Elle Billing (she/they)
@elleandwink.bsky.social
Disabled, chronically ill queer. Exhausted! Artist. Host of Hoorf! Podcast and Spoonie Studio.
https://elleandwink.myflodesk.com/biosite
https://elleandwink.myflodesk.com/biosite
Latest episode of Hoorf! Podcast goes on a wild ride through my friend Kristina's parenting journey of three neurodivergent kids, oodles of hobbies, the dark humor of widowhood, and the importance of Star Trek.
Search HOORF or click below:
www.elleandeink.com/podcast/s4e4
Search HOORF or click below:
www.elleandeink.com/podcast/s4e4
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Latest episode of Hoorf! Podcast goes on a wild ride through my friend Kristina's parenting journey of three neurodivergent kids, oodles of hobbies, the dark humor of widowhood, and the importance of Star Trek.
Search HOORF or click below:
www.elleandeink.com/podcast/s4e4
Search HOORF or click below:
www.elleandeink.com/podcast/s4e4
✨NEW EPISODE ✨
salutogenesis: anti-urgency, trauma-informed UX, and somatic coaching with designer Wolfe Erikson
Listen and subscribe on your favorite podcast app by searching HOORF
salutogenesis: anti-urgency, trauma-informed UX, and somatic coaching with designer Wolfe Erikson
Listen and subscribe on your favorite podcast app by searching HOORF
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
✨NEW EPISODE ✨
salutogenesis: anti-urgency, trauma-informed UX, and somatic coaching with designer Wolfe Erikson
Listen and subscribe on your favorite podcast app by searching HOORF
salutogenesis: anti-urgency, trauma-informed UX, and somatic coaching with designer Wolfe Erikson
Listen and subscribe on your favorite podcast app by searching HOORF
Pssst. New episode of Hoorf! Podcast comes out tomorrow.
You can get it delivered directly to your inbox by joining the Blessed Herd of Saint Winkus!
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You can get it delivered directly to your inbox by joining the Blessed Herd of Saint Winkus!
elleandwink.myflodesk.com/hoorfpodcast
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October 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Pssst. New episode of Hoorf! Podcast comes out tomorrow.
You can get it delivered directly to your inbox by joining the Blessed Herd of Saint Winkus!
elleandwink.myflodesk.com/hoorfpodcast
You can get it delivered directly to your inbox by joining the Blessed Herd of Saint Winkus!
elleandwink.myflodesk.com/hoorfpodcast
On this episode of the podcast, disabled artist Car Riegger talks about Crip Materiality; while some sculptors might see "broken" pottery, Riegger sees the work much like a disabled body.
Check it out at the link below, or by searching HOORF on your fav podcast app
www.elleandwink.com/podcast/s4e1
Check it out at the link below, or by searching HOORF on your fav podcast app
www.elleandwink.com/podcast/s4e1
"an open relationship with time;" crip time and crip materiality with artist Car Riegger | Hoorf! — Elle & Wink Art Studio
Elle welcomes Car Riegger, a disabled artist from Michigan. Riegger is pursuing their MFA using clay and glass to express their experiences with disability. They discuss crip materiality and the displ...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
On this episode of the podcast, disabled artist Car Riegger talks about Crip Materiality; while some sculptors might see "broken" pottery, Riegger sees the work much like a disabled body.
Check it out at the link below, or by searching HOORF on your fav podcast app
www.elleandwink.com/podcast/s4e1
Check it out at the link below, or by searching HOORF on your fav podcast app
www.elleandwink.com/podcast/s4e1
@rickiep00h.bsky.social + I produced our 50th podcast episode this week.
FIFTY EPISODES! We are stoked about that! We would love it if you joined our happy dance by listening to this episode (and all prior + subsequent episodes, because we think it's a pretty rad project) ✨🥳
www.hoorfpodcast.com
FIFTY EPISODES! We are stoked about that! We would love it if you joined our happy dance by listening to this episode (and all prior + subsequent episodes, because we think it's a pretty rad project) ✨🥳
www.hoorfpodcast.com
Hoorf! Radical Care in a Late Capitalist Heckscape — Elle & Wink Art Studio
Hoorf! Podcast producers Elle Billing and Ricki Cummings are digging at the roots of systemic problems in a conversational format, getting to know our neighbors, and using creative expression to heal ...
www.hoorfpodcast.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
@rickiep00h.bsky.social + I produced our 50th podcast episode this week.
