Augusta Avallone aka Penny Starr, Jr
@pennystarrjr.bsky.social
Seamstress, milliner, tailor in training,
former burlesque dancer and show producer, indie filmmaker in fits and spurts; Jersey born, Phila raised, LA woman and will brook no nonsense. Proud Dem.
High Femme Daddy.
She/Her
former burlesque dancer and show producer, indie filmmaker in fits and spurts; Jersey born, Phila raised, LA woman and will brook no nonsense. Proud Dem.
High Femme Daddy.
She/Her
Pinned
What we’re seeing is the murder/suicide pact between late stage capitalism and patriarchy.
Here’s everything you need to know abt Tarantino:
He does not show contemporary indie films at his theaters.
Please let him drop off the face of the earth.
He does not show contemporary indie films at his theaters.
Please let him drop off the face of the earth.
Don’t let the opening turn you off. Keep watching.
it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
December 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Here’s everything you need to know abt Tarantino:
He does not show contemporary indie films at his theaters.
Please let him drop off the face of the earth.
He does not show contemporary indie films at his theaters.
Please let him drop off the face of the earth.
This kitty came into our lives after a local cat rescue, which was overflowing with cats and kittens, refused us an adoption.
My husband got on the internet and found a friend was fostering this moony eyed sweetheart.
The cat distribution system never fails.
My husband got on the internet and found a friend was fostering this moony eyed sweetheart.
The cat distribution system never fails.
A kitten is the best Christmas present. It’s what I got my wife two years ago.
Pictured: @pennystarrjr.bsky.social with Emma Peel.
Pictured: @pennystarrjr.bsky.social with Emma Peel.
December 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This kitty came into our lives after a local cat rescue, which was overflowing with cats and kittens, refused us an adoption.
My husband got on the internet and found a friend was fostering this moony eyed sweetheart.
The cat distribution system never fails.
My husband got on the internet and found a friend was fostering this moony eyed sweetheart.
The cat distribution system never fails.
When dir/pro Karole Forman first came to me with this show, little did she know I’m a freak for vintage holiday craft books!
Wanting to evoke past holidays, I used all manner of vintage materials: felt, sequins, both chunky & eyelash glitter, buttons, patchwork, old lace tablecloth, google eyes…
Wanting to evoke past holidays, I used all manner of vintage materials: felt, sequins, both chunky & eyelash glitter, buttons, patchwork, old lace tablecloth, google eyes…
December 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
When dir/pro Karole Forman first came to me with this show, little did she know I’m a freak for vintage holiday craft books!
Wanting to evoke past holidays, I used all manner of vintage materials: felt, sequins, both chunky & eyelash glitter, buttons, patchwork, old lace tablecloth, google eyes…
Wanting to evoke past holidays, I used all manner of vintage materials: felt, sequins, both chunky & eyelash glitter, buttons, patchwork, old lace tablecloth, google eyes…
IT’S SHOW DAY here in SoCal!
For the last few months, I have been designing this funny, touching musical and we open tonight!
We’re almost sold out for tonight, but tix are available for the remaining run.
We’re so excited to share our art with you! #MrsChristmasthemusical
For the last few months, I have been designing this funny, touching musical and we open tonight!
We’re almost sold out for tonight, but tix are available for the remaining run.
We’re so excited to share our art with you! #MrsChristmasthemusical
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
IT’S SHOW DAY here in SoCal!
For the last few months, I have been designing this funny, touching musical and we open tonight!
We’re almost sold out for tonight, but tix are available for the remaining run.
We’re so excited to share our art with you! #MrsChristmasthemusical
For the last few months, I have been designing this funny, touching musical and we open tonight!
We’re almost sold out for tonight, but tix are available for the remaining run.
We’re so excited to share our art with you! #MrsChristmasthemusical
Got a new end of life plan! Rhinestone my bones!
Saint Munditia, patron saint of spinsters, died circa 310 AD, beheaded by a hatchet. She was transferred from the Roman catacombs in 1675 and put on display in Munich, her bones encased in a bejeweled shroud, her hands clasping a glass container of dried blood.
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Jeweled Skeleton of Saint Munditia
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
www.atlasobscura.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Got a new end of life plan! Rhinestone my bones!
Drinking coffee and Kahlua hoping for a caffeine kick so I can make some kind of roasted pumpkin/Mexican chocolate pie with pistachio cream.
IDK what I’m doing—totally winging it.
#pumkinpie
IDK what I’m doing—totally winging it.
#pumkinpie
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Drinking coffee and Kahlua hoping for a caffeine kick so I can make some kind of roasted pumpkin/Mexican chocolate pie with pistachio cream.
IDK what I’m doing—totally winging it.
#pumkinpie
IDK what I’m doing—totally winging it.
