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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · 26d

The Queer Variety Show is on next Tuesday night at Smith's Alternative.
Sparklemuffin will be doing a bit of screaming.

tickets www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

for further info, including accessibility
www.arachneart.com.au

#Queer #Drag #Nonbinary #Disabled #Autistic

Sparklemuffin is a white skinned person with a pink wig sticking out everywhere, they have curly glittery eyebrows and a pink glitter beard. They have a dark purple shirt with red and purple ruffles on.

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · 26d

The Queer Variety Show is on next Tuesday night at Smith's Alternative.

tickets www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

for further info, including accessibility
www.arachneart.com.au

#Queer #Disabled #Performers

The Queer Variety Show

Tuesday September 23, 7pm - 9pm | The Queer Variety Show is a joyful celebration of performance art. It features LGBTQIA+ and disabled performers and allies, inclusive of people with physical, mental,...

www.smithsalternative.com

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · 26d

The Queer Variety Show is on next Tuesday night at Smith's Alternative.
Parker will be singing some of their original songs.

tickets www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

for further info, including accessibility
www.arachneart.com.au

#Queer #Trans #Music

Parker McKenzie is a white skinned person with short blonde and brown hair, blue eyes and facial hair. He is wearing a white top with a black motif on it. They appear to be sitting in their car. The are looking at the camera and smiling slightly.
The photo is set in a square Queer Variety Show frame, three sides of the frame being made up of queer flag colours. The bottom border is black with text: Text: 23rd September, Parker McKenzie. In the top of the frame is a white box with black text: The Queer Variety Show.

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · 26d

The Queer Variety Show is on next Tuesday night at Smith's Alternative. We start at 7pm and finish between 9 and 9-30.
Angel will be doing a reading from their book.
@angelhellyer.bsky.social

tickets www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

#author #QueerVarietyShow #Peformer #nonbinary

Photo by Nathan J Lester
This is a head and shoulders shot of Angel Hellyer, who is a white skinned person with short dark hair and dark eyes. They have on a red tartan top, underneath a black cardigan. They have long dangly earrings and are looking directly at the camera with a neutral facial expression, the background is a creamy colour. The photo is in a square Queer Variety Show frame, three sides of the frame being made up of queer flag colours. The bottom border is black with text: Text: 23rd September, Angel Hellyer. In the top of the frame is a white box with black text: The Queer Variety Show.

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · 27d

The Queer Variety Show is on next week. Tuesday the 23rd of September at Smith's Alternative. 7pm until about 9 - 9-30pm. Tickets from Smith's Alternative
www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

For accessibility and further info go to
www.arachneart.com.au/general-6

#Queer #Disabled

Temerity Outrè is a white skinned woman with long blonde hair. In this photo she is sitting in her wheelchair and is wearing a baseball themed costume. She has a red, sparkly baseball cap pulled down covering her face, and is wearing a white pinstriped, short sleeved top that has a red word motif at the top and the number 28 in red on the pocket. She has whit lacey leggings on. On her right foot is a black show, her other leg ends about mid calf and she has on her stump a baseball themed pastie. It is round and the ‘tassles’ are tiny baseball bats. She is holding a giant bucket of popcorn. The background is black with blue to her right.
The photo is in a square Queer Variety Show frame, three sides of the frame being made up of queer flag colours. The bottom border is black with text: Text: 23rd September, Temerity Outrè. In the top of the frame is a white box with black text: The Queer Variety Show.

Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · 27d

The Queer Variety Show is on next week. Tuesday the 23rd of September at Smith's Alternative. 7pm until about 9 - 9-30pm. Tickets from Smith's Alternative
www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

For accessibility and further info go to
www.arachneart.com.au/general-6

#Queer #Disabled

The Lost Larrikin is standing with a microphone in front of them. He is playing a cream coloured guitar. They have pale skin, short dark hair and dark eyes, they are looking intently outwards as they sing. He is wearing a short sleeved, printed, dark coloured shirt with braces and blue jeans. The background is black. The whole image is in a square queer variety show, pride colours, themed frame. Along the top in a white text box is : The Queer Variety Show. In a black box, in white text on the bottom is: 23rd September 2024, The Lost Larrikin.

Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Aug 25

I haven't been here for a while.. I find keeping up with all the platforms too hard.

