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Hello Barkada
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Community-backed arts & culture org & platform for, abt, by us on the margins • Run by Founder Christine Pasalo Norland (she/her) • Free Filastin,DRC,Sudan,+++ • https://linktr.ee/hellobarkada
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Not to mention that the comic feels like a racist co-opt of Everett's work.

And for folx to understand the historic undertones of the harm of her comic and her double-down, I highly rec Ruby Hamad's book.
May 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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SAT, 3/29, 4PM—If you'll be at WonderCon, please come thru to see Julie Fiveash, James Spooner, & Emmanuel Guerrero on FROM BURNOUT TO BRAINSTORM!

I'm going to wear a mask. Pls wear a mask, too—for you, me, us.

Free Filastin. Melt ICE. Protect Trans folx. MMIWG2S. Isang bagsak!
A promo graphic for a Hello Barkada panel that will be presented at WonderCon 2025. Text reads, "Hello Barkada presents at WonderCon. From Burnout to Brainstorm. Sat, Mar 29, 4pm, Room 209." Four round color profile photos appear in a row below this text, featuring in order from left to right, Julie Fiveash, James Spooner, Emmanuel, Guerrero, and Christine Pasalo Norland. Centered below the photos is a black and white image of the cartoon character Handala by Naji Al-Ali. Black text centered below Handala reads, "'Yes, hope is essential, always.' Naji Al-Ali, creator & cartoonist of Handala." Hello Barkada's round, brown-toned HB logo appears in the bottom right corner.
March 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Please mask up & come thru to LAZF Day 1, Sat, Mar 1, 11:00am–5:00pm at The Broad in DTLA! I'll have new(ish) zines & tings available along other HB faves, to fundraise for mutual aid efforts in Altadena, Gaza, & Goma, land back efforts of the Gabrielino-Tongva, & HB operations. Isang bagsak!
Brown-toned graphic featuring a sepia-toned photo of The Broad Museum in Downtown Los Angeles. Brown text in a black text box reads, "Hello Barkada tabling." Black text below this text box reads, "Saturday, March 1, 11AM–5PM. The Broad, Downtown LA, CA. Los Angeles Zine Fest (LAZF)." Black text in a mint green circle reads, "Free + Wear a Mask!" Hello Barkada's round, brown HB logo in the bottom right corner.
February 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Before today, CDC's Let's Stop HIV Together campaign provided the attached graphics (+ copy) for observed HIV/AIDS Awareness Days for marginalized communities. Today, ALL content is gone from the Let's Stop HIV Together campaign page, inc. toolkits. www.cdc.gov/stophivtoget...
January 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Live streaming rn on YouTube, moderated by @intifadabatata.bsky.social ! Tap in: www.youtube.com/live/4RFjuhn...
Promo graphic for monthly Words for Palestine presented by Arab American National Museum, Mizna, Palestine Write!, and others. Yellow text on a black and pink toned background photo of poppies. Text reads, "Words for Palestine. Special event celebrating Mizna: Catastrophe Issue. Ft. Yahya Ashour, Olivia Elias, Ruba El Melik, Leila Mansouri, Nyla Matuk, Nadia Shammas. 7pm ET, January 30, 2025. RSVP: bit.ly/WordsforPalestine"
January 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Seems as great a time as any to invite folx to read a story about clandestine action as a valid revolutionary practice.

THE TRINITY OF FUNDAMENTALS by Wisam Rafeedie, translated into English by Dr. Muhammad Tutunji is available from 1804 Books! 1804books.com/products/the...
Brown hand holding up a copy of The Trinity of Fundamentals by Wisam Rafeedie in front of a leafy green bush. A bookmark with the 1804 Books logo sticks out of the top left corner of the book.
January 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Bringing these little narwhal charms (yup, they'll each hang on their own keychain) and other handmade goods to the LNY event tomorrow night. All made by me.

Narwhal pattern by Anitha of A Little Love Everyday: paintitcolorful.blogspot.com/2018/08/amig...
Four crocheted narwhal stuffies in colors of pink, lavender, red orange, and aqua. Brown-toned promo graphic with brown text and black text above a sepia-toned photo of The Old Globe in Balboa Park, San Diego. Brown text reads, "Hello Barkada tabling." Black text reads, "with United AAPI Artists. Saturday, Jan 25, 5:30PM–7:30PM. The Old Globe, Balboa Park. AXIS Event: Lunar New Year." Black text in a mint green circle reads, "free + wear a mask!" Hello Barkada's round, brown-toned HB logo appears in the bottom right corner of the graphic.
January 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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(Re)watching S1 in prep for S2 coming on Jan 30. Now that I'm more intentionally informed and learned in Falesteeni history and experience, S1 hits harder and at moments funnier.

So much to dissect about this promo graphic, too.
January 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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I'm tabling at EBABZ Fest on Sat, 12/7, at the Brower Center in Berkeley, CA! Swing by my table for zines & tings that raise funds for HB, the Sogorea Te' Land Trust, & mutual aid actions in Filastin, Sudan, & DRC. Mask up with me, friends, and come through! www.hellobarkada.org/home
Square graphic featuring a sepia-toned photo of the Brower Center, with black and brown text above the photo. Text says, "Hello Barkada tabling. Saturday, December 7, 12pm–5pm, Brower Center, Berkeley, CA. East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest, aka EBABZ Fest." Black text in an aqua-colored circle says, "Free + masks required." Hello Barkada's brown-toned HB logo appears in the bottom right corner.
November 20, 2024 at 6:05 PM
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Come through with a mask on if you're in San Diego! More info: www.instagram.com/p/DAG0uZrPT7e/
September 23, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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Proof of life. Recovering from planning and executing weeks of fests, from zines to films. Blessed to be surrounded by a community of radicals.

