Jay Edidin

@edidin

writer, anticarceral policy cryptid, knitter, comics-industry semi-expat, parent to small human, pirate king of the moon. queer, trans, brain wired weird. kind to reptiles. he/him. LOOKING FOR WORK.

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Jay Edidin@edidin· 13d

Sometimes a friend texts asking if you have plans for the next afternoon; and you make sure the answer is “no.”

Jay Edidin@edidin· 20d

I, for one, applaud popular children’s retailer The Children’s Place for its commitment to body positivity.

The graphic from a children’s t-shirt. Dark pink ink on a light pink background. A pair of ballet shoes hang in an ornate, gently ruffled oval hoop. A bow with trailing streamers perches atop. Also, it’s definitely a vulva.

Jay Edidin@edidin· 25d

Sue Bean, Barbara Gordon, and Jane Conrad (the wives of the Apollo 12 astronauts) show up to meet the press in matching outfits with signs that respectively read, "proud," "thrilled," and "happy."

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jul 11

Got to visit @helioscopepdx.bsky.social’s new digs and see @stevelieberart.bsky.social’s excellent nameplate in person!

The corner of a desk. In front of a bank bell is a nameplate reading, “Steve Lieber, King Shit of Bitch Mountain.”

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jul 9

Kiddo admiring a duck butt at Laurelhurst Park @teaberryblue.net @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jul 8

no YOU’RE about to go to the airport in a necklace made of pipe cleaners

A 40-something white man with stubble and glasses, wearing a driving cap, a t-shirt that says “the trans agenda is an average life expectancy” and a necklace made of pipe cleaners and pony beads

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jul 5

on my #knitting needles: mighty morphin’ power socks for @teaberryblue.net

The cuff and top of a hand-knit sock. The body of the sock is yellow, with a white diamond motif just below the cuff

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jun 28

Happy Pride from yr friendly neighborhood Spider-Queers! @teaberryblue.net

Two people on a subway platform. One is wearing a hat and a black t-shirt; the other is wearing a hot pink t-shirt and rainbow eyeshadow.

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jun 28

problem solved; I remembered that I have this one

A stonewashed black t-shirt with glittery silver text in all caps: “i hope you like bad boys because i’m terrible at this”

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jun 28

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jun 23

rainy day @teaberryblue.net

A small child wearing a striped dress, lavender leggings, and yellow boots with duck faces. An umbrella covered with pictures of construction vehicles covers the child’s face.

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jun 23

RALLY AND TESTIFY FOR A FULL MORATORIUM ON "AI" IN NYC SCHOOLS! Tomorrow (6/24) at City Hall Rally at 12 PM Joint Education and Technology hearing at 1 PM Register to testify at the hearing here: council.nyc.gov/testify/

A bright poster urging readers to rally and testify for a moratorium on AI in NYC schools. The rally will take place on Wednesday, 6/24 at 12 PM at city hall; and the hearing is at 1 PM.

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jun 21

This sign has to have been produced byAI; but it also definitely has to have been approved by at least one human who reads English, right?

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jun 15

“I’ll be fine if I just follow the pattern,” said Jay. “It seems pretty clear.”

Something on knitting needles that may have once been intended to be a fingerless mitt but has turned into something abstract and possibly noneuclidian.

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jun 14

If you find yourself in NYC with wee kids, I cannot recommend the Children’s Museum of Manhattan highly enough. @teaberryblue.net

A photograph of an Escheresque installation, painted white. A small child in a blue dress and sneakers is sticking their head through a window.

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jun 13

How I'm entering the group chat

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jun 8

deeply obsessed with the handspun yarn that just came in the mail from @deuceofgears.eurosky.social. The real challenge is going to be stopping petting and admiring it for long enough to do the knitting that’s my half of the trade!

Two piles of gorgeous hand-spun 2-ply yarns. One is dark purply reds struck through with gold. The other is white twined with pastel candy colors.

Jay Edidin@edidin· Jun 3

Sketches for some shirts I’m gonna do once I have a working scanner again

Messy brush-lettered text reading, “be the antipope you want to see in the world”

Messy pencil-drawn text reading, “Santa is the surveillance state.” There is a cute Santa hat on the S in Santa.

Messy brush-lettered text reading, “pelicans: not even once”

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 29

i love this color combination #knitting

A partly knit sock in variegated ice blue and sunflower orange-yellow

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 27

A comic-book panel. Deadpool asks, "Want to sit and watch it burn?" Honey Badger replies, "Hell yes!"

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 27

Oh—I look like this:

A nondescript white man in his 40s with a short brown beard. He wears glasses, a driving cap, and a keffiyeh.

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 27

a socks. I really like the colors on these guys. #knitting

A pair of hand-knit socks. Their bodies are a light grayish brown mottled with rusts and blues; their heels and toes are bright lipstick red.

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 19

now that i have you looking, here are some shirts that are not specifically queer but are actually still pretty queer (i guess that's true of some of the above, too) www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...

a black t-shirt with white hand-lettered calligraphy reading, "insecure," surrounded by an ornate frame.

a black t-shirt with green hand-lettered text reading, "make it weird"

a black t-shirt with white hand-lettered text reading, "problematic"

a green t-shirt with black hand-lettered text reading, "respect potato" and a rudimentary drawing of a potato. i do not know what gives this shirt queer vibes, but they are definitely there.

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 19

AND THAT'S NOT ALL www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...

a black t-shirt with white hand-lettered cursive text reading, "queer."

a royal blue t-shirt with red and white hand-lettered text reading, "fuck respectability politics"

a black t-shirt with white hand-lettered text reading, "trans existence is resistance"

a black t-shirt with white hand-lettered cursive text reading, "follow your weird heart"

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 19

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...

a purple t-shirt with white hand-lettered text reading, "genderweird." The I is dotted with a heart.

a black t-shirt with white hand-lettered text reading, "queer everything"

a black t-shirt with white hand-lettered text reading, "trans but not into pastels"

a red t-shirt with black hand-lettered text reading, "trans kids are the future"

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 19

If you're looking for queer & trans-designed pride merch sans rainbows, my teepublic shop is currently hella on sale: www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...

a black t-shirt with white hand-lettered text reading, "queer but not into bright colors"

a red t-shirt with black hand-lettered text reading, "queer rage"

a maroon t-shirt with white hand-lettered text reading, "trans power"

a black t-shirt with white hand-lettered text reading, "feral queer"

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 17

Cranky the Crane has successfully hooked and is now lifting Thomas the Tank Engine. Cranky looks sardonically triumphant. Thomas looks shocked.

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 17

It absolutely makes contextual sense as a description; but I really gotta find a way to get kiddo to stop referring to this children’s TV character as “a big hooker.”

The character Cranky the Crane from Thomas (the tank engine) and Friends, who is big and does have a hook but is probably still not what most people visualize in response to the phrase “a big hooker.”

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 11

Jay Edidin@edidin· May 9

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