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♿️ ⚠️ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️
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Here are some answers to some FAQs:

Yes I am very sad about it.

No there's nothing I can do.

No I can't see a doctor yet because I can't afford one.

Yes I spent everything I had on rent to keep this place open. I couldn't eat regularly and now suffering the consequences of malnourishment.

Yes it is painful. I have extreme nerve pain all the time, I can't
I haven't been able to hold ANY weight with my dominant arm since November.

No I can't get another job. I don't have the skills for typical WFH jobs and some days my body is too bad to do anything. When the nerve pain is screaming, I can't even understand what people are saying to me. I will have to continue being self employed but that will be in an artist capacity henceforth.

No I can't get on disability right now. That takes years and doctors. Self employed people can't even get unemployment, they had to make special C19 rules to include us in the unemployment systems. (In Texas)

No I don't know where I'm going to live yet. But that is the next thing I have to tackle after I close up shop.

Yes this is why small businesses are closing left and right.

Anyway, watch this space. I will have more time for content after I've moved next month.

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🚫CLOSED THIS WEEK🚫 in solidarity
with the Global Str¡ke that lasts ALL WEEK LONG.

There is one caveat I would like to add, however.

I don't like the phrasing of "avoid leisure activities"
The blurb clarifies what they mean - spending money on recreational activities like going to a movie.

But "leisure activity" is very important for activists. You HAVE to rest, you have to recharge, in order to avoid burnout.

Let's not conflate "spending money on recreation" with "leisure activity" because that's the conditioning of Late Stage Capitalism talking.

It has been 3 months and counting, many of us in a continued state of active or 2nd hand trauma, we simply cannot do this without taking rest. ESPECIALLY those of us who are disabled and already had a lot of body problems going on.

This week is about solidarity with P-stine, doing everything we can to HALT THE ECONOMY, and using that action to spotlight the P-stinian cause. But even if you spend 12 hours a day on activitism and advocacy, you probably need to relax at some point or you won't be able to sleep... that's where the leisure activity comes in.

But "leisure activity" doesn't always mean spending money. Those of us in poverty know this well. In most cases you can literally go to a public park nearby. That's good for your central nervous system and it doesn't cost anything (if getting there is free). You can read/listen to books online from the library for free. You can play games or watch movies you already own. You can finally get to that craft project you never started....

This battle is about prioritizing human rights and community care, and that includes taking care of yourself. As long as you don't use self care as an excuse to avoid the conversation altogether (to "check out of politics") then self care and leisure is still a good thing. Again, as long as it's FREE.

So keep being vocal, keep advocating, educating, demonstrating, boycotting, shut it down.....
..but, as cat people say,
you can have a little salami (🆓️ leisure activity) as a treat. 🐈‍⬛

💡Putting the Glow in Glow Up 💡
No filter‼️ this is just UV reactive dye and blue lighting.
Swipe thru for more info ➡️

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For educational purposes, which is why I have not censored any words.

💛 The text highlighted in yellow is from 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗿'𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗮𝗶𝗹. One of these days, I'll quote something else, but since "✋🏻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀" keep missing the point and I'll keep reminding them. And myself because I, too, could fall back into this trap if I don't actively work against it at every turn. 61 years later, our society is still built this way... to favor negative peace.

💗 The text highlighted in pink is from a December article in The New Arab about the f4$ci$m present in Germany today, in regards to its unquestioning support of 🇮🇱.

I have inserted this article before continuing with the MLK letter because I do not want anyone to misconstrue my meaning in highlighting this quote. MLK is on the side of freedom fighters, against unjust laws, and against segregation and apartheid... all things people are arguing about today. Just because he said he would support his Jewish brethren in WW2, does not mean he would be "Team Izzy" today. There's definitely a quote that supports this, but I felt the Birmingham letter speaks to many other important things going on now: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 ✋🏻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, favoring comfort or a "negative peace"... As well as 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗨𝗦𝗔, 𝗲𝘁𝗰) 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀.

(Continued in comments below⬇️)

⚡️ᒪOᑎᗪOᑎ ᗷOᗯIE TOᑌᖇ✨️January 2020⚡️
In honor of Bowie's deathiversary January 10th... technically tomorrow, but it's midnight soon in London.

Here are some photos from the last normal vacation of my life, before the pandemic changed everything and visibly aged me 20 years (not that I'm complaining about the wisdom gained in exchange).

I always have to make these little pilgrimages each time I visit London:

1. 🖼 The Brixton mural outside the tube station, there's even some writing under the plexiglass from when my friends and I were there in 2016 (RIP )

2. ☎️ The Ziggy Stardust telephone booth on Heddon Street, Oxford Circus (or is it considered SoHo?), with details of graffiti.

3. 🏠 The Birthplace of Bowie Also in Brixton, a few blocks away from the mural. This was the first time I went to this one. Felt super weird being weird in front of a random house but it's marked on the map so they must get freaks like me all the time. Anyway I stole some moss from the bricks outside. Totally normal.

First I started going to the phone booth every year, then the mural, and now I've added the childhood home like a 🫠

What stop should I add next to my Bowie Tour?
If I ever make it overseas again, that is.

This was a 6-hour transformation 😱
👉 Scroll all the way through to see the Before pictures!

Curly cut s**g + balayage highlights in purples and blues,
like an iridescent raven feather 🐦‍⬛

(or grackles, where I'm from)

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Today, I reposted a blog from the old website...
originally published January 8th 2019, on the 1 year anniversary of my website launch.

This entry explores the lifelong relationship I've had with this q***r icon alien messiah figure 👽

🌐 read on my website, 🔗 in my profile (BI0)
and direct 🔗 to the blog in my stories⚠️

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👑 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟴𝘁𝗵 ⚡️ Today is a ✨️Holy Day✨️ in my household. 🙏 In honor of 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗲'𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, I'm reposting some of my most Bowie-esque works.⚡️

This one is curly s**g / mullet / wolf cut situation with bright copper single process color. 🦊🧡

👉Scroll through to see all the angles 📈🔻

I could be 👑

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👑 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟴𝘁𝗵 ⚡️ Today is a ✨️Holy Day✨️ in my household. 🙏 In honor of 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗲'𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, I'm reposting some of my most Bowie-esque works.⚡️

This one is silver roots with bright orange copper lengths with a sharp undercut worthy of a Duke, or a Visitor. 👽

👉Scroll all the way through to see the mood board. 📈🗝

And the lighting in my old salon was irritatingly warm so the photos look different away from the wall versus next to it. The lighting, and therefore color, is more accurate in the second photo.

I could be 👑

***rartist ***rhairstylist ***rhair

🌿𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓪𝓵 𝓗𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓽 🐍

CrisssSSsp lines × green vines

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🎄🍉Christmas🧕🏼👼🏼2023🍉🎄
As someone who was raised athiest and never indoctrinated into any religion, it's actually wild that this is the most I have talked about Christmas or Jesus in my entire life... but unfortunately, that is due to the atrocities currently occurring in the region perpetuated by our government and a president I voted for because "he's the lesser evil" right? 🤡 Boy howdy, did that sentiment age poorly. Oof, yikes, etc.

1. Art by - caption reads "Merry Crimes"
2-4. Christmas nativity in Bethlehem 👼
5-6. Related 🎄
7-10. Santa speaking Truth to Power 📢

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