A white non-binary person with a red mohawk wearing a black shirt looks into the camera, smiling

This is 50 🥰 #birthday

Two people stand barefoot in water with their backs to the camera

An elderly white woman and their grown child stand in shallow water together, smiling

Rest In Peace, Mom ♥️

A white non-binary person with a red mohawk goes over a script with two actors wearing night clothes, sitting on a bed in front of a colorful wall of CD's and string lights

A boom mic and a person holding a slate in front of two actors in an embrace, a fancy-laid table in the foreground

A overhead dolly setup over a bed, the cinematographer checking the lens, in front of a green wall and an open window on the right

A slate with information for the film "Color" on a colorful handmade crocheted blanket and a rainbow stuffy

Incredible BTS from Jessy Parr from last weekend's shoot for my new film "Color" - I can't wait to update the film's webpage, but here's a few of my faves! 🥰 Get her on your next film set, peeps! www.jessyparr.com

My partner and I had our 26th wedding anniversary yesterday, and I was narrating this section in the book "Queer Power Couples" during my audiobook recording session at the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library today. And yeah, this. ♥️♥️♥️

I've never been so happy to be off Facebook and Instagram as I am and at this point in our nation's history 😅

A white non-binary person with a red mohawk and a green jersey smiles up at the camera in side profile

Gonna be 50 in less than a month, which feels both totally correct and also wild. Planning a lot of fun things, birthday-month style 🥰

A group of people in colorful outfits gathered around a table full of brunch food, smiling at the camera. In the background, lots of film equipment and crew.

A film crew with equipment in a bedroom, setting up a shot with someone lying in the bed

Super exhausted but THRILLED with the weekend of filming for my new queer short film "Color" - what an absolutely amazing cast and crew!! So psyched for this one, y'all ♥️♥️♥️ #SeattleFilm #ShortFilm #QueerFilm

Some of us always knew. Have always been "other" on the gender question. We just literally didn't have the word to describe our truth. #1998 #nonbinary #queer

Is it "eyebrow-raising" if you can't raise your eyebrows 🤔 #FascismSucks

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This just in: casting is hard, especially when so many talented and fabulous people audition!! #GoodProblems Excited to really start rocking the pre-production of my new queer short film "Color"! #SeattleFilm #ShortFilm #QueerFilm

Finally watching Sing Sing, hoooooooooly shit ♥️♥️♥️

A group of people convene around a long bar table as one of the people presenting a video they were working on

Went to a fun co-working event in Cap Hill! Got to meet some nice folks and make a few good connections, and used it as a way to finally crack open my feature script to start a second draft! Sometimes we just need a push 🙂

A black and white image of a person lying on the ground, vines covering them. Text reads "A film by Ren Caldwell: Color. An Aries Rising Production"

Casting for my next project: "Color," a queer dramatic short film. If you'd like to throw your hat in the ring, you've got till midnight on the 22nd to submit! Check out the TPS listing for more info 🥰 theatrepugetsound.org/auditions/co... #SeattleFilm #Acting #ShortFilm #QueerFilm

A person standing in a bookstore reading from prepared remarks next to the author Nicola Griffith, seated in her wheelchair preparing to read from her new book

The cover of Nicola Griffith's new book entitled "She is Here"

Incredible to attend the @nicolaz.bsky.social reading and Q&A at Third Place Books last night - thanks for the invite, @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social 🥰 Wonderful discussion around queerness in literature, inspiration and what it means to take over someone's senses through story

A white non-binary person with a red mohawk wearing black with a shirt with a unicorn on it that says "GAYBOY" stands on one side of a red heart balloon and gold star balloons. On the other side, a person with blue and purple hair (also wearing black) poses with an Audience Choice award.

