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Catherine 💖💜💙

@handsomemango.bsky.social

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Collage artist, cat parent, maker of cool pinback buttons (on Faire and Etsy). Founder Bi+ Arts Festival. Into bi+ history, vegetarian cooking, live music, weird films, corgis, dachshunds, and observing everyday life in downtown Toronto.

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Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · 25d

Friends! There’s still time to bid on various goodies at our silent auction in support of the Bi+ Arts Festival. www.32auctions.com/biartsfestival2025

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Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · 25d

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Dorianne Emmerton (she/her) @dorianne.bsky.social · 27d

#Toronto! Celebrate great work by bi+ writers this Friday! Fantasy, realism, poetry, and more! Featuring: Kamila Rina; Kathy Friedman; J.M. Frey; Jacqueline Chia; Sanchari Sur; and Rachel A. Rosen. In the atrium at the new Glad Day Lit venue at 32 Lisgar, 6:30 pm. www.eventbrite.com/e/bi-arts-fe...

Bi+ Arts Festival Author's Showcase

Featuring poetry and fiction by fantastic bi+ authors.

www.eventbrite.com

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Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · 29d

Happy to help raise $$ to pay #queerartists at this years Bi+ Arts Festival. Cool stuff to bid on including some of my stickers and a new tshirt! #bipride #bisexual
Bid at www.32auctions.com/biartsfestiv...

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Dorianne Emmerton (she/her) @dorianne.bsky.social · 29d

The Bi+ Arts Festival fundraising auction has amazing items from local #Toronto businesses. Drag brunch, party tickets, gift certificates, craft workshops, 1:1 sessions with queer artists, books, zines, & more. New items daily! All $$ raised goes to pay artists. www.32auctions.com/biartsfestiv...)

2 tickets to Nightwood Theatre

Auction item '2 tickets to Nightwood Theatre' hosted online at 32auctions.

www.32auctions.com

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Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Sep 6

I wish!

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Sep 6

Off tonight to see #alabamashakes at Budweiser Stage. What should I wear? It’s gonna be 10 Celsius when the sun goes down. Brrrrr.

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Sep 6

My cat, Luna, enjoying Top Boy on Netflix.

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Sep 6

Everywhere is a bit different. In NYC if you wanted a double double you’d order a “light and sweet.” How do you order #coffee where you live?

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you!

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hey friends- translation pls- when they say “white coffee two sugars” (in a UK tv series) is the same as our (Canadian) double double?

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Sep 3

Sugar factory! Gobbling up the sugar with a big scoop. Such a delight to watch.

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’m at the beach! (Sugar Beach which is right downtown Toronto for those not in the know). It’s one of my fave places. I like to sit here and watch them unload the sugar from the tankers. #yyz #toronto #selfcare

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ordered samples of two new tees I’ve listed on Etsy. I’m dying, just dying of laughter. What do you think?

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Sep 1

And from another angle.

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Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Sep 1

Rearranged living room coming along nicely. Might sound weird but rearranging and painting is one of my mental health coping strategies. I look on it as a fresh start.

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Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Aug 31

Might have to watch some baby hippo antics to cheer myself up

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Aug 31

In a half assed attempt to fend off feeling like a loser (ie my business tanking because of no longer having access to the US market which was about 60 percent of my Etsy and 90 percent of my wholesale customers) I decided to rearrange the apartment. I’m now in the what fresh hell is this stage.

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Aug 23

Truth.

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Aug 23

Settled in with Breaking Bad and wanted to enjoy a nice Coke Zero (woohoo living a wild life) but arthritis (?) and a fibro flare (? or whatever this is) means I can’t get the bottle open. At all. Hands not working correctly. :(

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Aug 21

Happy 32nd wedding anniversary to my sweet sister @frannymacster.bsky.social and her husband (let's call him mr. anonymous i don't think he's on this platform). xoxo love you both! Let me dig out some photos.

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Aug 21

Stop calling me out! #adhd life

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Aug 21

Is she actually a #vampire? I think the answer is pretty clear. (Also, Breaking Bad in the background, my go to when I’m low on spoons). Negotiations with the cartel in progress. :)

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Aug 20

Got my govt issued official non-driver ID in the mail today - and as I opened it I thought, I hope I don’t look like a turnip. Happy to report no resemblance.

Catherine 💖💜💙 @handsomemango.bsky.social · Aug 18

A weekly roundup: I made lots of buttons, met a cute dog, got my 5 year cancer checkup, and experimented with making DIY collage kits. Hanging in there.