Jay Besemer
@divinetailor.bsky.social
poet-artist-fool. aging, tr🔼ns, qu3️⃣3️⃣r, sick/disabled, autistic. he/they. i do not often follow back, so don’t follow me with that expectation.🚨DO NOT ADD TO STARTER PACKS WITHOUT CONSENT!🚨
http://www.jaybesemer.net
http://www.jaybesemer.net
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On Being Half-Imaginary
An experimental, hybrid exploration of personal archives, memory, identity and time (travel), On Being Half-Imaginary mixes memoir with media studies to present a nonlinear tale of becoming oneself. W...
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well, my dears, here we are: the OFFICIAL launch date for ON BEING HALF-IMAGINARY! in addition to this pinned announcement, with link, i’ll be cycling through my silly promo graphics over the next few weeks/months to keep my toes in the stream.
order here:
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yes, we are all professionals here.
January 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
yes, we are all professionals here.
here is derek jarman’s A FINGER IN THE FISHES MOUTH, a poetry collection with selected postcard reprints from jarman’s collection. this is a facsimile edition from house sparrow press with a forewordish by @suchmayer.bsky.social. a few of yous may be interested…
January 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
here is derek jarman’s A FINGER IN THE FISHES MOUTH, a poetry collection with selected postcard reprints from jarman’s collection. this is a facsimile edition from house sparrow press with a forewordish by @suchmayer.bsky.social. a few of yous may be interested…
all these years, i thought the chicago driver habit of honking while passing/leaving alleys, or approaching intersections, was a kind of sweet “watch out folks, i’m in motion!” warning. come to find out it mostly means “get tf outta my way because i won’t be using my brakes!” 😬—especially in snow.
January 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
all these years, i thought the chicago driver habit of honking while passing/leaving alleys, or approaching intersections, was a kind of sweet “watch out folks, i’m in motion!” warning. come to find out it mostly means “get tf outta my way because i won’t be using my brakes!” 😬—especially in snow.
looking a little flattened (& like i suddenly forgot my lines) in this mirror selfie…i’m wearing my black vest from the cover of ON BEING HALF-IMAGINARY & the beret featured in many images inside the book. they’re moth-eaten, i have old-man arms…but we are still here!!
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
looking a little flattened (& like i suddenly forgot my lines) in this mirror selfie…i’m wearing my black vest from the cover of ON BEING HALF-IMAGINARY & the beret featured in many images inside the book. they’re moth-eaten, i have old-man arms…but we are still here!!
if you find me in a crowd of people confronting terror i’ll be paying more attention to the well-being of the most vulnerable people & other beings in that crowd than i am to the agents of state terror. it’s what i can do. i’m not saying it’s better—i’m saying it’s what *i* can do.
January 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
if you find me in a crowd of people confronting terror i’ll be paying more attention to the well-being of the most vulnerable people & other beings in that crowd than i am to the agents of state terror. it’s what i can do. i’m not saying it’s better—i’m saying it’s what *i* can do.
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hello! i have posted a bunch of small works for sale here. all funds to mutual aid in the twin cities. much more to come!
Extras | allison anne
about the artisthi, i'm allison! i make handcut paper collage, mail art, zines and graphic design. i'm a member of twin cities collage collective and a collaborative project called morphic rooms. you
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January 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
hello! i have posted a bunch of small works for sale here. all funds to mutual aid in the twin cities. much more to come!
if you don’t habitually have your “following” feed as your default, you may find yourself having to scroll back & “catch up” with my & others’ posts. if that doesn’t suit you & you don’t want to miss a post of mine (etc.), you can set your notifs to alert you when i/they do certain kinds of posts.
January 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
if you don’t habitually have your “following” feed as your default, you may find yourself having to scroll back & “catch up” with my & others’ posts. if that doesn’t suit you & you don’t want to miss a post of mine (etc.), you can set your notifs to alert you when i/they do certain kinds of posts.
well, my dears, here we are: the OFFICIAL launch date for ON BEING HALF-IMAGINARY! in addition to this pinned announcement, with link, i’ll be cycling through my silly promo graphics over the next few weeks/months to keep my toes in the stream.
order here:
www.lulu.com/shop/jay-bes...
order here:
www.lulu.com/shop/jay-bes...
On Being Half-Imaginary
An experimental, hybrid exploration of personal archives, memory, identity and time (travel), On Being Half-Imaginary mixes memoir with media studies to present a nonlinear tale of becoming oneself. W...
www.lulu.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
well, my dears, here we are: the OFFICIAL launch date for ON BEING HALF-IMAGINARY! in addition to this pinned announcement, with link, i’ll be cycling through my silly promo graphics over the next few weeks/months to keep my toes in the stream.
order here:
www.lulu.com/shop/jay-bes...
order here:
www.lulu.com/shop/jay-bes...
i gave sonny the packing paper from a book delivery to play with, & he made this habitat-nest-installation
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
i gave sonny the packing paper from a book delivery to play with, & he made this habitat-nest-installation
a change of plans today opened out my schedule, so i could get my RSV vax a day earlier. glad of it! now i’m sorted for all the respiratory stuff.🥳
January 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
a change of plans today opened out my schedule, so i could get my RSV vax a day earlier. glad of it! now i’m sorted for all the respiratory stuff.🥳
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Time Travel Is Easy, my full length collection of Deep Time poetry, processing queer embodiment in the Late Anthropocene (with dinosaurs), is now available on Itch! dinoholler.itch.io/time-travel-...
