Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 26/08/2026just ordered a safety handle for the shower, guess my age 020
Reposted by Tanya PapernyJason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours. 117313108381
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 19/08/2026ME: I got a C+ in "Newspaper Production" & that was my second worst grade in high school ALSO ME: I'm a professional writer 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 19/08/2026a background check process for a teaching gig is requesting a copy of my HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT 🎓 i graduated over TWO DECADES AGO 😂 001
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 13/08/2026[family dollar] CASHIER: i'm sorry sir, but we don't actually sell generational wealth 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Being greeted by all three of these alerts on Saturday was WILD 😓 @capitalweather.com 010
Reposted by Tanya PapernyTanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Looking for local events to mark the 250th anniversary without being a Nazi sympathizer? Check out this list I co-curated @wcp.bsky.social of visual art, performance, panel discussions, and more: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7882...washingtoncitypaper.comThe Real Locals’ Calendar of Alternative Events for America’s 250thThere are plenty of local performances, exhibits, and art projects to celebrate the Semiquincentennial instead. 101
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 08/07/2026This past weekend in DC, the fascists fascist-ed, the climate climate-d, and the fireworks polluted. Here's a list of good stuff to check out in DC that's non-fascist, non-polluting, and pro-Black, pulled together by our very own Natalie Hopkinson: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7881...washingtoncitypaper.comA Guide to Black History, Rebellion, and Creativity in D.C.For America's 250th, Natalie Hopkinson takes readers on a tour of 19 places that embody the legacy of how freedom actually came to the city. 100
Reposted by Tanya PapernyThe Onion @theonion.com · 08/07/2026TJ Maxx Adds Meat theonion.com/tj-maxx-adds-meat 411550149
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 08/07/2026This is precisely the type of important and overlooked history I was getting at with my recent piece washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7881...washingtoncitypaper.comThe Real Locals’ Guide to America’s 250thBig U.S. anniversaries have always been complicated. The Semiquincentennial is no different, but City Paper is here to help you navigate it. 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 08/07/2026ah yes, the dulcet tones of late stage gentrification constructionstatic.klipy.comBart Simpson Making Noise with Pan & SpoonALT: Bart Simpson Making Noise with Pan & Spoon 010
Reposted by Tanya PapernyWashington City Paper @wcp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The Real Locals’ Guide to America’s 250th—stories about the people and places making up a fuller picture of this country’s anniversary. American University professor Natalie Hopkinson and City Paper columnist Tanya Paperny, along with some of Hopkinson’s former students, worked on this series.washingtoncitypaper.comThe Real Locals’ Guide to America’s 250thBig U.S. anniversaries have always been complicated. The Semiquincentennial is no different, but City Paper is here to help you navigate it. 075
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Happy birthday to my paternal grandmother, Калерия Николаевна Озерова, Kaleria Nikolaevna Ozerova, who would have been 108 years old today. Here's a bit about her literary acts of resistance: 100
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Why are Nirvana shirts trending among Gen-Z and Gen Alpha? I keep seeing them lately. 010
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 02/06/2026If you are organizing DC-area alternative programming for America's 250th, will you let me know? Think: people's histories, local activism, volunteer opportunities, indigenous and Black stories, anti-fascist events, etc. 000
Reposted by Tanya PapernyMitch Ryals @mitchryals.bsky.social · 10/04/2026A frequent scene at 1940s Club Madre: “Odessa would make her grand entrance into her club—mink from ear to ankle. ... [She] would lead an entourage—a trail of about six or seven beautiful ‘yella gals,’ mostly all for sale, followed by a train of lusty, well-heeled ‘E-lite’ gents.” 011
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 09/04/2026In the 1940s, notorious "underground queen" Odessa Madre ran a nightclub where she dealt in drugs, women, and drink. I got to write about the building, which is now home to D.C.’s only Black-owned LGBTQ+ club. Read today's piece in @wcp.bsky.social: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7833...washingtoncitypaper.com 144
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 24/03/2026The two events I'm attending tomorrow tell you all you need to know about me: "Legacies of the Gulag: Russian Camps Past and Present" with @michaeldavidfox.bsky.social and @vkaramurza.bsky.social and then art making for the @janeese4dc.bsky.social campaign 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I mean the earnest version of that is: I can’t believe we’re all expected to keep working knowing how heads of state and political and movement leaders have built boys’ networks around their predation. 010
