Michelle ✧˚ · .
@michelleruiz.bsky.social
Design Researcher with a Social Innovation MA. 🇪🇨🇲🇽🇺🇸
she/her/ella
CHI → LDN
she/her/ella
CHI → LDN
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
“seeing reality and still being able to dream”
Thinking of this part of Agnes Denes’s manifesto along with her work. Trying not to despair but instead cultivate. 🌾
Thinking of this part of Agnes Denes’s manifesto along with her work. Trying not to despair but instead cultivate. 🌾
January 25, 2026 at 4:29 PM
“seeing reality and still being able to dream”
Thinking of this part of Agnes Denes’s manifesto along with her work. Trying not to despair but instead cultivate. 🌾
Thinking of this part of Agnes Denes’s manifesto along with her work. Trying not to despair but instead cultivate. 🌾
Oof unlocked a core memory of me traveling to Oslo to interview for an internship and leaving their office crying, and emotionally ordering a $20 burger right after. 😆🫠
How it started: "Many Snohetta employees assumed that the firm would be open to a union because it had a reputation for being progressive and worker friendly."
How it's going:
How it's going:
Prominent Architecture Firm Is Accused of Illegally Ousting Employees
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Oof unlocked a core memory of me traveling to Oslo to interview for an internship and leaving their office crying, and emotionally ordering a $20 burger right after. 😆🫠
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In times like these I wish the United Nations was real
January 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
In times like these I wish the United Nations was real
2025 me wasn’t that smart for making 2026 me go back to work today.
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
2025 me wasn’t that smart for making 2026 me go back to work today.
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A very merry from Frida Kahlo’s kitchen in Coyoacán, CDMX.
December 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A very merry from Frida Kahlo’s kitchen in Coyoacán, CDMX.
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I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.
December 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.
Cannot stop listening to Sessa’s new album. Brazilian psych-y lush swaying goodness. And hey look he’s on Bandcamp!
sessa.bandcamp.com/album/pequen...
sessa.bandcamp.com/album/pequen...
Pequena Vertigem de Amor, by Sessa
9 track album
sessa.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Cannot stop listening to Sessa’s new album. Brazilian psych-y lush swaying goodness. And hey look he’s on Bandcamp!
sessa.bandcamp.com/album/pequen...
sessa.bandcamp.com/album/pequen...
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
A lovely morning being in community, making banners with the Protest Banner Lending Library’s stop in London.
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A lovely morning being in community, making banners with the Protest Banner Lending Library’s stop in London.
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Fuck me this slaps.
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fuck me this slaps.
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
About time for a Mira Nair films rewatch?
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
About time for a Mira Nair films rewatch?
New fave seasonal image. 💀
“Calavera de artesanos” by José Guadalupe Posada from The Met’s collection, 1892.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
“Calavera de artesanos” by José Guadalupe Posada from The Met’s collection, 1892.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
New fave seasonal image. 💀
“Calavera de artesanos” by José Guadalupe Posada from The Met’s collection, 1892.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
“Calavera de artesanos” by José Guadalupe Posada from The Met’s collection, 1892.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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This Halloween I’m roasting a mini pumpkin and listening to a fave spooky (but no TOO spooky) album by Broadcast and The Focus Group. 🧙🎃 open.spotify.com/album/6LjY0v...
Broadcast And The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age
Broadcast · Album · 2009 · 23 songs
open.spotify.com
October 31, 2024 at 6:04 PM
This Halloween I’m roasting a mini pumpkin and listening to a fave spooky (but no TOO spooky) album by Broadcast and The Focus Group. 🧙🎃 open.spotify.com/album/6LjY0v...
Love this! Last year Vasilis kindly shared some of his favorite books with me for my lil Instagram books x designers project. Very nice dude. www.instagram.com/p/C4plqOYNJd...
For the New York Times, I talked to Vasilis Marmatakis, the Greek artist behind the unique posters for Yorgos Lanthimos’ brilliantly bizarre films starting with DOGTOOTH, and for every film since, including his latest, BUGONIA: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/m...
October 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Love this! Last year Vasilis kindly shared some of his favorite books with me for my lil Instagram books x designers project. Very nice dude. www.instagram.com/p/C4plqOYNJd...
Checked out the very interesting maps of Ursula K Le Guin exhibition yesterday at the AA Gallery. She would often draw maps before she wrote the book!
October 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Checked out the very interesting maps of Ursula K Le Guin exhibition yesterday at the AA Gallery. She would often draw maps before she wrote the book!
When Human Rights Watch even has to take notice of what’s happening in the Chicago area.
NEW: @homelandgov.bsky.social federal agents have used excessive force against protesters, medics, legal observers, and journalists at numerous protests outside a US ICE facility in Illinois.
This isn’t crowd control but a campaign of intimidation.
Congress must act. https://bit.ly/476v5uS
This isn’t crowd control but a campaign of intimidation.
Congress must act. https://bit.ly/476v5uS
October 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
When Human Rights Watch even has to take notice of what’s happening in the Chicago area.
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When I was younger, I thought one day maybe I'll go to a bar all the time and the bartender will know my order. Never happened. But today the pharmacist looked at me and said, we got your order, hold on. Not the way I imagined this moment at all.
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
When I was younger, I thought one day maybe I'll go to a bar all the time and the bartender will know my order. Never happened. But today the pharmacist looked at me and said, we got your order, hold on. Not the way I imagined this moment at all.
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🌟 New release!
Love & Lightning is a collection of manifestos with a queer, feminist or queer-feminist perspective. Discover how the manifestos jump across time and space, and sometimes even outside of it.
This book is in collaboration with Girls Like Us Magazine.
🛒 👉 valiz.nl/en/publicati...
Love & Lightning is a collection of manifestos with a queer, feminist or queer-feminist perspective. Discover how the manifestos jump across time and space, and sometimes even outside of it.
This book is in collaboration with Girls Like Us Magazine.
🛒 👉 valiz.nl/en/publicati...
October 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🌟 New release!
Love & Lightning is a collection of manifestos with a queer, feminist or queer-feminist perspective. Discover how the manifestos jump across time and space, and sometimes even outside of it.
This book is in collaboration with Girls Like Us Magazine.
🛒 👉 valiz.nl/en/publicati...
Love & Lightning is a collection of manifestos with a queer, feminist or queer-feminist perspective. Discover how the manifestos jump across time and space, and sometimes even outside of it.
This book is in collaboration with Girls Like Us Magazine.
🛒 👉 valiz.nl/en/publicati...
All this talk about French jewel thieves makes me think it’s a good time to rewatch Jules Dassin’s great “Rififi.”
October 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
All this talk about French jewel thieves makes me think it’s a good time to rewatch Jules Dassin’s great “Rififi.”
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Happening now: Here’s a view of the “No Kings” protest in Washington, DC
October 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Happening now: Here’s a view of the “No Kings” protest in Washington, DC
One of my favorite live performances from D’Angelo. What a beautiful song.
youtu.be/CEph_2Qx-7Q?...
youtu.be/CEph_2Qx-7Q?...
D'Angelo, The Vanguard - Really Love (Live on SNL)
YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
One of my favorite live performances from D’Angelo. What a beautiful song.
youtu.be/CEph_2Qx-7Q?...
youtu.be/CEph_2Qx-7Q?...
One Battle after Another 🫨😮💨🥴🫠
October 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
One Battle after Another 🫨😮💨🥴🫠