Lorraine Smigielski

“A Rose By Any Other Name”: Doing the Work When You Can’t Say the Work By Crystal Martin, PhDLet’s play a quick game.What do the following words have in common: equity, bias, inclusion, gender, diversity, racism, trauma, and “people + uterus”?If you guessed they’ve someh...

I am reading this op-ed and just had to share how inspiring I’m finding it. www.crystalmmartinphd.com/post/a-rose-...

I love the quilt texture the ornaments are giving it!

Feeling a mix of many things lately: beyond frustrated to see Section 504 under attack, proud of being able to help @starshapedpress.bsky.social with research on this project, and hopeful that folks will see this poster and take action. Call your AGs! #section504
#letterpress #disabledcivilrights

Are you concerned about AI? We had a robust culture built around an older technology, printing. It had 500 years of editorial traditions which kept it stable. We need to maintain a BACKUP of that system, because this new one is scary. That's why I co-founded printingstewards.org/index.shtml

In response to Trump’s assertion, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” we say:

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

And @boysek.bsky.social beat me to the punchline. Learn more at this link and contact your AGs/state reps!

• Doctors and hospitals cannot stop helping someone because they have a disability.

• Doctors and hospitals must have tools and machines that work for wheelchair users. This includes machines that check for cancer.

•Doctors must give clear information to disabled people. This includes people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• Websites for schools and hospitals must work for people who are blind and low vision.

Section 504 guarantees:
• Schools must include students with disabilities and help them learn.

• Doctors and schools must have sign language interpreters for people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing who sign. Videos must have captions.

In shock and dismayed by the lengths the anti-DEI movement is going to in this country. At this time, 16 states are currently suing to declare all of Section 504 unconstitutional. This would have disastrous affect for web accessibility, yes, but also… (thread)

#accessibility
#dei
#disability

IT IS A COUP This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.

This is what a coup looks like in 2025. A terrifying read from Carole Cadwalladr — and she’s not the only one saying this: open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Thanks for scanning it: I’ll be excited to see it once you finish!

This is literally me right now while I try to give my best during a stressful time at work, plan a kid’s birthday and support my brother’s wedding planning. 🫠

Print therapy with Octavia Butler.
#letterpress #parableofthesower

Green ink swatches are held up against printed ink swatches on a sheet of paper. The hot pink blooms of Trudy the cactus oversee the work.

More color matching today over lunch. Love how the sun comes in this window near my Christmas cactus: makes the perfect spot for this work #letterpress #weddingivitations #gettinginky

Swatches of green and gray on a sheet of paper with an ink palette and envelopes in the background.

Color matching on my brother’s wedding invites: so fun to get to do this for my bro! Can’t wait to celebrate with them later this year.

My platen press sits ready for ink with light gleaming off of its flywheel and ink disk. The brass badge in the front reads “Pearl”

Hello world! It seems like enough of my letterpress friends are making the jump over here that it’s time for me to come over as well! 👋🏻