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 LGBTQ...
Three Steps To The Perfect Selfie Selfies are as pervasive as cat videos these days, and it's a good thing! By taking a selfie we are declaring our space and importance in the world. We can document our moment in this space however we want to, wherever we want to. We...
Self-care right now. Self-care. I feel like I'm in a state of mourning and physical pain. It sucks. There's no sugar coating it. It sucks. I feel helpless that I can't do anything to take back his win. I feel angry that America did this. I feel sad that Americans...
Recently, I launched a free self-care e-course. In my free courses, I send daily lessons, but before we start anything I ask a "pre-homework" question where I encourage the students to e-mail me back with their main concern or past issue with this topic. So in this...
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 great opportunity for us to...
The Snail Mail Game Show is better than ever! For Round 11, the participants received a piece of paper with the outline of a tree and the prompt, "If you could create the ultimate Tree Of Life, what would it look like?" Artist: McCall This black and white tree has...
Happy November! How was your Halloween? Joe and I went to Hampden for what they were calling a Halloweenfest, but turned out just to be a ton of trick-or-treaters. We got a window seat at a restaurant and people-watched all the creative costumes, then went home to...
I try to make my products reasonably priced so that my customers can afford them, because I know as soon as I see a high ticket item I definitely push the desire back further in my mind into that "less realistic" category. That said, I've taken ALL my products,...
Hey babes! How's life going? I was writing some letters at the Mail Social in Harrisburg this Sunday and as I was recapping life since the last time I wrote to my penpals, I realized that while this summer totally kicked my ass, this fall is actually pretty great. I...
When the pictures of the girls covering up their under eye circles and parts in glitter went viral, everyone and their cat posted the pictures on my Facebook wall. This tends to happen with anything related to glitter, mermaids, confetti, balloons, etc. I don't mind...