Avery.Cassell
@whippersnapped.bsky.social
Queer, writer, artist, sewist. Grew up in Iran. Wrote Smoldering: poems of desire; Burning: poems for resistance; the historic butch lesbian coloring books; Resistance: the LGBT Fight Against Fascism in WWII. https://www.etsy.com/shop/whippersnapped
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Dealmaking (2016?) #art #artistsofbluesky #contemporaryart #modernart #inkpainting #pastel #abstract #abstractart #artlover #mixedmedia #graphite #oilpainting #painting #artwork #panelpainting #outsiderart #expressionism #abstractexpressionism
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Rita's Nails is nearly done and teeth are being stained for an Eat the Rich one.
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Rita's Nails is nearly done and teeth are being stained for an Eat the Rich one.
The GOP sucks. All I want to do is stay in my pink home, write, and make art. Existence outside of my cave feels perilous.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The GOP sucks. All I want to do is stay in my pink home, write, and make art. Existence outside of my cave feels perilous.
SNAP benefits are being released across the country!
NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
SNAP benefits are being released across the country!
Our zine What is Sex? arrived yesterday! Cover art by the fabulous Dorian Katz and writing/interior art by Jules Purnell and myself.
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Our zine What is Sex? arrived yesterday! Cover art by the fabulous Dorian Katz and writing/interior art by Jules Purnell and myself.
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Bibliophiles, check out this hot new tote bag now available for purchase in our shop. Design by @spyglassart.bsky.social
#booksky
#booksky
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Bibliophiles, check out this hot new tote bag now available for purchase in our shop. Design by @spyglassart.bsky.social
#booksky
#booksky
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It's only an Art Heist if it's from L'Art Heist region of France, otherwise it's Sparkling Muppet Caper
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It's only an Art Heist if it's from L'Art Heist region of France, otherwise it's Sparkling Muppet Caper
Lili on pondering sunshine on Sunday morning.
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Lili on pondering sunshine on Sunday morning.
Beaded until my hand cramped and am staying home and doing it again tomorrow! One is signed and done.
I've cried every day for the past two weeks due to the state of the US and memoir stuff. Gotta make art now.
I've cried every day for the past two weeks due to the state of the US and memoir stuff. Gotta make art now.
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Beaded until my hand cramped and am staying home and doing it again tomorrow! One is signed and done.
I've cried every day for the past two weeks due to the state of the US and memoir stuff. Gotta make art now.
I've cried every day for the past two weeks due to the state of the US and memoir stuff. Gotta make art now.
Just ordered 50 tooth beads to make an Eat the Rich fetish wall hanging.
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just ordered 50 tooth beads to make an Eat the Rich fetish wall hanging.
Still writing my memoir, but took a break today to start the "Rita and her Nails" textile piece. The nails are sewn down with pink metallic floss. Will be adding lace and sequins. Shine on, Rita!
October 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Still writing my memoir, but took a break today to start the "Rita and her Nails" textile piece. The nails are sewn down with pink metallic floss. Will be adding lace and sequins. Shine on, Rita!
Caturday with Lili the art critic.
October 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Caturday with Lili the art critic.
I just added making textile art to writing my memoir, working 2 jobs, cooking meals, maintaining my home, co-hosting a monthly writers group + an open mic, and attending a weekly writers group. Add socializing, daydreaming, and reading and it looks impossible. Any ideas?
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I just added making textile art to writing my memoir, working 2 jobs, cooking meals, maintaining my home, co-hosting a monthly writers group + an open mic, and attending a weekly writers group. Add socializing, daydreaming, and reading and it looks impossible. Any ideas?
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It’s been…. a night.
#CDCFridayNightMassacre
I’m exhausted - physically, emotionally.
To those divisions and branches that were RIFed and that we didn’t yet highlight here, apologies. We need to take a break for the night.
All of your - all of our - work matters.
We are in this together.
#CDCFridayNightMassacre
I’m exhausted - physically, emotionally.
To those divisions and branches that were RIFed and that we didn’t yet highlight here, apologies. We need to take a break for the night.
All of your - all of our - work matters.
We are in this together.
October 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
It’s been…. a night.
#CDCFridayNightMassacre
I’m exhausted - physically, emotionally.
To those divisions and branches that were RIFed and that we didn’t yet highlight here, apologies. We need to take a break for the night.
All of your - all of our - work matters.
We are in this together.
#CDCFridayNightMassacre
I’m exhausted - physically, emotionally.
To those divisions and branches that were RIFed and that we didn’t yet highlight here, apologies. We need to take a break for the night.
All of your - all of our - work matters.
We are in this together.
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The first lady has gotten a book ripped from shelves and destroyed.
The bit she didn't like was where it reported that Epstein introduced her to her husband.
Oh, but they don't ban books. #bannedbooksweek
The bit she didn't like was where it reported that Epstein introduced her to her husband.
Oh, but they don't ban books. #bannedbooksweek
In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The first lady has gotten a book ripped from shelves and destroyed.
The bit she didn't like was where it reported that Epstein introduced her to her husband.
Oh, but they don't ban books. #bannedbooksweek
The bit she didn't like was where it reported that Epstein introduced her to her husband.
Oh, but they don't ban books. #bannedbooksweek
I was reading from my memoir tonight and I was told that I write the way Kerouac wished he could write. 💪🏼
October 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I was reading from my memoir tonight and I was told that I write the way Kerouac wished he could write. 💪🏼
I've now written 40,000+ words of my bio. I feel like I'm spying on my younger self.
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I've now written 40,000+ words of my bio. I feel like I'm spying on my younger self.
I took a break from memoir writing to make a "What is Sex?" bingo card for our zine. I've been so uni-focused on writing that it was refreshing to make visual art. I need to do it more often. The memoir is going well though.
September 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I took a break from memoir writing to make a "What is Sex?" bingo card for our zine. I've been so uni-focused on writing that it was refreshing to make visual art. I need to do it more often. The memoir is going well though.
I grew up mostly in Iran and am writing my memoir. Read part of it in my writers group and was shocked that most people in the group didn't know what SAVAK was and that a 5-year-old was cognizant of them. If you know, you know.
September 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I grew up mostly in Iran and am writing my memoir. Read part of it in my writers group and was shocked that most people in the group didn't know what SAVAK was and that a 5-year-old was cognizant of them. If you know, you know.
Sunday morning, head down and napping hard.
August 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sunday morning, head down and napping hard.
The first Smack Dab Queer Open Mic, Happy Valley edition went well! 10 performers plus a nice size audience AND got a writeup in the local paper.
August 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The first Smack Dab Queer Open Mic, Happy Valley edition went well! 10 performers plus a nice size audience AND got a writeup in the local paper.
Working on my memoir and the zeitgeist has brought me glory holes, ice cream floats, and lot lizards.
July 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Working on my memoir and the zeitgeist has brought me glory holes, ice cream floats, and lot lizards.
Cat genealogy - summertime heat
July 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Cat genealogy - summertime heat