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Men are out here being so bad, the least we can do is eat chocolate 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 15/03/2026FACT #1: a jar of nutella doesn't last more than 2 days in my house FACT #2: i live alone 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 14/03/2026The United States of America is a pyramid scheme that bankrupts and incarcerates people locally & bombs and annihilates people globally 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 13/03/2026STOP MAKING CRACKERS SO FANCY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A VEHICLE FOR DIP 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 11/03/2026As reported by Urban Turf, a forthcoming DC zoning decision could lead to more alley homes. I think this is a good thing. Here's one unusual DC alley home I wrote about recently: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7748...washingtoncitypaper.comOn Places: Repurposing—and Queering—an H Street Corridor Carriage HouseOnce home to the ENIKAlley Coffeehouse—a refuge and an incubator for Black gay and lesbian artists and activists. 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I've never meant this more earnestly than I do right now in 2026: HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 😭 010
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Seeking someone else who is watching the Henry Louis Gates, Jr. @pbs.org special "Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History" and wants to process it with me (ideally, you're either Black or Jewish or both) 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Listen, we're living through peak Patriarchy-and-Misogyny-Rule-the-World Times. Who is sending me gifts and money on Sunday, a.k.a. International Women's Day? My gender is many things, but woman is definitely one of them. 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 02/03/2026ah yes, the age-old "russian mogul commits suicide" line, except this time just add in an "associated with epstein files" bit 100
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Listen, I could care less about sportsball, but if you’re white and haven’t seen the Bad Bunny halftime show, just know I’m assuming you’re racist 🤷 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Some white people appear to have moved in across the street today and they’re already sitting on the front porch singing songs and playing acoustic guitar 110
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 13/02/2026my parents were born in one death cult (u.s.s.r. ☭) i was born in another (u.s.a. 🇺🇸) how about you? 000
Reposted by Tanya PapernyThe Onion @theonion.com · 11/02/2026Freelancer Loves Being Able To Barely Scrape By Livelihood On Own Schedule theonion.com/freelancer-loves-being… 121124130
Reposted by Tanya PapernyPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years 409253257181
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 11/02/2026unless you're russian american, you can't understand the odd pride that comes from watching the winter olympics. it's the only positive representation of "my people" i ever see. here's me weeping and shrieking at Ilia Malinin on the ice. 100
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Caption contest #dcstorm @capitalweather.bsky.social 000
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 30/01/2026PSA YOU HAVE TO PICK UP YOUR DOG'S POOP EVEN WHEN THERE IS SNOW ON THE GROUND THANKS 2163
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 30/01/2026do i have to pay rent even if i really really REALLY don't want to? 000
Reposted by Tanya Papernymax nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing 7913709310806
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Thank you @wcp.bsky.social for including my column in your roundup of 2025's best reporting (photo by @darrow-m.bsky.social): washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7719...washingtoncitypaper.comOn Places: The Inhabitants of Sherwood Farmhouse Represent a Microcosm of D.C. HistoryBrookland’s Sherwood Farmhouse, built in 1885, has stood vacant since 2015, hidden from public view. It survives thanks to practical necessity, happy accidents, intentional preservation, and interraci... 020
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 04/12/2025The Family Dollar that closed and reopened as a Dollar Tree/Family Dollar combo has again closed and reopened as just a Family Dollar. 100
Reposted by Tanya PapernyWashington City Paper @wcp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025A former carriage house near H Street NE once served as a “space of resistance, of organizing, of expression” for Black queer artists and activists. In her latest On Places column, Tanya Paperny traces the building’s history from stable to garage to residence:buff.lyOn Places: Repurposing—and Queering—an H Street Corridor Carriage HouseOnce home to the ENIKAlley Coffeehouse—a refuge and an incubator for Black gay and lesbian artists and activists. 083
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 02/12/2025yes my latest local history piece mentions both horse stables and gay artists, but sadly no gay horses — a topic available for any of you to dig into washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7748...washingtoncitypaper.comOn Places: Repurposing—and Queering—an H Street Corridor Carriage HouseOnce home to the ENIKAlley Coffeehouse—a refuge and an incubator for Black gay and lesbian artists and activists. 020
Tanya Paperny @tpaperny.bsky.social · 01/12/2025My latest research has made me realize how as a queer "millennial," I have yet to fully appreciate how the AIDS epidemic decimated and traumatized my queer "elders." But the organizing, art, and post-traumatic resilience also made my life as an out person possible. 030