FIFTY EPISODES! We are stoked about that! We would love it if you joined our happy dance by listening to this episode (and all prior + subsequent episodes, because we think it's a pretty rad project) ✨🥳
www.hoorfpodcast.com
FIFTY EPISODES! We are stoked about that! We would love it if you joined our happy dance by listening to this episode (and all prior + subsequent episodes, because we think it's a pretty rad project) ✨🥳
www.hoorfpodcast.com
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Looks like the news is out. May her memory be a blessing. Miss Major, Presente!
October 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Looks like the news is out. May her memory be a blessing. Miss Major, Presente!
✨ NEW EPISODE ✨ On the first episode of Season Four (!) Elle welcomes Car Riegger. Riegger is pursuing their MFA, focusing on sculpture in clay and glass to express their experiences with disability. They discuss crip materiality and the display of disabled bodies.
www.elleandwink.com/podcast/s4e1
www.elleandwink.com/podcast/s4e1
October 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
✨ NEW EPISODE ✨ On the first episode of Season Four (!) Elle welcomes Car Riegger. Riegger is pursuing their MFA, focusing on sculpture in clay and glass to express their experiences with disability. They discuss crip materiality and the display of disabled bodies.
www.elleandwink.com/podcast/s4e1
www.elleandwink.com/podcast/s4e1
I met one of the great loves of my life.
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I met one of the great loves of my life.
Are you a Spoonie Artist?
Sign up for Spoonie Studio right now and you'll get this week's Sunday Spoon newsletter! It includes a Recap of Friday's open studio gathering, some Resources, and a little Respite to interrupt the doom scroll.
www.elleandwink.com/spoonie-studio
Sign up for Spoonie Studio right now and you'll get this week's Sunday Spoon newsletter! It includes a Recap of Friday's open studio gathering, some Resources, and a little Respite to interrupt the doom scroll.
www.elleandwink.com/spoonie-studio
Spoonie Studio | Virtual Studio Gathering for Spoonies — Elle & Wink Art Studio
Spoonie Studio is designed to provide an environment where artists, particularly those who are disabled or chronically ill, can come together to create and share their work without the pressures of ca...
www.elleandwink.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Are you a Spoonie Artist?
Sign up for Spoonie Studio right now and you'll get this week's Sunday Spoon newsletter! It includes a Recap of Friday's open studio gathering, some Resources, and a little Respite to interrupt the doom scroll.
www.elleandwink.com/spoonie-studio
Sign up for Spoonie Studio right now and you'll get this week's Sunday Spoon newsletter! It includes a Recap of Friday's open studio gathering, some Resources, and a little Respite to interrupt the doom scroll.
www.elleandwink.com/spoonie-studio
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I don't know how I feel about #NationalComingOutDay.
But I know my Queerness is in the Image of God.
I know that the more I dwell in God, the more Queer I feel. And fiercer, and more vulnerable, and more loving, angrier, and less suited to this world yet more in it.
But I know my Queerness is in the Image of God.
I know that the more I dwell in God, the more Queer I feel. And fiercer, and more vulnerable, and more loving, angrier, and less suited to this world yet more in it.
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I don't know how I feel about #NationalComingOutDay.
But I know my Queerness is in the Image of God.
I know that the more I dwell in God, the more Queer I feel. And fiercer, and more vulnerable, and more loving, angrier, and less suited to this world yet more in it.
But I know my Queerness is in the Image of God.
I know that the more I dwell in God, the more Queer I feel. And fiercer, and more vulnerable, and more loving, angrier, and less suited to this world yet more in it.
One of those random days when I remember that I have been neglecting my Bluesky account and also lack the spoons for Discourse.
October 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One of those random days when I remember that I have been neglecting my Bluesky account and also lack the spoons for Discourse.