Super happy to have helped run the "For the Love of Film: Mini Film Fest today! And was very psyched and humbled that Christina Morales' film Peekaboo (where I played the lead Ava" was voted Audience Choice for the evening block! A great day spent in community 🥰 #seattlefilm

An audience sits in chairs facing a large projector screen with a large heart and the words "For the Love of Film: Mini Film Fest"

Heart and star balloons grace a table with a red tablecloth and hearts. Two people stand behind it

Heart and star balloons are outside an open glass door. People stand in front of a table with a red tablecloth.

Aries Rising Productions helped organize and host this cool event! The "For the Love of Film: Mini Film Fest" is for shorts that really want to be seen by more folks but haven't had the chance 🥰 Both shows sold out, the matinee block is happening now! www.greenerpasturesartfilm.com/classes

Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody's Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place Google accused "commercially motivated" actors of trying to clone its Gemini AI after indiscriminately scraping the web for its models.

What a fantastic headline Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody's Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place share.google/t2dEhbe0bv6E...

A white non-binary person with a red mohawk is sitting on a couch holding a balloon animal in the shape of a dog

Learning how to make balloon animals for an upcoming shoot...acting is never a dull job! 🥰 #acting #seattlefilm

A colorful lava lamp on a black coffee table with four books in front of it: The Art of Arcane, Brain Dead, If They Come For Us, and Capital Ideology

Had fun arranging the coffee table for a shindig last night 🥰

Congrats y'all!!! 🥰

Do eeeeeeet 🥰

A white non-binary person with a red mohawk wearing a black jacket stands in front of a graffitied wall, leaning on a metal shelf

A white non-binary person with a red mohawk wearing a black shirt with a white unicorn with a pink bowtie and the words "GAYBOY" stands in front of a graffitied wall

I'm a sucker for graffiti walls 🥰

Poster for the film "The Chronology of Water"

OMG, just saw The Chronology of Water. It was ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE 😳 So intense and visceral, Imogen Poots was beyond amazing, the EDITING, the sound, aaaaaaa #film #movies #TheChronologyOfWater

Legislators Must Save Washington's Talking Book and Braille Library - PubliCola By Anna Zivarts It’s the end of a long day in front of my computer screen. And if I’m honest…

I'll be traveling to Olympia next week to support patrons of the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library as they seek funding from the legislature! Here's a great article by Anna Zivarts to check out 🥰 publicola.com/2026/01/08/l...

Had a great time at the premiere of "Grandmother," a film by Katie Fox! I played Erin, a parent to a new mom struggling with postpartum depression. A powerful story, and a really well crafted film! #seattle #film

A collage photo - on the left, a person holding an old strip of photos from a photo booth of a parent and toddler making faces - on the right, a white non-binary person with a red mohawk and a collage graduate with shoulder-length brown hair, giving a thumbs up

Happy 23rd birthday to my oldest child Jaeden!! We're SO proud of the person you are, and super excited to keep connecting with you as you grow and change 🥰 🎉

Movie poster for We Bury the Dead

Just watched We Bury the Dead, really liked it. I'm a sucker for a strong non-cis-male lead, some really good scares and twists and turns! #horror #zombie #film #WeBuryTheDead

A white non-binary person with a red mohawk, wearing a graphic black T-shirt and black leather jacket, stands outside Magpie Thrift Store in Shoreline holding up a volunteer name tag with their name and pronouns (Ren Caldwell, they/them).

Started volunteering at the new Magpie Thrift in Shoreline - all proceeds go to the LGBTQIA+ charity Everly, and I'm thrilled with their thoughtful community-centered practices! Visit when you can! 🥰

Vault YouTube video by Ren Caldwell

Just found out that Emma Archbold won the HallowIan Horror Hour Audience Choice "Favorite Performer"award for her role in my found footage horror short "Vault!" Congrats to Emma!! And if you haven't yet seen Vault, check it out!! 🥰 @hallowian.bsky.social youtu.be/5thz8NVNyk4?...

Poster Trailer YouTube video by Ren Caldwell

Made a trailer for my latest short film "Poster" - have relaxing and interesting holidays, y'all!! youtu.be/RhTQd1jqRDE?...