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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨

@whimsandwonders.bsky.social
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Artist and poet Using my art to heal from trauma and create connection with others

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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Finished making my fairy dress, the shawl, and a cute little corset belt to go with it. I'm so proud of how this turned out #crochet #plussizebeauty #fashion #fairyvibes #artist #curvybabe
A femme presenting person dressed in a fairy/flower inspired dress. The dress is off the shoulder and has large light purple sleeves with ruffles. Body of the dress is a star shaped and made with self stripping yarn in dark purple, fuschia, light green and teal and the bottom of the skirt matches the sleeves. It also has a light green belt with a brown leather belt over top.

Picture is taken from the ground pointing up, she is standing a distance away and you can see a brick building in the background.A femme presenting person dressed in a fairy/flower inspired dress. The dress is off the shoulder and has large light purple sleeves with ruffles. Body of the dress is a star shaped and made with self stripping yarn in dark purple, fuschia, light green and teal and the bottom of the skirt matches the sleeves. It also has a light green belt with a brown leather belt over top.

She's sitting on steps with her feet up in this picture.A femme presenting person dressed in a fairy/flower inspired dress. The dress is off the shoulder and has large light purple sleeves with ruffles. Body of the dress is a star shaped and made with self stripping yarn in dark purple, fuschia, light green and teal and the bottom of the skirt matches the sleeves. It also has a light green belt with a brown leather belt over top.


This is a close up of the bodice of the dress and belts. She is standing with her arms apart so you can see the pattern of the sleeves.A femme presenting person dressed in a fairy/flower inspired dress. The dress is off the shoulder and has large light purple sleeves with ruffles. Body of the dress is a star shaped and made with self stripping yarn in dark purple, fuschia, light green and teal and the bottom of the skirt matches the sleeves. It also has a light green belt with a brown leather belt over top.


She's standing back from the camera, holding out the sides of the skirt to show the star shape and ruffles on the bottom of the skirt. In this picture she is wearing a green shawl with a ripple stitch pattern that resembles leaves.
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"FUCK ICE” is Peyote-stitched in 30,000 beads on LA utility poles by Native artist. Kimberly Dawn Robertson’s “bead bombs” fasten Native feminist resistance to service poles, reflecting the city back to itself. lapublicpress.org/2026/02/ice-...
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“FUCK ICE” is Peyote-stitched in 30,000 beads on LA utility poles by Native artist
Kimberly Dawn Robertson's “bead bombs” fasten Native feminist resistance to service poles, reflecting the city back to itself.
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Indigenous peoples decry US Forest Service permit allowing mineral drilling at sacred Black Hills site Pe' Sla. icmagazine.org/indigenous-p...
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Indigenous Peoples decry permit allowing mineral drilling at sacred Black Hills site – Intercontinental Cry
The Indigenous organization NDN Collective is calling for action after a decision by the U.S. Forest Service will allow exploratory mineral drilling at Pe’ Sla,
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/03/2026
2003 called and wants its Iraq War talking points back ffs
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Shah Alam was a Rohingya refugee who escaped genocide. He was disabled & blind. He got lost on a walk and ended up tased, arrested, jailed for months and dumped in the dead of night by Border Patrol. He died lost & alone. His wife is apologizing. We should apologize to her!
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Family of Nurul Shah Alam speaks publicly for first time since death
Fatimah Abdul Roshid and her son Faisel spoke to reporters for the first time on Saturday after the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 01/03/2026
Hundreds packed into Chicago's Federal Plaza this evening in protest of the U.S.-Israeli massacre in Iran.
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Finished my latest #crochet project.
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Got my husband some art for Valentine's Day. It was in an exhibit so we had to wait to pick it up.
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
pic of a metronome (me) going back (hot) and forth (cold)  

Every. single. day.  

mybodyistryingtokillme.com
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Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
New photo and poem Honestly very proud of both, this is one of my favorite photos of me. #poetry #poem #writer #plussizebeauty
Black and white photo of plus size woman sitting with her back to the camera, her arm is up and her hand is behind her head, you can see part of her profile. 