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Some friends set up this fundraiser to support me after a mental health crisis. Then the tornado hit my hometown of Enderlin, ND—taking things to another level.
I'll be sharing the funds with my cousin, who lost her home in the storm.
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I'll be sharing the funds with my cousin, who lost her home in the storm.
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Elle Billing: Fundraiser Ends 7/20
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June 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Some friends set up this fundraiser to support me after a mental health crisis. Then the tornado hit my hometown of Enderlin, ND—taking things to another level.
I'll be sharing the funds with my cousin, who lost her home in the storm.
diversitybeans.com/products/ell...
I'll be sharing the funds with my cousin, who lost her home in the storm.
diversitybeans.com/products/ell...
Some friends set up this fundraiser to support me after a mental health crisis. Then the tornado hit my hometown of Enderlin, ND—taking things to another level.
I'll be sharing the funds with my cousin, who lost her home in the storm.
diversitybeans.com/products/ell...
I'll be sharing the funds with my cousin, who lost her home in the storm.
diversitybeans.com/products/ell...
Elle Billing: Fundraiser Ends 7/20
More than candy—Diversity Beans are a tool for inclusion and impact. Use them in classrooms, workplaces, events, or fundraisers. Raise awareness, start conversations, or launch a fundraiser and keep 5...
diversitybeans.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Some friends set up this fundraiser to support me after a mental health crisis. Then the tornado hit my hometown of Enderlin, ND—taking things to another level.
I'll be sharing the funds with my cousin, who lost her home in the storm.
diversitybeans.com/products/ell...
I'll be sharing the funds with my cousin, who lost her home in the storm.
diversitybeans.com/products/ell...
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Also, do you want some summer... art? Check out the interactive gallery of work that @elleandwink.bsky.social created alongside my book. It's pretty darn neat. Maybe grab something for your walls while you're there?
elleandwink.com/failureexperiment
elleandwink.com/failureexperiment
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May 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Also, do you want some summer... art? Check out the interactive gallery of work that @elleandwink.bsky.social created alongside my book. It's pretty darn neat. Maybe grab something for your walls while you're there?
elleandwink.com/failureexperiment
elleandwink.com/failureexperiment
No cows, but there was a horse! And a veterinary intern!
Winkie (the eponymous "Wink" if @elleandwink.bsky.social ) is at the vet today, finally getting her tick treatment, and a claw trim, and probably a couple shots, and her knees checked.
Local vet is also a farm vet, so maybe she'll also get to see a cow for once in her dang life.
Local vet is also a farm vet, so maybe she'll also get to see a cow for once in her dang life.
May 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
No cows, but there was a horse! And a veterinary intern!
🧟♂️NEW EPISODE🧟♂️ Elle Billing hosts Serena JV Elston, a transdisciplinary sculptor and recipient of the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities. They dig into Serena’s curatorial project, SPACORE, which interrogates wellness capitalism within the horror genre. www.elleandwink.com/podcast/s3e14
April 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🧟♂️NEW EPISODE🧟♂️ Elle Billing hosts Serena JV Elston, a transdisciplinary sculptor and recipient of the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities. They dig into Serena’s curatorial project, SPACORE, which interrogates wellness capitalism within the horror genre. www.elleandwink.com/podcast/s3e14
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TONIGHT I am joining @elleandwink.bsky.social in a virtual gallery and Q&A to talk about our joint project THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT: my book (www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX) and her art (www.elleandwink.com/portfolio/th...).
You can RSVP for the event here: lu.ma/4azkhfis
You can RSVP for the event here: lu.ma/4azkhfis
The Failure Experiment: Live Artist Talk Back · Luma
Join us for the gallery talkback with the creators of THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT, a parallel cross-discipline artistic experience from Elle Billing (artist) and…
lu.ma
April 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
TONIGHT I am joining @elleandwink.bsky.social in a virtual gallery and Q&A to talk about our joint project THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT: my book (www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX) and her art (www.elleandwink.com/portfolio/th...).
