Tanya Paperny

Listen, I could care less about sportsball, but if you’re white and haven’t seen the Bad Bunny halftime show, just know I’m assuming you’re racist 🤷

Now they are getting louder (drunker?) and harmonizing badly and whistling

can confirm: it’s Joni Mitchell, and not very good

Some white people appear to have moved in across the street today and they’re already sitting on the front porch singing songs and playing acoustic guitar

my parents were born in one death cult (u.s.s.r. ☭)
i was born in another (u.s.a. 🇺🇸)
how about you?

Freelancer Loves Being Able To Barely Scrape By Livelihood On Own Schedule

Freelancer Loves Being Able To Barely Scrape By Livelihood On Own Schedule https://theonion.com/freelancer-loves-being-able-to-barely-scrape-by-livelih-1819579667/

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

to be clear, i'm russian + ukrainian + polish + ashkenazi jewish. but it's the russian part that always gets the most negative stereotypical representations in american media (read: mafioso, crook, alcoholic).

unless you're russian american, you can't understand the odd pride that comes from watching the winter olympics. it's the only positive representation of "my people" i ever see. here's me weeping and shrieking at Ilia Malinin on the ice.

A parking spot dug out from the snow is reseved by a children’s toy car

Caption contest #dcstorm @capitalweather.bsky.social

PSA YOU HAVE TO PICK UP YOUR DOG'S POOP EVEN WHEN THERE IS SNOW ON THE GROUND THANKS

do i have to pay rent even if i really really REALLY don't want to?

❤️

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Really? Zero reactions to this gem?

the two food groups are Nutella and Not Nutella

On Places: The Inhabitants of Sherwood Farmhouse Represent a Microcosm of D.C. History Brookland’s Sherwood Farmhouse, built in 1885, has stood vacant since 2015, hidden from public view. It survives thanks to practical necessity, happy accidents, intentional preservation, and interraci...

Thank you @wcp.bsky.social for including my column in your roundup of 2025's best reporting (photo by @darrow-m.bsky.social):

washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7719...

I wish I was kidding #america

The Family Dollar that closed and reopened as a Dollar Tree/Family Dollar combo has again closed and reopened as just a Family Dollar.

On Places: Repurposing—and Queering—an H Street Corridor Carriage House Once home to the ENIKAlley Coffeehouse—a refuge and an incubator for Black gay and lesbian artists and activists.

A former carriage house near H Street NE once served as a “space of resistance, of organizing, of expression” for Black queer artists and activists.

In her latest On Places column, Tanya Paperny traces the building’s history from stable to garage to residence:

On Places: Repurposing—and Queering—an H Street Corridor Carriage House Once home to the ENIKAlley Coffeehouse—a refuge and an incubator for Black gay and lesbian artists and activists.

yes my latest local history piece mentions both horse stables and gay artists, but sadly no gay horses — a topic available for any of you to dig into
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7748...

My latest research has made me realize how as a queer "millennial," I have yet to fully appreciate how the AIDS epidemic decimated and traumatized my queer "elders." But the organizing, art, and post-traumatic resilience also made my life as an out person possible.

On Places: Repurposing—and Queering—an H Street Corridor Carriage House Once home to the ENIKAlley Coffeehouse—a refuge and an incubator for Black gay and lesbian artists and activists.

"The second floor still had a large opening from when hay was tossed down from the loft, but Walker and Melrose installed a railing so people could peer down and watch the performances." washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7748...

This is Tanya’s second in the series, and it’s the best thing @wcp.bsky.social is publishing right now. I love to learn from stuff like this.

Thank you so much!

On Places: Repurposing—and Queering—an H Street Corridor Carriage House Once home to the ENIKAlley Coffeehouse—a refuge and an incubator for Black gay and lesbian artists and activists.

Looking for a mediumread while you wait at the airport or hide from your family? My latest @wcp.bsky.social has queer artists, a woman courts labeled a “lunatic,” and 19th-century horses: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7748...

Looking for a Thanksgiving weekend longread? Dive into DC local history. My next installment in this series launching soon!

Feelin' legit today. Just presented before the full board of the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities about my creative work across literature, literary translation and visual art. Grateful to receive multiple grants from them over the years!

forgive the earnest skeet, but if you know someone who needs temporary housing in DC, let me know :) seeking a subletter for my truly amazing art deco apartment.