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Katherine Montalto

@katherinemontalto.bsky.social

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artist. writer. weirdo. http://katherinemontalto.com/ #art #writing #music #fiction #poetry #zines

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Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 12d

All original #artwork on this feed is available for purchase and #licensing.
please contact me here: http://katherinemont...
Get my #art on stuff in my store
http://katherinemont...
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Abstract grid of multi-color squares made with inkscape

Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 2h

it's such a good issue!

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Jolie Braun @joliebraun.bsky.social · 15d

The new issue of Billy McCall's Behind the Zines is so good & focuses on the (I think) endlessly fascinating topic of zine distribution. (Available on Etsy, if you want to get yourself a copy.)

Cover of Behind the Zines: A Zine about Zines, issue 20, September 2025, features a black and white illustration of a woman rollerblading with zines swirling around her.

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nea @neakaze.bsky.social · 1d

Made a super duper teeny tiny mini zine out of a post-it note. If you fold it so that the sticky side is inside it perfectly glues the pages together 🤯 It's great!!

#zine #minizine #drawing #inkdrawing

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Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 19h

Bleak.

Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 20h

Oh the bridge!

Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 21h

All these dudes end up in the same town in south America?

Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 21h

I'm Sorcerer (1977) for the first time and I really don't know anything about it. So far it's just a series of really unfortunate unrelated events across the globe

Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 21h

I'm from Detroit and this is how I felt when I visited Amsterdam in 2018. It was my dream of city infrastructure.

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Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social · 2d

A few months ago, a friend visited me in Utrecht. As we biked around to do daily errands, she kept saying, "This is like a dream. This is like a dream."

I do believe all cities the world over to soon come to their senses, limit car movement, and build a dream of safe, abundant streets for people.

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Lo 🎨🔞 @lodrawsfilth.bsky.social · Jan 24

I do think it’s important.

A comic of a black spikes figure speaking to a white figure with a rectangular head. Black figure: “Everything fucking sucks. And everyone online is like… Make art! Art is, you know, super important! But what if nobody cares about my art? Who is that going to help? Who is that gonna SAVE?” White figure: “You. And a few people like you, maybe.” Black figure: “Yeah. Maybe.”

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 22h

I don’t post a lot about the ICE kidnappings and assaults because I don’t know what to do about it and don’t want to suggest courses of action that might get people killed, or draw the wrong kind of attention to people doing good work. But I hate them, and opposing them is basic decency

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 23h

Get one of these beauties

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Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 1d

Minor Transient Documents of Everyday Life are three line recipes, short stories, jokes, riddles, science projects, love notes, horrors, confessions, and memories. A collection of haiku written between the years 2022-2024. buy it - www.blurb.com/b/1242...

book cover with a black and white abstract illustration that reads minor transient documents of everyday life Katherine Montalto

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 1d

Michiganders and those within the Detroit metro area–I'll be facilitating a rad Youth Right to Read Summit on November 8 for people ages 15-22. It's *FREE* with travel reimbursement for young folks.

Details + registration ---> www.milibraries.org/youth-summit...

Image of a megaphone on a green background. The text in the image says "Clinton Macomb Public Library - Main Branch, Saturday November 8, 10 am - 3 pm. Youth Summit on the Right to Read."

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Nov 13

if i've learned one thing from doing union stuff while also doing other forms of organizing, it's that you're better off with people you disagree with who are nevertheless trying to do the same thing as you than with people you agree with who aren't trying to do anything

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #Caturday!

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Digital drawing of a white cat sitting in a garden. There are layers of flowers echoing the blue, pink, and white colors of the trans flag. Blue hydrangea at top, pink roses, white snowdrops, pink daisies, and finally, small blue flowers among the grass at bottom.

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Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it's time I watch it

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🎃Nosferascoob🎃 @scoobydouchebag.bsky.social · 2d

We are the sons of the Hamburger you couldn't Help

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 1d

5 ways YOU can use the torment nexus to maximize your workflow

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Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 1d

#sonnet #poem #poetry
The myth of explosion
http://katherinemont...

The myth of explosion
Posted 2025-09-28 by Katherine Montalto

Powder blue pinto, parked on the corner
The color of a carefree cloudless sky
I pass it every day, to and from work
Reminds me of that bittersweet feeling

When I was seventeen years old and –
Thought I could do anything I wanted
But knew because of when and where I was
That nothing was actually possible

What would it be like to drive that car now?
Very slowly in rush hour traffic
An over-sized pickup truck behind me
The myth of explosion on my tailgate

Do you trust your taste for danger against –
Any value I have left for my life

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 2d

This means if you're in the UK and haven't signed this yet, please do. At 100k signatures they have to discuss it again.

Literally the least you can do!!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 1d

this pope just keeps getting better. now he’s calling out clickbait!

p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 2d

da pope! first affirming migrant rights and now this

(and yes the headline is clickbait-y by design)

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 25d

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.

But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!

It's easy! Check your library's website.

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Katherine Montalto @katherinemontalto.bsky.social · 1d

These are really beautiful!

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing pictures of an abandoned tamale cart in Pilsen where ICE took a tamale street vendor. Those photos of left behind carts are so haunting. Community members disappeared. Not just vendors but people who have long standing relationships with the community and people.

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