Sparkling Urbana *is a trans grunge band
@sparklingurbana.bsky.social
Queer Chicago grunge band writing trans songs about bodies being lawless gods, not paying rent with resilience, and wanting to be beamed home as motherfucking space aliens and other such weird homo stuffs.
sparklingurbana.bandcamp.com
sparklingurbana.bandcamp.com
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Give It Extra Teeth by Sparkling Urbana
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I guess if ur queer & want to give ur body extra teeth and toomuch guts, and u want to fill u, fill u up, cuz no one owns a god, & every beast spill blood & offer some to fill u, fill you up, cuz you create yourself... you'd prob'ly like this grunge record
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Somewhere on the DIY/anarchist bingo card:
-Avoided holding someone accountable because we were waiting on group consensus
- also cuz "I've known them forever tho'"
- & also: "But we have to care that they've *been through some shit*"
Miss us with systems that support abusers. 🏳️⚧️🤘
-Avoided holding someone accountable because we were waiting on group consensus
- also cuz "I've known them forever tho'"
- & also: "But we have to care that they've *been through some shit*"
Miss us with systems that support abusers. 🏳️⚧️🤘
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Somewhere on the DIY/anarchist bingo card:
-Avoided holding someone accountable because we were waiting on group consensus
- also cuz "I've known them forever tho'"
- & also: "But we have to care that they've *been through some shit*"
Miss us with systems that support abusers. 🏳️⚧️🤘
-Avoided holding someone accountable because we were waiting on group consensus
- also cuz "I've known them forever tho'"
- & also: "But we have to care that they've *been through some shit*"
Miss us with systems that support abusers. 🏳️⚧️🤘
Nonbinary listen of the week:
Check out King Princess's new album. You won't regret it.
kingprincess.bandcamp.com/album/girl-v...
Check out King Princess's new album. You won't regret it.
kingprincess.bandcamp.com/album/girl-v...
Girl Violence, by King Princess
13 track album
kingprincess.bandcamp.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Nonbinary listen of the week:
Check out King Princess's new album. You won't regret it.
kingprincess.bandcamp.com/album/girl-v...
Check out King Princess's new album. You won't regret it.
kingprincess.bandcamp.com/album/girl-v...
It's been a year since our EP, Give It Extra Teeth, was released.
Celebrate by giving it a listen! #NeverForget
sparklingurbana.bandcamp.com/album/give-i...
Celebrate by giving it a listen! #NeverForget
sparklingurbana.bandcamp.com/album/give-i...
September 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's been a year since our EP, Give It Extra Teeth, was released.
Celebrate by giving it a listen! #NeverForget
sparklingurbana.bandcamp.com/album/give-i...
Celebrate by giving it a listen! #NeverForget
sparklingurbana.bandcamp.com/album/give-i...
Mainstream news is a thing, but uh...
Sparkling Urbana has some big news of our own coming up. Stay tuned if the chaos hasn't stopped you from listening to trans music. 🤠
Sparkling Urbana has some big news of our own coming up. Stay tuned if the chaos hasn't stopped you from listening to trans music. 🤠
September 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Mainstream news is a thing, but uh...
Sparkling Urbana has some big news of our own coming up. Stay tuned if the chaos hasn't stopped you from listening to trans music. 🤠
Sparkling Urbana has some big news of our own coming up. Stay tuned if the chaos hasn't stopped you from listening to trans music. 🤠
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The infantilization of conservatives by liberals is both dumb and dangerous. These people have agency and they know exactly what they're doing. No amount of education or "exposure therapy" is going to change the hate and bile and racism that fills their black hearts.
i dont like that we so often relieve conservatives of their agency, that they were brainwashed by fox news or qanon
as if there hasnt been a long proud lineage of the white christian in group gleefully teaching their progeny to hate for generations since before the founding of the country
as if there hasnt been a long proud lineage of the white christian in group gleefully teaching their progeny to hate for generations since before the founding of the country
September 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The infantilization of conservatives by liberals is both dumb and dangerous. These people have agency and they know exactly what they're doing. No amount of education or "exposure therapy" is going to change the hate and bile and racism that fills their black hearts.
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The stuff Jeffrey Epstein’s friends felt comfortable saying and drawing in grotesque detail with their names attached knowing they would not face consequences is the kind of thing I think of when I think about rape culture and how sexual violence against girls and young women is actually glorified
September 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The stuff Jeffrey Epstein’s friends felt comfortable saying and drawing in grotesque detail with their names attached knowing they would not face consequences is the kind of thing I think of when I think about rape culture and how sexual violence against girls and young women is actually glorified
They say "can't be done for trans-ing gender" bc they know procedures alone don't cause harm. More cis than trans kids take hormone blockers for precocious puberty. More cis adults need HRT to regulate biological deficits. Breast surgeries--far more common for cis men & women. These r morality bans
alert: potential ban on federally-funded hospitals providing any trans health care is in the house hhs funding bill
NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid
September 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
They say "can't be done for trans-ing gender" bc they know procedures alone don't cause harm. More cis than trans kids take hormone blockers for precocious puberty. More cis adults need HRT to regulate biological deficits. Breast surgeries--far more common for cis men & women. These r morality bans
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Everyone’s allowed to produce music how they want, and this is just my opinion, but in today’s day, social media makes everything so polished. We see the highlight reel of everybody’s lives. Im tired of the art being as overproduced as everything else we consume. I wanted my record to reject that
September 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Everyone’s allowed to produce music how they want, and this is just my opinion, but in today’s day, social media makes everything so polished. We see the highlight reel of everybody’s lives. Im tired of the art being as overproduced as everything else we consume. I wanted my record to reject that
Happy birthday, @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social! We hope folks celebrate this badass FrontEnby by checking out the PupJeffRosentockEkkoAstral tour and also supporting other nonbinary and trans artists. <3 We need joy as much as ever these days, and Jeff and co truly brought the joy to Chicago on Friday.
