Artwork by Kirsten Ashley

No Kings Day- featuring mixed media piece "Anne & Henry."

NO KINGS DAY. July 14th, 2025. Fuck fascism.
#uglystepsisterart #nokingsday #art

The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop over reacting

There is no such thing as an overreaction with what has now happened. This is the line in the sand.

Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.

Ugly Stepsister: Artwork by Kirsten Ashley at Bellefonte Festival of the Arts.

Ugly Stepsister: Artwork by Kirsten Ashley at Bellefonte Festival of the Arts.

Ugly Stepsister: Artwork by Kirsten Ashley print with new owner holding it.

Ugly Stepsister: Artwork by Kirsten Ashley at Bellefonte Festival of the Arts.

Huge thank you to all of you who stopped by to talk and buy art from me last Sunday at the 2025 Bellefonte Festival of the Arts.

Black and white felt marker piece on linen textured paper, "Lady of the Flowers."

"Excuse me, I apologize
He likes your attitude, he tries it on for size
He spends the afternoon, between your thighs
How’s that for gratitude, I apologize
It seemed to last for hours
It seemed to last for days
This lady of the flowers
And her hypnotic gaze”

-Placebo, “Lady of the Flowers”

This cut the beginning of the first sentence off. So just ignore that since #bluesky doesn't have a way to edit text post.

"Read scary books" drawing

Pen portrait of Temim Fruchter

Photo of Temim Fruchter at a library conference in Maryland.

library professional. I attended my first library conference on Friday and had to sketch some book nerd stuff. The second sketch is a little pen portrait of the keynote speaker, author Temim Fruchter @both_and_yes
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#uglystepsisterart #delawareartist #librarylife

Pen drawing of an eye and a banner reading "cellar door."

"Of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, 'cellar door' is the most beautiful."
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#donniedarko #cellardoor #Uglystepsisterart

Pastel drawing of a sheet ghost

I picked up the pastels again after a bit of a hiatus. Work in progress of a boo-doir sheet ghost.
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#uglystepsisterart #art #everydayishalloween

Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app

I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now

Thanks for your service to our country

"Hex the patriarchy" bumper sticker from @caitlinmccarthyart.bsky.social

Car bumper sticker collection

I love when my collection of transgressive art bumper stickers gets weird looks from boring people in the cars behind me. On my way to work today, I noticed in my rear view mirror a couple mouthing and pointing.
I'll tag the artists in a bit.

Chinchilla in his cage

Chinchilla hiding under a table

Hey @bsky.app this guy just snuck out of his cage, hid under the coffee table, got chased for 10 minutes, then gave a look like "what's up?"
#Chinchilla

The answer is C. Butts.

Mr. Short Whiskers says hello.

3/3: That has been the muse for my own art and how to be the weird, outspoken, raw artist I am today. Let's celebrate them and ourselves today and every day on this International Women's Day. And women and our allies, let's fight for our rights because they're being torn away from us.

2/3: It grew in my teenage years to musical, artistic, and comedic figures like Margaret Cho,Anne Rice, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Sylvia Plath, Frida Kahlo. Role models who weren't just strong but vulnerable, sensual, angry, brash people who shared their ugly, melancholic, painful, beautiful stories.

Women have been a source of strength for me my whole life. Beginning with the kickass women in my family and the feminine figures in my favorite books like The Secret Garden and Alice in Wonderland.
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#internationalwomensday #womanartists

YouTube video by NirvanaVEVO Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (MTV Unplugged)

I've been listening to Nirvana's cover of "The Man Who Sold The World" in a whole different light lately.
youtu.be/fregObNcHC8?...

Mr. Short Whiskers the chinchilla standing on his stuffed animal friend.

Anyone else's #chinchilla have a system worked out with their humans where when they want out of cage playtime they stand on their stuffies? No? Just me? This is life with Mr. Short Whiskers.

The fact that the snakes go "squish" when you stomp them is so you. 😆

Luna large vinyl sticker from Ugly Stepsister: Artwork by Kirsten Ashley

The Wind large vinyl sticker from Ugly Stepsister

New 4 inch stickers just came in! These have never been available as a sticker before, and they're a nice 4 inch size. Perfect for car bumper stickers and notebooks/sketchbooks. 1- Luna Sheds A Tear Over This Burning Earth 2- The Wind. They'll be coming to my online sh0p and my retail spot soon.

Chihuly glass sculpture in front of the art museum in Montreal, CA.

Chihuly glass is so pretty, and it gets around! I first encountered pieces in Seattle/Tacoma, and saw another display on a separate trip to Montreal. Here is a photo of a Chihuly sculpture in front of the art museum in Montreal.

Crosstich that reads: fuck you I won’t do what you tell me

Green haired lady

Green haired lady

Green haired lady

Green haired lady

My refreshed green hair, be fringe, and red lipstick has me feeling like a badass lady in a post-punk band. Unfortunately, I can only poorly play a ukulele. But pretend this is my Rolling Stone spread circa 2002.

Anti-ICE protesters in California have shut down the 101 freeway in Los Angeles marching towards City Hall.

If they stop recognizing black history month then they never wanted to recognize it in the first place. But imma be black regardless ✊🏾

All of us who aren't nazi wannabes, proud boys, and KKK are not having it. They want to white-man wash the past, present, and future. Collectively, I hope we stay strong and break their will.

I did watch that one. The whole frigging episode was about that skit. 😆 The musical guest special got me in the feels.

Chinchilla Mr. Short Whiskers in his cage

Those tiny paws resting on the cage bars. 😍
#chinchilla

Yes! Love that you're giving a shout out to the artist! 🙌