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Florida Born, Raised, & Returned 🐊
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The leaves are changing, and sometimes life is doing the same. 🍁

Come get cozy in community with us for our next Disability (Is Not a Bad Word) gathering. No big topic to unpack this time—just a General Check-In & Support Space to show up as you are, share what’s on your mind, listen, connect, or simply exist alongside other disabled folks. 🧡

🍂 October 6 | 6:30–8:00 PM ET
☕ Topic: General Check-In & Support Space
🍁 Facilitators: Sprout (Ze/Zir) & El (He/Him) @_uppercutt_
💻 Virtual via Zoom

Bring your warm drink, your favorite blanket, your changing-season feelings, and whatever version of yourself is available that day.

Register to receive the Zoom information:
TINYURL.COM/BASICALLYDINABW

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A fall-themed event graphic for Disability (Is Not a Bad Word). The graphic has a deep burgundy background with a large, jagged-edged white shape in the center. Bright orange, yellow, and red autumn leaves and branches frame the top, bottom, and corners of the image.

Across the top, large orange lettering outlined in black reads: “DISABILITY (IS NOT A BAD WORD)”.

Inside a large golden-yellow heart in the center, bold black text reads: “October 6 | 6:30–8:00 PM ET.” Below, the topic is listed as “General Check-In & Support Space.” The facilitators are Sprout (Ze/Zir) & El (He/Him).

Near the bottom, underlined text reads: “please register to get the zoom information.” Beneath that, large bold text gives the registration link: TINYURL.COM/BASICALLYDINABW.

The overall design uses warm fall colors and scattered autumn foliage to create a cozy seasonal feeling around the virtual disability community support gathering. Fall-themed DINABW graphic with burgundy, yellow, orange, and autumn leaves. October 6, 6:30–8 PM ET: General Check-In & Support Space, facilitated by Sprout (Ze/Zir) & El (He/Him). Register for Zoom information at TINYURL.COM/BASICALLYDINABW.

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Central Florida pull up! I wanna see you at all these amazing events! No need to be bored and lonely this April. Come find community, music, art, and good times with us 🔥

We’ve got events all over the Tampa Bay Area this April so take your pick from the list below:

THIS SUNDAY IN LARGO
4/12 at 7 PM
The Teaki Hut @theteaki_hut
11610 Seminole Blvd
$10 presale $15 at door
Link in bio
Feat: @rosygrove @valleyinthesky @hidinginwalls_band @confessedlover

HOUSE SHOW IN LUTZ
4/18 at 7 PM
DM @rentedtechnology for address
$10 suggested donation
Feat: @askmelaterband @palovaband @reallifeghost @eyesonme.mp3

ZINE & POEM MARKET
4/18 at 6-10 PM
Deviant Libation @deviantlibation
FREE to attend 🆓
Feat: 15+ vendors!!!
Hosted by @attic.cat

BOBA HOUSE FRIDAY
4/24 at 7 PM
$15 presale $20 at the door
University Boba House @bobahousetpa
Feat: @preyingmantease @misspellband @askmelaterband @__lostcat

Flyers by @jordan.starrrr @drmagicluigi @abbyknauffart

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We’re coming at you with another market, this one is a little different because YOU will be the performers at this event with the open mic! AT DEVIANT LIBATION TAMPA 6-10pm 4/18💖‼️

Zines, poetry, crafting, fundraising for @_uppercutt_ and sooo much more. Come support the community ! Support zines! Support local art!

@tokyomtb Photo Booth
@meowmiaomiau zine craft table
@thewordsbetweenthepages poetry workshop
@zinesbymimi
@the.malice
@taroghost
@lovesickjoyy
@youluckydog.etc
@princeofspikes
@charliesuor
@ahtesh_sorcery
@wolfpitmachine
@literatebugs
@holly.gdesign
@amplify.zine
@abbyknauffart

Flyer by @abbyknauffart

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Introducing Ezzy & El!! 💖

We’re curating a new virtual space for our ever-expansive Trans community! We wanna get your feedback, to help inform how we shape and prepare for this new space. Please fill out this quick survey to share your thoughts with us!

tinyurl.com/TransSpaceSurvey

Ezzy & El will be co-facilitating this new group together! We’re so excited to have this duo on the Basically Wonderful team!! Say hi and help us welcome them in the comments <3

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March Sober Sip & Shop is just around the corner! Come hang with us this Saturday, March 21st from 5-9pm at @lets.daydream.stpete . Enjoy complimentary mocktails courtesy of @curiouselixirs , check out our amazing mini market vendors and raise funds for @_uppercutt_ home & health fund!

A portion of all Cozy Universe Sales will be directly donated to @_uppercutt_ during the event.

No entry fee, so we’d love to see you there!

#getcozy #sipandshop #stpetersburg
Flyer created by @attic.cat

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Paint your own incense holders with us at Daydream March 4 & 5 during our open hours (1p-6p) for just $15 or show proof of donation to @_uppercutt_ GoFundMe

All materials provided, feel free to bring any drinks or snacks and come ready to create!

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still feeling the feels from this day 🥲
we shared and held a lot, and I felt exhausted by the time I was home but it was the fulfilling kind. my workshop being cut short because life happened as life does was yet another reminder of how much is out of our control, and how much power we can still hold onto when we’re there for each other. when we meet and face each moment honestly.

the varying levels and modes of grief are extensive and the weight can be immense, which is why the need for more of these outlets and containers is so necessary—acknowledging, honoring, contracting, expanding, moving, processing, connecting, expressing, deepening, transmuting, creating and/or aligning with whatever practices that allow for us to actually *be* in embodied ways. the ways that recognize our humanity and interdependence, that don’t neglect, invalidate, or repress the full range of our emotions and experiences. the ways that remind us of what was, ground us into what is, and resources us to move toward what can and will be. the ways that understand the grief is here to stay, will continue to expand, and how it shows up or feels will ebb and flow.

how can we be with the larger and collective sources of grief if we can’t genuinely be with some of our own personal losses?

what long-standing cultures and traditions can we look to for inspiration, affirmation and remembrance that grief has always been a shared language? and which rituals can we reawaken to or shape to fit our own connectedness?

our words are spells and our practices and commitments are living prayers 🤲🏽

feeling so much gratitude and hope despite it all because I know what’s possible and continue to be met with that which and those who help maintain the belief.
I may still be in an in-between phase as I respect my circumstances and timing, but best believe you gonna witness my inherent worthiness and gifts in action tenfold. we need these kinds of spaces woven into our fabrics of reality more regularly.

big big thank you again to everyone that made the day what it was from organizing, facilitating, cooking, assisting, sharing, listening— it’s truly all a gift ❤️‍🔥

hope, care, love: actions 🪡🕸️

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Being able to create and witness an event for my community Saturday was so beautiful. Hearing and seeing people crying and sharing about their losses, their lives, and coming together to grieve and process together was an honor.

Being able to talk about my own history of grief in reference to my creative work and how it’s had to shift and change with life and loss was a weight I lifted, shared, and left kind impact with. People loved my reflective prompts and I felt so seen and held in ways that I always wish to see and hold others.

Being able to make an event with other mutual aid groups, friends, fellow artists, and revolutionaries is some of the work I’m most proud of these days. (The other being an expressive arts facilitator at Addiction Recovery centers.)

Providing time and amenities for people to gather and be fed and be emotional without judgement (or pretending like the world isnt on fire rn,) is a gift I feel great confidence and passion in.

I said to myself at the beginning of the year that this would be the year I focus more on Disability and accessibility as an area to learn more about… and going through my own personal experiences definitely has shown me why it’s important to recognize that other people have hardships we truly cannot see right in front of us. And changing how we do things to keep others around us safer is actualy not that bad and less selfish.

I’m grateful to all my friends past and present who taught me more in compassionate ways. Making my events more accessible followed from that input and growth this year. (Tbh coming out as publicly masking more regularly again feels scarier than coming out in my gender and sexuality lol)

Anyway it’s a blessing to bring the blessings with other amazing people that are truly at service for the greater good. ✊🏾 thank you @tampafoodnotbombs @passionpowerhouse @reneestee @joyinresistance @codefnx and @larrnellcross for all the help!

Where my hands can’t lift, may my words and deeds carry 🤲🏽 I am so in love with myself and my passions and my purpose, and proud to have others in my life who carry those same flames.

May we know peace from the process, and growth through the grief.

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Thank you so much to @_uppercutt_ for this event!

Come out, do activities, listen to me b*tch about rich yt ppl, BUILD SOME DAMN COMMUNITY!

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👀 Still looking for family-friendly plans for tonight ⁉️
Costume encouraged, fun required. 👻

Kress Building 7PM
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#hes #Halloween #halloweenparty🎃 #familyfriendly #ybor #tampa #poet #dance #karaoke #singer #writer

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time is flying so we’re inching closer and closer~
I’m grateful to be a part of this gathering again in honor of the varying grief we carry and that we know will continue to compile (that many of us haven’t traditionally had much experience in navigating/processing/etc.)

I’ll have some simple creative outlets + prompts available to accompany our conversations— this time around I’m really looking forward to being able to connect more intimately as a group. it always hits different! even when there’s some resistance or difficult feels! but we stretching and expanding beyond our edges! (even if at the slooooowest pace)

we’ll chat more about the deeeets later but wanted to drop a bit here. swipe to check the schedule for the other sweet offerings that will be taking place and remember to rsvp so we know what to expect and prepare for <3

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