Catherine Garbinsky
@grrrbinsky.bsky.social
she/they • poet • student • sick & tired
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beestung is hoping to raise just $136 more to keep us going for another year 🖤💛
Happy non-binary day and week!
We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.
If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.
Shares are very much appreciated, too!
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.
If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.
Shares are very much appreciated, too!
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
Donate to beestung: Years Six & Seven, organized by Sarah Clark
What is beestung:
beestung is a quarterly online micro-magazine for non-binary, genderquee… Sarah Clark needs your support for beestung: Years Six & Seven
www.gofundme.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
beestung is hoping to raise just $136 more to keep us going for another year 🖤💛
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Hi poetry reviewers, writers, readers: here’s a document I made of paying reviews markets. Holler at me if you see something that needs to be updated/deleted/added! 🙏 I would appreciate it. Would love this to be a community resource for freelance writers to be paid for their criticism.
Poetry Review Submissions: Paying Markets
docs.google.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hi poetry reviewers, writers, readers: here’s a document I made of paying reviews markets. Holler at me if you see something that needs to be updated/deleted/added! 🙏 I would appreciate it. Would love this to be a community resource for freelance writers to be paid for their criticism.
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Please donate if you can and spread the word.
The Sameer Project has been doing crucial work to get food into Gaza. Gaza is facing mass, created starvation- people are dropping in the street from lack of food and water. Never again is now. Donate if you can and spread the ord. linktr.ee/thesameerpro...
The Sameer Project | Instagram | Linktree
We are a donations based aid initiative for Gaza led by Palestinians,
linktr.ee
July 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Please donate if you can and spread the word.
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Sundress Publications is seeking members for our Reader Board. This is a remote, volunteer position with a possibility for renewal after one year. Apply by August 5, 2025. For more information, visit our website. www.sundresspublications.com/openings/#re...
July 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sundress Publications is seeking members for our Reader Board. This is a remote, volunteer position with a possibility for renewal after one year. Apply by August 5, 2025. For more information, visit our website. www.sundresspublications.com/openings/#re...
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Share with whomever might need it please.
A street medic handbook for all who might be out and about during these troubling times. mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/u...
mutualaiddisasterrelief.org
June 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Share with whomever might need it please.
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If you need help thinking about risk assessments and what you can do to create as much safety as possible for yourself and your community, here's a resource:
We Live in Fearful Times. Our Safety Comes Through Preparing Together.
“Now is the time to be bold and audacious,” says community safety organizer Che Johnson-Long.
truthout.org
June 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If you need help thinking about risk assessments and what you can do to create as much safety as possible for yourself and your community, here's a resource:
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🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
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It’s not too late to push back on attempts to limit vaccine access. bsky.app/profile/nikk...
You do NOT have to accept this! Post on the public comments to pressure them to NOT do this! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s not too late to push back on attempts to limit vaccine access. bsky.app/profile/nikk...
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today at IHTOV: a very thoughtful Q&A with bedroom pop artist and poet sara mae (@veryverynoisy.bsky.social) ihavethatonvinyl.com/q-and-a/q-a-...
Q&A Remix With Sara Mae (The Noisy)
My neighbor that I had a crush on gave me Led Zeppelin IV and I used to get home from angsty bike rides through the neighborhood and listen to it laying on my bedroom floor. Love that for 15-year-old ...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
today at IHTOV: a very thoughtful Q&A with bedroom pop artist and poet sara mae (@veryverynoisy.bsky.social) ihavethatonvinyl.com/q-and-a/q-a-...
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I'm honored to announce I'll be the judge ✍️ 🧑⚖️for the upcoming Kari Ann Flickinger Memorial Literary Prize... Check details below👇
@ballerinibookpress.bsky.social Hosts this magical prize incl. publ. to honor the late, wondrous Kari A. Flickinger poet, essayist, fiction writer extraordinaire 💐🕯️Bless.
@ballerinibookpress.bsky.social Hosts this magical prize incl. publ. to honor the late, wondrous Kari A. Flickinger poet, essayist, fiction writer extraordinaire 💐🕯️Bless.
The Kari Ann Flickinger Memorial Literary Prize returns – and this time, it's for fiction.
Run by @ballerinibookpress.bsky.social with the support of Kari's family and her partner Bill Abney, the award this year will be judged by @rfredekenter.bsky.social.
