Thank you to all the people in the US who turned up to their polling places yesterday to make their voices heard. This one is for y’all.
WE are the masters of our fate. WE are the captains of our souls.
Not some clown in the White House.
Remember that now and always.
I love y’all.
If y’all want to read more work like this, my Inauguration Day poem previously appeared on this blog under the category Our Poetry and is published in our zine easy to hate like everything you love.
-Allēna
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
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, but society as a whole only listens now that it’s some rich mfs getting shit canned.
-Allēna
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 was intended to be a database of those “celebrating political violence” has been down since Monday.
I’m not sure if they were hacked, simply forced to shut down, or what. Either way, I consider this cause for celebration.
-Allēna
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 tell. His family, from everything I’ve seen thus far, is.
Regarding the inscriptions themselves, the first and the last message are memes. The second and third are antifascist-related. “Bella Ciao” is an Italian anti-fascist folk song.
So no, he isn’t a Republican. But beyond his very apparent hatred for Charlie Kirk and usage of “Bella Ciao” and “hey, fascist, catch”, there isn’t much evidence suggesting he’s a leftist, either, on socials, in voter records, or otherwise.
Nonetheless, as I said in yesterday’s post, if you are a leftist, please stay safe out here. Right wingers have started putting up websites to doxx, harass, and threaten people allegedly “celebrating political violence”, most notably the site charliesmurderers(dot)com. I don’t want to link to the site directly in order to avoid being harassed or anyone else being harassed by association. We all deal with enough without having to deal with right wingers targeting us.
Stay tuned for more updates. I will keep following this.
-Allēna
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 know so far from my perspective.
Here are a few things that you need to know about me before I begin: I was raised in Texas by a doomsday prepping, gun loving man who taught me to find my way around a gun from practically the time I could walk. I then spent my first marriage with a man who loved guns arguably even more than he did. We even discussed entering long distance shooting competitions together as a sniper-spotter pair at one point. After I left him, I spent years learning how to get in and out of places so swiftly I learned to essentially disappear into thin air in broad daylight. Once I mastered that skill, I taught it to other people.
This shooter, whoever they are, is likely highly trained. They shot Kirk in the throat with a single, clean shot from a distance of approximately 200 yards at least from everything I’ve seen. No one else was hurt but Kirk, who was quite likely killed instantly.
I couldn’t have made that shot. I doubt my ex husband could have made that shot. We are both well trained, but not that well trained. There’s a difference between well trained and highly trained. This shooter is highly trained.
Additionally, police and the FBI did not catch the shooter at the event. They are still at large. Speaking from my experience getting in and out of places undetected, that is a skill set in and of itself, one that can be very difficult to master. So far, they have only caught “people of interest”. Statistically speaking, if they don’t have the actual shooter in their custody 24 hours after the shooting, they may never catch them, as most cases go cold 24 hours after the event if the perpetrator isn’t caught and is still in the wind by that time.
Finally, there was a high powered bolt action rifle uncovered near the scene with anti fascist and transgender ideology engraved in the ammunition. I worry for my community because it’s a pretty safe bet that there will be significant blowback for this, even if the FBI never catches the actual shooter. Right wingers will likely be out for blood and vengeance. Kirk was shot in the middle of spewing hate about trans people and alleged gang violence. His followers will likely be galvanized even more than they were before.
Please stay safe out there if you’re trans and a leftist.
Update as of 9/11/2025 8:28 PM Central Time:
It is now unclear whether or not there were any such engravings on the ammunition at all. The shooter appears to still be at large.
-Allēna
Fuck the hardliners, as long as you’re doing your best to be a decent human being, all progress is good progress and the best praxis is to start right now with exactly what you have. There is no single definition of what being a “good leftist” looks like, and even if there WERE, there would need to be accommodations made for disabled people, Mad people, poor people, cultural nuances, etc..
Additionally, as an ex Mormon and a cripple punk, I wish leftists who talk like rebranded Christians would understand how nonsensical their takes sound. Nothing will get fixed without real progress and real work from real people, and that involves being patient when people fuck up, working together in community, and actively building a better world together, however we all can contribute, no matter how small. There will be no Revolution without progress made in the first place ffs.
So if all you could do is survive and take care of yourself today, I think that’s good praxis. Self care is community care, and I’m glad as fuck you’re still here. If all you can do is share memes and news, that’s a form of activism in and of itself, and I think that’s good praxis. If you’re making art, writing things, being a performer or creative in any way, even if you’re only sharing it with your friends, partner(s), and/or family? Art is political. This, too, is good praxis. If you can do more? Badass. That’s also good praxis. Please don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
-Allēna
I have officially watched so much Suits in such a short time that I had a dream that I WAS Harvey goddamned Specter and I was bored, so I decided to sue KRISTI NOEM HERSELF for all she was worth. Because of course. It’s a good day so far 💛 -Allēna #suits #USPol #dreamdiary #currentevents
-Allēna
#UsPol #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #StarWarsDay #FuckTrump #polyamory
