I wrote about #leftism and #praxis on my swearblog. As I unpack my own perfectionism and trauma I swear by the old adage I first heard in AA and addiction recovery circles - "the perfect is the enemy of the good", and that's the gist of how I feel about praxis in general and what I said here. 1/2

I had a blast with this interview! I would be honored if you checked it out 💛 🌈💬🌈✒️💛🤯♿ #neuroqueer #zines #lgbtauthor #booksky #creativeprocess #substack #bookloverswanted #zinester #processingtrauma -Allēna

New post just dropped on my Substack and website!! This one is veeeeery vulnerable for me, and I am nervous to share it. I honestly think that's an indication that I SHOULD share it all the more, tbh. Enjoy 💛 open.substack.com/pub/opensorc... #mentalhealth #madstudies #therapy #creativeprocess 🌈💬

Bandcamp is waiving their revenue share from midnight to midnight on September 5, so if you've ever wanted to buy my music, now is the time 💛 I'm Candy For Trees on Bandcamp, and this upcoming Friday, every dollar supports me directly! I hope to see you over there! candyfortrees.bandcamp.com

New blog post just dropped! We're trying to engage more on our Substack in light of our recent interview. Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/opensorc... 🌈💬 🌈✒️ 💛🤯 #gayblogger #zines #poetry #ramble #lgbtauthor #booksky #amwriting #writingcommunity #rest -Allēna

new interview out with @opensorceryy.co about #poetry, #zine culture, #neurodivergence, and (ofc) #anarchist organizing <3 debatemebro.substack.com/p/laz-halliw...

I was interviewed by my friend @mkzariel.bsky.social on its blog Debate Me Bro! We discussed my zine Field Notes For a Colder Time, poetry and zine culture in general, and how it relates to anarchist organizing & community care. The post drops tomorrow and I'm so pumped to share with y'all! -Allēna

I didn't mean to get overthrown... 💛🤯 🌈✒️ inspired by my poem "migraine", which is published in full here: opensorceryy.itch.io/field-notes-... -Allēna #booksky #poetsofbluesky #amwriting #lgbtwriters #zine #chapbook

Wellll I finally did "to dance with a cyclone" justice. Enjoy. 💛🤯 🌈✒️ #poetryperformance #jazz #spokenword #lgbtauthor #booksky #musiciansofbluesky #catharsis #traumacore #badass #jazzband

this mind was a pantheon once, and sometimes I miss it still... 💛🤯 inspired by my poem "samson", which appears in my zine *field notes from a colder time*. opensorceryy.itch.io/field-notes-...

We will find each other in every lifetime until we have experienced everything there is to experience and then and only then will we slip from samsara together

the biggest thing i hope studios take away from the success of Sinners and K-Pop Demon Hunters is that, wow, audiences actually DO like and want original stories and don't need every goddamn movie to be a sequel or reboot

Only a few more days to get the Insomnia Jam Bundle 💛🤯 itch.io/b/3209/insom... -Allēna #zines #poetry #shortstories #booksky #indiegames #videogame #writingcommunity

The Riverbanks are Spilling #poetry #art #writingcommunity 💛🤯

my poem "watchman", performed at Linneman's in Milwaukee, 8/11/2025. 💛🤯 #spokenword #queer #lgbtqwriter #amwriting #poetsky #booksky #transpoet

Target’s stock dropping so hard that the CEO has to step down due to him dropping DEI initiatives gives me faith that bad things can still happen to bad people

Me performing my piece "bite" at Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Milwaukee, WI, 8/18/2025. -Allēna #booksky #poetsofbluesky #lgbtqwriter #writersofbluesky #poetryperformance #poetryreading #slampoetry #amwriting #amwritingpoetry

You are not an empath, you are annoying.

