EXPECTATIONS When Jane wakes up during involuntary sex, she's forced to confront not only her husband's violation, but the invisible expectations that have shaped their relationship. Fund me! https://www.expectationsfilm.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mstdm7tb6c23"A diverse, queer group of women and femmes, and the white men they love." That's how I describe the friend group that disappeared from my life after my divorce started and I began revealing that the white man I had loved had been abusing me.11 Aug 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstdm7tb6c23https://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mrks5rm5i22nSo many enby AMAB people have treated me the way men treat women, then tried to hide the "he" behind the "they." AMAB people frequently use queer identity to mask harmful behavior learned through male socialization. Foreclosing the conversation by exclaiming "TERF!" is just reinforcing patriarchy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrks5rm5i22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mrjgnoaoec2dY'all put your art and ideas on the internet to share with the world for free for nearly three decades. If you'd paid attention to how the Bay Area artistic and activist communities had been decimated during that time, you'd have heard us warning you about the companies you chose to trust. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 03:25 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjgnoaoec2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mrjg7amt5c2dI have a question for the Marxists. If I start a production company as a worker-owned business, does that make all the workers petit bourgeois, or none of us?26 Jul 2026 03:17 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjg7amt5c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mrjfkqoydk2dI'm very interested in hearing it. There's a similar technique that narcissistic abusers use to buy public goodwill so that their victims either won't talk or won't be believed if they do. Whether the manipulation is in political or interpersonal relationships, we need to be aware of everything. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 03:05 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjfkqoydk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mrgkavmds22jIt's "not murder" the same way that spousal coercion is "not rape." [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgkavmds22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mqwjmom5is2nThis is why I think the ambitious middle of the actual play space isn't gaining the kind of popularity and traction you all want: - y'all are accustomed to people not paying attention to what you're doing - y'all conflate exposure within the space (which is small and insular) with scaling18 Jul 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwjmom5is2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mqucadivz22dThis is what capitalism did to nature. You can't actually own land, either, but corporations and governments will certainly stake a claim on it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqucadivz22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mquc4zymyk2dHahaha, y'all thought A24 was gonna save the film industry. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquc4zymyk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mqsjlpzmic22I'm learning the same lesson setting up Dancing Stickman's LLC that I did running for CA State Assembly: There is no ramp. Both starting a business and becoming an elected official are meant for people who already have access to connections and capital.17 Jul 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsjlpzmic22https://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mqh6wvaqik2nSince we're watching some of the world's worst power hoarders drop, I'll take this moment to point out that there are maybe 5,000-10,000 people of 8,000,000,000 who would free up all of the resources for the rest of us if they were to perish. ~80,000 dead in the Middle East so far, for context.12 Jul 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqh6wvaqik2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mq3vxwtgls2fFollow me for my blistering hot takes as I navigate forming a profit sharing production company LLC. SPOILERS: the US legal and regulatory system blows sour chunks. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3vxwtgls2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mq3vtx53vk2fI pulled my 401k to financially survive last year and to pay folks for their work with me, so at least now my retirement isn't tied up in AI and Space X.08 Jul 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3vtx53vk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mpo2hongqs2uijs that last July I was running a witchy, cooperative, public game that I told my collaborators was a portal we were opening so we could all move into a better timeline together, and exactly one year later DSA candidates are winning elections all over the US. #BlueskyCoven02 Jul 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpo2hongqs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mov4ro7aus2kThe US is the millennial/gen z of nations, and the war in Iran is like we tried to bitch slap the ancient-est of elders, only to realize they've lived this long because they're wily. Our lil buddy over there is a psychotic, puppy-torturing gen alpha. As a duo, we're the bad guys.22 Jun 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov4ro7aus2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mov3lfq3kc2vI've been making matcha lattes to replace coffee, and I add floral syrups to sweeten. I'm drinking my first mug with my first batch of homemade lavender simple syrup and all I can say is: this slaps so hard. It's like a light, herbaceous hot chocolate. ::chef's kiss::22 Jun 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov3lfq3kc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3monk2pj24s24I played the lottery for the first time. Did some research, put some strategy into picking numbers, even got some of them right. Ultimately I didn't win. It is exactly what applying for jobs and for grants feels like.19 Jun 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3monk2pj24s24https://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mogb4hc37k2jNot an answer to this question, but an observation about "bad actors." This space primarily grew out of D&D, a mechanically dense wargame created by an exclusionary asshole. Problem actors in this space are systemic, even as the space has shifted into popularized counter culture. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jun 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mogb4hc37k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mobrujyutk2wThey always go in threes. 🤞🤞🤞 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jun 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobrujyutk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mobrkhdcuk2wAnimorphs. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jun 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobrkhdcuk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mobpvpmg622pHonored to announce that Oops, All Witches is an official selection for Apulia Webfest!14 Jun 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobpvpmg622phttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mmm6sdoxwc2qHot take: Nonbinary masc AMAB people still treat the femme AFAB people around them the way that men treat women and the obligation to use precise and careful language about their queerness is blame-shifting coercive control and emotional labor, used as a distraction for their behavior.24 May 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmm6sdoxwc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mmi4djhayk2eThe men who make being kind to them painful. The men stuffing their misogyny behind any marginalization they can claim. The men who act like rejection victimizes them. The men who become haters when they realize I both outwork them and see through their grift. Y'all deserve to see yourselves. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmi4djhayk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mmheockkjc2nI've decided to cast the husband/rapist in Expectations as a long-haired progressive queer-coded white guy, because that demo needs to see themselves represented on screen. And to every one of those guys from the last decade of my life who's pushed me along the path of villainy: yes, I mean you.22 May 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmheockkjc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mmg2xkf4sc2gGO SEE I LOVE BOOSTERS THIS WEEKEND. *ON* OPENING WEEKEND. IT'S IMPORTANT. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmg2xkf4sc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mmg2j5hkhs2rIf I had a wealthy matron who gave me no-strings money to spend and invest as I see fit, the Bay Area film industry would be thriving. I'd be paying people to make interactive narrative games, I'd be doubling down on film businesses and orgs here, I'd be investing in infrastructure development.22 May 2026 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmg2j5hkhs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mm5gekq7vs2lBoots is part of an Oakland org called #MakeItBay that advocates for local filmmaking. If you want to decentralize film from LA/NYC, go see I Love Boosters and help us grow the momentum here, so we can build and ship our extremely replicable economic film incentive model from our Town to yours. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5gekq7vs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mktvt5zhvs2pOops, All Witches wins Outstanding Horror/Fantasy AP at LA Webfest 2026. Huge shoutout to my witches and to @nightlingbug.bsky.social, @brandesstoddard.bsky.social, @wildrosemage.bsky.social, and @dandillon.bsky.social for the lovely Witch Class. And a joyous Beltane to all of you, let’s party.🔥🌸🌕02 May 2026 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktvt5zhvs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dancingstickman.com/post/3mkgh4t4rjs2bUranus in Gemini (my sign) is off like a shot to an auspicious start. Now to see how LA Webfest goes on the first of two full moons during my birth month. Broh, I won Best Director outright. Geeked. Maybe I can make a career out of this. So happy for my witches and Annette!26 Apr 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:4ewdmdewstbzgdly4scbjenb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgh4t4rjs2b