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Johnnie Jae

@johnniejae.bsky.social
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Founder of Red Pop! News | Indigenous Journalist & Speaker | Disability & Media Advocate | Workshops on Indigenous storytelling, justice, and mental health www.johnniejae.com

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 1h
I loved it!!!! I really wanna move now 🤣
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 20h
Haven't had time to update folks, but as much as life has been kicking my ass, I am grateful for the work I get to do.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I hate hotel incidentals...like just charge the daily fee daily instead of taking a big chunk at once
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thanks to a "magical" friend for covering half. Just need $100 more ko-fi.com/johnniejae/g... donate.stripe.com/6oE4hD9zZeYr...
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here at the hotel and I need to sell at least 1 painting to cover this incidental fee. I received a donation that covers half.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you need some good news today! This is so huge for Disabled Natives when accessibility in our traditional spaces is still lacking!
Good news! Black Hill Powwow Will have ASL Indigenous interpreters on this weekend! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yes. Venmo is great too!!❤️❤️❤️
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I also have my ko-fi and pay links for those who would like to help but use apple, cash app, etc. ko-fi.com/johnniejae/g... donate.stripe.com/6oE4hD9zZeYr...
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Indigenous stories, media, and art by Johnnie Jae! Your support helps share Native perspectives with the world and keeps the lights on at home.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Miracle ask this morning. Traveling for work and need to sell at least two paintings in the next 3 hrs to cover hotel incidentals. Everything else has been taken care of.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I also just started adding my Indigenous Horror inspired designs in my shop. Tees, hoodies, and even a sticker sheet. johnniejaedesigns.store/collection/i...
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Indigenous Horror
Explore Indigenous Horror at Johnnie Jae Design
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I also have art for sale, but shipping has been super slow. I've been in and out of the hospital and my partner is my driver but he's sustained some pretty serious injuries from crashing his bike and it's been slow going but we're on the mend and able to get around better. ko-fi.com/johnniejae/s...
11in x 14in Acrylic Canvas. Two thunderbirds carve through a poured field of magenta, void-black, and electric green, their neon-outlined wings cutting the chaos into something that reads as flight. Below them the surface breaks into blues and yellows, the ground catching light through the weather.

The birds come from Choctaw storytelling, where a pair of enormous, intelligent birds were given the task of warning people on the ground that a storm was coming. Heloha, the female, lays huge eggs that roll across the clouds, and the rumbling of them is thunder. Her mate Melatha races to catch the eggs before they fall to Earth, moving so fast that the flashes of his passing are lightning. In this telling the storm isn't the threat. It's the message, and the two of them are the ones delivering it.11in x 14in Acrylic Canvas. Between Shadow and Light
A dark central figure is edged with luminous color, creating tension between shadow and brightness while spirals and flowers suggest cycles of change, renewal, becoming.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A more comprehensive explanation of #2 and why #3 is so needed and also because I need to find accessible housing and to do that I need to improve my credit score ASAP. ko-fi.com/post/Just-wh...
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Just when you think it couldn't get worse.....It does
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Next week is Indigenous Peoples' Day and also my birthday. I have several wishes this year. 1. Federal recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day. 2. A robot body because mine is not holding up so well these days. 3. To get my ko-fi fully funded cuz see #2. ko-fi.com/johnniejae/g...
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mars said I'm just heavily medicated, but I just came up with the most genius way to get more men and some women to eat more Yogurt. Introducing Buttgurt! Would you rather eat ass than yogurt? Then Buttgurt is the gurt for you! Tangy, refreshing & good for your gut biome with no risk of E. Coli.
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Patrick Star Says "Oh, Yeah." in Spongebob
ALT: Patrick Star Says "Oh, Yeah." in Spongebob
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Unicorns Happen @silvy777.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Every social justice issue is a disability issue. Disability is often caused by the labor market, & one of strongest predictors of being shut out of it. Interdependence builds resilience against authoritarianism. Valuing both the givers & receivers of care is central to rebuilding democracy. ❤️
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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 05/10/2026
🙏🏾
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Understanding our history is so important, especially in these times,” Dr. Leona Tate told a Muscatine audience this week. Douglas Burns covers an event where Dr. Tate and Carlotta Walls LaNier shared their school desegregation experiences with Iowans. www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/10/03/c...
