Emperor of the Moon
@emperorofthemoon.bsky.social
Queer witchy art, digital woodcuts & animations, medieval weirdness, costumes & crafts, pop culture. Pittsburgh based. DM for commission. ETSY SHOP OPEN
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I’m Ashley, I’m a queer artist and librarian, and I love pulp paperbacks, medical and book history, weird roadside attractions, tabletop RPGs, making costumes for theme parties, and anything fun and creative I can do with friends! Happy to be here sharing my witchy, queer woodcuts with you!
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I’m quoted in today’s issue of Forbes.
September 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I’m quoted in today’s issue of Forbes.
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First it was troops in L.A., sent to provoke and assault peaceful protesters under the banner of “immigration enforcement.” Now it’s troops in our capital to disappear the homeless. See the pattern? Sooner or later, the monster comes for us all.
August 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
First it was troops in L.A., sent to provoke and assault peaceful protesters under the banner of “immigration enforcement.” Now it’s troops in our capital to disappear the homeless. See the pattern? Sooner or later, the monster comes for us all.
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When a government starts targeting former intelligence officials, law enforcement leaders, and anyone who once investigated or criticized those in power, it’s not just a red flag, it’s a page straight from the authoritarian playbook.
July 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
When a government starts targeting former intelligence officials, law enforcement leaders, and anyone who once investigated or criticized those in power, it’s not just a red flag, it’s a page straight from the authoritarian playbook.
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The 14th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1868. It guarantees:
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
July 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The 14th Amendment was ratified on this day in 1868. It guarantees:
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
✔️ due process for all
✔️ birthright citizenship
✔️ equal protection under the law
Now more than ever, we're determined to protect these essential rights.
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
July 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.
June 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.
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For #AdoorableThursday, few doorways are more interesting than this: the utterly fabulous south door of Kilpeck Church in Herefordshire.
June 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
For #AdoorableThursday, few doorways are more interesting than this: the utterly fabulous south door of Kilpeck Church in Herefordshire.
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When the IT guy takes over my computer remotely
May 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
When the IT guy takes over my computer remotely
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An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
RFK Jr’s autism study collecting Americans’ private medical records
The National Institutes of Health claims it is fulfilling RFK’s promise to find cause of autism by September
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
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'Girls are doing all the fellows' jobs now!'
Postcard by Bamforth & Co Ltd, 1910s.
Ref GWL-2010-72, Glasgow Women's Library
Postcard by Bamforth & Co Ltd, 1910s.
Ref GWL-2010-72, Glasgow Women's Library
!["Comic" Series No. 249: Captioned "Girls are doing all [underlined] the fellows' jobs now!" and depicting two women (one of them holding a small dog wearing a red bow on a lead) kissing in the street.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5kyyjs7hao2hnrk2du453jm5/bafkreie3gs762hr2ehg23ab4rzpwhywesxmugbfco5uieuvk2pkvzfm4bq@jpeg)
April 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
'Girls are doing all the fellows' jobs now!'
Postcard by Bamforth & Co Ltd, 1910s.
Ref GWL-2010-72, Glasgow Women's Library
Postcard by Bamforth & Co Ltd, 1910s.
Ref GWL-2010-72, Glasgow Women's Library
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These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
April 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
April 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
Did a redesign of the Hausu poster for #spookyspringartparty day 3-4 (“ghost”) because of course I had to 👻 🎹 🏠
#hausu #ghost #jhorror #ssap2025 #spookyart #horrorart #horrormovies
#hausu #ghost #jhorror #ssap2025 #spookyart #horrorart #horrormovies
April 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Did a redesign of the Hausu poster for #spookyspringartparty day 3-4 (“ghost”) because of course I had to 👻 🎹 🏠
#hausu #ghost #jhorror #ssap2025 #spookyart #horrorart #horrormovies
#hausu #ghost #jhorror #ssap2025 #spookyart #horrorart #horrormovies
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JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
www.npr.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
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Real love of an artists style is to NEVER use it in generative AI.
March 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Real love of an artists style is to NEVER use it in generative AI.
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As market season starts to ramp up please remember that stealing from small vendors sucks. It happens every season to everyone I know and we aren’t big box stores, we don’t mass produce our products, and at the end of the day it is surprising it happens as much as it does and it isn’t cool
March 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As market season starts to ramp up please remember that stealing from small vendors sucks. It happens every season to everyone I know and we aren’t big box stores, we don’t mass produce our products, and at the end of the day it is surprising it happens as much as it does and it isn’t cool
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We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
I’ve been listening to Kate Bush a lot lately, so I had to make a hounds of love inspired ballad sheet illustration 🖤 🐕
#katebush #houndsoflove #medievalart #renaissanceart #illustration #macabreart
#katebush #houndsoflove #medievalart #renaissanceart #illustration #macabreart
March 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I’ve been listening to Kate Bush a lot lately, so I had to make a hounds of love inspired ballad sheet illustration 🖤 🐕
#katebush #houndsoflove #medievalart #renaissanceart #illustration #macabreart
#katebush #houndsoflove #medievalart #renaissanceart #illustration #macabreart
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Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully.
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
March 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Mahmoud Khalil expressed his political point of view peacefully.
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
That’s supposed to be permitted in a democracy.
If this egregious assault on civil liberties stands, what’s to stop Trump from arresting American citizens who support any cause his regime doesn’t like?
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
A Renaissance style sailor moon to give everyone a little magic and power to start off the week
#sailormoon #sailormoonfanart #magicalgirlanime #animefanart #usagitsukino
#sailormoon #sailormoonfanart #magicalgirlanime #animefanart #usagitsukino
March 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A Renaissance style sailor moon to give everyone a little magic and power to start off the week
#sailormoon #sailormoonfanart #magicalgirlanime #animefanart #usagitsukino
#sailormoon #sailormoonfanart #magicalgirlanime #animefanart #usagitsukino
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.