Elsa Hiltner
@elsahiltner.bsky.social
She/her. Activist for pay equity in the arts. Co-founder of @onourteam.bsky.social Views are all mine, as some require us to say.
Homeland Security chatting it up with Chicago police at the Metra Electric Millennium Station just now.
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Homeland Security chatting it up with Chicago police at the Metra Electric Millennium Station just now.
No joke, the kids were super excited to get an anti-ICE zine tonight.
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
No joke, the kids were super excited to get an anti-ICE zine tonight.
Homeland Security is at the Metra Electric Millennium Park station right now, Chicago folks.
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Homeland Security is at the Metra Electric Millennium Park station right now, Chicago folks.
This is clearly an elaborate announcement of Steve Martin's Pink Panther III and you cannot tell me otherwise.
October 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is clearly an elaborate announcement of Steve Martin's Pink Panther III and you cannot tell me otherwise.
The mood in Chicago.
October 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The mood in Chicago.
Everything is dire but tonight we hosted a legal education program on issues that drag artists encounter in their work.
It was a bright spot.
It was a bright spot.
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Everything is dire but tonight we hosted a legal education program on issues that drag artists encounter in their work.
It was a bright spot.
It was a bright spot.
Cancelled Hulu/Disney.
You bet they got some feedback.
You bet they got some feedback.
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Cancelled Hulu/Disney.
You bet they got some feedback.
You bet they got some feedback.
It was a beautiful evening in Chicago.
September 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
It was a beautiful evening in Chicago.
This zine by @marc-fischer.bsky.social is a delight, in a time when there's not much of anything to delight at.
September 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This zine by @marc-fischer.bsky.social is a delight, in a time when there's not much of anything to delight at.
About 4 years ago, a coalition of Costume Professionals for Wage Equity, On Our Team, and I launched a campaign for pay transparency on Playbill's job site. It worked, and pay rates are now required on all job posts. But wow, some employers really do love pay secrecy. 1/3
July 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
About 4 years ago, a coalition of Costume Professionals for Wage Equity, On Our Team, and I launched a campaign for pay transparency on Playbill's job site. It worked, and pay rates are now required on all job posts. But wow, some employers really do love pay secrecy. 1/3
Hands Off rally in Chicago!
April 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Hands Off rally in Chicago!
Who will I see at the rally tomorrow?
March 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Who will I see at the rally tomorrow?
February 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
On artistic censorship:
Protest art is an important form of artistic expression and free speech. You cannot separate protest art from American art, and you cannot separate puppet art from protest art.
Protest art is an important form of artistic expression and free speech. You cannot separate protest art from American art, and you cannot separate puppet art from protest art.
January 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
On artistic censorship:
Protest art is an important form of artistic expression and free speech. You cannot separate protest art from American art, and you cannot separate puppet art from protest art.
Protest art is an important form of artistic expression and free speech. You cannot separate protest art from American art, and you cannot separate puppet art from protest art.