Rejyna

09/28/2025

Going no contact with toxic people was the most psychologically liberating decision I ever made. For years, I carried their shame and conditional approval like anchors, thinking endurance was noble, but endurance without respect is captivity. Removing toxic influences isn't cruel, it's essential psychological hygiene that protects our energy and creates room for relationships that nourish rather than drain us. You cannot heal in the same environment that wounded you.

I can still hold love for them, I can even forgive them for discarding me but their choices are what they need to live with and what I need to live without.

09/26/2025

Such a wonderful birthday! And so many friends posting on my FB wall! It warms my heart how kind you all are! Mare and I saw Fantastic Four and loved it! Thank you Mare!

09/22/2025

Hey ABC, Hey Disney, 'Sup Carr, Yo Frump?

Did you FAFO?

Welcome back Jimmy.

and BTW, FWIW, Kirk was a demon in sheep's clothing.

FASCISTS FAIL AGAIN!

09/22/2025

Amy Sherald just showed us what artistic integrity looks like. This is trans allyship.

When the Smithsonian suggested removing her painting "Trans Forming Liberty" from her major retrospective to avoid provoking the Trump administration, Amy didn't compromise. She canceled the entire show.

But here's the beautiful part: Baltimore Museum of Art immediately stepped up. The exhibition opens there November 2nd, complete with the transgender Statue of Liberty painting that sparked this whole controversy.

This isn't just about one painting. It's about an artist who refused to let transgender people be erased from American art. When institutions tried to silence trans voices, she chose to amplify them louder.

Amy painted Black transgender artist Arewà Basit as Lady Liberty holding a flower-filled torch, reimagining who gets to represent American ideals. The work appeared on The New Yorker cover and now it's coming home to Baltimore, where Amy got her MFA and built her career.

"In a time when transgender people are facing legislation against them, being silenced, and endangered across the country, silence is not an option," she said.

This is what allyship looks like: using your platform, taking risks, refusing to be complicit in erasure. Amy Sherald painted Michelle Obama's official portrait, giving her massive influence. She's using every bit of it for justice.

Baltimore just became the place where art refuses to bow to fear. November can't come fast enough.

09/18/2025

So they killed Charlie Kirk and now the government is coming for all of us who dared to criticize him. Classic move.

The shooter came from a MAGA family - his own grandmother said they were "staunchly pro-Trump." But somehow this is the fault of "violent radical left organizations" that don't even exist?

Now they're tracking federal employees who criticized Kirk, reviewing immigrants' legal status for social media jokes, and firing people from jobs. Jimmy Kimmel got canceled for his comments. South Park pulled their Kirk parody episode from reruns - and the most recent episode was mysteriously 'not finished in time'?

As a trans woman, I'm watching this playbook unfold and it's terrifying. They're using one guy's actions to justify targeting entire communities. Today it's people who made jokes about Kirk. Tomorrow it's trans people, LGBTQ+ folks, anyone who doesn't fall in line.

Stephen Miller literally called us "a vast domestic terror movement" and promised to use federal law enforcement to "obliterate these networks." What networks? People like me who fight for our rights?

Look, I'm not pretending this isn't scary as hell. But at least we can see the game they're playing: Stochastic terrorism in reverse.

Most people aren't buying their bu****it. When they overreach this hard, they expose themselves.

And we can make choices. Cancel Disney Plus if they're bowing to government pressure. Support creators who won't cave. Talk to people who still think this is about "law and order" - show them it's really about control and fascism.

They're counting on us being too scared or divided to push back. That's their mistake. We know what happens when good people do nothing, and we're not those people.

We're still here. We're still fighting. And we're not going anywhere.

09/15/2025

‘“Will it help me forget?” 

Such a question, I have pondered it often. Do we merely distract and numb ourselves with stories until the pain subsides on its own? Or is there some way that this thing we often call amusement, literally without thought, burrows its way into our souls and actually helps us make sense of the pain? 

“Not forget, I think, but endure…”’

‘Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time’
Tracy Higley

Every life, every story, every insight is unique. Imagine no two snowflakes and no two fingerprints are the same and then tell me why you haven't told us your story.

I'm here if you need help getting started.

I went from never having written or even being in a play to standing ovations and awards, terrified and nearly frozen before every step.

But still, I told the story, crying real tears while sharing it.

Then people told me it touched them. Made them cry, laugh and cheer. My tragedies and triumphs help others endure.

How is your silence helping others? Could the main reason we're here be to live our story so we can help others by sharing?

I'm here if you need help getting started. Maybe you start off by coming to the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival's Empowerment Weekend.

The link is in the post and in my IG bio.

https://lawtf.org/empowerment-weekend-2024/

09/10/2025

THEY WANT YOU SAD, SCARED, ANXIOUS, UNSURE, UNFOCUSED AND FROZEN.

DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM.

MOVE FORWARD WITH THE KNOT IN YOUR THROAT AND THE CRAMP IN YOUR GUT.

ACTION IS ACTIVISM
EVEN WHEN IT FEELS FUTILE.

09/09/2025

"These are a few of my favorite things"? Or, "things I won't do without...daily". Or, "part of how I lost 40+ lbs."

DM me why and dosages, but only if you matters to you.

P.S. I'm not getting paid for this 'ad' except if it makes your life better too.

09/07/2025

Lunch with Mare and Jaz, theatre play with Ashley and Roxy, late night Molly Malone's with Mary Lou and Justin. Grateful for so much life all around me, so much light, art, and love! Make every day count, we're not guaranteed tomorrow.

08/30/2025

Woo Hoo! My play is described as 'timely and daring'! LEGIT! You'll want to mark your calendars for this performance of Trans Mom vs. Family Court: Justice Sees No Gender at Santa Monica Playhouse's Binge Fringe Festival on Nov. 13th at 730pm! Trans empowerment and equal rights are on the line and my true life story from 30 years ago stands as a positive proof of trans validity, fortitude and unstoppable authenticity! All seats are FREE and reservations are required! Come witness why my play won the Transcendent Craft award and the Daredevil award at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival! 'If you're an ally, stand with us. And if you have power, speak up'.

Santa Monica Playhouse will reopen its newly refurbished Main Stage this fall with the return of the Binge Free Festival (BFF), celebrating its 10th Anniversary Season from October 14 through November 16, 2025.