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EVENT – OCT 11 Magus Monk w/Clock Issue at Bell Tone Synth Works Ambient Open Mic
The mysterious and machine cool Clock Issue has invited me to perform alongside their slot on this month’s open mic at an analog synth repair workshop. You’re invited. =^) Sunday October 11, 20264-6pm Open House6-9pm Open Mic Bell Tone Synth Works7000 Terminal Square,…
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PRE-ORDER – 2027-2028 C U Next Tuesday
It is currently the tail-end of ~planner season~ in stationery freakland and [coughthisisspambutitstasty] if u have been waiting, i am here to tell you… ★ 2027 Gregorian [1 Jan 2027 ~ 31 Dec 2027] ★ 2027-2028 Zodiacal [20 Mar 2027 ~ 19 Mar…
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one season winds down while another
cyborg juicer realities, 8th house trekking, and sympathy for fools
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EVENT – June 10 Clearing the Mist: Alternative Paths to Publication
Feeling excited to attend this panel on ~publishing~, y’all. Come thru! Clearing the Mist: Alternative Paths to Publication The path from emerging writer to published author can be mysterious and intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. In this lively panel discussion, indie…
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Gear Upgrade
When I launched the C U Next Tuesday planners at the turn of 2026, they had 60gsm cardstock covers, which is not super durable or sturdy as far as most planners go, and my shop listings recommended reinforcing them in one way or…
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The Philly Fictionists
Somewhere I must’ve mentioned that this past January I attended a one-day writer’s retreat for Philly trans writers, called The Philly Fictionists, but if this is the first you’re hearing about it from me, my bad. Led by Julian Shendelman, the group of…
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Whose timeline is it anyway
The Terminator fever dream coming to fruition? The need for fantasy? Magic? Faith? Hope/lessness and the foreverness of things. There are photos of me as a gangly nine year old wearing a reduce reuse recycle shirt, with illustrations of a 1990s multi-culti lineup…
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EVENT – Apr 2 The Way Disabled People Love Each Other Philadelphia Book Launch w/author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
HOW ARE YOU We made it to spring, y’all. Congratulations to us all. I’m in the midst of burning the midnight oil, printing zines and planners, preparing for the slow but steady lineup of events I’m vending this spring (still unemployed, still looking…
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ZODIACAL C U Next Tuesday
WHAT’s up, party people. Trust and believe that the cyborg scifi smut magic survivor memoir audio tales and writings you know and appreciate me for have not been forgone for my C U NEXT TUESDAY planner project — it’s just that I am…
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C U Next Tuesday 2026 Planners
2018 was the last year I made my then-short-lived CUNT planner for the public. Now, unemployed and after six weeks straight of fairly grueling design and spreadsheet work and learning curves on new software, I present to you… CUNT 2026! I’m proud of…
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CYBORG MEMOIRS at Philly Zine Fest, Mitten Hall 1913 N. Broad Street Philadelphia Nov 1 2025
Come see me! I’ll be vending books, zines, tees, stickers, and other ephemera at PHILLY ZINE FEST 2025 Saturday, November 1 · 11am – 5pm ESTMitten Hall, Temple University1913 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19123 phillyzinefest.org for more details What to Expect A bustling,…
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Cyborg Memoirs at Dismantling the Master’s Clock book release, March 13 2025, Wooden Shoe Books, 704 South St, Philadelphia
METROPOLARITY reunites at South Street’s Wooden Shoe Books on this year’s ides of March in celebration of our own Rasheedah Phillips‘ monumental book release: Dismantling the Master’s Clock. All four of us—Rasheedah Phillips, Alex Smith, Ras Mashramani, and myself— will be live in…
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