Category: Allēna’s Posts
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I’m glad the original recipe is tasty, but holy SHIT, they said this on the Internet?!
Today on Bad Copy: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16vi19422n/ I couldn’t watch this without wheezing. This is BREAD DOUGH, people. BREAD DOUGH!!! Take this as proof that you should always run your videos, copy, what have you past people with the mind of a 12 year old boy. -Allēna
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So apparently being antifascist makes me a terrorist now??
Fuck it. Might as well go all in. Here are a few poems I wrote for an antifascist literature jam. The full zine is here if you want to read it. I’m gonna speak freely while there’s still some semblance of a First Amendment left. -Allēna
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Some thoughts on the Jimmy Kimmel situation.
We are the canaries in the coalmine. Not some rich guy getting fired. Rather, how society and the government treats the disabled, the indigenous, people of color, immigrants, the unhoused, trans people, anyone who is marginalized… That should be your indicator for how bad things are getting. We’ve been sounding the alarm for awhile now,…
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The main Charlie Kirk doxxing websites are down!
I mentioned in a post a few days ago that right wingers had been establishing websites to doxx and harass people who hadn’t been expressing outright sympathy for Charlie Kirk and denouncing so called “political violence.” Well, I am pleased to announce that the main site has been down since Sunday and the site that…
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My first ever performance of my poem “let us all raise a glass to nothing at all”.
It was originally published in our third poetry collection Singing Molten Gold to the Morning. Here is the performance: -Allēna
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I played around with a new form of poetry today at workshop.
This was the result: It’s called a Giotto. I slightly modified the format, though. I also scored a ukulele at this pay what you can rummage sale by singing for it. Her name is Cecilia. It’s been a good day so far. -Allēna
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I had a wheelchair outing today.
Emerson and I figured out that my wheelchair collapses and we went to the orchid exhibit at the Milwaukee Domes. I did not get an orchid, but I did get a teeny tiny succulent 💛 He then set me loose on the way back to the car and I zoomed through the parking lot to…
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Update on the Charlie Kirk investigation.
So it turns out that there WERE engravings on the ammunition used to assassinate Charlie Kirk, Utah governor Spencer Cox confirmed today, and there is a suspect in custody. His name is Tyler Robinson. I’ve seen a lot of posts claiming he is a Republican, but that’s just a rumor as far as I can…
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My analysis of the Charlie Kirk assassination so far.
As many of you may know, far right wing talking head Charlie Kirk was assassinated yesterday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. I have as much empathy for this man as he publicly stated he had for others, but that isn’t the purpose of this post. I’m here today to break down what we…
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With my back being fucky, it’s given me a lot of time to think.
There isn’t a lot I can do at present except stay in bed most of the time even if I would otherwise have the energy to move around and do things. When I do attempt to get out of bed and do things, my spine and hips start to scream again and that isn’t a…