Kelly Wooten
@kwooten.bsky.social
Archives, zines, a few things in between. Pro candy corn, anti fascist. she/her
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Virtual Book Launch Event: I will be in conversation with Ash Williams, a fellow contributor to "Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis," on Wednesday, November 19, at 6:00 p.m. CT. Thanks to @firestorm.coop for hosting. You can sign up here:
Read This When Things Fall Apart
Join Kelly Hayes in conversation with organizer Ash Williams to discuss the launch of Read this When Things Fall Apart, a new publication of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in ca...
firestorm.coop
November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Virtual Book Launch Event: I will be in conversation with Ash Williams, a fellow contributor to "Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis," on Wednesday, November 19, at 6:00 p.m. CT. Thanks to @firestorm.coop for hosting. You can sign up here:
I'm staying up too late on a Friday night to submit a peer review recommendation because I can procrastinate on other people's papers too. It's due tomorrow, and I just hit send, so I'm way ahead of the game.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I'm staying up too late on a Friday night to submit a peer review recommendation because I can procrastinate on other people's papers too. It's due tomorrow, and I just hit send, so I'm way ahead of the game.
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I'm also just getting Sheer Spite's US satellite store up and running, and Clipart Crypt is one of the first things I've made available there!
(the US version is digitally printed instead of riso but has an equal amount of unhinged clipart for your perusal)
sheerspite.bigcartel.com/product/clip...
(the US version is digitally printed instead of riso but has an equal amount of unhinged clipart for your perusal)
sheerspite.bigcartel.com/product/clip...
Clipart Crypt: A Clipart Fanzine, by Lee Arden
Clipart Crypt is an extremely indulgent fanzine celebrating clipart, featuring interviews with clipart experts and aficionados, and collages of the...
sheerspite.bigcartel.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm also just getting Sheer Spite's US satellite store up and running, and Clipart Crypt is one of the first things I've made available there!
(the US version is digitally printed instead of riso but has an equal amount of unhinged clipart for your perusal)
sheerspite.bigcartel.com/product/clip...
(the US version is digitally printed instead of riso but has an equal amount of unhinged clipart for your perusal)
sheerspite.bigcartel.com/product/clip...
I am SO EXCITED for this zine (and for finding my clipart soulmate Lee through the magic of @qzap.bsky.social)!
Clipart Crypt is an extremely indulgent fanzine celebrating clipart, featuring interviews with clipart experts and aficionados (such as @kwooten.bsky.social on feminist clipart), and collages of the strangest and most beautiful vintage clipart I could find.
sheerspite.ca/product/clip...
sheerspite.ca/product/clip...
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I am SO EXCITED for this zine (and for finding my clipart soulmate Lee through the magic of @qzap.bsky.social)!
Scene: grocery store self checkout lane
Clerk, a youth: Pretty lady, do you qualify for the senior discount?
Me, not quite 50: Yes, absolutely, I am very elderly.
--
I saved one whole dollar!
Clerk, a youth: Pretty lady, do you qualify for the senior discount?
Me, not quite 50: Yes, absolutely, I am very elderly.
--
I saved one whole dollar!
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Scene: grocery store self checkout lane
Clerk, a youth: Pretty lady, do you qualify for the senior discount?
Me, not quite 50: Yes, absolutely, I am very elderly.
--
I saved one whole dollar!
Clerk, a youth: Pretty lady, do you qualify for the senior discount?
Me, not quite 50: Yes, absolutely, I am very elderly.
--
I saved one whole dollar!
Help, I think my cats are melting
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Help, I think my cats are melting
I just finished the audiobook of "Dead in Long Beach, California" by Venita Blackburn (beautifully narrated by Lynette Freeman). I checked it out from @queerliblib.bsky.social based on the blurbs from Kristen Arnett and Saeed Jones, and it did not disappoint!
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I just finished the audiobook of "Dead in Long Beach, California" by Venita Blackburn (beautifully narrated by Lynette Freeman). I checked it out from @queerliblib.bsky.social based on the blurbs from Kristen Arnett and Saeed Jones, and it did not disappoint!
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Next Wednesday we'll host @mskellymhayes.bsky.social in conversation with organizer Ash Williams to discuss the launch of "Read this When Things Fall Apart" (@akpress.org) a new publication of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times! firestorm.coop/events/3487-...
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Next Wednesday we'll host @mskellymhayes.bsky.social in conversation with organizer Ash Williams to discuss the launch of "Read this When Things Fall Apart" (@akpress.org) a new publication of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times! firestorm.coop/events/3487-...
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The zine libraries unconference wiki has been updated with a statement from the organizers about someone who attended the event in order to spy on and record it without permission. www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/ This infiltrator is driving an effort to get a zine librarian fired. 📚
Zine Librarians unConference 2025 | zinelibraries.info
www.zinelibraries.info
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The zine libraries unconference wiki has been updated with a statement from the organizers about someone who attended the event in order to spy on and record it without permission. www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/ This infiltrator is driving an effort to get a zine librarian fired. 📚
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Bad week for trans folks re:reduced rights, folks w/trans loved ones, queer folks & allies in this together. 💜 you all.
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Bad week for trans folks re:reduced rights, folks w/trans loved ones, queer folks & allies in this together. 💜 you all.
"Thanks to the alchemy of preservation, in all its forms, there can be no doubt about whether Allan Troxler tried to understand his own heart or love others unselfishly. The archive tells the story." (The archive is held at my place of work!)
“He is part of the legacy of North Carolina, part of the queer legacy, part of the artistic legacy, and part of a spiritual determination not to be mowed down by the brutal forces that we grew up in and pushed back,” says Mab Segrest.