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Civil rights icons share school desegregation journey with Iowans
Douglas Burns: Two pioneers of school desegregation from the American South spoke about their experiences during a three-day Iowa tour.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It was the this intro and music. I was a wee one and every time I heard this sound, I would climb behind the couch and start peeking with my hands over my eyes 😱
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents Intro
Alt: Alfred Hitchcock Presents Intro
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Do I have anyone in San Francisco who needs tickets to see Ecco Vandal tonight at the Rickshaw Shop? I have two available for FREE!
photo of ecco vandal holding her arm up to cover her face while wearing a blue hoodie with the initials CK on the sleeve
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Indigenous Akuapem people in eastern Ghana commemorated this week the 200th anniversary of their military victory over the Ashanti Empire, a vast, sprawling and powerful 18th-century West African state. apnews.com/photo-galler...
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Photos show Indigenous Ghanaians commemorating 200th anniversary of military victory over Ashanti Empire
AKROPONG, Ghana (AP) — The Indigenous Akuapem people in eastern Ghana commemorated this week the 200th anniversary of their military victory over the Ashanti Empire, a vast, sprawling and powerful 18t...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The regime doesn’t want disabled people to vote. 1 in 4 people in the US has a disability. This admin is cutting healthcare & social supports. Talking about us as “useless eaters”. Making it clear they only value the economically active. Disabled people won’t vote for eugenicist fascists:
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lily Gladstone and Kiowa Gordon are reuniting on the frontier, trading the trippy West of Quantum Cowboys for one soaked in supernatural dread in "The Curse of Silver". redpopnews.com/lily-gladsto...
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Lily Gladstone and Kiowa Gordon To Star In the Upcoming Western-Horror Flick, The Curse of Silver
The two actors are attached to star in The Curse of Silver, a supernatural horror-western set along the Texas-Mexico border just after the Civil War. The story follows two Union deserters who unleash ...
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Pascua Yaqui actor has since stepped into classical roles never written with someone like him in mind, all while finishing his MFA at DePaul’s Theater School.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
No Native actor on record had ever been hired for a full season at American Players Theatre. Then came Donio Hinsley. redpopnews.com/from-asking-...
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From Asking “Why Not Me?” to Making History at the American Players Theatre to Buffy The Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale | An Interview with Donio Hinsley
No Native actor on record had ever been hired for a full season at American Players Theatre. Then came Donio Hinsley.The Pascua Yaqui Yoeme actor has since stepped into classical roles never written w...
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
and when you're done reading, head over the the Disability Culture Lab shop and shop the DCL x Johnnie Jae collab shop.disabilityculturelab.org/products/opp...
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"Oppression is Disabling" (Circular) Unisex Black Tee
"Oppression is Disabling" (Circular) unisex black tee. Reads: "Racism is disabling. Capitalism is disabling. Colonialism is disabling. Transphobia is disabling. Climate change is disabling. State viol...
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The designer Johnnie Jae captured the stakes in observing that until society starts naming and treating oppressive systems as the disabling forces they are, “nothing changes,” and that healing has to include dismantling the things that cause harm in the first place. www.forbes.com/sites/keelyc...
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A New Disability Memo Has Lessons For Employers, Funders And Policymakers
A new memo from disabled leaders argues that oppression is disabling and that interdependence is essential to building a fairer economy and a stronger democracy.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I know! I feel so bad for him. He's been doing BMX since he was a kid and he's had crashes before, but he was like I've never been hurt like this.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Poor Mars, I'm used to this kind of BS, but this is one of his first major injuries and it's a struggle for him. So keep him in your prayers cuz he's a good one and has somehow managed to not only keep me alive, but has given me such a happy little bubble to exist within and call home.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As you can see from the pic, the handlebar got stuck on his jeans and stabbed into his thigh. He has internal bleeding, torn muscles, ruptured blood vessels, massive swelling. We're on clot watch. His other leg is pretty banged up, he has a nasty cut and his hands are scraped up.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you read my post on Ko-Fi, you already know my household now has two disabled folks now, at least for the next 6 weeks. Mars took a nasty fall on his bike. We just got home from the ER a few hours ago, his wounds are much worse than initially thought.
