Leigh Sugar (she/her)

My book (even amidst -not despite-the now world). All thanks to @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social and @babedylan.bsky.social

Thank you so much 😭😭

Leigh, a white woman with a blue top, holds a parsnip. The parsnip is connected at the top and split into two, like the bottom half of a woman's body. One "leg" of the parsnip is slightly bent, as if posing

Very sexy parsnip alert

Episode 132: The Hiatus Explained. ID: Rachel smiles softly at the camera, her chin and her hand, headphones over her ears. Her hair is shoulder length, and she wears large cat eyeglasses and a black top. The photo is a screenshot of her image on a zoom meeting. The photo is overlaid on a Navy background with white text. The logo for the podcast. Hey, It's Me, is in the top right corner, and the Commonplace logo in the bottom left.

Episode 132: The Hiatus Explained

Listen here as Rachel and @sakeriver.com discuss the difficult decision to put Commonplace on Hiatus.

We thank you for all your love and understanding.

Listen on Apple Podcasts or wherever you prefer🩵

What if we just reshare this back and forth, forever? (Someone please get the Miranda July reference 😂😭)

THE MOST ANTICIPATED DEBUT POETRY COLLECTIONS OF 2025 by SKYLER MIKLUS

Freeland by Leigh Sugar: this astonishing collection tracks the imprompable connection between the speaker and her incarcerated beloved. Leigh Sugar's close narration seizes your attention, daring you to look away from the tenderness and brutality of the world. Freeland raises urgent questions about prison abolition, mental health care, race, and selfhood.

@electriclit.bsky.social @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social @babedylan.bsky.social 🤯 THANK YOU?!?!

posting uncensored photos of custard to my OnlyFlans

proposed bills are NOT enforceable by law. Not to suggest we let our guard down, but a reminder for folks who find it helpful for these next several years, and actually forever and always: it will be a tool for us to understand when there is space to respond versus react

Trump’s Assault on Trans Rights Has Begun. Here’s What to Watch For. An early executive order shows the White House wants to get into the business of defining sex and gender. That could play out in a few ways.

Trump's promised executive order against "gender ideology" is ugly and dangerous, and also, like everything with Trump, contains few specifics and is meant to terrify people into self-repression. Here's my attempt to refocus on the fight ahead:

Goddamn can we not edit here 😭 that "b" will haunt me

Pop up from The tiktok app: user tries to name a new collection "fascism", and received a notice in red letters with a caution sign triangle stating " Inappropriate name. Try again."

Just tried to add a video to a new collection on TT and named the collection "fascism." Got this pop up.b A little on the nose for me, but I'm no master comedian

The small brown and white dog with long ears and black nose and eyes looks directly at the camera. Behind is a life-size stuffed replica of her.

Twitter always scared me.
I was a fearful child.
What do I need to know?
I remain a fearful child.
This is my dog with an imposter:

ID: bright blue outline borders a cream square. Text is brown and blue inside the cream square. There is a photo of the cover of The Black Period: a watercolor style portrait of a black woman with her arms upturned by her sides. In the background are watercolor like yellows, blues, purples, and pinks. There are people on either side of the woman, facing towards her. ALT TEXT: GIVEAWAY: TWO FREE COPIES THE BLACK PERIOD BY HAFIZAH AUGUSTUS GETER NEXT TWO PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR FEBRUARY 27TH READING WITH RACHEL WORKSHOP GET A FREE COPY OF THE BLACK PERIOD! LINK IN BIO Alt text on book cover: THE BLACK PERIOD ON PERSON GOOD, RACE, AND ORIGIN HAFIZAH AUGUSTUS GETER

Hey! Want an amazing FREE copy of Hafizah Augustus Geter's The Black Period?

The first two people to sign up for our next Reading with Rachel workshop on February 27th will get free copies of the book!

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Hey CP patrons and patrons to be!

Sometimes memberships and accounts get canceled at the turn of the new year. Please double check your account if you would like to remain an active patron! And consider joining if you are not yet a patron :-)
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ID: blue and white text atop a marbled blue background with graphic blue and beige lines. In the middle, a photo of Fred Moten on the left and Ronaldo Wilson on the right. Fred is a Black man with black glasses and a gray short cropped beard, wearing a gray sweatshirt and khaki shorts. Ronaldo is a black man with a clean shaven head and beard, wearing a long sleeve black shirt, dark blue jeans, and white sneakers. They both smile brightly at the camera. Alt Text: Episode 120 Fred moten and Ronaldo Wilson Stay tuned for part two!! Commonplace podcast

Special 2-Part Episode - FRED MOTEN & RONALDO V. WILSON now available!

Happy New Year and Happy Listening <3

Just finished my second Master's degree.

I think 2 Master's should = a PhD in ADHD, at the very least.

Thoughts?

That's my arm next to a zucchini. My arm is admittedly small but it's still a big zucchini.

Hi. Happy to be here. Send me all the poetry, puppies, disability wisdom, prison news, and petty gossip.