UR INVITED TO MY BIRTHDAY READING + más

HI EVERYONE

As I began posting to my instagram stories a few days ago, WELCOME TO CHAOS SEASON. A gemini rejoices. I feel the WINDS OF CHANGE BLOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ever since the cultural phenomenon of celebrating each zodiac season, I began to notice indeed that when my season crept around again I would feel energized and set in motion to begin achieving things I'd been slowly gathering to do. Even if you don't care to invest in believing zodiac energies and what have you, you can still utilize the seasons to focus your energies. As with moon phases and its repeating cycle, it's another good tool to focuses your energies by if you otherwise spend time squandering your desires and fixating on what others are doing when what you ~really~ want is to achieve your own gamut of goals.

That said, if you're in Philly YOU'RE INVITED TO

my birthday reading
and
p o t l u c k !

It's this coming Saturday, June 1st, from 3 to 6pm at the Penn women's center, located at 3643 locust walk in the middle of Penn's campus. Come hear me dramatically read one of my favorite short stories & a longer tale I'll be performing with music/ sound effects especially for this reading. Bring something to eat/share if you want to, and come ready for a chill storytime afternoon from your local area cyborg. There will be couches, a patio, listening masks. Venue & its bathrooms are wheelchair accessible. Not sure about fragrance/scent but will update.

Totally please come if you're just a casual fan of my work. It's happened enough times now that someone I don't personally know is talking to me at an event and admits they have been following me for some time. I'm always like oh wow so coool! I will totally chat you up at least for a few moments, and respect any lurker status you wish to maintain.

EVENTS PLANNING I'M SOLIDIFYING RN >>>
JUNE 28th or JUNE 29th - VENUS SATURN SQUARE smut zine *~READING~* PARTY
JUNE 30th - SMUT WRITING/DESIRE PRACTICE WORKSHOP #1
JULY 6 - HOW TO PERCEIVE PROPAGANDA WORKSHOP
JULY 13 - SMUT WRITING/DESIRE PRACTICE WORKSHOP #2
JULY 20 - SMUT WRITING/DESIRE PRACTICE WORKSHOP #3??

Might just do two smut writing workshops. Venue TBD for all these events. Might have some of them in public parks. All take place on Fri-Sun days. If you went to any of the previous smut writing workshops and have any feedback, critiques, suggestions for improvements or changes, please have at me cause I'm all ears.

random promo since last missive: i got some new stickers out if you're interested in flexing

What else happened since I last wrote?
Jannie Blackwell got defeated in her city council re-election and the philly 3.0 jawn Jamie Gauthier is going to be in office... interesting interesting.

I been meaning to read Rasheedah's Fringe Arts essay, Reverse Gentrification of the Future Now.

And I'm in the middle of Lou Cornum's interview with Nick Estes titled Red Planet, about Estes' book Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance.

I been writing more All That's Left and listening to various tracks and mixes by DJ Haram and A Guy Called Gerald's Black Secret Technology.

And now I'm bout to go hang out on a roof top, come back home and set up this microphone so I can record some stories and keep doing my thing.

This newsletter feels a bit frantic or discombobulated but OHHH WELL <3