Johnnie's partner taking a nasty spill on his bike.
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Red POP! News @redpopnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
More than 100 works by Indigenous artists from across Latin America will come together this fall at the Denver Art Museum in what the museum describes as the largest U.S. exhibition to date focused on modern and contemporary Indigenous artists from the region. redpopnews.com/i-follow-riv...
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I Follow Rivers: Indigenous Worlds in Latin America Opens This November at the Denver Art Museum
More than 100 works by Indigenous artists from across Latin America will come together this fall at the Denver Art Museum in what the museum describes as the largest U.S. exhibition to date focused on...
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Red POP! News @redpopnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
áyA Con, Colorado’s Indigenous comic and art festival, is back this October for its fourth year. It has a new home at the LVC CoBank Arena in the National Western Center, with a four-day schedule and a few events on the edges. redpopnews.com/indigenous-f...
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Indigenous Fashion, Cosplay and the World's Only Black Light Powwow: áyA Con Is Back and Bigger Than Ever
áyA Con, Colorado's Indigenous comic and art festival, is back this October for its fourth year. It has a new home at the LVC CoBank Arena in the National Western Center, with a four-day schedule and ...
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can't find the clip but ChalkTowel is how Trump referred to the Choctaw Nation.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Proud Citizen of the ChalkTowel Nation 🤣
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been getting good use of these!!! Lol they should just be shoes.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have exactly 5-6 months to fix my credit and find an accessible apartment due to changing policies for us disabled folks, my partner and I will not be able to live together without me losing my healthcare and all hope for getting approved for disability.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
But here we are at the start of a new month, but not just any month. My birthday month and all I wanna do is be able to hit my ko-fi goal so I can finish paying off our electric, the last $285 I owe on my tax bill and my credit card, so I can start rebuilding my credit. ko-fi.com/johnniejae/g...
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Also forgot to post receipts, but we were able to make the rest of last month's rent on the 14th, also able to afford gas and groceries thanks to donations to the ko-fi goal and art sales which have allowed us to once again survive another month by the skin of our teeth. So thank you all for that!
Screenshot of September Rent payments for $1166.59 and $800Screenshot of what we owed for rent in Sept.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Finally, got a moment. This whole year has been rough but August and September were especially cruel. The plus side is that I've been able to keep up with the news cycle a little better for @redpopnews.bsky.social, hence the articles and almost total lack of conversation. ko-fi.com/post/Just-wh...
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Just when you think it couldn't get worse.....It does
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Orange Shirt Day asks us to remember the children who were taken and honor those who survived. It also asks us to look at what is happening now and decide what we’re willing to change for the generations coming after us.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remembering requires action. It means telling the truth, holding institutions accountable, supporting survivors, protecting Native children, preserving language and culture, and keeping families and communities together.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As boarding school survivor James LaBelle said following the U.S. government’s apology in 2024, “An apology is one thing, but it’s what happens next that tells the tale.” That is the part we can’t lose sight of.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The legacy of Residential Indian Boarding Schools didn’t end when they closed. Native families & communities continue to live with the consequences, while Native children are still separated from their families & communities through systems that can disrupt their connections to culture and identity.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am grateful for my grandpa's survival and for the legacy of love, hope and faith that he was able to build and leave for our family, despite the wounds and scars he carried.
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today is #OrangeShirtDay and today, I wore orange for my grandpa who survived the violence of the Residential Indian Boarding Schools. For my grandma, who my grandpa met while attending high school at the Chilocco Indian School, for my mom and her silbings who also attended Chilocco.
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Adam Linson @adamlinson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Layli! 🎉
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Robbie Richardson @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Amazing to see my pal and former colleague Liz Ellis win this- she’s awesome!
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Shweetie @shweetie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yayasss!! 🙌
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