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Creativity, Rest, Intimacy and Play: Artists Statement on Killing Time and Making Crip Art

Imagining revolutionary futures for crip identities is not without taking risks. But as we know, ADHDers are known for taking risks.

9 min readApr 18, 2022

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Creativity, Rest, Intimacy and Play: Artists Statement on Killing Time and Making Crip Art

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Libby Atkins (mercuryjournals)

(Field Notes) Artist Interview with Adrienne / blackjacket

I didn’t know it could manifest as things like burnout and relationship and rejection sensitivity, and hyperfocus and feeling like you…

6 min readMay 24, 2023

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(Field Notes) Artist Interview with Adrienne / blackjacket

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Libby Atkins (mercuryjournals)

Is It Writer’s Block or Perfectionism?

Dear readers, I hope you are doing well and managing to stay well this winter. Happy New Year! It has been nearly two months since I…

5 min readFeb 1, 2023

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Is It Writer’s Block or Perfectionism?

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Libby Atkins (mercuryjournals)

40 Pieces of Relationship Advice From 20-Somethings (Mostly)

This blog post is very simple. I asked my friends/family/community for relationship advice, and this is what they told me.

5 min readNov 27, 2022

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An image of a drawing of two skeletal cartoon women, one woman is saying “What is the Erotic?”, the other woman is saying “Is it to be Observed?”. Both women are looking at a frame with large text that reads I SEE MYSELF IN YOU. The drawing is in red pen over a light pink cocktail menu.

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Libby Atkins (mercuryjournals)

Notes on The Time of Ongoingness

Dear readers,

3 min readOct 24, 2022

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Notes on The Time of Ongoingness

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Libby Atkins (mercuryjournals)

Collage Writing; Go To A Punk Show

Value in a commodity system is in things for use and exchange. Value in a gift system is in social obligations, connections, and gaps.

5 min readOct 14, 2022

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Libby Atkins (mercuryjournals)

July Journaling & Being On My Phone

Today I would like to think about my cyborgification: being raised on the Internet and having a smartphone addiction.

5 min readSep 14, 2022

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Libby Atkins (mercuryjournals)

A Neurodivergent User’s Guide To Détournement

Anything can be used! Great, now I find myself overwhelmed by a sea of options. What time did the Situationists say the revolution was?

9 min readJun 7, 2022

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A Neurodivergent User’s Guide To Détournement

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Libby Atkins (mercuryjournals)

(Artist Feature) Believing in Magic and Resisting the Time Lord with Laura

Laura is one of the people who has helped instill in me the divine insanity to say, without a single doubt in my mind, that magic is real.

8 min readMay 2, 2022

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(Artist Feature) Believing in Magic and Resisting the Time Lord with Laura

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Libby Atkins (mercuryjournals)

(Artist Feature) Getting Messy, Vulnerable, and Into Industry Trouble with Madeline The Person

“They want like, the most vulnerable songs, ever. I just met this human man, why would I tell him my trauma?”

6 min readApr 23, 2022

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A photo of Madeline the Person performing in Seattle, Washington. Colorful rainbow lights wash over the stage as she sings and strums a guitar in front of a collaged backdrop of her and her fans art.

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Libby Atkins (mercuryjournals)

Libby Atkins (mercuryjournals)

Autoethnographic blogs about my experiences with crip temporalities (“dead time”) and creating with neuroqueer artists (“living art”).

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