Youngiee

I have not been posting here like I should, so here's a picture of me posing with a giant zucchini like dudes pose with fish

Catch us at Elements Festival this Saturday on the Bizarre Stage! 10:30pm, FREAKS TO THE FRONT

I'll be repping DOUGH tonight, come by and see me!

Re-reading the Hunger Games books hits differently in 2025

Mock "Fox News" headline "Outside Agitator Brings Chaos to Peaceful Southern City: When will Dr. King Stop?". Image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr being arrested by two policemen. Text across top reads "Dead Activists are so much more convenient than living ones"

The heroes we celebrate today were the troublemakers of yesterday—sanitized and rebranded. Civil rights are won not by following rules, but by breaking them. Not by standing on the sidelines, but by marching on the front lines. Their footsteps echo with ours today—unbroken.

My band mates getting ready to play at the Keuka Arts Festival

dsausa.org poster that reads Working People of the World Unite and Take Over

Started off yesterday playing Celtic music at the Keuka Arts Festival, then ended it playing with @motherwortband.com at a fundraiser for the Ithaca DSA, and got this cool poster

Just about to get on stage, come by and see us for a good cause!

Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.

Black and white spiral with red text that reads: THIS IS NOT NORMAL

Universities defunded—
expelled for not bowing.
Law firms extorted
into compliance, kowtowing.

Judges damned
for upholding law—
justice politicized,
democracy monetized.

Enforcement weaponized—
our National Guard
guards tyranny,
not liberty.

Rise up from silence.
Don't look away.

leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening

historians: that thing is definitely happening

star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it

news outlets: these protesters are out of control

Sending the Marines to shut this down is 2025's Footloose remake.

DOUGH (Department of Organized Uprising for Greater Humanity) not Dictators

The most important resistance against tyranny is to maintain your humanity. Invite people to dinner, listen intently, and speak openly. Don't fear heated debate—fear avoiding it.

Hope they have good snacks in the green room! I live for that sh#t

This is awesome 👏

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

#Altcitizen Armchair Activist Activate! Comment that we want updated Covid vaccines here https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FDA-2025-N-1146-0001

Spam in the Gears. Comment that we want updated Covid vaccines here https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FDA-2025-N-1146-0001

Gather around kids!! Tell these fuckers that you want “Updated Sub-Lineage Covid Vaccines” or “Updated Covid Vaccines” or That it’s patriotic to vaxx & be heathy. We have till Friday at 11:59 to make comments on the shit they dropped today. This is on purpose.

www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Image of a bird of prey with a fish in its claws. Text reads: Don't let ideas vanish: seize them

Image of a pair of high top sneakers. Text reads: Ideas don't need to be perfect-- they just need to get done

Man wearing a shirt. Text reads: Rise up, volunteer, be the hero you need

We cast ourselves in roles within our own stories, though from childhood, we learn to minimize our heroics. Our greatest challenge isn't finding the right circumstances—it's recognizing we already stand at the center of our heroes journey, where acts of courage too often remain subdued.
Rise Up

ayyyy that's all good, thank you! And thanks for coming to the show! It was a bit chaotic but otherwise fun 😁

Let's share more of this with the public. Scientists, share your research and story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #DefendResearch

Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research.
tinyurl.com/McClintockLe...

I kinda feel like spirits are getting involved now...

Uplifting and supporting other women doesn't take away your shine, grrrl. We all rise together ✊❤️

(and goes without saying that this applies to other humans as well, I was just thinking about mean girls this morning)

Come out to see @motherwortband.com play today at Personal Best Brewing's 2nd Anniversary Party, and wish me a Happy Birthday!

Gray and white cat laying down underneath a tall collard greens plant

Yes, this is my cat 😻

Heather and Youngiee from Motherwort posing in front of the show calendar poster for the Downtown Ithaca Summer Concert Series. Heather is holding her little black fluffball puppy named Monty.

Close up of the show calendar, dates available on the Downtown Ithaca website

The big reveal at the Downtown Ithaca kickoff party! Now we can let all you fine folks know that we'll be playing on Thursday, July 31 with our friends Vicious Fishes and @chloedefector.bsky.social ! Mark your calendars 'cause it's gonna be a blast 🚀✊

F yeah!! 👊

Cute lamb laying down on a wood floor inside of the living room in a farm house

AHHHH I GOT TO CUDDLE THIS CUTIE ON MY LAP AT A MEETING LAST NIGHT 🐑😍

Ithaca Book & Zine Fair, Sunday May 11, 2025. 11am-5pm at Buffalo Street Books & Dewitt Mall. Free to attend, all ages. This program is made possible in part with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant program from teh New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the office of the Governor and NYS Legislature, administered by the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.

A small portable square table with a black tablecloth, and a sign on it that says DOUGH, with assorted photocopied zines, printed cards and brochures, and pins

This Sunday! We'll be at the Ithaca Book & Zine Fair at Buffalo Street Books! Come by and chat democracy with us, and grab some items to redistribute throughout the community!

We also had a great turnout at South Hill Cider yesterday for the Diversity Consortium panel, see you at the next one!

Just a quick update on flight safety. It's on everyone's minds and I would like to provide a very important statistic.

So far, in 2025, we have had the most aircraft related fatalities in the US since 2001.

And yes, we are referring to 9/11.

It's only May.

Nothing to see here. Just @emilyjaynef.bsky.social being forcibly removed from NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall tonight for having the temerity to act like a citizen of the United States. Hero.

🤣💀