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Publication Studio Vancouver
@psvancouver.bsky.social
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A press and bookbinder that mainly makes artists' books, run by Kay Higgins and Kathy Slade. Both of us do other things, too. Part of the www.publicationstudio.biz network. Posts by Kay, also at @ifyouseekay.bsky.social
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psvancouver.bsky.social
Want to make a statement about contemporary life while looking cool and supporting a teaching gallery with amazing visiting artists? Buy the OH, FU, UU, UU, UU, CK button edition bookmachine.ca/updates/oh-f...
A student wearing a blue raincoat and black backpack is seen from behind. On the backpack is a vertical row of six white pinback buttons with black text that reads OH, FU, UU, UU, UU, CK
December 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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ifyouseekay.bsky.social
I have some work in the online auction to support student and professional programming at the SFU School for the Contemporary Arts Audain Gallery. You can bid on it (and other things), or buy this elegant set of pinback buttons. www.sfu.ca/sca/events--...
Six 1.25 inch pinback buttons each with plain black text on a white background, affixed to a black and white ribbon. From top to bottom they read: OH, FU, UU, UU, UU, CK
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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genderqueeries.ca
A reminder that Transit Police called CBSA to detain Lucia Vega Jimenez for an unpaid transit fare.

Lucia killed herself rather than face the prospect of being sent back to Mexico where her violent partner would torture and murder her.
Many readers may be surprised to learn that behind the shiny commercial space of YVR, Vancouver’s international airport, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) operates its own postmodern incarnation of a dungeon. This is a hybrid space, neither public nor private (but out of public view), instituted by the Canadian state but operated and managed by a private, for-profit company. It's a space of exception in which due process is suspended and those held lack rights to appeal, to meetings with legal representatives, or to public petition. Immigration lawyers are denied access to the space. Even protections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are not in effect. This is a hidden space, one into which people are taken beyond public view and from which most are never seen again in the Canadian context. Some, we have tragically discovered in recent weeks, do not leave alive. The holding centre’s existence and its inadequate conditions have only come to light in the wake of the recent suicide of Lucia Vega Jimenez. Jimenez reportedly hanged herself in a shower stall in a CBSA holding cell at YVR, one day before facing deportation to Mexico. Incredibly, news of her death did not become public until a month later, after journalists sought information on the situation at YVR. Jimenez came to the attention of Citizenship and Immigration Canada after she failed to pay a Skytrain (subway) fare. Her refugee claim had been denied and she was considered “illegal” by the state.
July 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
psvancouver.bsky.social
This pay-what-you-can edition of the Economy Of Genocide report released this week by Francesca Albanese will be available at this weekend's Vancouver Art Book Fair. While they last, one per person please. @vancouverartbookfair.com
Cover of a pay-what-you-can print edition of the Economy Of Genocide report. The cover is the first page of the actual report, in red type on a white background.
July 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
psvancouver.bsky.social
This weekend, see us at the @vancouverartbookfair.com with new books including a pay-what-you-can edition of the Economy of Genocide report, poetry from a local DIY reading series, fragments of a novel by teenage Marx, weird thoughts of a random rich person, Michael Hardt on love, & other things.
Books, clockwise from upper left: Economy of Genocide (pwyc); Karl Marx, Scorpion and Felix (fragments); Percy Shelley, Masque of Anarchy; Mary Shelley, The Last Man; Lisa Robertson, Soft Architecture; Michael Hardt and Am Johal, Politics of Love; Pauline Johnson, The Moccasin Maker; Scott Inniss, editor, Book Your Own Reading; and Are Erections Important? and other thoughts of a billionaire.
July 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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vancouverartbookfair.com
📅 Take a look at the Saturday programming at Vancouver Art Book Fair 2025! Swipe through to see the full lineup, and head to our website for artist bios, program details, and more: www.vancouverartbookfair.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
psvancouver.bsky.social
A screenshot of a horoscope alert which reads "Your love is one for the books."
June 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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fiercemum.bsky.social
Poland experts release clinical guidance on trans youth healthcare. They define the Cass Review as of "low scientific value and credibility". journals.viamedica.pl/endokrynolog...
Framework guidelines for the process of caring for the health of adolescent transgender (T) and non-binary (NB) people experiencing gender dysphoria — the position statement of the expert panel | Gawl...
journals.viamedica.pl
February 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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foxglove.bsky.social
My relationship with state communism as a predominant anarchist is a lot like my relationship with womanhood - I don't per se primarily define myself as such, but I wind up being screamed at by the most dreadful people on earth over both, so you eventually do the math on whose side you're on.
February 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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celeste.lgbt
To clarify: the U.S. has *never* really been a part of the democratic world. It has always sought to overthrow elected governments to create puppet states. (See: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...)

