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Alice Wong has passed away. No more words than that.
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Alice Wong has passed away. No more words than that.
DETAIL from "Portrait of a Marriage," 44 x 30, acrylic on watercolor paper. A long project. Click for full detail. More soon.
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
DETAIL from "Portrait of a Marriage," 44 x 30, acrylic on watercolor paper. A long project. Click for full detail. More soon.
Dr. Stephanie Kielb and I are hosting a public conversation for the Medical & Disability communities 11/12 at Access Living's Arts & Culture Project on how to foster more effective communication between ourselves and our providers.
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The Risk Pictures: A conversation on Medical Care relationships
Join us for a chat about Riva Leher's project The Risk Pictures with Dr. Stephanie Keilb- you won't want to miss this eye-opening event!
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November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Dr. Stephanie Kielb and I are hosting a public conversation for the Medical & Disability communities 11/12 at Access Living's Arts & Culture Project on how to foster more effective communication between ourselves and our providers.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-risk-p...
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-risk-p...
I just donated 10 days' worth of grocery bills to CARE FOR REAL. They are a wonderful, tightly-run organization. PLEASE consider helping out. I cannot believe that Justice Jackson betrayed our most vulnerable.
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How to Help as SNAP Faces Cuts - CareForReal
Care for Real community, Our food insecure neighbors need your help. As we’ve shared, the Federal bill that was passed by Congress this summer makes the most sweeping changes to SNAP (Supplement Nutri...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I just donated 10 days' worth of grocery bills to CARE FOR REAL. They are a wonderful, tightly-run organization. PLEASE consider helping out. I cannot believe that Justice Jackson betrayed our most vulnerable.
careforreal.org/how-to-help-...
careforreal.org/how-to-help-...
Anyone out there know a lot about disability protocol and the TSA? Really need advice. DM me if you can.
September 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Anyone out there know a lot about disability protocol and the TSA? Really need advice. DM me if you can.
Once again, Golem Girl is not out of print. We are having a problem with Ingram distributing it. If you or your bookstore wants to order it, you can get it directly from Random House.
Please pass on this information if you are able. This is a frustrating situation that I cannot seem to fix.
Please pass on this information if you are able. This is a frustrating situation that I cannot seem to fix.
August 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Once again, Golem Girl is not out of print. We are having a problem with Ingram distributing it. If you or your bookstore wants to order it, you can get it directly from Random House.
Please pass on this information if you are able. This is a frustrating situation that I cannot seem to fix.
Please pass on this information if you are able. This is a frustrating situation that I cannot seem to fix.
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This is your occasional reminder that Rose O'Neill, creator of the Kewpies, first published female cartoonist in the United States, and among the first cartoonists to build a merchandising empire on their work, turned out some absolutely baller, romantic-feeling size-difference monster art.
August 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is your occasional reminder that Rose O'Neill, creator of the Kewpies, first published female cartoonist in the United States, and among the first cartoonists to build a merchandising empire on their work, turned out some absolutely baller, romantic-feeling size-difference monster art.
Does anyone know what this says and in what language?
July 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Does anyone know what this says and in what language?
Honored to be part of this article on the strange life of the Mütter Museum. Thanks to Rachel Monroe for ending the story with me.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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A Medical-History Museum Contends with Its Collection of Human Remains
Supporters saw the Mütter’s preserved fetuses, skulls, and “Soap Lady” as a celebration of human difference. New management saw an ethical and a political minefield.
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June 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Honored to be part of this article on the strange life of the Mütter Museum. Thanks to Rachel Monroe for ending the story with me.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I am a member of both NPR & PBS. Yesterday saw the decimation of their funding by our government. What legitimate government wants its people to be stupid & uninformed. That is not governing. That is abuse in the service of creating thralls. Become a member of public media as quickly as you can.
June 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I am a member of both NPR & PBS. Yesterday saw the decimation of their funding by our government. What legitimate government wants its people to be stupid & uninformed. That is not governing. That is abuse in the service of creating thralls. Become a member of public media as quickly as you can.