I'm tabling at @queerzestzinefest.bsky.social in September! Idk what possessed me to write the bio this way, but I'm so pumped 💛 -Allēna

Can't sleep? Want company? Check out this rad Itch.io bundle I'm hosting here: itch.io/b/3209/insom... It's pay what you want and any shares would be appreciated, as it helps all of us spread the word! #insomnia #liminal #zines #amwriting #indiegames #poetry #odd #introspective #creepy

A poem + a selfie for your morning. Enjoy 🔥 -Allēna 🤯💛

"Modem?! I don't even know em!" -Allēna

We've been playing around with making physical copies of our zines. If we were to do a zine giveaway game, would anyone be interested? #zines #zinesters #diy #booksky

If your job is to run interference against the opposition, I personally think you can be a troll a bit. As a treat. It's literally in the job title.

I'll probably forget to sleep. Let's be real with each other here. -Allēna

want to go swimming

It's started pissing rain in Milwaukee again. Fuck. Half the town is already under water and we're under a state of emergency. We are safe where we are, thankfully, most of the damage appears to be located west of us, but many aren't. I'm not okay right now emotionally and very worried. -Allēna

I'm in less pain today but my insomnia is fucking killing me. I slept most of the afternoon yesterday and I'm still tired. Back to sleep I go, if I can remember how.. -Allēna #insomnia #insomniac #memes

I'm in a fuckload of pain today so I guess I'm just slinging memes and watching Scandal instead of going to the poetry workshop I had initially planned on attending. I have a blanket nest on the couch and everything. Wheeee. -Allēna

Scarlet Pimpernel 2099.

Kinda want to be productive and do Many Writerly Things. Kinda want to just lay in a heap. #WritingCommunity

Painted this strange lil rock at an art thing at the library today. I went all Jackson Pollock on this shit 🤣 -Allēna #art #paintedrock

100% attack 0% damage baby goat... 👀😅🤣 #bluesky

Here's the link to the bundle! itch.io/b/3209/insom... 💛🤯 treat yourselves to some awesome work!

Come and get your zines, short stories, poems, and other sleep-deprived works! Just 1$ to claim these permanently to your account, and as much as you want to support marginalized creators struggling with insomnia! #zines #poetry #queerart

𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 body is a temple, 𝓶𝔂 body is an abandoned amusement park

It is my great pleasure to announce that there is a BUNGUS AMONG US. THE HONORABLE KHAN HAS ARRIVED. -Allēna #servicedogcandidate #disabilities #accessmatters

My phone is back from the dead, for now, anyway, thanks to @fookindruid.bsky.social. Have a selfie to celebrate 💛 -Allēna #transjoy #transgender #transmasc

I'm seeing less posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them, and losing them money. Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.

Gender is a performance & I keep missing the auditions.

wake up babe, new opensorceryy zine just dropped, and this one's electricc. -Allēna opensorceryy.co/well-it-seem... 💛🤯🌈✒️🌈💬 #zine #queerpoet #transgender #transmasc #amwriting #booksky #writingcommunity #digitalart #html5

Love this perspective @danifinnwrites.bsky.social ✨️💛 we should ALL aspire to have MORE haters.

I call this one "cockroach club". enjoy. 💛🤯 -Allēna

Anyone else? I mean, just like, everything? #art

The world is a fuck, so I made a queer poets feed! Add your poems with 💛🤯and don't forget to pin and like it so that it sticks around! bsky.app/profile/did:... #lgbtqwriters #queerpoets #WritingCommunity #BookSky #queerwriters #queer #transjoy #transgender #aroace #RepresentationMatters

opensorceryy.co is meeee! 🌈💬

Never trust my ass around raw sliced fish I will eat at least 3 slices no sauce

Good morning to everyone except the background character who refused to stay in the background. We will be having words 🌈✒️ 📚💙 #AuthorSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity

{Caretaker} #art #myart #doodle #scribble #notepad #ballpoint #inkdrawing #quickdrawing #potplant #skeleton #ghoul #moody #skull #skullart #melancholy #darkart #needcoffee #fantasyart #surrealart