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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

join me on thursday july 24th at 6:30pm MST (8:30pm EST, 5:30pm PST) on zoom for a dance party and fundraiser. we're raising funds for my dear friend, Jodie Kirschner for their ongoing lyme treatments. register here: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS.... donate here: account.venmo.com/u/Jodie-Kirs...

A forest background has animated lanterns, animals and plants, along with an image of Jodie's dog Lanie. Text reads: july forest ball/a virtual dance party & fundraiser to support jodie's lyme treatments / thursday july 24 / 6:30p MST

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

@punctumbooks.bsky.social and i organized a reading fundraiser for Crips for ESims for Gaza. join us virtually on May 28th at 7:30p EST for readings by Ammiel Alcalay, Marta Cariello, Iain Chambers, Alexandra Juhasz, lauren samblanet, Léopold Lambert, & Jay Schaffner. form.typeform.com/to/djil009w

Dark brown text on a tan background that promotes a reading fundraiser for Crips for eSims for Gaza on May 28th. There is an image of a bird and three flowers in the middle of the image.

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Please encourage others to follow us here as Instagram has now restricted us from posting stories, viewing notifications or commenting on any other accounts.

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

5 signed copies of my book, like a dog, are available through this market for the Al Manasra family! lastminutegiftsforgaza.notionlinker.com.

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|Ro'd RAGE|Ronito| @nonbinarypunk.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I'm on here as well!! Also go check out all the other cool artists!

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han olliver @hanolliver.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

if you've ever wanted a portrait from me, I'm offering a few commissions through this market for the Al Manasra family! lastminutegiftsforgaza.notionlinker.com to place an order <3

digital painting of a white woman with blond hair in a red sparkly cap over her head with two ears like a cat, looking off into the distance with her mouth open slightly revealing fanged teeth like a vampire.

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Books Against Borders @againstborders.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Rest in Power Nikki Giovanni. Here is her iconic conversation with James Baldwin in full. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4OP...

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James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni "A Conversation". Full Broadcast Video

YouTube video by LoVetta Jenkins (Chatty Passenger)

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

have ya'll read amina cain's novel, indelicacy? i just finished it and loved it so much.

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han olliver @hanolliver.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

This morning Mohammed's campaign was at a little over 3k and now it is nearly to 10k! I cried seeing the jump on their page! We must meet this family's goal, the urgency remains the same—please keep sending funds and sharing.

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 08/12/2024

In 2015, after a year of stress and illness, I decided to create a free resource called the Encouragement Notes. The Encouragement Notes comprise free encouraging emails, sent from Monday through Friday. Sign up here: esmewang.com/encouragemen...

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Esmé Weijun Wang — Encouragement Notes

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

i had the delight of being interviewed by @hillaryleftwich.bsky.social for her substack. i talked about my book, my upcoming workshop series and the writers and artists who are inspiring me lately! you can read the interview here: hillaryleftwich.substack.com/p/get-to-kno...

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

writers/artists who don't work in academia - how are ya'll doing artist residencies? do you use PTO or some kind of fmla or other leave?

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anna !!! :) 🇵🇸🌸✨🌸🇵🇸 @frogs4girls.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

every night i’m so excited to go to bed

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George Abraham 🍉 @intifadabatata.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

MIZNA 25.1: CATASTROPHE HAS ARRIVED! This issue is gorgeous and breathtaking beyond words. I hope you'll hold these words of our community, who have gathered here despite an impossible time for so many of us 🍉🇵🇸 mizna.org/product/mizn...

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Please welcome—and support—the trans poet librarian @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social who is raising funds for his legal fight for accountability with his employer.

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The Cabin in Pete Woods @thatpetewoods.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

This is a scam that’s prevalent on Bluesky so please be aware. The scammer will copy an artist’s profile & create a nearly identical handle. They block the artist & reach out to their followers asking for money. If you’re contacted by a scammer let the artist know then report the scammer please.

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Z.K.A. (she/her) @pegasusunder.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We are out here promoting diversity of all kinds in horror; combining the body and nature in horror, allowing the erotic and the terrifying, and creating a space for BIPOC authors in horror! *SUBMISSIONS OPEN*

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

i just started reading amina cain's indelicacy & wish i could quit every obligation so i could just keep reading all day.

a photo of page 27 from amina cain's book indelicacy.

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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Sundress Publications is open for submissions for grant applications from Palestinian writers with a chapbook or full-length book in progress. All eligible authors are welcome to submit during our application period which closes on December 31st, 2024. www.sundresspublications.com/submit#pgrant

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

it's been a while since i've been submitting creative work. what are your favorite lit mags that publish visual poetry, performance documentation, and/or fiction?

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

i'm offering a 7-week workshop series in 2025 called Creating From our Bodies, Creating with our Bodies. we'll experiment with making across mediums to explore the ways embodiment can transform our art. sliding scale, 2 scholarships available. reinventingcreativeprocess.com/2024/06/11/c...

black text on a pink and rainbow background that says "creating from our bodies, creating with our bodies. a virtual 7 week generative workshop exploring embodiment through multi-media creative practices. includes: 3 classes about embodiment, 3 classes exploring embodiment through different artist mediums, generative prompts each class, 2 optional 1.5-hour classes on using free audio and film editing software with filmmaker, usama alshaibi, 1 class to share what we've been creating with the group, written or voice recorded feedback on one project. seven sundays: 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 3-5p MT (5-7p ET, 2-4p PT), sliding scale $350-700* *two scholarship spots available. reinventingcreativeprocess.com" there's an image of a person's shadow on a tan wall - their hand it extended upwards.
at the bottom is black text that says “reinventingcreativeprocess.com”

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

really loving rick rubin's the creative act. there are so many good reminders in it about what it means to be an artist and how being an artist goes beyond just creative work and into every part of how we live our lives.

a photo of Rick Rubin's book The Creative Act, opened go a poem that says: "Living life as an artist is a practice. You are either engaging in the practice or you're not. It makes no sense to say you're not goos at it. It's like saying "I'm not good at being a monk." You're either living as a monk or you're not. We tend to think of the artist's work as the output. The real work of the artist is a way of being in the world."