You can RSVP for the event here: lu.ma/4azkhfis
You can RSVP for the event here: lu.ma/4azkhfis
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Tomorrow @elleandwink.bsky.social and I are doing a virtual Q&A/gallery session, and at some point this afternoon I have to record a reading of 5 pages of the book to accompany the paintings online. I have no idea what it will look/sound like, but you RSVP here: Lu.Ma/4azkhfis
Come hang out!
Come hang out!
April 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tomorrow @elleandwink.bsky.social and I are doing a virtual Q&A/gallery session, and at some point this afternoon I have to record a reading of 5 pages of the book to accompany the paintings online. I have no idea what it will look/sound like, but you RSVP here: Lu.Ma/4azkhfis
Come hang out!
Come hang out!
Reposted by Elle Billing (she/they)
I'll also add if you are a person who has never talked to a reporter before, one of the safest things is to default, explicitly start "off the record" in live convo and be upfront with the reporter that this is the first time you've done this, can they talk you through ~their~ process to reporting.
How to leak to a journalist!
featuring a bunch of good advice from those who know: @marisakabas.bsky.social @amandabecker.bsky.social @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social @rmac.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social @juliaangwin.com @benmullin.bsky.social & @maxtani.bsky.social
featuring a bunch of good advice from those who know: @marisakabas.bsky.social @amandabecker.bsky.social @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social @rmac.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social @juliaangwin.com @benmullin.bsky.social & @maxtani.bsky.social
How to leak to a journalist
Planning to leak? Read these tips first.
www.niemanlab.org
April 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I'll also add if you are a person who has never talked to a reporter before, one of the safest things is to default, explicitly start "off the record" in live convo and be upfront with the reporter that this is the first time you've done this, can they talk you through ~their~ process to reporting.
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“A.I. makes art accessible.” Art has always been accessible. There was like a six month period where I drew all the sketches for my comics with a lined notebook from the grocery store and a random green marker.
April 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“A.I. makes art accessible.” Art has always been accessible. There was like a six month period where I drew all the sketches for my comics with a lined notebook from the grocery store and a random green marker.
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
Reposted by Elle Billing (she/they)
Alongside my book THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT (www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX) @elleandwink.bsky.social did a series of paintings in conversation with it, exploring similar moods and themes. Check it out! (Buy one?)
www.elleandwink.com/shop/new
www.elleandwink.com/shop/new
new — Shop for Original Artwork from Elle Billing - Elle & Wink Art Studio — Elle & Wink Art Studio
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April 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Alongside my book THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT (www.amazon.com/dp/B0F26G8LLX) @elleandwink.bsky.social did a series of paintings in conversation with it, exploring similar moods and themes. Check it out! (Buy one?)
www.elleandwink.com/shop/new
www.elleandwink.com/shop/new
Ugh the Discourse on Threads today is downright revolting. So much Lateral Ableism that I actually appreciated my [usually dreaded] shower so I could wash it off.
March 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ugh the Discourse on Threads today is downright revolting. So much Lateral Ableism that I actually appreciated my [usually dreaded] shower so I could wash it off.
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1) The rate of sepsis rose more than 50%
2) they don’t break down data by race here—we need that info (generally BW’s maternal death rate is 3x that of WW, Native W is 2x)
3) they looked at hospital data. So missing greatest cause of pregnant/postpartum death: Murder. Abuse skyrockets w/pregnancy.
2) they don’t break down data by race here—we need that info (generally BW’s maternal death rate is 3x that of WW, Native W is 2x)
3) they looked at hospital data. So missing greatest cause of pregnant/postpartum death: Murder. Abuse skyrockets w/pregnancy.
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
1) The rate of sepsis rose more than 50%
2) they don’t break down data by race here—we need that info (generally BW’s maternal death rate is 3x that of WW, Native W is 2x)
3) they looked at hospital data. So missing greatest cause of pregnant/postpartum death: Murder. Abuse skyrockets w/pregnancy.
2) they don’t break down data by race here—we need that info (generally BW’s maternal death rate is 3x that of WW, Native W is 2x)
3) they looked at hospital data. So missing greatest cause of pregnant/postpartum death: Murder. Abuse skyrockets w/pregnancy.