..A bad president is one thing. Most bad presidents still respect the office. A president who could not care less about what the position of power he holds means and who does whatever he wants regardless of the harm it causes? Quite another.

... and how seriously that level of influence & power must be taken. But he doesn't. It's not even on his radar. For him, the office is just another opportunity for him to flaunt his "business acumen" to his own benefit. He doesn't know, he doesn't care, and the is the greatest danger he poses... 2/

To me, the most alarming part about this presidency isn't that he's a bad president. He is a bad president, but we've had bad presidents before. But every other bad president before him still had respect and cognizance of the magnitude of the office. They understood what it meant... 1/

"I was lucky to catch the 5:15pm bus that ran every Tuesday from Port Authority...20 minutes later I walked into my apartment in Bayonne."

I am currently reading a #book in which the main character is an actress in NYC. This author clearly knows nothing about NYC or #Broadway. I know this because of the following line: "The theater was so far off-Broadway it might as well be in Hoboken."

CHAT, THE THEATER WAS ON 54TH AND 8TH.

Is anyone else still very attached to the original Instagram filters? I just love the way they make pictures look. Maybe that's just because I'm #old

Like there's a reason influencer makeup looks crazy IRL it's because ring lights are bright and they need to compensate. That has not changed. Lights lighting a whole ass stage also need to be bright. Have the clean girls really come for stage makeup?

I keep seeing people say 'you don't need heavy stage makeup anymore because stage lights are better quality now' & that's just bizarre to me??

Heavy stage makeup isn't used because of the quality of the light, it's because bright lights wash you out. Where did this idea come from? #theater #theatre

Finally watched M3gan 2.0 and I'm not going to lie, M3gan singing "This Woman's Work" in complete seriousness framed as a tender moment might be the worst thing I've ever seen in a movie.

Giving another driver a thumbs up to be snarky when they get pissed at you on the road only works when they are not getting pissed at you for doing something fundamentally unsafe like, oh, I don't know, running a stop sign.

At that point you're just using pettiness for evil

Fellow autistics, how do you avoid litigating every social interaction that didn't go as planned in your head over and over for hours? Telling myself "you didn't do anything wrong, their reaction was their fault not yours and you were in the right" is not working #autism #actuallyautistic #autistic

(For further clarity, I have directed before, including a full-scale musical, primarily in community theatre, though I am also taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year)

Dead serious, how do I seek out funding/the opportunity to direct this professionally? I don't want to share the idea online rn because I'd like to keep it close to the chest, but I think this could be powerful & worthy of the visibility of a professional (or at least semi-professional) production.

I have just had the most insane/brilliant/devastating idea for a production of Spring Awakening that I am now desperate to direct. Time to storyboard until director submissions open up at theaters near me. #musicals #theatre #springawakening

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

The only constant in Trump's politics is that he doesn't have any beliefs in the way that most of us conceptualize what "a belief" is. What he claims to believe at any moment is just what he thinks is necessary to say right then and there to gain advantage for himself.

"I believe we're stronger than they know.
I believe that we are many.
I believe that they are few.
And it isn't for the few to tell the many what is true."

It is one of the worst parts of being autistic for me because it draws so much judgment from others and it's not something I can just work on in therapy. I have seriously considered carrying around a little laminated card like in Joker explaining that I am not actually upset.

They don't understand is in my brain I'm going "why am I crying about this, this is so stupid, there's nothing to be upset about, I would like to stop crying now," but I literally cannot. It is a reflexive physical response that I am not in control. And no matter how much I try I cannot stop it.

And the frustrating part of it especially is that no matter how I explain to people I'm not upset, this is just my body having a chemical reaction, they make a huge deal about it. Or they think that I'm seeking attention or whatever. It always makes me look bad. And then it makes me cry more.

It doesn't matter how upset I actually am, whenever I experience a rejection sensitivity episode, my brain floods my body with the chemicals where you cry and I just start uncontrollably crying.

If there's one #autism thing I wish I could be rid of permanently, it would be the fact that my rejection sensitivity results in me randomly crying uncontrollably about the stupidest shit.

I saw the original cast of Hairspray on Broadway. I have been listening to the cast recording for years, I saw the movie when it opened in theaters & I have been watching the original John Waters film since I was a kid.

... I only realized today that "Miss Baltimore Crabs" is in part an STD joke 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Was going to delete and repost without the typo but I feel it's a very authentic reflection of my current exhaustion level.

As is this nonsensical #ohmary meme I made.

I have not had slept more than 3 hours a night in 4 days.

Please send help.

Or ambien.

Being cruel to others . Especially if they have more power

Hey so it's been a year to the day and an audition notice for this bullshit just landed on my feed.

Why is it in 2025 we are still creating theatre that demonizes #autistic people and tells stories about how they are burdens? #actuallyautistic

Annual reminder that Transanta is doing important work and is a great way to help Trans youth in need this season.

www.instagram.com/transanta/

Lol the world never WILL know because they cut me out of the tv show 🙃

The musical I currently in is opening next week and I just got my blocking for Act 1 on Monday. 🙃