We ought to remember the present as a mask-off moment — and plan for the future accordingly.
United States involvement in regime change - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
February 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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chigbarg.bsky.social
Holy shit yes I need this. That sample is constantly running thru my head
negativlandland.bsky.social Negativland @negativlandland.bsky.social · Feb 13
NEGATIVLAND REVEALS EXECUTIVE ORDER BRINGING BACK “CHRISTIANITY IS STUPID” T-SHIRT.

If they're gonna make it illegal, it becomes our responsibility to do it. 100% of all profits goes to the ACLU and Doctors Without Borders.

negativland.com/christianity...
NEGATIVLAND REVEALS EXECUTIVE ORDER BRINGING BACK “CHRISTIANITY IS STUPID” T-SHIRT — [Negativland & Seeland Records]
If they're gonna make it illegal, it becomes our responsibility to do it. 100% of all profits go to the ACLU and Doctors Without Borders.
negativland.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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soulellis.com
“Fire Island’s LGBTQ Heritage” archived on the wayback machine. This entire page was deleted today from NPS.gov
web.archive.org/web/20240706...
Fire Island's LGBTQ Heritage - Fire Island National Seashore (U.S. National Park Service)
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February 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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ifyouseekay.bsky.social
I will be facilitating a strategy session as part of this day-long teach-in around SFU's closing of VOCE, which has engaged with local and international communities in a really valuable and effective way www.sfu.ca/sca/events--...
February 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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edhalter.bsky.social
Looking at the bright side: no corporations or cops at Pride this year
February 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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mckenziewark.bsky.social
Pure evil.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Feb 7
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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ifyouseekay.bsky.social
The screening of Born in Flames tonight is the last VOCE event unless the university changes its mind. Background, and a letter for signing: supportforvoce.wordpress.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
psvancouver.bsky.social
For those who can't make it to the screening, you can still support Vancity Office of Community Engagement by signing a letter of support, here: supportforvoce.wordpress.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
psvancouver.bsky.social
Join us this week at PUSH Festival and Vancity Office for Community Engagement's screening of Lizzie Borden's Born in Flames. Director in attendance! pushfestival.ca/shows/born-i...
Born in Flames - PuSh Festival
Born in Flames is a pioneering work of feminist sci-fi cinema shot in 1983 with low-fi guerrilla filmmaking aesthetics that combine experimental docufiction techniques and archival news footage in a g...
pushfestival.ca
February 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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ifyouseekay.bsky.social
💔 Marianne Faithfull, 1946-2025
January 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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ifyouseekay.bsky.social
Hey artist-publishers, galleries, and everyone: #vancouverartbookfair will be returning to the Roundhouse this July!
vancouverartbookfair.com Vancouver Art Book Fair @vancouverartbookfair.com · Jan 29
Save the Dates! #vancouverartbookfair returns to the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre this July 4-6! Stay tuned for more details! #artbookfair #artbooks
January 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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sloanelysbeth.bsky.social
@theguardian.com removed these passages from a column judith butler wrote after the ‘gender critical’ hacks who write for them kicked up a fuss.

now they’re all running around praising trump.
"THE ANTI-GENDER IDEOLOGY IS ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT STRAINS OF FASCISM IN OUR TIMES!" "So TERFS will not be part of the contemporary struggle against fascism, one that requires a coalition guided by the struggles against racism, nationalism, xenophobia, and carceral violence, one that is mindful of the high rates of femicide throughout the world, which includes high rates of attacks on trans and genderqueer people. The anti-gender movement circulates a spectre of "gender" as a force of destruction, but they never actually read any works in gender studies. Quick and fearful conclusions take the place of considered judgments" - JUDITH BUTLER
January 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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eff.org
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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ifyouseekay.bsky.social
A lot of people DO need to hear this.
guyfelicella.bsky.social Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · Jan 14
To everyone who needs to hear this. The main driver of homelessness isn't, drugs, drug use, or harm reduction as some people want you to believe.

The MAIN driver of homelessness is poverty, trauma, evictions, high rent increases, and limited access to various housing and resources.
January 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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floralashes.bsky.social
Many have been struggling with hopelessness these last few years—and even more since the election. Too often I’ve asked myself how we should live in a world that can never be repaired. If that’s also you, I hope that you will find this essay on palliative activism helpful.
Palliative activism, or Fighting for justice without hope
The spirit within me wearies. I see each day pass another by, forever in want of change. I see the skies fall by a few inches each day. The…
medium.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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carlyjdubois.com
The story of my 3-year nightmare as a trans woman at a New York Times-owned company (CW: suicide, suicidal ideation, anti-trans hate):
www.carlyjdubois.com/new-york-tim...
The New York Times and The Athletic robbed me of my voice and my hope, and helped steal my life: A trans woman's nightmare | CarlyJDubois.com
This is the story of my three-year hell as a trans woman working for a NYT-owned company. I might be fired, but I can't stay silent anymore.
www.carlyjdubois.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM