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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 18h

Today's bright spot was having a zine class with a group of home-school teens and their parents. One of them brought a minizine she made about pit bulls and why they're so great. Delightful!

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 18h

ooh, I'm jealous!

Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 18h

a masterpiece

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 1d

👻🖤

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 2d

Here's another new book with research touched by my little paws: The Abortion Market: Buying and Selling Access in the Era Before Roe by Katherine J. Parkin (amazing cover btw) www.pennpress.org/978151282820...

The Abortion Market – Penn Press

A revealing investigation into how businesses and businessmen selling abortion access shaped the experience of buying abortions for millions of women between...

www.pennpress.org

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 2d

One magical part of being in the same job for almost 20 years, is that I hear about new books based on dissertation research I helped support. And sometimes they're literally magical (about Radical Witchery in the Southeast)! "For a Spell" by Jason Ezell uncpress.org/978146969044...

For a Spell

In the Southeastern United States of the late 1970s, a regional network of radical communal gay households formed in the face of rising New Right terror. Con...

uncpress.org

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dr. eerie katherine @actualkatherine.bsky.social · 3d

Random question for #Skystorians who know this sort of thing: How common was it for slaveowners to lie on manumission letters/papers in the antebellum US?

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 3d

Working from home with @miatadork.bsky.social means an early afternoon walk where we encountered a frog, a box turtle, a coyote (far away enough to not be scared, but close enough to see it really well), and narrowly avoided being hit on the head by falling walnuts.

Box turtle with a yellow and brown patterned shell, surrounded by brown leaves. Its little head is barely peeking out because I shrieked TURTLE and startled it.

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Emily Jane Buehler (she/her) @ephemerily.bsky.social · 3d

Local friends: the Eno River Farmers Market is having a silent auction to benefit its SNAP double bucks program, which has become largely self-funded: givebutter.com/c/VKYLf1 Lots of great items like a goat-milking experience and bottomless u-pick blueberries in 2026.

Taste of the Market 2025 Online Auction

Fundraiser for Eno River Farmers Market Double Bucks program

givebutter.com

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 3d

Hey @queermedieval.bsky.social your illustration prints *beautifully*!!

Anti-fascist frogs hot off the press

A print made from wood type and linoleum. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

The ink is green on an off white paper.

wood type and linoleum set for printing in a proofing press. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 3d

Every zine fest is a miracle and a labour of love, but here are some things that I have experienced that make for a zine fair that is especially nice to table at:
sheerspite.ca/five-things-...

Five things zine fairs do that I love - sheer spite press

Hello! I’ve been thinking about zine fairs (and book fairs, small press fairs, and other places where people stand behind a table and sell you little booklets). I’ve tabled...

sheerspite.ca

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 3d

Love this! Thanks for sharing it. I'm definitely going to pass it along.

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 4d

Follow the money: Duke Board of Trustees, Tim Cook
dukeforpalestine.org/2025/10/06/f...

FOLLOW THE MONEY MONDAYS | Duke Board of Trustees Edition - Duke for Palestine

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA -- OCT 6, 2025 The Board of Trustees (BoT) is the university’s governing body, responsible for overseeing Duke’s financial decisions and its investment company, DUMAC. But how m...

dukeforpalestine.org

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 7d

Added a lot of neat zines to my to-read list thanks to @sheerspite.bsky.social's great page of free zines & resources for making+printing zines: sheerspite.ca/home/about/z...

zine resources + free zines - sheer spite press

An extremely non-comprehensive list of zine stuff I think is interesting/credible/helpful! You can let me know about any dead links or stuff to consider adding at [email protected]. zine resources...

sheerspite.ca

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 7d

A little fun news in your face: Litquake is staging a marathon reading of Bastard out of Carolina on Oct 12 in San Francisco. Check out the sweet archival pics from the Dorothy Allison Papers (and some taken by yours truly)!

www.litquake.org/boocmarathon

Bastard Out of Carolina Marathon Reading | Litquake

In remembrance of Dorothy Allison’s legacy as a writer, lesbian feminist, and advocate for sexual freedom, Litquake is proud to join the author’s literary estate in presenting a cover-to-cover maratho...

www.litquake.org

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 9d

Congrats!

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 9d

they're just targeting your demographic lol

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 10d

I know Dwayne through the zine world, and he's been doing meaningful activist work and educating students for years. Petition to reinstate Dwayne Dixon here: www.change.org/p/reinstate-...

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 12d

oh, that's rough-- I hope everyone stays safe.

Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 13d

You're just a big ole mush!

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 13d

Highly recommend getting yourself some zine treats from a rad zine maker 🎃

elliott junkyard 🍉 @transarchivist.bsky.social · 13d

want some spoooOOOooky zines to arive in your mailbox? want to support a disabled trans person? you can do both of those things AT THE SAME TIME if you subscribe to snail mail zine club!! 🎃 👻🍂 #zines #zine #snailmail #queerart

ko-fi.com/s/dcc28f448f

snail mail zine club - Elliott Junkyard's Ko-fi Shop

what it says on the tin! receive zines in the mail! handmade by me and sent to you with love! you can sign up for 3 months, 6 months, or a full year s...

ko-fi.com

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 13d

Some choices were made. I hope it tastes good at least. My condolences.

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 13d

Also a big doughnut hub.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL & Chapelboro.com @wchlchapelboro.bsky.social · 14d

COLUMN: Whether you’re an avid gardener or looking for a fun family outing, you don’t want to miss PlantFest 2025 on Saturday, Oct. 11.

Orange County Master Gardener volunteer Ida W. Phillips previews the event on the latest Playing in the Dirt.

Playing in the Dirt: Don’t Miss Plantfest 2025 on October 11! - Chapelboro.com

Whether you’re an avid or beginning gardener, or you’re looking for a fun family outing, you don’t want to miss PlantFest 2025 on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Blackwood Farm Park.

chapelboro.com

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 14d

When life gives you covid... I guess you stay in bed and Date Everything. If this gets more than 10 likes, I'll show you my covid-induced Poor Things fan art.

Close up of a pink Switch Lut screen with an icon for the game Date Everything

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