Find out more here ...
bit.ly/3Raw18J
Run by @ballerinibookpress.bsky.social with the support of Kari's family and her partner Bill Abney, the award this year will be judged by @rfredekenter.bsky.social.
Find out more here ...
bit.ly/3Raw18J
The Kari Ann Flickinger Memorial Literary Prize 2025
Submission open on May 5 2025
bit.ly
April 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm honored to announce I'll be the judge ✍️ 🧑⚖️for the upcoming Kari Ann Flickinger Memorial Literary Prize... Check details below👇
@ballerinibookpress.bsky.social Hosts this magical prize incl. publ. to honor the late, wondrous Kari A. Flickinger poet, essayist, fiction writer extraordinaire 💐🕯️Bless.
@ballerinibookpress.bsky.social Hosts this magical prize incl. publ. to honor the late, wondrous Kari A. Flickinger poet, essayist, fiction writer extraordinaire 💐🕯️Bless.
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One year ago today, my chapbook, We’ll Miss the Stars in the Morning, was published. It's a book about yearning and complicated grace. If you've read it or shared it, thank you.❤️ If you missed this when it came out you can find out more here: bottlecap.press/products/stars
April 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One year ago today, my chapbook, We’ll Miss the Stars in the Morning, was published. It's a book about yearning and complicated grace. If you've read it or shared it, thank you.❤️ If you missed this when it came out you can find out more here: bottlecap.press/products/stars
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For anyone who wants a signed copy of If I Were God I Would Also Start With Light @dogwoodvalleybooks.bsky.social is currently selling the last few for 25% off with code “author25” 🧡🧡
If I Were God I Would Also Start With Light (Gardner Dorton)
"Gardner Dorton’s If I Were a God I Would Also Start With Light actually springs forth from darkness; the gloom of being queer within a hostile family and community. We see how familial and religious ...
dogwoodvalleybooks.myshopify.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
For anyone who wants a signed copy of If I Were God I Would Also Start With Light @dogwoodvalleybooks.bsky.social is currently selling the last few for 25% off with code “author25” 🧡🧡
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New residency alert for writers this summer in VA near Charlottesville! Deadline 4/15! www.gravesmillfarm.com/artists-resi...
April 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
New residency alert for writers this summer in VA near Charlottesville! Deadline 4/15! www.gravesmillfarm.com/artists-resi...
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For @electricliterature.com I wrote about the lack of disability representation in writing workshops, my @sundresspub.bsky.social craft book NERVE, and seven recent poetry collections about the disability experience.
electricliterature.com/7-poetry-col...
electricliterature.com/7-poetry-col...
7 Poetry Collections About the Disability Experience - Electric Literature
These poets challenge ableist narratives to claim space in literature
electricliterature.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
For @electricliterature.com I wrote about the lack of disability representation in writing workshops, my @sundresspub.bsky.social craft book NERVE, and seven recent poetry collections about the disability experience.
electricliterature.com/7-poetry-col...
electricliterature.com/7-poetry-col...
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Ethel Zine & Ice Floe are asking you today to help Moira J. Saucer receive needed dental care. The 1st two who donate $100 US, in gratitude, will get 3 Ethel books: Wiregrass, Father T & broadside & 1 vol. of Sara's choice, + copy of EDEN @the-ethelzine.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/moira-jean...
www.gofundme.com/f/moira-jean...
Donate to Moira J. Saucer needs dental work to end pain & eat normally, organized by Robert Kenter
Our friend, Moira J. Saucer, a brilliant writer, editor, and … Robert Kenter needs your support for Moira J. Saucer needs dental work to end pain & eat normally
www.gofundme.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ethel Zine & Ice Floe are asking you today to help Moira J. Saucer receive needed dental care. The 1st two who donate $100 US, in gratitude, will get 3 Ethel books: Wiregrass, Father T & broadside & 1 vol. of Sara's choice, + copy of EDEN @the-ethelzine.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/moira-jean...
www.gofundme.com/f/moira-jean...
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Stop and read @sfmontgomery.bsky.social on microaggressions in ableist writing workshops. Then download her free chapbook NERVE on unlearning the ableist writing workshop at @sundresspub.bsky.social
For @electriclit.bsky.social I wrote about common microaggressions in the ableist writing workshop, ways disabled writers can resist in order to reclaim their stories, and my @sundresspub.bsky.social craft book NERVE.
electricliterature.com/to-tell-my-d...
electricliterature.com/to-tell-my-d...
