Sparkling Urbana *is a trans grunge band

Somewhere on the DIY/anarchist bingo card:

-Avoided holding someone accountable because we were waiting on group consensus

- also cuz "I've known them forever tho'"

- & also: "But we have to care that they've *been through some shit*"

Miss us with systems that support abusers. 🏳️‍⚧️🤘

Girl Violence, by King Princess 13 track album

Nonbinary listen of the week:
Check out King Princess's new album. You won't regret it.
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I prefer to think that art is sometimes abandoned and sometimes freed.

Sometimes you have to free it so the world can experience it and you can restoke your creativity.

It's been a year since our EP, Give It Extra Teeth, was released.
Celebrate by giving it a listen! #NeverForget

sparklingurbana.bandcamp.com/album/give-i...

Mainstream news is a thing, but uh...

Sparkling Urbana has some big news of our own coming up. Stay tuned if the chaos hasn't stopped you from listening to trans music. 🤠

Hell yeah. Shout out to our bassist we are big fans. Even let that nerd do vocals sometimes. It's rad. <3

The infantilization of conservatives by liberals is both dumb and dangerous. These people have agency and they know exactly what they're doing. No amount of education or "exposure therapy" is going to change the hate and bile and racism that fills their black hearts.

The stuff Jeffrey Epstein’s friends felt comfortable saying and drawing in grotesque detail with their names attached knowing they would not face consequences is the kind of thing I think of when I think about rape culture and how sexual violence against girls and young women is actually glorified

They'll lie and say it's about safety. They'll say there is no research when the research exists for the same procedures for cis counterparts. They will say the procedures alone are immoral while they do it themselves. This has always been about public erasure and control. Be loud. Stay safe.

They say "can't be done for trans-ing gender" bc they know procedures alone don't cause harm. More cis than trans kids take hormone blockers for precocious puberty. More cis adults need HRT to regulate biological deficits. Breast surgeries--far more common for cis men & women. These r morality bans

Everyone’s allowed to produce music how they want, and this is just my opinion, but in today’s day, social media makes everything so polished. We see the highlight reel of everybody’s lives. Im tired of the art being as overproduced as everything else we consume. I wanted my record to reject that

Chicago was greatly blessed this night. 🔥

Happy birthday, @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social! We hope folks celebrate this badass FrontEnby by checking out the PupJeffRosentockEkkoAstral tour and also supporting other nonbinary and trans artists. <3 We need joy as much as ever these days, and Jeff and co truly brought the joy to Chicago on Friday.

Just like anti-vaxers, people who dislike immigrants are a weird terrible fringe group and we should treat them like the weird terrible fringe group they are.

This is why there is so much joy in the DIY music scene.

Pinksqueeze

no pride before liberation, no visibility before our freedom

We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now

maybe it's just personal bias but for real all the chicago area bands I've become friendly with in the past couple years should all be world famous bc there's an *insane* amount of talent here

Also it's been over a decade since more books came out. There's better stuff out there. Fresher, better stuff written by nice nerds who may or may not still be working a "day job".

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility. No one else can extinguish what comes from within. Burn bright or burn it down, babes. 🤘🔥

Thanks for the repost! Trans music 4 ever. <3

just reupping this and also chicago/north burb folks you gotta TRUST me this lineup whips and is worth giving to a good cause www.woodstockilpride.com/event-ticket...

this is a trap and you are searching for people w/ air fryers. They want to tell you. They want to tell you so bad.

I have refused to read the articles on this, because I have read the headlines, and I have followed the news of this type of violence, for the last 2 decades, and I imagine the articles will be every bit as terrible and more as I anticipate them to be.

Really glad that it was a miss tho. <3

If you get cremated, it'll have been true at least once. Best of luck on your journey to being your best self.

I believe the office for that is in Chicago but the residency requirements are strict. This is why my mind has been lagoon for years and I remain creature.

oh my goodness. sounds so cool. can't wait to find out what it is.