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Had fun talking about Legendary Burlesque with Bevin Victoria on Everyday NW this morning!

May 4th: I'm emceeing this amazing show with BURLESQUE LEGEND Velvet Ice! All of @nina-nightshade.bsky.social's produced shows are incredible and this one will be no exception. Won't you join us? Get your tix today: albertarosetheatre.com/event/bergam...

The only kings I want in my country are drag kings and @stephenking.bsky.social

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Nerdlesque acts do not have to be comedy acts.

I not only support trans folks from afar, I book them in shows and pay them money. Don’t like it? Don’t come to my show. Or do and see that your hate is wrong.

Think we’ve forgotten about the time that Elon was booed so badly by fans of Dave Chapelle (of all people) that he locked himself in his office and Twitter employees considered calling the cops to do a wellness check. What I’m saying is we can go harder.

Nina Fact: I will always stop scrolling to enjoy photos of Molly, the Thing of Evil and her corgi-servant @stephenking.bsky.social As tribute, here are photos of my two fur demons:

Ahem. Oregon's First Lady of Burlesque just came and trimmed my bush. My rosemary bush. :D I adore @nina-nightshade.bsky.social and you should go see her in her rosemary glory this weekend at Booklovers' Burlesque! (Thursday in Salem, Saturday in Portland!) www.bookloversburlesque.com

Everyone racing off of m3tA has done exactly what many of us warned and fragmented community. Producers for local shows are literally screaming into the void. This app is not set up for us promote. But maybe sharing is caring? We need art and joy to get through all of this.

@nighshadeconserv.bsky.social has 2 classes in February! Continuing to make our art is one way to thrive while making a statement that we will not be controlled. I won’t stop making my art and I won’t stop supporting others in finding their artistic path.

Just got The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social Can’t wait to get started on this one! You can join me at StoryGraph (ninanightshade) if you want to share book stuff.

Standing in this dance studio waiting for my class when a tiny child walks by me casual AF belting “As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left…” Dead. I am dead.

Tell your friends you love them, make it weird, and keep making your art.

Happy Jolabokaflod to all who celebrate. My book buddy this year was a teenage girl who sent me her favorite series. 💕 Miko and Brioche approve.

Fam surprised me with a holiday haunted house experience. Inside the haunt Mom Brain went into fight or flight mode and I threw my daughter behind me so the chainsaw would get me first. Mom brain wins over Final Girl brain. I may not be the last standing, but I’m gonna make sure she is!

If you had told me in college that Snoop Dogg would become one of the most delightfully wholesome humans on the planet while DiCaprio became a misogynistic trash fire, I would have asked what you were smoking. Turns out maybe we all should have been smoking it. 🤣

I had dinner with pirates last night. Sometimes I forget how wonderfully bizarre my life is.

My frustration with all the “curate your life” seminars meant to give you permission to live your best life? Every time I do the exercise the answer is everything I’m doing now, but without the day job that funds my ability to do these things. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers, but not helping.

Flashback post.

I keep looking up “truly scary” horror-genre book lists to find a horror book that truly scares me. Maybe none of them scare me because I’m living in a horror-scape? Most terrifying book overall is Handmaids Tale because humanity is terrifying. I’m looking for scary horror-genre to escape. Ideas?

Created a starter pack for PNW Burlesque Community. Will add more as I find them. Let me know if you see someone missing! go.bsky.app/3FLuxEU

This popped up in my feed and is now bittersweet because of the death of Tony Todd. But here is a link to find my digital download Black Horror class, The Sunken Place, modeled on the one I teach at UCLA. And yes, please avoid these tropes. www.sunkenplaceclass.com

Last night at Umbrae Noctis Festival my Seattle sibling Whisper DeCorvo brought you a crow. Tonight I bring you a raven. Know the difference. Goth school is in session, indeed!

Okay, I’m here and I’m queer. Let’s see where this goes…