Alana Storm

they say we were something/in those formative years

Queer Poetry Takeover An audaciously queer poetry open mic FRIDAY -- 11/21 featuring: Tatiane Maria Corbitt sign ups: 6:30 PM open mic: 7:00 PM Sign Language Interpreter Available upon request $5 SUGGESTED/$GAY AF (give as you're able, friends!) Always Here bookstore 4555 N Williams @alwaysherebooks @queerrpoetrytakeover Masks required

Portland people -- I'm checking this out for the first time tonight. Say hello!

the precise moment you realize the recyclables are tumbling into the already filled with food scraps compost bin while, simultaneously, a passing car of young men cat calls your new tits and you muter quietly to yourself -- welcome to womanhood.

It's funny (weird) how many old blogs have 2 - 5 years of intense posting and over sharing, then start to slide into mild-self promotion of projects, and then just stop, as though the world ended in 2013.

Line drawing/tracing of a woman on a bridge

back on someone’s bullshit

reading old squatter/train-hopping blogs and having another round with the "what does it mean to live free" brain worms

if you want a picture of the future, imagine a neti pot irrigating your sinuses, forever

Once again asking! Small press especially welcome. This is for a series of mini reviews in the spring issue of a journal

an in-flight safety information card which features three people sitting in airplane seats. on the right, a dude wearing converse and a jean jacket over a plain black tshirt, where once appeared a subpop logo

FUCK!!!!! ALASKA AIR TOOK THE SUBPOP LOGO OFF THE DUDE’S TSHIRT ON THE LATEST SAFETY CARD

SEATTLE’S CULTURAL SUPREMACY IS BEING WATERED DOWN! Unacceptable.

I've been deep in a lot of aughts era zine reading and re-reading for a project. It's strange how things that once seemed so central to DIY culture just sort of fade and are mostly forgotten/ignored.

cover of a zine named transvestite geography, featuring a high contrast image of a human of then ambiguous gender and sex leaning forward in a chair

My first time tabling at @pdx_zines went great -- moved around 75% of what I printed, saw friends, and met a bunch of new people including folks collecting for libraries.

Also, I'm beyond amused that the zine that sold best was the one with a 2009 era blown out thirst trap for a cover.

My copies of @lilacperil.bsky.social were gone by 3:00pm.

Image of a kitted out half table at the Portland zine symposium.

PORTLAND 以 SYMPOSIUM @PSU SMITH MEMORIAL STUDENT UNION BALLROOM HAPPY BIRTHDA) PrS! NOV 8 + 9™ FREE ENTRY! PLEASE WEAR A MASK! IPRC CULTURAL ERUST Regional Arts & Culture Council outlet Portland State Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design

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See you Sunday at the Portland Zine Symposium. PSU Smith Ballroom, 11am - 5pm.

Image of two zines sitting atop a graphic novel

still on my bullshit

YouTube video by PJHarveyVEVO PJ Harvey - Man-Size

thinking of secure lockable enclosures for no reason

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuJE...

Image of two hands wearing a number of plastic Halloween spider rings surrounded by vampire teeth. The image has a strong purple overtone from local lighting.

ask me about my gender affirming hand surgery

the most expensive part of transition is actually all the books

I've got a small poem in the latest Trans Survivors zine from Forge -- cheap as in free download!

May Joe Carter’s ghost smile upon you all.

thinking a lot about how the first Pokémon generation is about to enter their birding years

Who are your favorite Seattle trans writers, artists, and musicians I don't know about?

low key wish "crawling decades old trans/queer web content" was a job and not just a therapeutic practice

Cover of Cometbus #56: A Bestiary of Booksellers with library filing sticker on it.

still soaking in aging punks, a lost new york city that probably never was, and paths not taken

Image of a moving truck on a fall day in Portland, Oregon

I don’t have many hard held beliefs left, but “when friends ask you for help moving, help them move” is one of them.

the slow awkward realization that most gen-x counter cultural spaces were just mental health affinity groups where people drank a little too much

please be kind, REVVIND

Getting rear ended sucks but physical therapy really is the shit.

November 1st! Come out and celebrate the first day after Halloween with me! Featuring Ever Jones.

Image of text quoting Cometbus #52: The Spirit of St. Louis: "Now, following Penguin's recent suicide attempt (brought on by a chemical imbalance from the hormone pills), it's Sheila's turn as nurse."

On the other hand -- he couldn't resist using the culture's fear of transness for dramatic irony in his fictional account, which is an unsurprising thing to read in a 2009 punk zine.