Emily L. Stephens

oh no!

Let me be clear: I’m glad Kristi Noem was fired. But we still have to abolish ICE.

YOU CAN FIGHT ICE BY ANNOYING THEM - MESS UP THEIR FOOD/DRINK ORDERS - LOSE THEIR TICKETS/RESERVATIONS - OVERTIGHTEN LUG NUTS, STRIP SPARK PLUGS - GIVE THEM INCORRECT BUT REAL-SOUNDING INFORMATION - RECORD THEM WITH YOUR PHONES - DISRUPT THEM WITH LOUD NOISES (CAR ALARMS, MUSIC, BANGING METAL) AND BRIGHT LIGHTS (FLASHLIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS) - SHAME THEM Fuck yeah THE FASCISTS WANT COMPLACENCY. DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM. Fuck them White supremacist IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO MAKE «MISTAKES"

Monkey wrenching is such an under appreciated form of protest

if any aunt had provisioned for me a duckhead umbrella, i would have idolized her forevermore 😘

i am yearning to make them real

(dove grey, not dover)

green enameled walking stick with duckhead handle and duck foot; dover grey laced shoes with spool heel in shape of rear-facing duck foot, in carved wood or cast metal with cork & galvanized heel taps for gentle steps

oh you might enjoy these accessories I drew for a still-unveiled outfit! green enameled walking stick with duckhead handle and duck foot; dover grey laced shoes with spool heel in shape of rear-facing duck foot

so endearing of you

Unclear why some are thrilled by the talk of an untested figure, grandson of a wealthy and world-renowned designer yet positions himself as working class, who sports a new, plausibly deniable Nazi tattoo to cover his old, admittedly Nazi tattoo.

Two business/walking suits in glen check, one bias cut w/long jacket, one with short jacket and vest, assorted boots and shoes including stout brogues, also scarves & hats. Moonstone brooch, buckle, and scarf tack shown actual size.

Inspired by @gyip.bsky.social: traveling and business suits in glen check with swag of crisp pleated black and white pinstripes, hat and vest of graduating thick stripes. More details in alt text.

The newfangled mangle may press tight angles
But its gears aft gang agley
When next it mangles some dangling falanges
The fingers may be part of me!

see

writing’s not that hard

she said before the anvil plummeted

One day after a routine phone call with A Functionary Whose Work I Value, I thought “If you had started the call sounding more like Lucille Bluth, would you have taken your own goals a little more seriously?” and indeed, when I do, I do

we’re sitting on a goldmine here

LITTLE FINGERS, NIMBLE FINGERS

pretty confident that if our own government bombed, say, Philadelphia, we'd just kind forget about it after a couple more Rocky movies

Hey GOP lawmakers afraid of losing your seats this November: you could secure your financial future by putting money on abolishing ICE by the end of March and make out like BANDITS.

it was me the whole time

you wouldn’t BELIEVE the amazing stuff i’ve avoided writing over the years

g, wait until you see the costume catalog i started last night honoring you 😘 i hope it pleases madam

it writes itself

or, as I have been saying aloud as many as 10 times daily for several years now, as blandly and infuriatingly as I can manage, ever since I quit writing to a deadline: “See? Writing’s not that hard.”

idk, i’ve been working on this for none minutes and it already feels like a winner

(third act incomplete, but ends with final song)
Fitting: The heartening finale, where dressmakers and staff agree that unionizing is a shared and valiant goal within their grasp. Bolts of fabric are unfurled to reveal UNION STRONG banners, etc.

song 5: Modest or Modiste: Customers’ urgency over their aesthetic choices bring the workers cruelly back to their tasks.
song 6: Darts: In a busy fitting room with many comings and goings, sewists and clientele alike toss barbs at each other’s foibles in this rapid-fire cross talk number.

song 3: On Pins and Needles: workers anxiously debate forming a union while avoiding scrutiny from management.
song 4: Triangle: commemorating the news of the lives lost, friends and colleagues harmed), interrupted at its crescendo by…

song 2: Bolt! : The mad dash once doors are opened to cater lavishly to the well-heeled and nameless clientele who stand idly chatting, as workers scurry around them trying to transport racks of dresses, trolleys of frippery , and heavy full bolts of luxurious fabrics to each fitting area.

Spinsters: A Musical

Set in the extensive fitting rooms of an elegant dressmaker. Named employees work diligently while glamorous unnamed clients flit around like butterflies.

song 1: Dy(e)ing, Bleeding, Staining: an introduction to the textile and draping industry and its colorful challenges.

an advertisement for the gilded age shows a man and woman talking Alt: Christine Baranski as Agnes Van Rhijn, telling her butler Bannister (Simon Jones) “Heads have rolled for less.”

This morning, I used my Christine Baranski voice for calls to my reps. The calm fury of an incensed dowager is exactly the spirit to remind us that our electeds are functionaries hired to serve our community needs, and they deserve and require our firm instruction.

omg maybe it’s called “Darts”

i accidentally started writing a cross-talk song for the inevitable fitting room scene where Unnamed Customers start sniping at each other’s dirty secrets and the eventual comeuppance

it’s called, of course, “Fitting”

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school