Time Travel Is Easy by Rick Hollon
Poems of Deep Time, queer embodiment, and life in the late Anthropocene.
dinoholler.itch.io
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Time Travel Is Easy, my full length collection of Deep Time poetry, processing queer embodiment in the Late Anthropocene (with dinosaurs), is now available on Itch! dinoholler.itch.io/time-travel-...
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$826 raised at time of posting — we’ve set a loose goal of $4,000, which would mean we’d be able to give each family $800. thank you to everyone who has pitched in through reposts and donations so far ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
January 14, 2026 at 12:55 AM
$826 raised at time of posting — we’ve set a loose goal of $4,000, which would mean we’d be able to give each family $800. thank you to everyone who has pitched in through reposts and donations so far ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
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been working on three promo graphics for the upcoming “official” release of ON BEING HALF-IMAGINARY on the 15th. two are silly, one is…i dunno, cinematic? & all are eye-catchingly rinky dink.
i do rinky dink better than most folks, if i do say so myself.
i do rinky dink better than most folks, if i do say so myself.
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
been working on three promo graphics for the upcoming “official” release of ON BEING HALF-IMAGINARY on the 15th. two are silly, one is…i dunno, cinematic? & all are eye-catchingly rinky dink.
i do rinky dink better than most folks, if i do say so myself.
i do rinky dink better than most folks, if i do say so myself.
you are glorious. you are ordinary. you are absolutely vital to the world. you are doing more than enough.
January 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
you are glorious. you are ordinary. you are absolutely vital to the world. you are doing more than enough.
filling the bathroom sink i notice the bubbles clustering over the drainplug look like a zinnia—this too is important, this flower of air & water
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
filling the bathroom sink i notice the bubbles clustering over the drainplug look like a zinnia—this too is important, this flower of air & water
remember, you can extend the compassion arising toward others back around toward yourself. you may empathize so much with others impacted by violence & crisis that you feel shame for any little pleasures or boons you experience.
you need not punish yourself (or anyone) for feelings or experiences.
you need not punish yourself (or anyone) for feelings or experiences.
January 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
remember, you can extend the compassion arising toward others back around toward yourself. you may empathize so much with others impacted by violence & crisis that you feel shame for any little pleasures or boons you experience.
you need not punish yourself (or anyone) for feelings or experiences.
you need not punish yourself (or anyone) for feelings or experiences.
struggling to post (again) about this regime as an abusive relationship on a global scale, but the reality is beyond words. once again, i know abuse survivors like me are navigating the current reality with many specific challenges.
we also hold many empowering insights, tools & strengths.
we also hold many empowering insights, tools & strengths.
January 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
struggling to post (again) about this regime as an abusive relationship on a global scale, but the reality is beyond words. once again, i know abuse survivors like me are navigating the current reality with many specific challenges.
we also hold many empowering insights, tools & strengths.
we also hold many empowering insights, tools & strengths.
i’ve had this black wool turtleneck sweater for over 35 years. it had been left in the scene/prop/puppet shop of the theatre department on campus & i adopted it one chilly day. it used to have a big wodge of white paint on the sleeve, but now it’s dwindled to a trace. my ex & i used to speculate
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
i’ve had this black wool turtleneck sweater for over 35 years. it had been left in the scene/prop/puppet shop of the theatre department on campus & i adopted it one chilly day. it used to have a big wodge of white paint on the sleeve, but now it’s dwindled to a trace. my ex & i used to speculate
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hauled out the button maker for the first time in over a decade. realized i need more supplies. ordered supplies. i am ready to…
…well, to make a lot of buttons.
…well, to make a lot of buttons.
January 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
hauled out the button maker for the first time in over a decade. realized i need more supplies. ordered supplies. i am ready to…
…well, to make a lot of buttons.
…well, to make a lot of buttons.
meanwhile: the game is afoot
January 10, 2026 at 1:30 PM
meanwhile: the game is afoot
schroedinger’s juror: the standby summons
January 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
schroedinger’s juror: the standby summons
ok, get this: if i want to send a small piece of mail art to a friend in germany, with no particular monetary value, as a gift, i have to pay 50 bucks—& he has to pay 10 euros to pick it up! i also have to certify that there is no “propaganda” in the piece.
January 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
ok, get this: if i want to send a small piece of mail art to a friend in germany, with no particular monetary value, as a gift, i have to pay 50 bucks—& he has to pay 10 euros to pick it up! i also have to certify that there is no “propaganda” in the piece.