September 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Happy birthday, @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social! We hope folks celebrate this badass FrontEnby by checking out the PupJeffRosentockEkkoAstral tour and also supporting other nonbinary and trans artists. <3 We need joy as much as ever these days, and Jeff and co truly brought the joy to Chicago on Friday.
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Just like anti-vaxers, people who dislike immigrants are a weird terrible fringe group and we should treat them like the weird terrible fringe group they are.
Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
September 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just like anti-vaxers, people who dislike immigrants are a weird terrible fringe group and we should treat them like the weird terrible fringe group they are.
This is why there is so much joy in the DIY music scene.
people creating stuff is the thing that makes me feel good about the world when it is not actually possible to feel good about the world
April 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is why there is so much joy in the DIY music scene.
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no pride before liberation, no visibility before our freedom
March 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
no pride before liberation, no visibility before our freedom
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We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
March 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
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maybe it's just personal bias but for real all the chicago area bands I've become friendly with in the past couple years should all be world famous bc there's an *insane* amount of talent here
March 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
maybe it's just personal bias but for real all the chicago area bands I've become friendly with in the past couple years should all be world famous bc there's an *insane* amount of talent here
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility. No one else can extinguish what comes from within. Burn bright or burn it down, babes. 🤘🔥
March 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility. No one else can extinguish what comes from within. Burn bright or burn it down, babes. 🤘🔥
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just reupping this and also chicago/north burb folks you gotta TRUST me this lineup whips and is worth giving to a good cause www.woodstockilpride.com/event-ticket...
March 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
just reupping this and also chicago/north burb folks you gotta TRUST me this lineup whips and is worth giving to a good cause www.woodstockilpride.com/event-ticket...
That's the plan. Not stopping any time soon.
March 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
That's the plan. Not stopping any time soon.
The new #saoirsedream is a twinkly dreamy gritty rollercoaster ride and we highly recommend it. #TransTunes
saoirsedream.bandcamp.com/album/saoirs...
saoirsedream.bandcamp.com/album/saoirs...
saoirse dream, by saoirse dream
10 track album
saoirsedream.bandcamp.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The new #saoirsedream is a twinkly dreamy gritty rollercoaster ride and we highly recommend it. #TransTunes
saoirsedream.bandcamp.com/album/saoirs...
saoirsedream.bandcamp.com/album/saoirs...
If you haven't heard "Seed of Doubt" by Chicago band Truth or Consequences New Mexico, you should check it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmed...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmed...
Truth or Consequences New Mexico - Seed of Doubt
YouTube video by Truth or Consequences New Mexico
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March 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If you haven't heard "Seed of Doubt" by Chicago band Truth or Consequences New Mexico, you should check it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmed...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmed...
There isn't a version of "existence is resistance" for allies. You don't get to just quietly appreciate trans folks and act like that's enough. Now is the time to get vocal and active. That can mean tons of different things, but you gotta start somewhere.
February 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
There isn't a version of "existence is resistance" for allies. You don't get to just quietly appreciate trans folks and act like that's enough. Now is the time to get vocal and active. That can mean tons of different things, but you gotta start somewhere.
They don’t understand you at all
You undress like a switchblade
I keep watch at the door
No one’s looking for us
You undress like a switchblade
I keep watch at the door
No one’s looking for us
February 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
They don’t understand you at all
You undress like a switchblade
I keep watch at the door
No one’s looking for us
You undress like a switchblade
I keep watch at the door
No one’s looking for us
Queer songs to spiral to. One of our first singles, "Sandra", @ The Sovereign 2.13.25
February 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Queer songs to spiral to. One of our first singles, "Sandra", @ The Sovereign 2.13.25
Not to speak for @lillywachowski.bsky.social, but Musk claiming extirpating gov't foundations must be done bc "We're fighting the matrix big time here"--does seem like The Matrix is just trans folks living our lives. Sry being cute & liberated is such a problem.
re: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
re: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
February 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Not to speak for @lillywachowski.bsky.social, but Musk claiming extirpating gov't foundations must be done bc "We're fighting the matrix big time here"--does seem like The Matrix is just trans folks living our lives. Sry being cute & liberated is such a problem.
re: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
re: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...