Facing the day without armor... I will still make it...

Good morning Picnic fans! Sad you missed our launch party last night? Huge news, the Picnic store is now LIVE! The best place to buy copies of our first and second issue online, while supplies last :) picnic-magazine.bigcartel.com

Today’s rabbit hole? Light rose beige pink vs blush beige for a bra color… OMFG. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Preordered my copy! Always trust LittlePuss to put out amazing books!

Ok, two lipsticks, one lip pencil, four nail polishes, one perfume later: all perfect choices. Then one green eye shadow and I’m like oops. But, I’ll own it since I am creating who I am and there is nothing wrong in experimenting.

I was a kid in the 80s. I was poorly verbal, socially confused, avoided eye contact, prone to intense interests, sensitive to sounds, light & smells, exhausted by school so much I would frequently run away to hide somewhere to be alone and stim. I was there, but they called it a "bad attitude".

Finished The Serpent’s Skin directed by @alicemaiomackay.bsky.social and co-written with @benpahlrobinson.bsky.social. Beautiful! Her craft and their writing just keep getting better. A shift from her previous films but absolutely her. Filled my well. 🩷

Nice to be able to post slmething fun & cool today! phys.org/news/2026-04...

This is so me! 🥰 www.creators.com/read/speed-b...

Google completes paradigm shift from “Don’t be evil” to full on Stormtrooper “Evil is Fun and Profitable”. Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for ‘any lawful’ use of AI - The Verge apple.news/AfqkSRAm4Sei...

Interesting & fucking amazing: Last three thoughts I had: I feel confident in who I am. I need a tiara. And, I have amazing friends I met before I was 16. Life can be good.

God, I could use a tiara about now.

Our movie ‘The Serpent’s Skin’ is out now - “Buffy’ meets ‘The Craft’ and Gregg Araki - sapphic witchy film” 🥰

Today was amazing. My poetry book positively impacted two friends. All I ever wanted from writing was to help someone like books I’ve read have helped me. To say my heart burst would be an understatement. Then an amazing evening w/my love. The joy in my eyes you can see hasn’t been there for ages.

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I know from experience that leaving Substack has a cost. No other platform is as *easy* to get up and running, any time you change platforms, you're going to get significant churn. But, my friends who are on Substack--I don't think it will get easier to leave, might as well do it now.

I miss the Tall Man. The role, the backstory, and, of course, the actor. Phantasm Ravager hits on so many levels for me: friends, family, dementia… Imiss you, Angus. You made a difference.

Since it's National Poetry Month, I want to highlight my recent collection. Digital copies are on Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple & Amazon for 99¢ now; and a print version is on Amazon for $4.99. Check "becoming" out if you are interested in this girl's trans journey so far, in 28 poems. Thank you! 🩷🏳️‍⚧️

No concentration camps in Howard County, Maryland. (None anywhere else in the USA, either). www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

1000 Women in Horror was fantastic documentary!

This is the LITERAL definition of genocide. All who folllow this order will be committing crimes against humanity and war crimes. The civilian military command all the way down to the soldiers pushing the buttons. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

I guess we find out tonight whether to replace “thank you for your service” with “thank you for your war crime”

US-Israeli strikes hit Tehran's Sharif University — known as Iran’s MIT & a hub of student protests against the Iranian regime. Targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime & only solidifies the regime's power. Trump & Netanyahu have no plan, just more wanton destruction.

If miltary people do not have to follow illegal orders, can citizens also not follow illegal rulings from the Supreme Court that suggest hate is right and discredited science is fact? Asking for a friend...

I’m sure the neo-Nazis Trump has surrounded himself within his administration and his MAGA base would never misuse this kind of data… Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...

The refusal to learn from past frankly colossal journalistic failures is the only guiding principle they seem to consistently abide by.

An amazing Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A girl couldn’t wish for more. I am floating on air and skipping. 🩷🏳️‍⚧️

Simplest of things but made my day. Having doctor visit where they used my name. Hearing it, seeing it in my file (although other name still there for now). Such a tiny thing that costs nothing but brought personhood and visibility to me. 🩷🏳️‍⚧️

Wow, dead eyes are truly a thing… 😔

When the sun sets, it's so helpful, and necessary, to see my sisters' posting.

Literally 1940s Gestapo. Racial profiling or just pure terror. And sorry, anyone who says they didn’t realize this in 2026 is blatantly lying. Accountability will come after the dictator falls. ICE Agents at Some Airports Begin Checking IDs in Security Lines www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...

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I am Dawn. Hear me roar.

A good day. Acceptance. Style solidifying…

A happy mail day! Make sure to get your copy from @littlepuss.net!

Retail therapy, when you can, is not a cure, but at least it's a salve. 😔

I'm working with what I have. It's all a girl can do. It's nice to know that I am who I am and that is enough and powerful.

For all their screaming & terror/genocide campaign against trans people, it didn’t keep me in the closet or keep me quiet. It actually encouraged me to come out and be more vocal. To share myself, not hide myself. Epic mistake. We will not be silenced. We have always been here & will always be here!

So surreal to have our film featured on the cover of FANGORIA - dream come true 🥹

Sly by Herbie Hancock is sublime. Perfect coda for the evening.

becoming, my debut poetry collection is out! These 28 poems explore my identity and journey as a trans woman. I hope you enjoy them. Ebook: Amazon, B&N, Apple, and Kobo Paperback @ Amazon Published under my name, Dawn Asson. books2read.com/dawn-becoming

Preordered! Yay! 🩷

Pre-orders for our next anthology IDOLS are open NOW!!! Cover art and contributor list TBA lilacperil.bigcartel.com/product/issu...

They’re tearing the world apart and attacking my sisters and brothers. We have always been here and we will be here long after their hate is flushed down the toilet

These events have been so fucking good Philly ya owe it to yourself to make it if you can

Their cruelty knows no bounds. The only compassion they show is to their ultra rich friends who have been convicted of preying (sometimes literally) on others. www.them.us/story/federa...

A must read list. Great to see Margaret Cardin, so few know the name.

It's that time! lithub.com/announcing-t...

Baltimore/AWP it's time, it's free, you can just show up and have a GREAT FUCKING TIME, tomorrow night I'll be there hard at work, naturally