Viv Riot Geeks Out

05/11/2024

Vote.
For the love of everything you believe in.
Vote.
For the backgrounds you don't know about your friends and loved ones.
Vote.
For the people you pass by wordlessly every day who are struggling to be nourished in this world.
Vote.
For the relationships that don't look like yours and matter just as much as yours do.
Vote.
For every person working multiple jobs trying to keep themselves fed, protected from the elements, and clothed.
Vote.
For every educator at every level who is trying to put education into the hands of those who deserve and desire it.
Vote.
For every person already living with disabilities and chronic conditions - because eventually that will become you too.
- AM Nov. 5 2024

This is what I've got today. Shout out to for sharing the image on another platform we both share time and space in.

21/10/2024

Oh hai. I've been busy as can be - doing amazing work with (HUGE thanks to all the amazing donors who supported us during CTA - more news and updates on that next week) and spending some time adventuring in Catalonia. I'm not back yet but I did want to drop this reminder...

Be weird.
Take risks.
Be different in the face of "standard".
Embrace exactly who you are every time it changes.
Remember that at one point we ALL deal with disability.

Those messages brought to you inspired by my visit to the Dalí Theater and Museum in Figueres, Spain.

26/09/2024

To those who have already given to my fundraiser, thank you so much! You are all SO appreciated and amazing. If you haven’t had a chance yet, will you please join me in giving to this amazing organization? Here is some more info about why I am doing this fundraiser and what your donations will help do for and their participants.

For the last 13 years, The Cupcake Girls have been providing trauma-informed outreach, advocacy, and referral services. Today, they are one of very few anti-trafficking organizations in the country to partner with our participants without an agenda in building comprehensive, holistic plans to help them pursue their goals and objectives, working to ensure that we’re matching the right solutions to the right individual, at the right time.

Will you join me in this year's fundraiser; where your dollars directly impact our community? Donate at 5pm TODAY and have YOUR donation DOUBLED! Set an alarm and check the comments for my donation page.

26/08/2024

Hey you... Yes you. This is a reminder that you are loved. Right now. Exactly as you are.

I keep that love note (from my spouse) on my computer screen so that it's there when I'm likely to feel the least confident.

I'm working to resurface with my brand new website by the end of this upcoming week! 😎 Which of course means I don't feel ready to release it to the wild. It means I have some of that world famous Imposter Syndrome hanging out while I work on the copy to tell people about my offerings and the ways to work with me.

Even after a collective 20+ years building my skills and knowledge it still feels intimidating and anxiety inducing at times to shine a spotlight on what I'm good at... On me.

If you can relate at all... Know I see you. Just as you are. And you are loved. Just as you are.

You may return to your regularly or irregularly scheduled shenanigans.

08/08/2024

Does anyone else still absolutely LOVE collecting and sporting stickers???

It's one of the many ways I keep in touch with my inner child who absolutely had sticker books (hi 90s). These days they adorn my suitcases, water bottles, and printer (yes I still own and use a 🖨️).

This is also a call - do you have stickers? Can I buy one? Let me know!!!

07/08/2024

Who cares takes the caretakers? 🤔 Especially when life is being extra lifey.

Many educators (of all flavors) are drawn to being an educator from a combination of caretaking and community care. Of carefully curating, crafting, and delivering information, techniques, or skills so that others can benefit.

So who takes care of the caretakers?
Why can it feel so heart wrenchingly hard to not just ask for but to receive care when one identifies as a caretaker?

I'm going through some family hardship right now that occurred overnight. I have deep feelings and wounds and swirling emotions in regards to all of this.

I cried more this morning in crafting messages to ask friends and beloveds to cover some of the ways I serve my community so that I can go be there for my parents. Like I broke down into my coffee at the messages of support and care I received. Especially when it was asking them to do things I normally do. When I was "breaking" my commitments to them. When I was asking to not turn up there so I can turn up elsewhere in service.

There is such power and healing in vulnerability.
In being taken care of.

It is so humbling.

Those are my thoughts on this Wednesday in August.
They are my thoughts on many days truth be told, but they feel bigger today.

In words brought to us by Abraham Lincoln in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure...

"Be excellent to each other."

29/07/2024

🌟 Social Sass Tip: if you offer anything in person be sure to include the CITY in the class information or in your bio. Especially here on social media where your content may be seen anywhere. Lots of clubs and venues exist by the same name in multiple locations.

It drives me super batty to have to hunt for the information about where your class, session, or offering is actually happening so I can determine if I can go.

This goes double if you run a brick and mortar location. You should absolutely have your city name and state/country in your bio AND on your marketing materials.

Follow me for more Social Media Sass tips and stay tuned for my upcoming VIRTUAL class offering!

18/07/2024

This might seem like an obvious statement and you'd be amazed how often it can pop up in all aspects of life. Some examples include:

* Asking for a raise from your employer
* Submitting time off requests
* Collaborative works
* Trying out new to you or new to your partner roll pl@ys
* Learning a new to you skill from someone you know
* Building a brand relationship
* Getting non $ donations for events, workshops, or giving programs
* Trying out a new or different position
* Seeing friends while you're in town visiting
* Submitting artistic works for publications

I want to encourage you all to both practice asking AND the all important practice receiving and honoring No as an answer (more on this to come!)

10/07/2024

There's a brand new piece of written eros up on the Patreon. If you're already subscribed let me know what you think of it below!

Haven't subscribed yet? For as low as $3 a month you too can get the inside scoop on new offerings, vote on new workshops, and read spicy words I've written over the last 24 years!

Link to the post in the comments below 🫶

📸: Gina Barbara Photography

09/07/2024

You can also follow on Instagram to see more of what I'm up too and more of what some of my favorite people are up too!

09/07/2024

Stay aware. Do a search to learn more.

Sadly repressing this VITAL info is really common or I'd add more links.

09/07/2024

Apparently the last photo posted with this announcement was a little too much here. Let's try again shall we?

Alright y'all - I'm brushing off the notebooks and diving back into workshop creation mode! I'll also be sharing some of my writings and essays.

Want to know the very latest and greatest?
Want to get the inside scoop before anyone else?
Got $3 a month you can contribute for that access?

Go sign up for my Patreon and be a part of the change!
Link below. 🥰

06/07/2024

SF based darlings and deviants... Check out this class being presented next week by the fabulous Nyixe Nox.

Link in the comments.

Understanding Ethical Dominance in Kink Dynamics Ethical Dominance 101: This class will examine the roles and responsibilities of the Dominant partner in kink centered dynamics, play, and relationships. The approach taken in this class centers the idea of Dominant as a caregiving position, regardles...

17/01/2024

Bare faced and back on my BS. New works. Old works. And plots to continue disrupting the world around me.

14/01/2024

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05/01/2024

Show up on the East Coast... It snows the next morning. 🤣🌨️

It's really supposed to come down tomorrow in upstate NY... Anticipate some snowy squat videos soon.