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I wrangle cats for @waxwitchvinyl , @dollfest, and more ...
This is my personal page so it is mostly about my weird life.
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Added 2 more holes! ;) by @catmanatee

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Added 2 more holes! ;) by @catmanatee

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Felt cute by @catmanatee

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Today marks 5 years HRT and a wild journey it has been. I don’t think little me could have imagined being 37 and getting to live my best life. I couldn’t have made it without my wonderful partners, friends, and family.

I haven’t been posting much mostly cause mental health with this administration trying to constantly destroy trans people, our rights, and remove us from existence. I am still fighting and showing up where I can and trying to be as visible as I can be to honor the person I would have loved to have as a role model in my life growing up.

Transition isn’t linear and certainly isn’t always a cake walk but trying to spend today finding some small joys in the magical nature of just existing as the most authentic version of myself.
#trans #hrt#transition #transwoman #hrtanniversary by @catmanatee

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Super stoked to be moderating a discussion on alternatives to traditional structures in the music industry at @blncdbrkfst conference on Saturday!

Come check it out and if you have any questions you want us to answer tag them below! by @catmanatee

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I am exhausted after this weekend but wanted to make a Trans Day of Visibility post as it feels more important than ever to be visible and out and proud of who I am.

Being queer and trans right now isn’t easy but am trying to take time to be proud of myself and being resilient in face of it. by @catmanatee

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My one photo from @dollfest Vol.II but this weekend was a blast and can’t wait for our team dinner tonight and then to go be a gremlin for several days.

I will be honest the last 3 months have been kind of a depression pit with stress, leaving a dream job to work on my own businesses and art, just the world being on fire, etc., etc. but this fest felt healing in a way that just felt magical. I felt so inspired creatively and the community we are building feels so wonderful and like we are making something that I can see growing to be a huge festival and can’t wait to see what the next year brings.

Thank you to all the bands, community, vendors, and crew that helped make this all possible. It is no small feat to make this happen every year and can’t wait to announce next year! by @catmanatee

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So happy to have these in hand for @dollfest! I love seeing things I have designed in the real world! Check out Dollfest.net if you want to pre-order yours and pick up at the fest! by @catmanatee

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7 months ago

Heading to @dublab for @peoplessoundsystem Who Owns the Music? conference on behalf of @subvertworld ! I love getting g to talk about what we are doing and how artists and creatives can make a living from their work and collectively organize.

Come by and say hi! I am on a panel at 12:30 so don’t miss it! taken in dublab by @catmanatee

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⭐️ PANEL HIGHLIGHT ⭐️

Freya Yamamoto has spent her entire music industry career championing independent music. Her contributions to the Bay Area punk scene through her label Prize Fighter Records or as Chief Tentacle at Jello Biafra’s legendary Alternative Tentacles Records are numerous and felt by her community. Currently, she’s working to help develop and manage Subvert, which presents itself as a truly independent worker-owned music platform for artists and by artists, while also building out a vinyl pressing plant in the SF Bay Area with the aim of continuing to make this vital infrastructure available to independent scenes.

We are so excited to have her share her experiences working in these spaces and providing insight on how we can continue to maintain our agency in independent music and art spaces. Catch her joint panel with @earth__poems, Cooperativizing and Resisting Exploitation, March 15 at @dublab. Ticket link in bio 💥💥 taken in Los Angeles, California by @catmanatee

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I don’t get any pics with Vivian last night but made it to 1 year of marriage!! I never would have thought I would be married let alone make it to 1 year but so happy to be with my wonderful wife!

We had a lovely dinner @emmysspaghettishack and a relaxing evening afterwards but was a lovely little evening. by @catmanatee

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8 months ago

I think between just generally being busy with work, life, trips, etc. it is hard to take a moment and reflect on where you are and how you got here. I don't think my teenage self would have dreamed of the life I have since I know she was just trying to stay alive and figure stuff out but wowsers is life actually really amazing personally.

The outer world is on fire but this year has been a big year of growth, learning, and coming to find self worth and value, in world that doesn't seem to want trans people to exist. I have run one of the oldest Indie punk labels still around and grown it significantly to the point where others are interested in my work, I am in the works of getting the financing together to build out a vinyl pressing plant in the Bay Area, Doll Fest Vol. 2 is going to be so much bigger and better next year, I got married!, and just genuinely feel like things are really great. by @catmanatee

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