Poem

The transiency of beauty 

Slow down,
Be still in this moment 
Be still. 
I beg of you, 
Breathe it in, 
Breathe her in. 
The you that you are right now, 
Breathe in her softness,
Her curves,
Her scars,
Her stretch marks. 
Take notice 
Of the sunlight on her skin, 
Of the fall of her down her back, 
Take notice of every last damn thing. 
I beg you.
Because you will never be her again, 
Because one day you'll look back and wish for a little more time with her. 
So please, I beg of you. 
Slow down, 
Be still, 
And see how beautiful you really are.
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Sometimes you have to get creative when you block a project #crochet #starsweater #customclothes #fiberart #fiberartist #starchildsweater
Image shows a star shaped crochet project pinned to a wall. Star is a gradient from dark purple, to pink, then green, and teal blue
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Wrote a poem inspired by the photo I took last night. With a warm whisper and a soft glow Sunsets remind me That sometimes it's better to let go #poetry #writer #photography #mississippiriver #sunset #poem #poetrylover #photo
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Took this tonight #photography #sunset #river #mississippiriver #clouds #photo
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
My latest poem and a self-portrait I'll put the poem in the alt text if you can't quite read it on the image #poem #poetry #writer #plussize #selflove #bodypositivity #bodyimage
Words on a background, background is a black and white photo of a plus size woman in lace underwear with her hands behind her head. 

“You're too pretty to be this heavy”

The words curl out from her lips, 
Intertwined with cigarette smoke 
And just as poisonous,
“You're too pretty to be this heavy”
As her words hang in the air, 
I wonder if this is all she's known of beauty,
Something empty and weightless,
A whisper of form, a reflection, an idea
Not something real and true
And I wonder if that's why she hates my body,
My body that curves like Earth herself, heavy and solid 
That cracks where she stretches and grows,
With dimpled mountains and rolling hills, 
With deep valleys and peaceful meadows.
And I wonder if she knows that beauty doesn't have to be so light and airy
So empty and hollow, 
It can be something heavy,
Flawed and imperfect.
It can be something deeper than the surface.
It can be me. 
And I wonder if she knows that the only thing “too heavy” for me 
Is the weight of her words on my heart.
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Just a reminder that you don't have to be a size 0 to be sexy. You're gorgeous as you are. #boudoir #curvybabe #fatbabe #plussize #selflove
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Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
@preyanimalgf - yes the UK has free healthcare but you might die b4 a dr bothers to figure out what is actually wrong with you   

@wrath_776   - in the US you get to pay large sums of money for the same experience
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I just like this picture of me
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I look like I stepped out of my mural #art #artist #fiberart #crochet #whimsical
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Guess it's time for #sadboihour Thanks a lot brain.
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Just finished making this star pattern. I am absolutely in love with how it turned out. #crochet #fiberart #crochetartist #wearableart #artist
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Some of my best art show looks #plussizefashion #plussizebabe #fatbabe #curvyfashion
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
My latest poem #poetry #poet #artist #selfsabotage #cptsd #mentalillness
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Just another reminder that you can be fat and hot at the same time #curvybabe #plussize #fatbabe #bodypositivity
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Sketch for a new piece I'm starting about self-sabotage and how to heal from it. Gonna call it "and I lit the match" #art #artist #painting #cptsd #selfimprovement #mentalhealth
Image Depicts a long skinny canvas that has an anatomical heart engulfed in flames with a lit match at the bottom
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
To all my plus size babes who don't think they are or can be sexy... wrong. Yes you are, yes you can. You're no less desirable for being plus size #athomeboudoir #selfie #plussize #curvybabe
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I love this dress I made a few years ago. One of my favorite crochet projects. #wearableart #crochet #fiberartist #curvybabe #curvygirl #plussizebabe
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Still one of the best photos I've ever taken of myself. #athomeboudoir #boudoirphotography #selflove
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Somebody compliment me damn it. #thirtstrap #selfesteem #dopaminehit #sadgirlhour
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
New WIP A celestial cloud lady based off a selfie I took #celestial #art #artist #surrealism #whimsicalart #spacegirl
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
@sadfuckingaries - i feel so bad whenever my friends check up on me like baby i'm not good but don't you worry about that
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
From time to time I entertain the thought of becoming one of those women that humiliates men for money.
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
New poem (I'll put it in the alt text too) Used a background from Canva, added my poem on it. #artist #poet #writer #mentalhealth #depression #anxiety #ptsd
Image of a poem overlaid on a background of wildflowers and a gold finch. Poem says

Reasons to stay when I feel like leaving

It's snowflakes caught in my hair
That glints red copper in the sunlight
And the cold sear in my lungs 
On winter days. 