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Charles Schultz
June 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Charles Schultz
I am writing a book about Batman and Robin, sort of, and once again Brian has sent the perfect gift.
June 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I am writing a book about Batman and Robin, sort of, and once again Brian has sent the perfect gift.
Alison Bechdel at the Chicago Humanities Festival, Art Institute, 6.7.25
Image description: a light pencil drawing of a somewhat androgynous woman speaking at a podium. She has very short hair, is wearing round glasses, and a well-tailored suit.
Image description: a light pencil drawing of a somewhat androgynous woman speaking at a podium. She has very short hair, is wearing round glasses, and a well-tailored suit.
June 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Alison Bechdel at the Chicago Humanities Festival, Art Institute, 6.7.25
Image description: a light pencil drawing of a somewhat androgynous woman speaking at a podium. She has very short hair, is wearing round glasses, and a well-tailored suit.
Image description: a light pencil drawing of a somewhat androgynous woman speaking at a podium. She has very short hair, is wearing round glasses, and a well-tailored suit.
Thank you, Jane Yong Kim, for including some of my thoughts in your homage to the great Christina Ramberg.
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www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
The Artist Who Captured the Contradictions of Femininity
In her too-short career, the painter Christina Ramberg studied the many contortions that being a woman can demand.
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June 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Thank you, Jane Yong Kim, for including some of my thoughts in your homage to the great Christina Ramberg.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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I don’t know why anybody finds this particular T-shirt objectionable, but here we are: y’all means all.
June 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I don’t know why anybody finds this particular T-shirt objectionable, but here we are: y’all means all.
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Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
June 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
Anyone out there ever go rock climbing in downstate Illinois? Especially interested in Starved Rock. I’d like to ask you a few questions if you think that’s of interest.
May 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Anyone out there ever go rock climbing in downstate Illinois? Especially interested in Starved Rock. I’d like to ask you a few questions if you think that’s of interest.
Anyone out there ever go rock climbing in downstate Illinois? Especially interested in Starved Rock. I’d like to ask you a few questions if you think that’s of interest.
May 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Anyone out there ever go rock climbing in downstate Illinois? Especially interested in Starved Rock. I’d like to ask you a few questions if you think that’s of interest.
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There has been a many-month glitch on ordering my book at bookstores. The memoir CAN be ordered directly through PRH, or at my favorite shops! If they say it's out of print, that is INCORRECT. Tell them to go to PRH to order stock:
There has been a many-month glitch on ordering my book at bookstores. The memoir CAN be ordered directly through PRH, or at my favorite shops! If they say it's out of print, that is INCORRECT. Tell them to go to PRH to order stock:
Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer: 9781984820327 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society afraid of strange bodies “Golem Girl is luminous; a...
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May 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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There has been a many-month glitch on ordering my book at bookstores. The memoir CAN be ordered directly through PRH, or at my favorite shops! If they say it's out of print, that is INCORRECT. Tell them to go to PRH to order stock:
There has been a many-month glitch on ordering my book at bookstores. The memoir CAN be ordered directly through PRH, or at my favorite shops! If they say it's out of print, that is INCORRECT. Tell them to go to PRH to order stock:
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We might be seeing a wave of LGBTQ candidates for Congress in 2026. Stay tuned to reporting like this by @jakewittich.bsky.social and @windycitytimes.com!
I interviewed Cook Co. Commissioner Kevin Morrison about his run for Congress in Illinois’ 8th District. We talked about the rising threats to democracy, health care access and LGBTQ+ rights—and why he believes this moment calls for bold, compassionate leadership.
Read more on @windycitytimes.com.
Read more on @windycitytimes.com.
Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison on his congressional race: ‘Now is not the time to be complacent’ - Windy City Times
Kevin Morrison, the first openly gay person elected to the Cook County Board, has spent the past six years as commissioner focused on mental health, civil rights policy and bipartisan collaboration. N...
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May 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We might be seeing a wave of LGBTQ candidates for Congress in 2026. Stay tuned to reporting like this by @jakewittich.bsky.social and @windycitytimes.com!
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SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
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“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
May 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...