“Life doesn't always get better. But you do. You get stronger. You get wiser. You get softer. With tattered wings you rise. And the world watches in wonder at the breathless beauty of a human who survived life.” L.R. Knost

Opportunities: Funds for Creative Projects on Abortion The Peg Johnston Innovation Fund is looking for the next big ideas! Grants of $5000 and $10000. Deadline Sept 15 wordsofchoice.blogspot.com/2026/07/oppo...

Businessman who sold land for Kushner resort in Albania suspected of faking the deeds www.reuters.com/world/europe...

BREAKING: the Judge in the bogus Trump v IRS case that resulted in the $1.7b slush fund has SANCTIONED the attorneys, referred Blanche, Woodward, & Brito to the Bar, nullified the “settlement”, and awarded monetary sanctions! More to come… storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We MUST stop this Trump-announced self-coup — & Ds win the House & hopefully the Senate — any Rs that defend Trump's paranoid, unhinged, untethered-from-reality behavior, & abuse of exec branch powers (real & imagined) *are complicit & must be treated as such* when the investigations begin.

A very on theme #podcast episode. This one features a cover of "Roller Coasters Make Me Sad" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

ICE shot this man, a loving husband and father of three, dead, for the crime of going to work Tuesday morning. His family's gofundme for funeral/services is about halfway to its goal gofund.me/660ca4364

Sad to hear about the financial challenges at The Playwrights’ Center in today’s video announcement. I hope it can be solved soon! Donate to them if you can. pwcenter.org/donation-form/

Congratulations, Laura! 🙌🏻♥️🙌🏻@laurashamas.bsky.social

Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn! ACTUM Events To Support Reproductive Healthcare Denied Access: Stories and Art, Sunday, July 12 | 12 PM - 4 PM | Bushwick. Art exhibit, live painting, and a short film. Refreshmts. More. tinyurl.com/yc4y7wr2

Have we normalized giving fake law enforcement officers unlimited power to k!ll US with absolutely no consequences? Another Fatal ICE Shooting - The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Hopefuls in Ohio!!!

We have a president who took the nation into a war for reasons he could not articulate, without a strategy for how to respond if and when Iran flexed its control over the Strait of Hormuz, and without an exit strategy if Iran doesn’t surrender. Trump is cornered, and he’s going stark-raving mad.

Mexico's President, Claudia Sheinbaum, implies during a press conference her government will take action after an ICE agent killed Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

Honor Roll! Is Accepting Submissions for the Fourth Annual Marjorie Bicknell Honor Roll! Honors* Recognizing theater professionals who work to ensure that the plays of women playwrights over 40 have a full and significant life on the American stage! www.tumblr.com/honorrollpla...

Yet more upcycled fashion (2018)

It’s pretty, but Kerrin Frey’s dress for the 2011 River Falls, Wisconsin prom, made completely of Starburst wrappers, got there first abcnews.com/WN/prom-dres...

“ReproEco: Tomorrow is Now” will be produced in NYC at 14th St. Y Theater Sept. 9 - Oct. 4, 2026! Dir: Lorca Peress. Glad to be part of this meaningful project, along w/Diane Breeser, @cyncooperwrtr.bsky.social, Mildred Inez Lewis, Alinca Hamilton, & Cassandra Medley. reprofreedomarts.org/reproeco/

#NAACPTHEATREAWARDS #FourWomenInRed @laurashamas.bsky.social @jehneanwashington.bsky.social @lisalokelani.bsky.social

The two Duluth biologists are among seven former employees nationwide who are suing the EPA in an effort to get their jobs back. They argue they were unlawfully fired last year for signing a letter that publicly criticized the Trump administration.

Music is good for us!

Advance Gender Equity in the Arts (AGE) announces that Beth Piatote, D.L. Patrick & Minita Gandhi are recipients of the 2026 AGE Legacy Playwright grants. The annual grant awards each with $10,000 in a program was created AGE Founder Jane Vogel Mantiri. ageinthearts.org

“It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. ..” Aldous Huxley - from 'Island', 1962.

