens departments are unmatched here for knowledge and breadth. So few indie spots left & they have my 💜 & 💰

Anyway, if you're in CA call your state reps and tell them to vote for the HUG ACT or AB 1646 so that kids that we've fucking imprisoned (hey what) can HUG THEIR FAMILIES

What’s most jarring about the practice of Belu-Simion Fainaru (the artist representing Israel at the Venice Biennale) is his insistence on art as redemptive, offering “a desire to live” after “Israeli trauma” — language that becomes perverse when set against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Today on WFMU: On Rock and Roller Derby w/Suzy Hotrod, Suzy interviews queer, feminist, electroclash music icon Peaches about her new album, “No Lube, So Rude,” her upcoming world tour, and the recent 20th anniversary of the seminal album "The Teaches of Peaches" (8 p.m. ET).

Give yourself a sweet-weird treat this weekend with a fantastic @humblebundle.com deal that includes most of the fiction that @charliejane.bsky.social and I have written. Sales benefit the Miss Major Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center! www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...

Sunday aka tomorrow! All us weirdo comix book artists gather for @prideinpanels.bsky.social @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social Noon-5 pm. Yayyyy!!

I had a preliminary interview over the phone unexpectedly and with a robot. It asked why I’m the most beautiful candidate for the job.

San Francisco arts people, Lez go!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nfa... Thinking about Rosie Grier, the football player, who sang “It’s Alright to Cry” on the Free To Be album in 1974. Did you have a favorite song or story on this album? The art is beautiful too.

This is the first year I’m not ignoring the yard when it’s not tomato time. It requires little water and attention and look how pretty! #chard

A Major Survey in Paris Chronicles Leonora Carrington's Esoteric Surrealism

A really lovely feature by @lgbtqnation.com writer, Molly Sprayregen. "The surprising way a professor & her students are preserving centuries of LGBTQ+ history" www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/the-...

A painting of her daughter pressed eagerly against a glass door, her face full of curiosity and wonder: South Bay artist Meghna Sharma's speaks of her compelling scenes of everyday immigrant joy.

Occasionally when giggling, I sound like the Grand Nagus. (Sp?)

I’ve been on a bender of historical novels based on women in the arts. I need something else.. unless you’ve got a recommendation. 😈📚🖌️

Are you in Fairhope, Alabama? Reach out to your library board and thank them for standing firm against state pressure & ask how you can help support them.

It’s a hand drawn sticker. Needs more yellow but you get the idea.

Some pals and I have a new project, a queer smut literary journal. We're accepting submissions now!

Artwork by Anthony Peyton Young up now at The Center, 208 W 13th st, NY.

Save the date: Pride in Panels queer comics festival, free at the main #sanfrancisco Public Libraty Sunday Feb 15, 2026 https://www.prideinpanels.org

dioramamuseum.art Noticed this place while driving In Berkeley and circled back with M. It’s delightful to open all the tiny latches to peek inside the rooms.

Fussy wears, more ribbons Dipping pen

“You started talking before I started listening” is the title for my next art show, drawing and possibly life.

Artists, do you feel romantic or get inspired by your art supplies? If so which ones & why?

Dipping pens, bottled ink-the lines set on top of the paper- doubt that shows in photos especially in mine.

Christmas in 1950 was a low time for Langston Hughes. So instead of giving his friends Christmas gifts, he sent out typewritten postcards that expressed his financial state, and enduring holiday cheer.

Box made of chocolate is filled with little chocolates—surprise gift from my neighbor 💚

True comfort in friendship is asking whether their book recommend stays depressing.

2 days left of Stephanie Crawford’s art at Rebecca Camacho in SF. Remarkable artist who is 83, Trans, Black, jazz singer (Paris in the 90s, Pyramid NYC the 80s) was a sommelier for 20 years. And now lives in Oakland. Beautiful self portraits. Go see! Hooves up! #stephaniecrawford

Last few days to catch this show

While adding stripes to a butt (paintbrush lashing) to a drawing for a buyer, I remembered the recent episode of Congratulations Pine Tree (SF art podcast) by @katerhoades.bsky.social & Maysoun Wazwaz where they discuss a collector wanting to put a huge painting sideways. I’ve had commissions and..

Bay Area, go see @planetmidori.bsky.social phenomenal show. 👀+great bunch of writers & performers on closing night

@carolqueen.bsky.social & I are vending here today. There’s 40 vendors + performers. We are near naughty Santa, hell-oo👀🖤

Sometimes I just need to hear Ladies of the Canyon. (Aka right now.)

So many events, I’m vending on Sunday at Et al Gallery & Books with a dozen artists & fab weirdos including @elisabethnicula.bsky.social @craigcalderwood.bsky.social 12-5 2831A Mission St. SF Visit us! And see @katerhoades.bsky.social gorgeous art show

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Bay Area friends! We need a few more gallery volunteers on Thursday and Friday @planetmidori.bsky.social art show. Please get in touch with us or @queerlycomplex.bsky.social &/or signal boost. Thanks!

BAWS is hiring! We are looking for a passionate and experienced grant writer who believes that sex worker led projects deserve to be well-funded. Is that you? 🔗 in our bio 🌹

Not only are walks in the park good for exercise and clearing one’s mind, you might just run into unexpected cuteness

The new exhibit at the GLBT Historical Society Museum includes Bay Area queer and trans folks (including legendary nightclub dancers, Vicki Starr and Li-Kar), alongside their spiritual siblings from around the world.

Idk who needs to see this besides everybody

Shoe bliss! The expression on her face. From book Shoes in Vogue Since 1910 by Christina Probert

I’m at my uncles’ enthralled by the Spirit of the Flowers paper doll set. The costumes are based on 1840s drawings by Jean Ignace Grandville. Backsides! Flowers people attract bugs! Aren’t they pretty?