It's the smell of wet earth 
And lush green leaves
After spring rain. 

It's dancing with fireflies 
Barefoot in the grass
Summer nights spent laughing
Until I can't breathe.

And it's the calm that comes
After crying until I run dry
When someone tells me it's okay to let go
After a hard fall
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"flow" My heart is a timid thing But it beats steady in my chest. Strong, despite all the breaking. Strong, despite all the cracks. And if she doesn't always know the way Still, she can trust That every bad day ends And pain doesn't last #poetry #poetrylovers #art #artist #originalart
Long thin painting portraying a two headed character, one head at the top of the painting smiling, one at the bottom frowning. In the middle is a lily pad with an anatomical heart laying on top, two koi fish swim around the lily pad.
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
WIP, birthday gift for my sister and part of my upcoming art show #wipwednesday #art #artist #surrealart
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Resurrection a cicada’s song Bury me in the loam Deep in the earth Let me linger in the quiet dark Let me come back to myself, softly Let me be reborn, then When my heart has been purged And something has begun to bloom I'll crawl my way out of darkness And back into the light #art #poetry #poet
Image is of a painting. Painting depicts an anatomical heart in front of the moon with vines growing out of the right side and a cicada emerging from it's shell on the left. Background is a teal to dark grey gradient with stars in the sky.
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
In ten days time, I will be at the opening reception of my very own solo art show. I can't wait. #art #artist #artexhibit #poet #poetry #poetrylovers #artlovers
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'd like it to be warm outside again. #plussize #curvybabe #selflove #bodypositivity
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Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
His name was Alex. He was a nurse. For the veterans affairs office. He spent his life helping others. He went to support folks who didn't look like him. He died for it. His name was Alex.
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Created two years apart, these paintings are connected and go together. They have an accompanying poem that will be displayed with them at my upcoming solo exhibit. I can't wait. #artist #poet #poetry #writer #artexhibit #soloshow
Two paintings sit side by side on a table with candle and small string lights. One painting is triangular and depicts an anatomical heart that looks like a strawberry with vines growing out of it. Other painting is oval in an ornate frame and depicts a hollowed out moon holding a heart that has vines growing from it surrounded by clouds and stars. Two paintings sit side by side on a table with candle and small string lights. One painting is triangular and depicts an anatomical heart that looks like a strawberry with vines growing out of it. Other painting is oval in an ornate frame and depicts a hollowed out moon holding a heart that has vines growing from it surrounded by clouds and stars. This image shows a close up of the strawberry heart. There are hot pink sequins glued to the canvas like smaller strawberries.Two paintings sit side by side on a table with candle and small string lights. One painting is triangular and depicts an anatomical heart that looks like a strawberry with vines growing out of it. Other painting is oval in an ornate frame and depicts a hollowed out moon holding a heart that has vines growing from it surrounded by clouds and stars. Two paintings sit side by side on a table with candle and small string lights. One painting is triangular and depicts an anatomical heart that looks like a strawberry with vines growing out of it. Other painting is oval in an ornate frame and depicts a hollowed out moon holding a heart that has vines growing from it surrounded by clouds and stars.
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
qqquixote - *isolates myself* perfect! but why am i sad   

prettyonionbread - *socializes* perfect! how do i get out of here
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The sketch that started it all. The sketch that started my heart series.
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
you will never see me on my worst days, mainly because i can't even get out of bed but also because i don't want anyone to see how bad it really gets.
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
whenever anything goes ever so slightly wrong   

[pic of tina from bobs burgers]  

oh. it's ok, i guess i wasn't meant to have a good life.
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✨ Mackenzie Jane ✨ @whimsandwonders.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I just like this picture
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
files from filing cabinet and the are labeled  

1 - doctors that don't make me cry   
2 - magical cures i've tried but didn't work   
3 - plans i made but need to cancel because I'm too sick  
4 - medical trauma  
5 - unopened medical bills that scare me
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