Free Palestine. Free Congo. Stop Cop City. Land Back. No Canyon Hills. Uplift always.
November 16, 2023 at 6:45 AM
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Our October 2023 list features 13 grants with deadlines through November 6, 2023, with links to additional curated lists spotlighting fellowships and awards granted to nonprofit arts organizations. Get that bread!
www.hellobarkada.org/resources/fu...
October 14, 2023 at 2:39 AM
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Fil Am founded and run since 2021. Here, rooted, and allowed. Happy Filipino American History Month!
Daytime color photo of Christine Pasalo Norland standing behind the Hello Barkada table at the 2023 Chula Vista Art Fest. Featured on the dark brown linen on the table are zines, crocheted goods, original mixed media 4 x 6 art cards, a button maker, and a dish of white rabbit candy.
October 3, 2023 at 6:13 AM
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Bringing these babies, zines, art, and more.
September 30, 2023 at 3:11 PM
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I know my yellow Sony walkman is somewhere around here.
Brown hand holding up a stack of cassette tape albums. Top to bottom: Janet Jackson's Control, En Vogue's Funky Divas, Tevin Campbell's I'm Ready, and Arrested Development's 3 Years, 5 months, and 2 days in the life of...
September 27, 2023 at 8:43 PM
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Meditations on calamansi, banana leaves, and acceptance.
Photo of illustrations of calamansi on a yellow watercolor background, and banana leaves on a green gradient watercolor background.
September 27, 2023 at 2:51 AM
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Our zine fest season starts on 9/24! 20% of our proceeds will be donated to Lahaina relief efforts, as well as to the Southern California Indian Resource Center. The remainder helps us commission artists & writers in 2024. Pls come thru! www.hellobarkada.org/community/pr...
Illustration of Christine Pasalo Norland with a speech bubble above her in which she says, "Our zine fest season has arrived! Please drop by, say hi, and support these free community arts events." To the right of the illustration is tan text that says, "Sun, Sept 24, Oceanside Zine Fair. Sat, Sept 30, Chula Vista Art Fest. Sunday, Oct 15, San Diego Zine Fest." Illustration, speech bubble, and tan text are layered on a brown toned background on which the text "join" is repeated on a diagonal and in a very light tan color. Hello Barkada's brown-toned HB logo is in the bottom right corner.
September 24, 2023 at 2:58 AM
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Come say hi tomorrow at the Oceanside Zine Fair! Free admission, workshops, community, and zines!
To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Post See new posts Promo graphic featuring the pink, white, teal, and black poster for the Oceanside Zine Fair on a two-tone brown background with the Collectively logo in tan on repeat on a slight diagonal. Tan text next to the poster says, "Join us at the Oceanside Zine Fair! Sunday, 9/24 11:00 AM–6:00 PM. Hill Street Country Club, 530 S Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054."
September 23, 2023 at 10:27 PM
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Currently. These ones are for Chula Vista Art Fair on Sat, 9/30. Check it! hellobarkada.org/community/pr...
Color photo of zine pages for Isang Mahal issues 1 and 2.
September 22, 2023 at 3:29 AM
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It's stories like What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez that remind me that becoming a parent has made me more empathetic to characters who are parents.

One chapter in and I've already bawled.
Nighttime color photo of the novel What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez ny Claire Jimenez, propped on a knee and held ny a brown right hand in a green-walled room.
September 20, 2023 at 3:56 AM
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Product sneak peak: I'm selling these sleepy champiñones at the Oceanside Zine Fair & Art Show on Sun, 9/24, at The Hill Street Country Club. For more info + the reveal of Issue 2 of our zine Isang Mahal: www.instagram.com/reel/CxBSsUP...
Three crochet mushroom keychains with sleepy faces and white polka dots on their caps, laid on a white cloth napkin with a teal needlepoint edging, on a bamboo placemat. One mushroom cap is red, one orange, and one mustard yellow.
September 17, 2023 at 1:11 AM
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How my old printer keeps sht transparent:

The shrug that is the ellipsis after "Ending."

And that we aren't talking about waiting a moment. But A WHILE.
Photo of a status screen on a black printer. Text in white in the screens says, "Ending... Please wait a while."
September 14, 2023 at 1:10 AM
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The We Belong crowdfunding campaign is one of 10 listings in Support Saturdays, our new monthly roundup pub'd every 2nd Saturday & spotlights funding &/or axn appeals from artists, writers, & orgs. Support + share! www.hellobarkada.org/stories/art-...
Tan Collectively logo repeated on a slight diagonal down a brown background. Layered over the repeated logo and centered in the graphic is a round white circle with a color illustrated mock-up of the comics anthology We Belong. Over the bottom right edge of the HB logo is a mustard yellow circle with the text "Support Saturdays: September 2023" Bright tan text around the top left edge of the HB logo says, "Collectively: An Annual Celebration." Hello Barkada's round brown-toned HB logo in the bottom left corner.
September 9, 2023 at 9:02 PM
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Whatever today brings, at least I know that I ATE.
Color photo of a tomato, cucumber, and avocado toast on a light gray plate, coffee in a terracota-colored mug, and a floral cloth napkin in colors of black, red, yellow, and blue. All items laid out on a beige placemat.
September 8, 2023 at 3:08 PM
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Today has todayed. Will try again tomorrow.
A brown goat with its head in hay and its hind legs and butt standing up.
September 7, 2023 at 11:43 PM