The US elections have come and gone, sadly exactly as I suspected: too many of my fellow Americans are lazy and stupid. So the next pandemics are brewing. Climate change is happening. Techbro oligarchs and Christian Theocrats are trying to rebrand the US into their own fiefdoms. Now is the time to rebuild on our…
Read More Autumn MusingsI’ve already voted. In Arizona, I have the fragile luxury of voting by mail, tracking my ballot, and knowing to the day when it was received and counted. I know a lot of people don’t have that chance. I wish everyone could, in every state. These midterm US elections are desperately important. They’ll either push…
Read More Midterms down to the wireFrom here I cannot see two oceans. Standing astride this ridge, one foot Touching sunset The other, night. On each side, cool winds taste the same. From here I see no difference between Factory or farm, trailer or mansion, No hint of hand or ideology behind The lights that in distant valleys bloom. Thrumming…
Read More Continental DivideWarning: political snark. I’ve been admonished for being too political in my art & writing. I have also been accused of not being political enough. To be clear, I have been political since at least 1986. Sometimes it didn’t show as much. All that socially liberal SFF I’d read since 1977 ran up against my…
Read More Everything Is PoliticalAfter the bloviated weirdness of Trump’s Nuremberg-Rally-style ‘celebration’ at Mount Rushmore on July 3, 2020, I’ve noticed a common thread on social media feeds. Ordinary non-Trumper Americans, especially people of color and LGBTQIA folks, are *flinching* at American flags. Because now there’s a deadly calculus going on in our heads: “Is that flag being flown…
Read More I Want My Symbols BackI’ve had this piece of fiber book art in mind since 2011-2012. I’m glad I held off until now: even Mitt Romney’s version of the GOP has been eclipsed by the current crop of corrupt, venal, sanctimonious, and utterly incompetent politicians gracing the Republican Party. (And I say that as a former GOP member!) ‘Politics…
Read More First Look: Politics As UsualIt’s April, and I’ve been so busy with my own art and writing I forgot one of April’s cherished traditions. It’s Hugo Awards nomination time! And that means another Pie Fight GIF, this time courtesy of the very topical film Dr. Strangelove. I love how stoic and dignified this poor guy looks…kinda the way most…
Read More 2017 Hugo Awards List!Based off a great Twitter thread earlier today, I’ve cleaned up this version of a ‘Nazibasher’ stencil design. More anti-fascist art can be found here on Pinterest. My compliments to the original stencil maker. I’d love to cite you but we both know that may not be safe. Disclaimer: I’m making no money off this…
Read More Resistance StencilIt’s done! It looks like this: It started from an old beige cotton Dorfman Pacific Legionnaire Cap, bought at Popular Surplus when that was still around in AZ. Around 2003, for a Halloween event, I put the cap into a salmon-pink dye bath. Then doodled some red fabric paint on it, and stitched a raggedy…
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