not that i particularly like VtM, but i’ve always wanted to do anatevke by night or something of the like (aka oops all jewish vampires)

putting the over in passover (eating a massive bowl of pasta for dinner)

my favorite holiday but also it’s soooooooo fucking rough out here. gonna be eating matzo ball soup three meals a day for the next week.

we're simplyyy not doing everything we possibly can to knowledge-share among indie TTRPGs. why is it so hard to just find... lists of cons? distributors? other stuff??? the board game people are doing it!! i extrapolate 80% of what i need to know by lurking board game creator forum discussions!!!

A much younger Stevie, approximately four years old, stares down the camera. They’re wearing Dora the Explorer pajamas and applying lipstick with one hand while holding back her hair with the other. There is lipstick across her eyes, eyebrows, and temples, almost resembling a goth or drag-esque makeup look.

A far more recent photo of Stevie, approximately a year ago, looking in a mirror while applying eyeshadow. They’re partway through a trad goth look, having a pale base, stark black contouring, and purple eyeshadow that spreads up to their brow and down their nose.

happy belated tdov, my darlings. keep shining. keep creating. keep existing. i love you so much.

spent most of my plane ride doodling. not particularly happy with how any of the drawings came out but that’s okay because it’s still art that i, a real human person, made.

just got to record for a podcast for the first time in a while and it felt so great to be behind the mic again 🫶

the myth of a post-covid world if you don't wear a mask, you're not as "woke" as you think you are

substack.com/@disabledgot...

The cover image of a Substack article. Large text at the top reads “the myth of a post-covid world” and slightly smaller text below reads “if you don’t wear a mask, you’re not as ‘woke’ as you think you are.” The background image is a collage of many photos. There’s a graph with colored lines rising and falling, Stevie playing down in a hospital gown while wearing a KF-94 mask, COVID viruses, and more. Small text at the bottom of the image reads “disabledgothic.substack.com.”

a really cathartic essay to write. there’s a lot of disabled grief and anger in this one. really proud of the final product so i hope you’ll give it a read. 🫶

highly recommend going to see a Really Good production of into the woods with someone entirely unfamiliar with the show. it truly makes the second act all that much better.

the moon is shining so brightly through my window, i thought it was a streetlight at first. what a night! 🌙

they should invent ocs with deeply complex lore that don’t require you to do math

i absolutely adore playtesting games!!

(and having my games playtested, though my current project is still quite far out from that stage.)

my body and me: the fractured embodiment of being disabled pain, medical trauma, and recognizing wholeness

february substack article is out and this one’s a doozy…
open.substack.com/pub/disabled...

making me homesick fr 🫶

unreleased paris paloma song all about hating gen ai LET’S GOOOOOOOO

“dungeons and dating” from the latest batch of phineas and ferb episodes leans a bit more larp than d&d, but it clearly pulls inspiration from the game

A dark blue bench against a pale pink wall. Large white text on the bench reads “I need more time. Rest here if you agree.”

A mirror selfie of Stevie in a public restroom. They’re wearing black jeans, a black leotard, a black and white cardigan with a stripped and checkered pattern, a KF-94 mask, and lots of silver jewelry. They’re leaning on a platform crutch and smiling at the camera.

rest here if you agree <3

happy valentine’s day to doomed lesbians, and to them only

DRAFTS ON BLUESKY, EVERYONE CHEERED ‼️

on my train today, the person in front of me was wearing a kf-94 mask. it was the first time in weeks i’d seen someone else masking and i nearly burst into tears. we really don’t talk enough about how isolating it is to be able to see visually just how little of the world cares about your life.

graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!

Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

i was approached by a very old, very british woman who was absolutely fascinated by my outfit. i replied vaguely about how i simply enjoy dressing this way, which then prompted her to say “i think there’s a word for people who dress in all black— goth! are you goth?”

…yes.

I'm saying amazing things about you in conversations you don't even know, in rooms you aren't aware exist. It's true.

I wish I could engrave this upon your heart so that you know that people care about you even when you feel like no one does.

Especially with you feel like no one does.

i’m the same way, but you already know this because #ourfriendship 🤝

that’s so exciting!! welcome, welcome! 🫶

this is who runs this account

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:

1. Feminist / Queer / Trans Disability Studies
2. Yiddish Nation: Language as a Homeland
3. Social Justice in Education
4. Special Topics in Anthropology: The Medical Body
5. Developmental Psychology

Stevie’s January wrap-up from Storygraph. Their stats are as follows: 11 books, 3,537 pages, 4.07 average rating, 321 pages on average per book, 3 days average to finish a book. They read 73% fiction and 27% non-fiction, with their top genres being LGBTQIA+, fantasy, historical, horror, and contemporary. Their highest rated reads are Katabasis, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, and The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires.

really proud of these stats as a start to the year. i’m well on track to shatter my reading goals!!

talking about wake up dead man with my friend who is also an ambulatory wheelchair user but comes from a Very Different theological background than i do is kinda the best ever