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@lionsroar.bsky.social

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Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · Jan 27

Hello, hello! I’m a queer, GNC, fat artist and educator in Arizona. I love making and reading zines, learning new info and skills, and connecting with humans and the natural world. Please say hi! I love new friends.

A fat white person with blonde hair smiling at the camera. They are wearing a green shirt and overalls.

A fat white person wearing a mask and a colorful outfit sitting behind a table that is covered in zines, stickers, and cards that they’re selling.

A fat white person wearing a mask and a green dress standing in front of a sewn tapestry that has strips of red and white fabric to imitate meat. There is a black appliqué on the tapestry in the shape of a hand being crushed between two large gears.

A black block print of a fat person in a carefree pose surrounded by a border of patterns and images with a biological theme, such as a neuron, a mitochondria, a bacteriophage, a DNA strand, and a demodex mite.

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 14d

All October, Atthis Arts is celebrating Black Speculative Fiction Month, and we hope you'll join us! We're going to start with a *spark*. This one is a must-read. Go get it. Incendiary by Gerald L. Coleman.

Incendiary: Poems & Essays

Poems & Essays

bookshop.org

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Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 9h

It’s bliss to lay on my beautiful gf’s tummy and thighs while we watch a 46 year old man on a quiz show and call him babygirl.

Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 1d

The vertical book slats are such a nice touch

Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh, it’s very pretty, indeed! What a pleasing design. And hello, orange kitty!

Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 1d

I like thinking externally, anyway. I hope we keep building up creative networks and it becomes more common to collab on everything again. Even if that collaboration isn’t formal. Just chatting to folks abt what you’re making helps! (This is v much a reminder to myself!!)

Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway I propose we all collaborate and work/live cooperatively far more often. I’ve been thinking a lot about how I do not create well when I’m solitary. I get depressed more easily, lose motivation, doubt myself, fall into nihilism, etc etc. for me, anyway, it helps tremendously to be w others

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Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 1d

Alright, meeting a pal at the cafe for an hour and then I’ll sit and write for a bit. Here’s to the power of mochas and friendship to get me energized.

Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 1d

I think a lot about early childhood and family literacy and how much of a difference it makes for families who have books and other reading materials available in the home. Exposure is important! Just having access and repeated exposure to the concept of reading is beneficial!

Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 1d

Even longform blogging about books isn’t as popular anymore! I do agree that there needs to be more mainstream analysis, review, discussion, etc about novels. How do folks expect literacy practices to change if reading novels is seen as niche? Or at least, it’s not very visible?

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Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yay!!!!!! This is so, so exciting!!! I’d love to see it if you want to share!!

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𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖞𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 🕯️ @warmyellowlight.bsky.social · 2d

life is simple if you just change your entire relationship with everything and all your thought patterns and everything you do

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Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent! I’m so glad you had a good time. I’ll have to look Kulvinder Ghir up!

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Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 2d

Yes!!! I love my lil lichen zine. I’m hoping to expand on it soon, too! I’ll post abt it once I have it available online. 💚

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

Well, think we’re gonna be 3D printing a bunch more Aztec death whistles

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 2d

Yes!! I was just thinking that I’d like to get the digital copy online for folks to see! I’ll work on doing so in the near future 💚💚💚

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2d

This is why the work of community watch groups is so important. It's not just capturing the faces of ICE agents, but also their vehicles. In Massachusetts we are already seeing them adapt and change their tactics in response to the work of community groups.

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 2d

One of the things that I think the internal politics of ICE/CBP is probably grappling with and didn't quite get when all this kicked off is that the fact that the surveillance state could be turned back on the secret police in a way that makes it very hard for anything they do to be ignored.

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Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 2d

Oh! I saw something about that on IG. It sounds like a blast!!! I’d love to hear how it goes.

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Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve received genuine interest and delight from several people who’ve asked about my lichen zine in conversation and I don’t think I’ll ever tire of imparting lichen facts and generally doing informal science communication. Curiosity forever! We love to delight in the magic of the natural world!

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Maddy Bellwoar @maddybellwoar.com · 24d

Another mushroom studies page in gouache 🌿🍄✨

Photo shows a sketchbook sitting open on a wooden desk, surrounded by painting supplies such as paint tubes, brushes, and a palette. The page displays 5 gouache painting studies of different types of mushrooms growing locally in the Netherlands.

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Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 2d

You’re an absolute angel. Thank you, again. It means a lot just to have someone remind me to be gentle and kind to myself, honestly!

Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Mark. I’m writing some creative nonfiction for a few zines I’m working on at the moment, and I’ll hold this advice close.

Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 2d

I’m so pleased with my Cameo from @watsoncomedian.bsky.social. I shed a tear while watching, particularly when he spoke on the necessity of fearlessness at times for writers. And the benefits of just jumping in and writing without a plan. It was a hugely helpful reminder to me.

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Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 2d

Yes!! They make grapefruit and lemon ones, too. But the lime is my fave.

Marlaina @lionsroar.bsky.social · 3d

Cringefail experimental design tbh