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Did you know we’re hosting a cooking workshop with Laila El Haddad, author of the acclaimed cookbook Gaza Kitchen, on December 1? Participants will learn how to make Rummaniyeh and all proceeds will go to Laila’s family in GZ. Sign up here: www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/gaz...

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Gaza Kitchen: A Cooking Workshop — Workshops 4 Gaza

Register for “Gaza Kitchen: A Cooking Workshop” here . Donate to Laila’s family here (suggested donation $60 USD). In this workshop with renowned author and speaker Laila El Haddad, part...

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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Not that you asked, but here's a big roundup of upcoming books by trans authors that you can preorder now! :) Links to individual books below. (Asterisks indicate that this author has been interviewed on the cool podcast Gender Reveal.)

Winter 2025:

*Dean Spade, Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell, Together, Jan 2025

*Edgar Gomez, Alligator Tears (memoir in essays), Feb 11

Emily St. James, Woodworking (novel), March 4

*Torrey Peters, Stag Dance (a novel + 3 novellas), March 11

Spring 2025:

Jamie Hood, Trauma Plot (nonfiction), March 25

Vivian Blaxell, Worthy of the Event (essay), April

Anton Solomonik, Realistic Fiction (short stories), April

Jeanne Thornton, A/S/L (novel), April 1

Aurora Mattia, Unsex Me Here (fiction), April 1

Andrea Long Chu, Authority (essays), April 8

*Denne Michele Norris, When the Harvest Comes (debut novel), April 15

Issac Fellman, Notes from a Regicide (novel), April 15

*Niko Stratis, The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman (memoir in essays), May 6

Mac Crane, A Sharp Endless Need (novel), May 13

Harron Walker, Aggregated Discontent: Confessions of the Last Normal Woman (essays), May 20

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Anxious Rage @anxiousrage.blacksky.app · 19/11/2024

HR 9495 is the “nonprofit killer” bill that (if passed) would allow NGOs to be stripped of their tax-exempt status w/o evidence or due process if the federal govt doesn’t agree with their mission. It was defeated last week but is back up for a vote Wednesday. Info below to contact your House reps

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

We are a group of autonomous writers, artists, educators and translators coming together to offer online courses and workshops to raise money for people in Gaza 🥀🥀🥀

Reddish orange background with white text workshops for Gaza cascading down the square

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 18/11/2024

Not Your Rescue Project Join Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam for a conversation with Harsha Walia about migrant sex workers fighting for justice Tuesday, November 26th at 7:00 pm ET RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

finished up my first embroidery project last night, which i did mostly free-hand after learning some basic stitches.

an image of an embroidery hoop with white fabric in it. embroidered onto the fabric is a light blue, maroon and yellow flower, green vines and leaves, and green text that says "free palestine."

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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I've heard rumors that Palestinians in Gaza are getting their accounts taken down (cool and normal reasons I'm sure) so I'm threading a partial list of GoFundMes that I've personally supported, in the hopes that you will do the same!

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

There are gonna be disabled folks who can't contribute anything to The Cause. They have no money, no energy, no physical ability, no time. They will need to receive and will never be able to give back. You gotta save them, too. Especially them.

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

what are your favorite novels? ideally novels that are brave and strange in both form and story, novels that show paths to other worlds, novels with disabled characters, novels that you can't stop thinking about.

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Nikki Wallschlaeger @nikkimwalls.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

hello, I have to find a new job because of an abusive co worker. I don't know how long that will take. I have no money. I'm a domestic abuse survivor. anything is appreciated and accepted with gratitude 🙏🏾💜✨ Venmo Nikki-Wallschlaeger

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Israa has lost so much in the genocide, and is trying to raise funds to survive and help the remaining members of her family rebuild their lives. Bsky is making fundraising difficult, and she is being harassed here as well. Please share or help if you can:

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 09/11/2024

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

Ten book covers: How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Palestine in a World on Fire, Let This Radicalize you, Socialism... Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls. More details at the included link.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

For new BlueSky users, please consider flipping the toggle to require Alt Text on all photos that you post. I did it when I started here and it did not take long to get used to it. It helps to make this community more inclusive.

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Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

“We have poetry / so we do not die of history." - Meena Alexander

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Reasons to wear an n95: 1) COVID never ended 2) Unmitigated pandemics are a tool used to harm marginalized people & you won’t participate 3) CDC is tweeting about avian flu symptoms to watch for 4) It’s a real bad time to risk illness & disability 5) It offends MAGA Get/give mask mutual aid:

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Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc

MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.

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William Gillis 🏴 @rechelon.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Hey folks, I'm going to re-up donations asks for this anarchist project in Lebanon helping with displaced folks. I've met and talked at length with one of the local comrades involved and we're hoping to get other legally acceptable paths in to help anarchist projects. chuffed.org/project/1143...

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Help Food not Bombs Lebanon Support The Displaced

French description below the English one

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lauren samblanet (she/they) @laurensamblanet.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

my favorite newsletters are by @jayjayrowan.bsky.social. they help me relate to my body & my creative practice with more curiosity and gentleness.

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