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Coney Island's Dangerous Dancing Mermaid

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Miss Coney Island 2025🎡
They/she/merprince
•Sword balancer, sideshow siren, surreal belly dance, ritual movement
@coney.island.usa / @hotfixsideshow

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Did someone say more swords?! This Thursday night in Times Square! I have the delightful honor of joining forces once again with the phenomenal @thearmoredleague!

@maggie_mcmuffin and I will be braving the seas from Coney Island all the way to @palladiumtimessquare to bring you the halftime danger show representing @hotfixsideshow!
That's right, two Miss Coney Islands, one show, lots of swords 🧜🏻‍♀️⚔️🧜🏻‍♀️

Snag those tickets while you can and show us some love! taken in Palladium Times Square by @obsidian_absurd

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4 months ago

Back on the shores of NYC for Pride month! ✨️

Catch your local queer merqueen in the tub tonight at @greenfairysociety 🌈

I've got tales to share from my travels 🧜🏻‍♀️

And a gentle whisper to not forget to register for @mermaidparade 💋 by @obsidian_absurd

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a year ago

✨️ A Coney Island without the Mermaid Parade is a Coney Island without pride ✨️

Tonight (Monday) - Public Hearing on the Casino at 6pm, Brooklyn Borough Hall! Join us!

Please sign & share the petition- l!nk !n b!o

Can't make it in person? Send your opposition to the casino to
TheConeyPublicComment@nystec.com !

It was an honor to speak as both resident danger mermaid and Miss Coney Island '25 at @coney.island.usa press conference and "funeral" for the Mermaid Parade @mermaidparade , thank you so much for having me and for all of the hard work this community is putting in to save our Coney Island 🖤🙏🧜🏻‍♀️

Keep Coney weird and wonderful 🎡

@noconeycasino
#keepconeyqueer #missconeyisland #noconeycasino #nocasino #coneyislandusa by @obsidian_absurd

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a year ago

My face gets stuck like this after doing shows all day 🥰🧜🏻‍♀️⚔️

July Thursdays at @coney.island.usa ! All ages!

And you can catch @angelinfernosideshow with us Thursday 7/30 8:30pm at @vaudevilleontherocks 🖤

#coneyisland #sideshow #siren taken in Sideshows By The Seashore by @obsidian_absurd

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3 days ago

The Game is underway, souls sold separately, batteries not included but @obsidian_absurd will be there to play!

The MerPrince Miss Coney Island 2025 is gracing us land dwellers with their daring dancing and awesome abyssal presence. As the competiton bubbles up we’ll be looking to your mermajesty to make the winning call and to keep us (or whoever has to do the math for the scores!) out of the deep end!

Obsidian is going to call The Game. All is fair is in work and play.

Tickets for Round One of Mx Nobody 9 at @coney.island.usa are LIVE and can be found in our bio! The Game will begin. With or without you. by @obsidian_absurd

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7 days ago

A siren and her shipwrecked prey 🧜🏻‍♀️🖤

Come visit me and darling poet @fleshandpearls in the tub @greenfairysociety tonight for an enchanting evening ✨️

Doors at 930, cabaret at 10 💋 by @obsidian_absurd

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16 days ago

4 members of the Iconic Coney Island Sideshow Troupe @hotfixsideshow will be brining us some incredible Sideshow and Aerial acts along with a whole lot of fire at INVASION OF CAMP CRYPTID! ⚔️🔥

📆: JULY 25th
⏰: 5-11 PM
📍: 4 HANNA LANE BEACON NY
🎟️: $12 PRESALE/ $15 GA - kids 15 and under free!

#hudsonvalleyhappenings #cirqueducreep #beaconny #sideshow hudsonvalleyny taken in Beacon, NY by @obsidian_absurd

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a month ago

Happy 44th Mermaid Parade!

A truly spectacular summer solstice tradition and the nation's largest art parade- we are kicking off at 1pm, then sideshows until the crowds run out!

Throwback to last year's mermaid parade, my reigning year, when I marched the whole parade, jumped straight into the sideshow with my fresh human legs, then swam right over to the mermaid ball!

Best of luck our beautiful reigning queen today @queerlyfemmetastic 🖤🧜🏻‍♀️ taken in Sideshows By The Seashore by @obsidian_absurd

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a month ago

We had a blast at Pride Night with our neighbors, the Cyclones!

Rumors have it that our resident Mermaid, Obsidian brought the downpours followed by a rainbow!

Thank you Denise, from our board of directors for on field filming.

Happy Pride!!! by @obsidian_absurd

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a month ago

🖤 Keep Coney Queer 🖤

Catch me at @gayridge Pride doing photo ops all day (Sunday) noon-4pm, representing @coney.island.usa @mermaidparade 🧜🏻‍♀️

Then Friday 6/12 at Cyclones Pride night &
Saturday 6/13 at Brooklyn Pride ❤️‍🔥

And of course, Mermaid Parade on June 20th! I'll be performing on the inside at the sideshow all day long ⚔️

[Photo from a beer collab release party for @kcbcbeer x CIUSA] taken in Brooklyn Cyclones by @obsidian_absurd

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2 months ago

A year ago today- on the road with @foxyshazam wrapping up the last leg of the extraordinary Rockin Rolla Coast Tour!

In a tent that literally looks like this emoji 🎪

🖤🖤🖤🖤 by @obsidian_absurd

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2 months ago

Today! Sunday!

Reunited with @cucumberkillerz & @aegirthegiant on my home stage at @coney.island.usa !

Shows at 2, 3:15, 4:30, & 5:45pm!

Featuring @echothornsideshow, so a little Cucumber Killerz x Vaudeville on the Rocks crossover moment

⚔️🧜🏻‍♀️⚔️

Then I won't be back at the Coney Island Circus Sideshow until Mermaid Parade Day, June 20th!

(Eee mail me for Pride bookings ❤️‍🔥)

✨️ Swipe for joy ✨️ taken in Freak Bar by @obsidian_absurd

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