To Tell My Disabled Stories, I Needed to Unlearn Ableist Workshop Critiques - Electric Literature
I masked in workshop and on the page, even as it invalidated my lived experience
electricliterature.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Stop and read @sfmontgomery.bsky.social on microaggressions in ableist writing workshops. Then download her free chapbook NERVE on unlearning the ableist writing workshop at @sundresspub.bsky.social
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Do you want to be a part of our 3rd annual poetry NAWP open mic??? Yeah you do!
Fill out the form and we'll be in touch. Share with friends and please RT!
forms.gle/U6svf9vDyzqh...
Fill out the form and we'll be in touch. Share with friends and please RT!
forms.gle/U6svf9vDyzqh...
NAWP Open Mic
forms.gle
February 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Do you want to be a part of our 3rd annual poetry NAWP open mic??? Yeah you do!
Fill out the form and we'll be in touch. Share with friends and please RT!
forms.gle/U6svf9vDyzqh...
Fill out the form and we'll be in touch. Share with friends and please RT!
forms.gle/U6svf9vDyzqh...
Happy Bandcamp Friday, everyone! I cannot wait to read ERR’s poetry & listen to these accompany songs 😍
This Friday I’ll be releasing Music From The Bella Vista via bandcamp.
March 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Happy Bandcamp Friday, everyone! I cannot wait to read ERR’s poetry & listen to these accompany songs 😍
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Today is pub day for Nerve: Unlearning Workshop Ableism to Develop Your Disabled Writing Practice! I’m so excited to offer this craft book for free in digital and audiobook versions through @sundresspub.bsky.social.
Read here: www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/...
Read here: www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/...
March 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Today is pub day for Nerve: Unlearning Workshop Ableism to Develop Your Disabled Writing Practice! I’m so excited to offer this craft book for free in digital and audiobook versions through @sundresspub.bsky.social.
Read here: www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/...
Read here: www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/...
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Thanks so much to Psaltery & Lyre for giving this little mushroom poem a home, and right before morel season no less! psalteryandlyre.org/2025/02/17/m...
Morels
by Erin Elizabeth Smith
psalteryandlyre.org
March 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Thanks so much to Psaltery & Lyre for giving this little mushroom poem a home, and right before morel season no less! psalteryandlyre.org/2025/02/17/m...
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Call for Work: Until You Get Here, Queer Epistolaries
Deadline: March 15, 2025
"Queer folks have been keeping each other company on the page for as long as we’ve existed—to practice solidarity, extend generosity, resist, wonder, flirt..."
medium.com/anomalyblog/...
Deadline: March 15, 2025
"Queer folks have been keeping each other company on the page for as long as we’ve existed—to practice solidarity, extend generosity, resist, wonder, flirt..."
medium.com/anomalyblog/...
Call for Work: Until You Get Here, Queer Epistolaries
For six years and counting, we — Jody and Zoë — have been sending each other love notes: epistolary poems, long form emails with subject…
medium.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Call for Work: Until You Get Here, Queer Epistolaries
Deadline: March 15, 2025
"Queer folks have been keeping each other company on the page for as long as we’ve existed—to practice solidarity, extend generosity, resist, wonder, flirt..."
medium.com/anomalyblog/...
Deadline: March 15, 2025
"Queer folks have been keeping each other company on the page for as long as we’ve existed—to practice solidarity, extend generosity, resist, wonder, flirt..."
medium.com/anomalyblog/...
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ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
a cloture vote for the way-harder-to-undo-than-an-executive-order federal anti-trans sports ban is now set for monday. that means there's more time to make calls.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
February 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
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I have been hearing from a lot of people that they feel stuck, frozen or ill-equipped to take action right now, and I wanted to address those feelings. Much love to Aaron Goggans, @shaneburley.bsky.social and @deanspade.bsky.social for sharing their thoughts for this piece.
How To Be a Fighter When You Feel Like a Punching Bag
Many of us are suffering from a kind of social atrophy.
organizingmythoughts.org
February 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I have been hearing from a lot of people that they feel stuck, frozen or ill-equipped to take action right now, and I wanted to address those feelings. Much love to Aaron Goggans, @shaneburley.bsky.social and @deanspade.bsky.social for sharing their thoughts for this piece.