Erika Phoenix

@erikaphoenix.bsky.social

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Arts worker / twitch streamer ErikaMightBeBees Pernicious Anemia & Neurodivergent Human creator, anti-AI.

Erika is pictured here raising their arm in despair and looking desperately to the sky. they are wearing large black over the ear headphones a grey tank top, and a red open button-up with birds that you can't really see. They are a clown. They have black, raised clown eyebrows and a painted on red clown nose on the tip of their own nose, red lips, blue eyeshadow and painted on large eyelashes. They have pink blush with white painted on clown freckles. Their red hair is down, falling around their shoulders.
a juvenile seagull standing on a statue looking to the right. it is standing on a man’s head.
A three tiered sewing notions container made of wood in the window of a charity shop. One side is opened to show different buttons and clasps and another shows embroidery thread of different colors. A bright green sticker says it is £25
This course is about self, community, and imagining the future you want to help build. xxx Erika Phoenix
I hope that people will take inspiration from the course to develop their own creative and activist practices, even understanding the value of the smallest actions and how they can make a huge impact. This course is not prescriptive and does not dictate the actions that will change your life or the lives of others, but provides the structure for you to return to in times of overwhelm and understanding that the holistic nature of community development needs your presence.
It also teaches us empathy and seeing someone else's perspective, giving space and time for people who are normally silenced. Learning to be in the audience teaches us the value of being an active listener and witnessing someone's personal story.
My background is primarily in theatre, and it has been deeply impactful on my activist work. Theatre teaches us the power of actions coupled with precise language and how those can stop someone in their tracks to consider what they have just witnessed rather than accepting things "as they always have been".
Hearing about my fellow facilitators' creative joys and their passion for developing a kinder, more compassionate world has lit a fire in me, and I think anyone who attends the course will feel the same. It was important to me that the course structure reflects the importance of learning about new ideas and different perspectives from the people around us.
Convening this course has been a beautiful breath of fresh air.
Art for Activism was originally proposed with only myself as a facilitator, but after listening to the work and interests of the other Neuroqueer Creative facilitators, it was clear that this course would be more impactful if it featured as many different voices and perspectives, and invited as many artistic mediums as possible.
A workshop with paint buckets, brushes, a pencil, a sponge on the floor. "Art for Activism. 6 weekly sessions. November 15th - December 20th. 6-8pm GMT via Zoom. A Note from Erika Phoenix."
an investor overview: capital market breakdown of aires where their stock has fallen 73% over the past year.
Happy Birthday Erika! stream with the times 12:30-6pm and 8pm-midnight and Erika as her clown persona with a blue nose and orange hair and a blue party hat with a yellow pompom on top and wearing a black shirt and black track shorts with white detail.
The top text reads KR Presents Tarot for Creatives with Erika Phoenix. The center image is a fanned out deck of tarot cards with The Empress on top. It shows a woman reclining with a floral dress and starry crown. She holds a scepter up. The cards are colorized in yellow, purple, and cyan. The bottom tagline reads "Workshop overview" over a lilac bar. The background is pastel hues and blobs of color in light blue, lavender, orange, and pink.
An underwater scene of a whale, manta ray, and schools of fish swimming. The top text reads "Lets Save the Ocean?" with the tagline "LOL, No thanks. Let's fill that fucker in with concrete and trash." At the bottom are water bottles and little skulls. The middle text reads "Come find out why on Monday 21st July 2025. The ocean is disgusting and we all need to get on board with getting rid of it: Lets fill that bitch in with concrete. A presentation full of facts by Sophie / HoldOn. Twitch - @ErikaMightBeBees. Time TBC i don't know cause I'm in Japan and I don't know what time it is in the UK and ya know stuff changes so I'm sure Erika will announce it or something."
A photo of a grey and black tabby cat, Milly, lying in a black metal chair with a tan seat. Molly is facing the camera and laying on her side.
A blank template of SpongeBob Squarepants mocking meme. The image is pixelated in black and white and very crunchy.
Joey, a white man with short dark brown hair, is sat wearing a black tank top and pants and a very stained white apron and looking at a table covered in icing of all colors and a poorly put together cake with very messy but colorful tiers. The whole table is a mess.
The Wholesome Direct 2025 promotional image featuring Erika's profile picture which is them with a clown nose and red hair, looking suspiciously to the left. They are accompanied by a yellow and red flying critter and an anthropomorphic deer character riding a flying ship. The deer is dressed in a red jacket and blue pants with a brown satchel. They are holding a blue cap. The glider they are on is yellow and teal and reads "wholesome games". There is blue and pink text reading "Official co-streamer ErikaMightBeBees". The background is blue sky with pink and white stars and grey clouds, a rainbow, and green grass.
Erika’s hand holding a stack of five books. The books from top to bottom are: Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit, Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire, Pedagogy of Hope by Paolo Freire, The Disposessed by Ursula K Le Guin, and How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell.
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #540,223, Erika Phoenix ‪@erikaphoenix.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 10, 2023"
A yellow and white promotional image with black and blue text that reads "Big things are coming... 2024". There is a pink silhouette with a blue and purple squiggle design obscuring it.