I saw this today. It was so profound, deep, & phenomenal. I’m still processing its impact. I don’t know when Kate will next perform IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, but you can see her in THE ODYSSEY starting 7/17. (@cyncooperwrtr.bsky.social was thanked in the program!) www.eventbrite.com/e/in-the-bli...

A Brooklyn group is organizing events this summer to support people who have been denied reproductive healthcare by raising funds and awareness for on-the-ground actions in the U.S. and Tanzania. Denied Access: NY Events Support Reproductive Healthcare wordsofchoice.blogspot.com/2026/06/deni...

'Global Voices' on YouTube has a NEW Link as of June 20, 2026, as posted in the profile. You want want to miss the virtual viewing of this concert! And it's free! youtu.be/dwv-oxGD2Lc?...

I don't know ... this doesn't seem to be the best front-page layout, even for a website. What was the NYT thinking?

When the abortion rights movement needed a poet, Judith Arcana picked up her pen. We were lucky to work with her and are sharing some of her legacy. Judith Arcana: Abortion Rights Poet and Change Agent wordsofchoice.blogspot.com/2026/06/judi...

Hot -Make Mamdani Honor His Promise to Fund Public Libraries 0.5% of the City Budget- Summer! humanflowerproductions.pixieset.com/nyclibraryar... Photos by Roxas Timmons with Human Flower Productions @nycplan.org @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 📚

“May Light always surround you; Hope kindle and rebound you. May your Hurts turn to Healing; Your Heart embrace Feeling. May Wounds become Wisdom; Every Kindness a Prism. May Laughter infect you; Your Passion resurrect you.” D. Simone

Central Park, Manhattan - June 10 - NY Phil www.nyphil.org/concerts-tic...

If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.

Have you participated in the Nat’l Arts Advocacy Survey? Directly shape how Americans for the Arts advocates on Capitol Hill and beyond. Please take 2 min. to chime in now. There’s also space to share your story bcz data makes the case - but stories make it matter. www.linkedin.com/posts/artsad...

365/4 Days of Positivity The rain that makes all things grow…and the rivers and lakes possible.

“‘Oh, it's delightful to have ambitions... And there never seems to be any end to them – that's the best of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It does make life so interesting.’” L.M. Montgomery - Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables, 1908.

Good things!! Enjoy our choir singing beautiful music

CALLING ALL CREATIVES!📸 #ReproArt #ReproJustice

Tonight! Virtual! Amazing! Free! Global Echoes virtual performance! June 6, 7 pm EST. Music from Tatarstan, Japan, British Isles, Indonesia, Canada and the US! Don't miss it! RSVP for the link! tinyurl.com/2y68xras

'One Stage, Many Voices' : A Benefit Showcase for the League of Professional Theatre Women, Theatre Row, 410 W. 42 St, NYC, May 30. Group A, 2-4 pm; Group B, 5-7 pm; Group C, 8-10 pm bfany.org/theatre-row/... For bundled ticket discount, add tickets to cart and then use Promo Code: OSMV at checkout

The soundtrack for today -- 'Barefoot and Pregnant' Country Song Rocks Post-Roe Era wordsofchoice.blogspot.com/2026/05/bare...

This is an unprecedented level of corruption. Trump is forcing the government to drop ALL tax audits of him, his family, and his businesses—giving him FULL IMMUNITY from prosecution. What is Trump hiding from the American people? Congress must step up and stop this corruption.

This is a break-glass emergency. It's bad enough they gave two billion of our tax dollars to pay off insurrectionists and white supremacist pedophiles, but now they're also exempting Trump from audits as part of the fake settlement.

feverup.com/m/619777 Join us June 6-7 at the American Indian arts Marketplace and Native Voices Festival of New Plays! Tickets sell out so get yours now!

Don’t be beautiful. Be angry, be intelligent, be witty, be klutzy, be interesting, be funny, be adventurous, be crazy, be talented - there are an eternity of other things to be other than beautiful.” Nikita Gill

Sunday Prompt: Derrick Adams, Sheet from How I Spent My Summer, 2021

That matters because it NORMALIZES and provides legal cover for Trump colluding with DoJ and IRS to control both sides of the bogus lawsuit he filed. This is not a settlement. It’s theft. Facts matter. END/ Source: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/b... Source: www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... The judge: