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Edward Ficklin
@lavendershadow.bsky.social
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Artist and purveyor of pleasing male forms. He/him.

Portfolio: https://edwardficklin.com
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ebwood.bsky.social
Adiós, 2025.
January 1, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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lopatto.bsky.social
I know a lot of people are devoted to maintaining their brand or whatever on here but frankly I find that boring
January 1, 2026 at 3:06 AM
lavendershadow.bsky.social
An acknowledgement that ageism in the art world is real, but then focuses on mindset and how to adapt to a broken system

hyperallergic.com/art-problems...
Art Problems: Am I Too Old to Fit In?
If you think age is an obstacle to your art career, Paddy Johnson wants you to think again.
hyperallergic.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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fieldofhoney.bsky.social
I say “ you know Grindr is a publicly traded company”

She goes: oh so I should buy you stock right! The gays will fuck forever 😂😂😂
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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hyperallergic.com
In Joan Semmel’s paintings, the human form refuses to settle into an object, insisting that women’s bodies are interesting for more than their eroticism. Here is the body rendered strange, made into a visual puzzle.
Joan Semmel’s Paintings Are Beautifully Disturbing
The nonagenarian artist insists that women’s bodies are interesting for more than their eroticism.
hyperallergic.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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bell.bz
December 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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yokai.com
I submitted my claim for the Anthropic Copyright Settlement case today.

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

If AI tech bros violated your coprights work to feed their slop-vomiting machines, sign up for the settlement here.

Burn these fuckers and their empire of AI slop to the ground.
🔥👿🔥
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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bell.bz
Less of a wrap up and more of a call to action this year.

TL;DR we need to take these motherfuckers down

bell.bz/wrapping-up-...
Wrapping up 2025 (sort of) - Andy Bell
Less of a retrospective and more of a call to action.
bell.bz
December 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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likethecolour.red
we need a new word for the relief you get when realising an absolutely gorgeous image is not AI
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
lavendershadow.bsky.social
The lovely William at this weeks drawing session with @doableguys.bsky.social
pencil sketch of seated nude male, looking off into the distance; he's clasping a length of fabric in his hands that flows gracefully on to the floor pencil sketch of standing nude male, leaning against a wall with a jacket draped around his waist
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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akaharriet.bsky.social
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
Headline: "Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot" by Jan Martindale Dec. 10 2025
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
lavendershadow.bsky.social
Desperate times call for...DAY DRINKING!

airportbeer.selfhelpartpublishingempire.com
Drinking The Largest Beer At The Airport Makes Everything Better
An essay by Austin L. Ray
airportbeer.selfhelpartpublishingempire.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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hugothepinkcat.bsky.social
Dear Artists,

This is a reminder to STOP CALLING YOURSELF A CONTENT CREATOR.

This is corporate lingo meant to devalue art and categorize it as solely a product to be consumed.

YOU ARE VISUAL ARTISTS, FILM MAKERS, SINGERS, ACTORS, etc...
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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marc-fischer.bsky.social
I had a lot of fun writing this new single-sheet Public Collectors zine: "Why Aren't People Buying Your Books and Zines at Fairs?" Reprinted in full here. It's free if you ask for it when you order from halfletterpress.com or you can get it in this set I made: halfletterpress.com/3-single-she...
In November 2025, I started an open editable document titled Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency. You can find it here: https://l1nk.dev/ArtBookFairSales. It gives publishers a space to share events they were in, what it cost to participate, how much they sold, and more on how it went, Event organizers often survey participants to gather this information on their own but the data they collect is not shared with the public. I wanted to make something everyone could see, use, and learn from. Book fair and zine fest costs can include travel, table fees, food, lodging, shipping and other expenses, The more data publishers add to the doc, the better others can try to understand if an event is worth the time and expense. There are many non-monetary benefits and reasons for participating in events (meeting people, sharing your work, visiting a new city, and building community). But this document should help others think about the economic dimension with care as they plan for fairs and think about what publishing means for them. In a discussion about Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency, some people commented that they sell very little at fairs, possibly because they are just starting out or finding their audience. I wanted to give them a pep talk, but there are so many factors involved with selling books and zines. Everyone has fairs that go badly or publishes things that don’t sell as easily as they had hoped. Still, there are some themes that emerge. As a fun way to try to diagnose why things don’t always work out, I created this list of possible reasons that attendees aren’t buying books. This text is informed by many years of tabling at book fairs and zine fests in the US as well as internationally. I hope people will take it in stride and think of this list as something lighthearted by a member of the community, for the community. Now go out there and find your readers! — Marc Fischer / Public Collectors Excerpt (the whole left page): Possible Reasons Why People Aren't Buying Your Books and Zines at the Art Book Fair / Zine Fest They are also publishers and have little money for other people’s books and zines. You left your table to go look at other publishers’ stuff or buy lunch because you didn’t pack enough snacks. You are looking at your phone too much. Or, you are busy reading someone else’s book and need to look up from it. You aren’t talking to them and are passively waiting for someone to understand your work, care, and buy it with no effort on your part. There are too many other people with tables at the fair/fest and not enough attendees to justify having so many participants. The economy sucks and no one has money, but they attended anyway because they love books, zines, and people who make them. Your prices are too high, and the books/zines feel like they are a poor value compared to other publications with similar qualities and production values. You made something that is a weird format or too large and no one wants to carry it around. They want to pay for your books and zines with some version of money that you don’t accept because every publisher is now expected to take about five different forms of payment. They came to the event to be seen and you are just scenery. There is a DJ, you are close to the speakers, and the music is too loud to have a conversation about your work. The vibes are bad. The light is bad, The breath/B.O. is bad. They are holding four cups of coffee, a glass of wine, and three tote bags filled with books. They are too burdened with stuff to handle or buy any more things. They only came to trade their books and zines with other publishers. Selling isn’t everything, you capitalist jerk! The last page of the main text: They’re a librarian and blew their budget too early in the fair. They are nervous about buying your last copy. Your work is great but your tone or content don’t fit the fair. They already have 93 different zines about the same subject that your publications are about. You have failed to offer a different take on whatever your thing is. Your type is small and hard to read. Your materials are fragile and will get destroyed in transit. You made the cover of your zine as graphic as possible, and no one wants to be seen carrying around a publication with a giant penis, dead body, or photo of Ted Cruz on the front. Apparently they came to the book fair/zine fest to buy plants, ceramics, stuffed animals, toys, chocolate, jewelry, clothes, and 3-D printed tchotchkes, not books and zines. They are distracted by the dazzling pattern on the tablecloth that you have placed under your books and zines. They are afraid of knocking your books and zines off the elaborate display structures and scaffolding that you are using to display 175 titles on a 3 foot wide table surface. You are still in the process of assembling your books and zines at your table and they don’t want to get in the way of your stapler, bone folder, cutting board and collating station. The super desirable thing you made ten years ago is out of print and your new stuff just isn’t hitting like the thing you are tired of and don’t want to reprint for the rest of your life even though it was profitable. Public Collectors www.publiccollectors.org Publication #110, December, 2025
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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2house2fly.bsky.social
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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doableguys.bsky.social
It all kicks off tonight!!
doableguys.bsky.social Doable Guys @doableguys.bsky.social · Nov 5
Winter❄️tica is BACK!
Dec 6-7, 2-6pm
Opening night preview Dec 5 from 6-8pm

doableguys.com/calendar/fig...
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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feralcommie.bsky.social
Don't howl at the moon this #socialistsunday
He's sick of being blamed
Why is everyone so sad lately? - Probably because of the moon - The moon appears and answers "no, it's capitalism.
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
lavendershadow.bsky.social
Calling all slutty santas and holiday hoes! Get naughties for your naughties.

Or treat yourself. It's been a year, hasn't it?

@doableguys.bsky.social presents
Winter❄️tica Queer Art Market
Dec 6-7, 2-6pm
SoHo Project Space
127B Prince Street, NYC

Support independent queer artists!
promo image for queer art fair, blue and white lettering over dark blue background, decorated with phallic snowflackes; text reads: doable guys presents winterotica, queer art market. december 6-7, 2-6pm. opening night preview dec 5, 6-8pm. the soho project space, 127b prince st. nyc
December 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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cuteosphere.bsky.social
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
@nycplan.org is also planning a public library propaganda fair in June 2026 and our most urgent need is for a free or cheap space that can accommodate all ages, tables for exhibitors, etc... We are looking into school gyms and also public library spaces. If you have leads, holler at us.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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doableguys.bsky.social
This weekend! Come support local queer artists! And get those sexy gifts!

20 artists to check out!
doableguys.bsky.social Doable Guys @doableguys.bsky.social · Nov 5
Winter❄️tica is BACK!
Dec 6-7, 2-6pm
Opening night preview Dec 5 from 6-8pm

doableguys.com/calendar/fig...
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.
Grant — Artists and Mothers
www.artistsandmothers.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
lavendershadow.bsky.social
blog time. reading makes you sexy.

edwardficklin.com/more-than-hu...
More than Human
Humans are a part of life, on a continuum of life, one more form of life. We are not, darlings, its apex or culmination or, least of all, its ruler.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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doableguys.bsky.social
Draw Valmir this Wednesday!

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November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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jeremycshipp.bsky.social
If you're buying gifts for the holidays, maybe consider supporting artists, writers, creators. Gift someone a Patreon, commission an art piece, buy a book, purchase handmade jewelry, etc. Your support means everything.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM