bewitched songbird
@robinheroldmusic.bsky.social
🎶 queer defector rock 🎸
🏳️⚧️🖤 political babble 🐣🌱
🫀 disordered organizing ❤️🔥
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🏳️⚧️🖤 political babble 🐣🌱
🫀 disordered organizing ❤️🔥
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i notice this norm resonate beyond journalism, at every scale under dominating colonial culture. in interpersonal relationships, for example, those who risk articulating a conflict tend to be blamed for the conflict's existence.
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
i notice this norm resonate beyond journalism, at every scale under dominating colonial culture. in interpersonal relationships, for example, those who risk articulating a conflict tend to be blamed for the conflict's existence.
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Its fundamentally "American," isn't it, since red or brown people (depending on how one racializes our ancestors) were genocided to make way for a white Christian nation state?
My goodness, people, get another guiding story because this one is clearly a lie.
My goodness, people, get another guiding story because this one is clearly a lie.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Its fundamentally "American," isn't it, since red or brown people (depending on how one racializes our ancestors) were genocided to make way for a white Christian nation state?
My goodness, people, get another guiding story because this one is clearly a lie.
My goodness, people, get another guiding story because this one is clearly a lie.
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For millions of Indigenous Americans, Thanksgiving is tied to a history of invasion, displacement, and devastation as settlers took over the land that is now the US aje.io/bb1ezw
Thanksgiving: A story of celebration and pain, in maps
It's a day to give thanks. But for millions of Indigenous Americans, it also serves as a reminder of loss.
aje.io
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
For millions of Indigenous Americans, Thanksgiving is tied to a history of invasion, displacement, and devastation as settlers took over the land that is now the US aje.io/bb1ezw
i'm by myself today. took a lovely walk around the neighborhood, then, while i made soup, i tuned in to the live stream of the indigenous-led National Day of Mourning. chants, speeches, songs, prayers, & rituals moved me, even from afar. i hope to go irl next year. death to all settler colonies!
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
i'm by myself today. took a lovely walk around the neighborhood, then, while i made soup, i tuned in to the live stream of the indigenous-led National Day of Mourning. chants, speeches, songs, prayers, & rituals moved me, even from afar. i hope to go irl next year. death to all settler colonies!
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need some #trans and #queer and also #anarchist media today? why not check out these two new releases...
🎶LET'S BEGIN (album) shiftctrlmusic.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1-...
📚BOY APPARITION (book) www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/boy-...
🎶LET'S BEGIN (album) shiftctrlmusic.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1-...
📚BOY APPARITION (book) www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/boy-...
Vol. 1: Let's Begin, by Various Artists
32 track album
shiftctrlmusic.bandcamp.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
need some #trans and #queer and also #anarchist media today? why not check out these two new releases...
🎶LET'S BEGIN (album) shiftctrlmusic.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1-...
📚BOY APPARITION (book) www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/boy-...
🎶LET'S BEGIN (album) shiftctrlmusic.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1-...
📚BOY APPARITION (book) www.vinegarpress.org/store/p/boy-...
.breakers.
amplified voices say
vote bluer. they beg
for a wave, never mean
sea. the tide's sole
governor is the moon—
her constitution remains
unwritten & infallible.
wordless, she teaches us
to rest & bleed & flood. each day
surf crosses the border
& back again.
.
.
.
(written by me ~2022)
amplified voices say
vote bluer. they beg
for a wave, never mean
sea. the tide's sole
governor is the moon—
her constitution remains
unwritten & infallible.
wordless, she teaches us
to rest & bleed & flood. each day
surf crosses the border
& back again.
.
.
.
(written by me ~2022)
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
.breakers.
amplified voices say
vote bluer. they beg
for a wave, never mean
sea. the tide's sole
governor is the moon—
her constitution remains
unwritten & infallible.
wordless, she teaches us
to rest & bleed & flood. each day
surf crosses the border
& back again.
.
.
.
(written by me ~2022)
amplified voices say
vote bluer. they beg
for a wave, never mean
sea. the tide's sole
governor is the moon—
her constitution remains
unwritten & infallible.
wordless, she teaches us
to rest & bleed & flood. each day
surf crosses the border
& back again.
.
.
.
(written by me ~2022)
weird vibes busking today. only made $7 but someone told i sound like Jeff Buckley which is priceless.
November 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
weird vibes busking today. only made $7 but someone told i sound like Jeff Buckley which is priceless.
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hey, i’m doing a fundraiser bundle for a trans friend in need and there hasn’t been much movement. would everybody please share on social media, and donate if you can? thanks 💗 #transcrowdfund #mutualaid #trans #queer #disabled #anarchism #freezines #crowdfunding #gofundme
itch.io/b/3339/fundr...
itch.io/b/3339/fundr...
Fundraiser for Laz Halliwell by mk zariel and 14 others
Fundraiser for Laz Halliwell: 52 items for $0.00
itch.io
October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
hey, i’m doing a fundraiser bundle for a trans friend in need and there hasn’t been much movement. would everybody please share on social media, and donate if you can? thanks 💗 #transcrowdfund #mutualaid #trans #queer #disabled #anarchism #freezines #crowdfunding #gofundme
itch.io/b/3339/fundr...
itch.io/b/3339/fundr...
i think this is cool!
so far this month i've busked in my neighborhood 5 times, playing 90% original songs for ~8 hrs total, +5 hrs combined setup/travel. in those 13 labor hrs i've received $170 in donations from strangers & neighbors—that's $13/hour. i've been paid less for less enjoyable work!
so far this month i've busked in my neighborhood 5 times, playing 90% original songs for ~8 hrs total, +5 hrs combined setup/travel. in those 13 labor hrs i've received $170 in donations from strangers & neighbors—that's $13/hour. i've been paid less for less enjoyable work!
October 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
i think this is cool!
so far this month i've busked in my neighborhood 5 times, playing 90% original songs for ~8 hrs total, +5 hrs combined setup/travel. in those 13 labor hrs i've received $170 in donations from strangers & neighbors—that's $13/hour. i've been paid less for less enjoyable work!
so far this month i've busked in my neighborhood 5 times, playing 90% original songs for ~8 hrs total, +5 hrs combined setup/travel. in those 13 labor hrs i've received $170 in donations from strangers & neighbors—that's $13/hour. i've been paid less for less enjoyable work!
leftist political analysis based on "working class" solidarity needs to expand its praxis to embrace non-working disabled folks, & to protect marginalized comrades from waged custodians of colonial norms.
Yannick Giovanni Marshall on @makcapitalism.bsky.social in 2021 said…
Yannick Giovanni Marshall on @makcapitalism.bsky.social in 2021 said…
October 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
leftist political analysis based on "working class" solidarity needs to expand its praxis to embrace non-working disabled folks, & to protect marginalized comrades from waged custodians of colonial norms.
Yannick Giovanni Marshall on @makcapitalism.bsky.social in 2021 said…
Yannick Giovanni Marshall on @makcapitalism.bsky.social in 2021 said…
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#mutual#aid + #free #art drop! my friend lazarus is a #trans #disabled artist dealing with car repairs + survival costs. to help out, a bunch of us made a fundraiser itch.io bundle — all zines are #FREE (normally $70 value) and pay-what-you-want!
💖🏳️⚧️ support a #trans creator: itch.io/b/3339/fundr...
💖🏳️⚧️ support a #trans creator: itch.io/b/3339/fundr...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#mutual#aid + #free #art drop! my friend lazarus is a #trans #disabled artist dealing with car repairs + survival costs. to help out, a bunch of us made a fundraiser itch.io bundle — all zines are #FREE (normally $70 value) and pay-what-you-want!
💖🏳️⚧️ support a #trans creator: itch.io/b/3339/fundr...
💖🏳️⚧️ support a #trans creator: itch.io/b/3339/fundr...
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A trans woman friend-of-a-friend is suddenly homeless in rural Louisiana. Does anybody know of any resources out that way? She's currently living in her car, but fearful.
If y'all could repost and ask around, I'd deeply appreciate it. <3
If y'all could repost and ask around, I'd deeply appreciate it. <3
October 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A trans woman friend-of-a-friend is suddenly homeless in rural Louisiana. Does anybody know of any resources out that way? She's currently living in her car, but fearful.
If y'all could repost and ask around, I'd deeply appreciate it. <3
If y'all could repost and ask around, I'd deeply appreciate it. <3
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Robin Herold – .me.to.me. (to you)
A set of largely acoustic, gentle singer-songwriter pieces with just enough edge to the compositions to elevate it above the fray.
robinherold.bandcamp.com/album/me-to-...
@robinheroldmusic.bsky.social
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#SingerSongwriter
A set of largely acoustic, gentle singer-songwriter pieces with just enough edge to the compositions to elevate it above the fray.
robinherold.bandcamp.com/album/me-to-...
@robinheroldmusic.bsky.social
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#SingerSongwriter
.me.to.me. (to you), by robin herold
11 track album
robinherold.bandcamp.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Robin Herold – .me.to.me. (to you)
A set of largely acoustic, gentle singer-songwriter pieces with just enough edge to the compositions to elevate it above the fray.
robinherold.bandcamp.com/album/me-to-...
@robinheroldmusic.bsky.social
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#SingerSongwriter
A set of largely acoustic, gentle singer-songwriter pieces with just enough edge to the compositions to elevate it above the fray.
robinherold.bandcamp.com/album/me-to-...
@robinheroldmusic.bsky.social
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#SingerSongwriter
it's been an intense & enlivening Saturday at the intersection of music & local organizing🧵...
i'd volunteered to help set up a public memorial for Monica Goods, a local kid who was killed by police in 2019. today would have been her 16th birthday.
i'd volunteered to help set up a public memorial for Monica Goods, a local kid who was killed by police in 2019. today would have been her 16th birthday.
October 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
it's been an intense & enlivening Saturday at the intersection of music & local organizing🧵...
i'd volunteered to help set up a public memorial for Monica Goods, a local kid who was killed by police in 2019. today would have been her 16th birthday.
i'd volunteered to help set up a public memorial for Monica Goods, a local kid who was killed by police in 2019. today would have been her 16th birthday.
it is i, "some singer-songwriter!" 😂🎵
Synth! Synth! Synth! Synths in dungeons, relaxing synths, gorgeous synths! Also some singer-songwriter! Plus gothic blues-psych! All in this week's Other People's Music, awaiting your eyes and ears:
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#Musicsky #music #blues #psych #ambient #IDM #MusicDiscovery
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#Musicsky #music #blues #psych #ambient #IDM #MusicDiscovery
OPM: Synths and Sensibility – Ether Diver
www.etherdiver.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
it is i, "some singer-songwriter!" 😂🎵
gratitude for Ether Diver's generous attention to these eclectic independent artists! re: my recent release, he wrote:
"A… large… singer… with… edge… Yes… you… find… enough… ballads… Some… small… kick… probably… too."
lol read the full review(s) & show some love! i'm vibing to Doctor Deathray rn
"A… large… singer… with… edge… Yes… you… find… enough… ballads… Some… small… kick… probably… too."
lol read the full review(s) & show some love! i'm vibing to Doctor Deathray rn
Friday brings tidings of new music! The latest Other People's Music offers dark dungeon synth, goth blues, and heartfelt love songs! Plus synthesizer showcases and more!
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#musicsky #MusicDiscovery
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#musicsky #MusicDiscovery
OPM: Synths and Sensibility – Ether Diver
www.etherdiver.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
gratitude for Ether Diver's generous attention to these eclectic independent artists! re: my recent release, he wrote:
"A… large… singer… with… edge… Yes… you… find… enough… ballads… Some… small… kick… probably… too."
lol read the full review(s) & show some love! i'm vibing to Doctor Deathray rn
"A… large… singer… with… edge… Yes… you… find… enough… ballads… Some… small… kick… probably… too."
lol read the full review(s) & show some love! i'm vibing to Doctor Deathray rn
Reposted by bewitched songbird
Friday brings tidings of new music! The latest Other People's Music offers dark dungeon synth, goth blues, and heartfelt love songs! Plus synthesizer showcases and more!
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#musicsky #MusicDiscovery
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#musicsky #MusicDiscovery
OPM: Synths and Sensibility – Ether Diver
www.etherdiver.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Friday brings tidings of new music! The latest Other People's Music offers dark dungeon synth, goth blues, and heartfelt love songs! Plus synthesizer showcases and more!
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#musicsky #MusicDiscovery
www.etherdiver.com/2025/10/10/o...
#musicsky #MusicDiscovery
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Okay, let’s do this!
Imma make a list on here featuring #trans #musicians and #producers. Specifically featuring songs about being trans (the good and/or the bad).
If you have it I wanna hear it (DM or reply).
#musicsky #musiciansky #DIYsky
Imma make a list on here featuring #trans #musicians and #producers. Specifically featuring songs about being trans (the good and/or the bad).
If you have it I wanna hear it (DM or reply).
#musicsky #musiciansky #DIYsky
i love this idea—a trans-parency playlist!
October 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Okay, let’s do this!
Imma make a list on here featuring #trans #musicians and #producers. Specifically featuring songs about being trans (the good and/or the bad).
If you have it I wanna hear it (DM or reply).
#musicsky #musiciansky #DIYsky
Imma make a list on here featuring #trans #musicians and #producers. Specifically featuring songs about being trans (the good and/or the bad).
If you have it I wanna hear it (DM or reply).
#musicsky #musiciansky #DIYsky
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Re California, "This campaign of genocide was carried out not by the military or police, but by a willing, participating public."
Whether ICE are seen as legit state agents or groups of unlawful "thugs," the settler state builds upon centuries of violent precedent, and they know it. Why don't you?
Whether ICE are seen as legit state agents or groups of unlawful "thugs," the settler state builds upon centuries of violent precedent, and they know it. Why don't you?
October 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Re California, "This campaign of genocide was carried out not by the military or police, but by a willing, participating public."
Whether ICE are seen as legit state agents or groups of unlawful "thugs," the settler state builds upon centuries of violent precedent, and they know it. Why don't you?
Whether ICE are seen as legit state agents or groups of unlawful "thugs," the settler state builds upon centuries of violent precedent, and they know it. Why don't you?
last Wednesday i performed & facilitated collective song at an event unlike any i'd played at before—an anarchist yom kippur ball in the streets.
a local reporter wrote of the event: “…when the voices of the assembled rose in song in the night air — the vibe was celestial.”
i'm inclined to agree!
a local reporter wrote of the event: “…when the voices of the assembled rose in song in the night air — the vibe was celestial.”
i'm inclined to agree!
October 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
last Wednesday i performed & facilitated collective song at an event unlike any i'd played at before—an anarchist yom kippur ball in the streets.
a local reporter wrote of the event: “…when the voices of the assembled rose in song in the night air — the vibe was celestial.”
i'm inclined to agree!
a local reporter wrote of the event: “…when the voices of the assembled rose in song in the night air — the vibe was celestial.”
i'm inclined to agree!
i made $50 busking this afternoon—a personal record! that's before i gave $5 to a fellow madwoman who later told me eunuchs could help balance the sexes, as god wishes! 😵💫
it's hard being trans & hard being an artist & i just wish people could be less creepy about me existing in public.
it's hard being trans & hard being an artist & i just wish people could be less creepy about me existing in public.
October 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
i made $50 busking this afternoon—a personal record! that's before i gave $5 to a fellow madwoman who later told me eunuchs could help balance the sexes, as god wishes! 😵💫
it's hard being trans & hard being an artist & i just wish people could be less creepy about me existing in public.
it's hard being trans & hard being an artist & i just wish people could be less creepy about me existing in public.
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Between music, fiction, & poetry, art-making has been the only constant in my life.
Monthly subscriptions through my (free+) Patreon are the most straightforward way to help stabilize my financial future among a new-to-me radical queer community.
Thanks for reading.
www.patreon.com/robinherold
Monthly subscriptions through my (free+) Patreon are the most straightforward way to help stabilize my financial future among a new-to-me radical queer community.
Thanks for reading.
www.patreon.com/robinherold
Get more from robin herold on Patreon
music | musing | remembrance
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September 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Between music, fiction, & poetry, art-making has been the only constant in my life.
Monthly subscriptions through my (free+) Patreon are the most straightforward way to help stabilize my financial future among a new-to-me radical queer community.
Thanks for reading.
www.patreon.com/robinherold
Monthly subscriptions through my (free+) Patreon are the most straightforward way to help stabilize my financial future among a new-to-me radical queer community.
Thanks for reading.
www.patreon.com/robinherold
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or unlock a FREE album download link by becoming a paid subscriber to my Patreon for as little as $1/month!
you could even cancel immediately, but if you stick around, my Patreon already has 20+ otherwise-unreleased recordings, poems, essays, & more.
www.patreon.com/posts/me-to-...
you could even cancel immediately, but if you stick around, my Patreon already has 20+ otherwise-unreleased recordings, poems, essays, & more.
www.patreon.com/posts/me-to-...
.me.to.me. to you — [the album] | robin herold
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September 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
or unlock a FREE album download link by becoming a paid subscriber to my Patreon for as little as $1/month!
you could even cancel immediately, but if you stick around, my Patreon already has 20+ otherwise-unreleased recordings, poems, essays, & more.
www.patreon.com/posts/me-to-...
you could even cancel immediately, but if you stick around, my Patreon already has 20+ otherwise-unreleased recordings, poems, essays, & more.
www.patreon.com/posts/me-to-...
i'm on here!
i listened through the whole compilation this morning & it's deeply awesome—full of earnestness & groove & atmosphere & trans magic. highly recommend putting on some headphones & disappearing for a couple hours this weekend!
i listened through the whole compilation this morning & it's deeply awesome—full of earnestness & groove & atmosphere & trans magic. highly recommend putting on some headphones & disappearing for a couple hours this weekend!
SHIFTIES IT's HERE!!
32 tracks
30 artists
129 minutes of music
Multi-genre
Name-your-Price digital
#newmusicfriday #bandcampfriday #bandcamp
shiftctrlmusic.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1-...
32 tracks
30 artists
129 minutes of music
Multi-genre
Name-your-Price digital
#newmusicfriday #bandcampfriday #bandcamp
shiftctrlmusic.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1-...
Vol. 1: Let's Begin, by Various Artists
32 track album
shiftctrlmusic.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
i'm on here!
i listened through the whole compilation this morning & it's deeply awesome—full of earnestness & groove & atmosphere & trans magic. highly recommend putting on some headphones & disappearing for a couple hours this weekend!
i listened through the whole compilation this morning & it's deeply awesome—full of earnestness & groove & atmosphere & trans magic. highly recommend putting on some headphones & disappearing for a couple hours this weekend!
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Whoa! Okay, let me catch my breath here... if you're gonna listen to only one of these, please let it be this one.
It's absolutely fucking beautiful. It has some hauntingly beautiful guitars, a chill meandering drum beat and heartbreakingly beautiful vocals.
It's absolutely fucking beautiful. It has some hauntingly beautiful guitars, a chill meandering drum beat and heartbreakingly beautiful vocals.
ngl i fuckin crushed this song i wrote for a queer anarchist yom kippur ritual 🔥
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dear diaspora — [song & community event] | robin herold
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October 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Whoa! Okay, let me catch my breath here... if you're gonna listen to only one of these, please let it be this one.
It's absolutely fucking beautiful. It has some hauntingly beautiful guitars, a chill meandering drum beat and heartbreakingly beautiful vocals.
It's absolutely fucking beautiful. It has some hauntingly beautiful guitars, a chill meandering drum beat and heartbreakingly beautiful vocals.