shel

The Transsexual Chofetz Chaim

Mutant, librarian, poet, union rabble rouser, dog, Ashkenazi Jewish. Neuroweird, bodyweird, mostly sleepy.


I write about transformative justice, community, love, Judaism, Neurodivergence, mental health, Disability, geography, rivers, labor, and libraries; through poetry, opinionated essays, and short fiction.


I review Schoolhouse Rock! songs at @PropagandaRock


Website (RSS + Newsletter)
shelraphen.com/

Free tattoo ideas for you to use right now:

  • "Eject" symbol tramp stamp
  • "If found: return to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC"
  • The Zune logo
  • The face of Quark from Star Trek: Deep Space 9 located right underneath your belly-button.
  • Knuckle tattoos of common gardening tools A miniature shovel, sheers, clippers, a rake, some gloves, etc.
  • Breath mints on your throat
  • The lyrics to "row row row your boat" wrapping up the sides of your neck and around your ears
  • Braided dandelion stems tenderly connecting your nipples
  • A popcorn air-popper on your outer-thigh, very large, on a backdrop of violets and chamomile flowers.
  • An otamatone sleeve tattoo, many otamatones of many colors and sizes altogether rising up for the dawn of a new world.
  • Barack Obama sitting down at a nice cherry wood table to enjoy a plate of pickled haddock and toasted pistachios in a mixed bowl with peas.
  • Your most recent paystub, on your back.
  • The words "laughing while crying emoji" in Garamond font right under your left knee.
  • "Woman laughing alone eating salad" in Helvetica font right above your right knee.
  • Lip tattoo reading "(Everything to do with it)"
  • "HEPA certified"
  • Cornstalk spine tattoo
  • An olive on stilts
  • A clam wearing a top-hat
  • A cozy murder of crows
  • The exact time of your death on the sole of your foot
  • The name of your ex (after you have already broken up)
  • A cow playing a tambourine
  • Ten strawberries, hiding in various crevices of your body, tell your lovers if they find them all they get an achievement
  • Every lesbian

Prompt list


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