The Archive Tells the Story
On October 26, the Durham artist Allan Troxler died. A trailblazer in the fight for gay rights, he leaves an indelible legacy behind.
indyweek.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Thanks to the alchemy of preservation, in all its forms, there can be no doubt about whether Allan Troxler tried to understand his own heart or love others unselfishly. The archive tells the story." (The archive is held at my place of work!)
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We were so happy to see everyone's enthusiasm for our project to reprint pieces from Bitch Media! We are all excited because we also loved Bitch just as much as you. It was a formative publication for many of us. So here's a thread of some of our fave Bitch articles.
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We were so happy to see everyone's enthusiasm for our project to reprint pieces from Bitch Media! We are all excited because we also loved Bitch just as much as you. It was a formative publication for many of us. So here's a thread of some of our fave Bitch articles.
AMA, I'm a #SaturdayLibrarian and I'm hyped up on leftover Halloween candy! Also I went to a stream bank restoration workshop this morning so I'm full of #streamfacts!
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
AMA, I'm a #SaturdayLibrarian and I'm hyped up on leftover Halloween candy! Also I went to a stream bank restoration workshop this morning so I'm full of #streamfacts!
I inherited a Halloween village (Dept 56) from my uncle and I was thrilled to learn about "villaging"! I didn't set mine up this year, much to my cats' disappointment, but here's a pic from last year.
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I inherited a Halloween village (Dept 56) from my uncle and I was thrilled to learn about "villaging"! I didn't set mine up this year, much to my cats' disappointment, but here's a pic from last year.
I'm in a naturalist training program through the county agricultural extension office, and one of the teams in my cohort created this guide to native plants focused on HOAs that may need persuading: hoanativefirst.com
HOA NATIVE FIRST
Encouraging HOAs to landscape with native plants open this box up
hoanativefirst.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm in a naturalist training program through the county agricultural extension office, and one of the teams in my cohort created this guide to native plants focused on HOAs that may need persuading: hoanativefirst.com
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30 Oct 2025
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
30 Oct 2025
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"and now, the heartwarming story of how someone who should never have to do this is helping save the lives of people their government is trying to starve to death, as the debate over whether or not the government should starve people to death continues in Washington"
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"and now, the heartwarming story of how someone who should never have to do this is helping save the lives of people their government is trying to starve to death, as the debate over whether or not the government should starve people to death continues in Washington"
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The local non-profit TABLE said it will continue its work fighting food insecurity in the Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities as the date that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will run out of funding approaches.
'The Needs Keep Growing': TABLE Discusses Impact of Lack of SNAP Benefits - Chapelboro.com
The local non-profit TABLE said despite a government shutdown potentially affecting SNAP benefits, it will continue to deliver food.
chapelboro.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The local non-profit TABLE said it will continue its work fighting food insecurity in the Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities as the date that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will run out of funding approaches.
Another source for Durham-focused resources (google doc with tabs on the left for ways to help, food pantries, meal sites, and more): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Another source for Durham-focused resources (google doc with tabs on the left for ways to help, food pantries, meal sites, and more): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Triangle area NC folks- Triangle Mutual Aid is working with local orgs to collate food resources for folks losing SNAP. This link lists orgs, both for donors to give $ and people to who need food to access resources: bit.ly/4321Pmt (Link is to a canva page.)
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October 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Triangle area NC folks- Triangle Mutual Aid is working with local orgs to collate food resources for folks losing SNAP. This link lists orgs, both for donors to give $ and people to who need food to access resources: bit.ly/4321Pmt (Link is to a canva page.)
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The Indigenous Pop Expo (IndigiPopX) will make its East Coast debut at Duke University’s Penn Pavilion, November 15–16, 2025, with special events on Friday, November 14.
redpopnews.com/indigenous-p...
#indigipopx #redpopnews #indigisky #indigenous
redpopnews.com/indigenous-p...
#indigipopx #redpopnews #indigisky #indigenous
Indigenous Pop Culture Takes Center Stage at Duke for IndigiPopX 2025 “Continuum”
The Indigenous Pop Expo (IndigiPopX) will make its East Coast debut at Duke University’s Penn Pavilion, November 15–16, 2025, with special events on Friday, November 14.
redpopnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Indigenous Pop Expo (IndigiPopX) will make its East Coast debut at Duke University’s Penn Pavilion, November 15–16, 2025, with special events on Friday, November 14.
redpopnews.com/indigenous-p...
#indigipopx #redpopnews #indigisky #indigenous
redpopnews.com/indigenous-p...
#indigipopx #redpopnews #indigisky #indigenous
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I’m at the pumpkin patch, I’m at the women power event, I’m at the combination pumpkin patch women’s power event
October 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I’m at the pumpkin patch, I’m at the women power event, I’m at the combination pumpkin patch women’s power event
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From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)
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NC friends: please consider commenting to the EPA about their effort to stop Asheboro from dumping a likely carcinogen into a river that is used by 900,000 of us for drinking water: www.wral.com/news/state/e... The hearing is over but you can comment by email thru 10/31 (scroll down for address).
Public can comment on how state should handle pollution from Asheboro wastewater plant
The EPA is holding a public hearing Wednesday in Asheboro on toxic chemical leaks from the city’s wastewater plant that flow into the Cape Fear River, a drinking water source for more than 1 million N...
www.wral.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NC friends: please consider commenting to the EPA about their effort to stop Asheboro from dumping a likely carcinogen into a river that is used by 900,000 of us for drinking water: www.wral.com/news/state/e... The hearing is over but you can comment by email thru 10/31 (scroll down for address).