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · May 12

It's been a while since I've been on here. I've been swamped by life. Anywhoo, The Queer Variety Show is on next week, Tuesday 20th of May. It's going to be a banger.

www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

The Queer Variety Show

Tuesday May 20, 7pm | The Queer Variety Show features performers who are queer/LGBTIQA+ and disabled and our allies.

www.smithsalternative.com

Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Feb 25

I recently had some medical tests as ordered by the new rheumatologist I saw. For the first time ever, something has shown up. I'm actually glad. So many blood tests always telling me I'm healthy. Have to make a follow up appointment.
#disability #chronicIllness

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Feb 20

Some photos by Nathan J Lester of my performance at the #QueerVarietyShow on the 28th of January.

#MenaPaws #Queer #Disabled #ChronicIllness #Autistic #Over50 #GenX #MEcfs #Fibromyalgia

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Feb 20

It was mostly okay. The people in Naarm at the railway station were most nice and helpful when my rollator, stacked high with two heavy bags kept getting stuck on the textured ground bits {there for blind people} and the taxi driver was also very nice.

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Feb 19

From the #QueerVarietyShow on the 28th of March.

Photo cropped a bit for social media by Nathan J Lester

Image description: Mena Paws is a white woman with short grey hair. She is wearing a red headscarf and a long black coat. With brown pants poking out at the bottom. She is holding a black bag that has 'cocks' written on it. Next to her, her rollator is covered with a white sheet. Behind her is a white screen.

Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Feb 17

Far out. It took 50 minutes to drive from Belco to Kingston this morning. I needed to check my luggage in half an hour before leaving which was 9.22 . We were late but luckily they did it for me anyway. So safely got on the bus. Next thing I get a message from Jive saying the car won't start.

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Feb 17

I'm travelling tomorrow. This is a small part of what I need to take. It's such a balancing act with chronic illness. Tomorrow's travel will knock me around. I expect to be up and running on Friday.
#disability #ChronicIllness #Travel #autistic

A pile of medications and a blue embroidered wheat bag.

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Jan 30

Today is extra crap. The weight of the world and very sick people close to me is hard and exhausting. Thankfully there are small things. We have to look for the glimmers more than ever.

Small white and purple pansy and orange flowers with some green leafy bits in a flower pot.

A close up of purple flowers. They are on green leafy stems and there is cat netting next to them and a grey fence in the background.

Orange , purple and white flowers in a pot plant, with lots of green leafy bits around them.

4 small blue flowers on a green leafy stem. Underneath them is a wooden floor.

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Jan 30

Someone to love you like that is out there. I'm sorry things are so crap.

Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Jan 30

With a background that is red up the top. It gradually changes to blue then green then yellow. It has an image up the top centre that is faded, but you can make out a person standing and others sitting near a tree. Text: The Woodstock 69 experience. Acid Queen. Kozmic blues, Strawberry Fields forever. Irish club. Jul 14, 2018..7.30pm. Tickets $25. $30

Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Jan 30

I'm so sorry.

Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Jan 26

This is hard to answer. I'm nearly 57 and I've been crocheting since I was 8. I do make blankets as gifts for people, but I prefer to make pieces that are conceptual art works. I have been making dolls recently. I enjoy these.

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Jan 25

Crochet

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Jan 25

Nice colours. I love simple granny square blankets that let you explore colour and design with colour.

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · Jan 22

Yet another severe ME/CFS patient is being threatened with detention in a psychiatric ward

In Denmark, Line's medical team is trying to forcefully detain her in hospital.

Predictably, they are doing so after labelling her #MEcfs as psychiatric #chronicillness
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Yet another severe ME/CFS patient is being threatened with detention in a psychiatric ward

Yet another severe ME/CFS patient is being threatened with detention in a psychiatric ward from Canary on 22 January 2025

www.thecanary.co

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Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Jan 25

Jebus. That's awful.

Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Jan 25

Eeep. Yep that stuff is not good to breathe in.

Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · Jan 25

1. Visual art.
2. Textiles
3. Didn't change.
4. I work from home, very casual for a disability organisation - I am disabled, can't really do most work. Spend most of my waking hours doing something creative. So I'm doing what I trained to do, bit don't really make money from it.

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