can you deal?

About a month ago my friend Christian and Jennifer Clavin (of the bands Bleached and Mika Miko) reached out to see if I'd want to submit to the zine they were putting together. It focused on women's experience in music and it was called "Can You Deal?"

I thought about it. In light of the new America, complaining about playing music as a straight, cis, white woman felt trivial.

I went back and forth about how I felt about contributing to the zine, and decided ultimately it was for a good cause (all proceeds went to Planned Parenthood), and it was a pretty big platform. Jennifer and Christian got some high profile musicians to contribute (Hayley Williams, Tegan Quin, Liz Phair, JD Samson, etc.) If even one person read what I had to say and it helped them in anyway, that's worth it. That idea of just one person getting something out of what I put into the universe is motivation enough. 

So I wrote. And you can read it here: Can You Deal?

photo by Samuel Ware

Jennifer and Christian organized a show at the Echoplex for the zine's release. Side Eyes opened the show, followed by my band Upset, the Regrettes, and Bleached.

I changed my outfit like, 10 times before landing on this one...

photo by Eduardo Luis 

photo by Eduardo Luis 

photo by Eduardo Luis 

photo by Eduardo Luis 

photo by Andrew Gomez

photo by Andrew Gomez

photo by Samuel Ware

I actually really like the new Bleached song the zine was named for.

Here's the music video for Can You Deal:

birthday list

My birthday is coming up on August 4th, so I decided to make a hypothetical birthday list like the ones I'd make as a kid (only way more expensive.)

1.)  hot pink Lisa Frank studded vest

mystic mayhem designs

2.) Moon phase bed runner

salt and still

3.) Girl faces dress

Leah Goren

4.) Tatty Devine Large brown tortoiseshell glasses necklace

5.) Lazy Oaf 'Let's Make Out' shirt

Lazy Oaf

6.) Lazy Oaf Tuesday cropped shirt

Lazy Oaf

7.) Emoji stickers

found on etsy

8.) Jeffrey Campbell heart platforms

jeffrey campbell

9.) Tatty Devine pink poodle necklace

10.) Happy Meal party dress

I'm Your Present

11.) Miss Piggy party dress

I'm Your Present

12.) Garden Gnome high heels

irregular choice

13.) Charles Burns embroidered cyclops head

Wilkie Stitch Witch

14.) handmade marianne leather t-bar heels in soft hologram

golden ponies

15.) Lazy Oaf cosmos dress

sold out: I am devastated I snoozed on this.

16.) Vandor rainbow cloud teapot

found on etsy

17.) weather pattern sweater

found on etsy

18.) tickets for Paramore on the Monumentour

19.) Monumentour merch

20.) Wildfox Luna shades

 21.) Wildfox Lobster Lenon sweater

 22.) UNIF Blotter Kimono

 23.) Wildfox Rainbow sweater in mint

 24.) UNIF Stay Fly Kimono

25.) Wildfox Watermelon sweater