#pumkinpie
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the best way to deal with conservative family members on Thanksgiving is to spend the day somewhere else with people you like
November 27, 2024 at 4:08 PM
the best way to deal with conservative family members on Thanksgiving is to spend the day somewhere else with people you like
Arrived in LA with the ink still wet on my diploma, and needed to find a way to work in the film industry. Tried sound, asst dir, crafts service, all the while my inner voice said “you love fashion and clothes.” I jumped into costumes & will celebrate 30 years in IATSE next year
November 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Arrived in LA with the ink still wet on my diploma, and needed to find a way to work in the film industry. Tried sound, asst dir, crafts service, all the while my inner voice said “you love fashion and clothes.” I jumped into costumes & will celebrate 30 years in IATSE next year
This is your friendly reminder that we are mammals, and despite having opposable thumbs and electricity, we are meant to hibernate. The extra pounds, the urge to nest, carbo-load— it’s all OK despite what capitalism tells you. 🤓 Rest up, eat the cookie, watch the holiday favorite.
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is your friendly reminder that we are mammals, and despite having opposable thumbs and electricity, we are meant to hibernate. The extra pounds, the urge to nest, carbo-load— it’s all OK despite what capitalism tells you. 🤓 Rest up, eat the cookie, watch the holiday favorite.
I had Ray Bradbury’s Twice 22 out of the library for so long (routinely checking it in just to check it back out), that the librarian finally suggested I ask my mom to buy me a copy. It was just so much magic.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I had Ray Bradbury’s Twice 22 out of the library for so long (routinely checking it in just to check it back out), that the librarian finally suggested I ask my mom to buy me a copy. It was just so much magic.
I sleep well knowing the White House reeks of panic farts
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I sleep well knowing the White House reeks of panic farts
Compare and contrast the systematic and systemic destruction of the heroines in Gaslight, Rosemary’s Baby and Disclaimer
and why it reminds you of your shitty ex 😒
and why it reminds you of your shitty ex 😒
October 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Compare and contrast the systematic and systemic destruction of the heroines in Gaslight, Rosemary’s Baby and Disclaimer
and why it reminds you of your shitty ex 😒
and why it reminds you of your shitty ex 😒
Good news
After months of financial strain, Planned Parenthood will get a $140 million lifeline to offset losses it sustained after Congress in July cut funding for the health system, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. bit.ly/47Ep6xk
📸 Larry Valenzuela
📸 Larry Valenzuela
October 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Good news
Yes please!
BREAKING: California just introduced a ballot measure to hit billionaires with a one-time 5% wealth tax — targeting just 204 people but raising a staggering $100 BILLION to rebuild our schools and healthcare system. 💪 The ultra-rich can finally give back. 💯
October 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Yes please!
So shines a good deed in a weary world
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So shines a good deed in a weary world
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NEW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom just announced that he'll deploy the California National Guard and California Volunteers "on a humanitarian mission to support food banks as the federal government shutdown delays food benefits for millions of California families."
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom just announced that he'll deploy the California National Guard and California Volunteers "on a humanitarian mission to support food banks as the federal government shutdown delays food benefits for millions of California families."
Seeing the pics of the East Wing reminds me of this:
DURING 9/11, my mother didn’t comment on the people who died, but the loss of the buildings.
I legit wonder how many turn against him for this? Not for the underage raping, or the crimes against black/brown people, but a symbol of the US
DURING 9/11, my mother didn’t comment on the people who died, but the loss of the buildings.
I legit wonder how many turn against him for this? Not for the underage raping, or the crimes against black/brown people, but a symbol of the US
October 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Seeing the pics of the East Wing reminds me of this:
DURING 9/11, my mother didn’t comment on the people who died, but the loss of the buildings.
I legit wonder how many turn against him for this? Not for the underage raping, or the crimes against black/brown people, but a symbol of the US
DURING 9/11, my mother didn’t comment on the people who died, but the loss of the buildings.
I legit wonder how many turn against him for this? Not for the underage raping, or the crimes against black/brown people, but a symbol of the US
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In a wealth gap in a capital society I didn't see a damn thing..
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October 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In a wealth gap in a capital society I didn't see a damn thing..
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I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
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Heads up.
Voters in California who live more than 50 miles from a USPS regional mail center must mail their VBM ballots AT LEAST ONE DAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY to ensure they're postmarked on time and counted. Ballots mailed on ED will be postmarked the following day, making them ineligible.
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California Election Day ballots may miss deadline under new USPS rules
A ballot mailed on Election Day more than 50 miles from a USPS regional hub could be postmarked late due to new rules.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Heads up.
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Swear her in.
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Swear her in.
Please read:
And also, fuuuuck het/cis/white men
And also, fuuuuck het/cis/white men
Dear Ezra Klein, bodily autonomy is not a bargaining chip. What rights are you willing to give up? Let’s see you walk the talk. The burger is on me. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Dear Ezra Klein, Bodily Autonomy Isn’t a Bargaining Chip
Let's see if you're willing to walk the talk
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Please read:
And also, fuuuuck het/cis/white men
And also, fuuuuck het/cis/white men
I love this book— if you have a tween, I highly recommend #nonotes
QUINCE is about a teen who discovers she has superpowers at her quinceañera, but only for the year she's 15! The deluxe bilingual edition of the Eisner-nominated series is available on @hoopladigital.bsky.social and @comicsplus.bsky.social!
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October 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I love this book— if you have a tween, I highly recommend #nonotes