by Uncustomary | Dec 2, 2016 | Street Art, Activism, Lists
After my post today about street art buttons/portals, I received a request for places you can leave guerrilla art and random acts of kindness AKA art abandonment. When you’re getting into guerrilla art, it can be kind of intimidating and you might be worried...
by Uncustomary | Nov 21, 2016 | Self-Love, Activism, Podcast 2
I got to be a guest on That Hummingbird Life’s podcast, Couragemakers! We talk about self-love for sure, but most of the episode is about activism, art, and humanity. “I am so excited to share with you this week’s episode of Couragemakers. I think it’s...
by Uncustomary | Nov 14, 2016 | Self-Love, Activism
My favorite band, Against Me!, made an entire album called Transgender Dysphoria Blues about the singer’s struggle and transition into identifying as a woman. The album has been a source of comfort for an enormous amount of transpeople, as well as others in the...
by Uncustomary | Nov 4, 2016 | Activism, Uncategorized
We’ve collaborated on yarnbombs before, but this year I want to make sure we’re keeping people warm, too! There’s a park at the corner of President and Fayette Street where many homeless people sleep. It’s surrounded by a fence, which is a...
by Uncustomary | Feb 9, 2016 | Street Art, Activism
After I included a “craftivsm” hashtag on an Instagram photo, Betsy contacted me. She had this idea for a guerrilla art style craftivism event where we would make and collect positive affirmations from all over the world to spread around a city. We created...
by Uncustomary | Dec 10, 2015 | Self-Love, Activism
I met Jes through the mail in 2008. We exchanged mail, she introduced me to April, and I’ve flown to Chicago multiple times to hang out with these gals. The second time I went Jes wasn’t there, though, because she was in Togo, Africa with the Peace Corps....