That shit is sexy.

12-22-09 The year is almost over and I still dont know how to use a semi-colon or communicate properly with my infatuations. Oh well. I dont care too much for english grammar, and romantic discrepancies do faciliate a lot of creation. Unfortunately, i cant find a scanner big enough to show you my new paintings. They are illustrations for THE HOMEWRECKERS (my band) and the full-length we will someday create. Im also doing a lot of paintings for Spit & Passion, an all new graphic novel Im working on about religion, family, and Green Day. It'll be my firt-ever graphic novel.

On a more taxing note, come out Sunday night to my event in Miami, FL (My hometown) at THE FIREFLY, a rad infoshop in downtown Miami. Ill be reading new work about the embargo, being Cuban-American, and possibly older stuff off Bad Habits and Indestructible.

SPOKEN WORD & MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA
Sunday, December 27th at 7PM
@The Firefly , 219 NE 20th ST. Miami, FL
Readings by CRISTY C. ROAD & Music by local acoustic act, DRACULA. Suggested donation of $3.

Until then, check out all the new art Ive been making for punk rock bands on the COMMISIONS section in the ARTWORK. I'm slowly changing it, so once you click the first image, youll be able to click the image itself to move on to the next. (No more tedious reloading of the index). As for art, the first piece up is for one of my all-time favorie Miami punk bands, THE CRUMBS, for their new record on LIVID RECORDS. Second is a shirt i drew for the wonderful and talented DEAR LANDLORD. Third, is a shirt I did for ANCHOR ARMS -another rad band from Florida. And last but certainly not least, is the cover art I did for JOE JITSU.

10-27-09 Just when the leaves start turning my preffered hue of orange and mustard, I have to get the fuck out of this godforsaken city yet again. Sadly, I will miss fall for the third time; which means I have only seen actual fall twice. Bummer. The good news is that I will miss the emerging winter cause I will be in the south, (my geographic motherland), in a casual t-shirt! My band THE HOMEWRECKERS are putting out a 7" soon, and to celebrate, we are touring my homestate of Florida as well as Georgia, Louisiana, Teneessee, and North Carolina. TO SEE ALL OUR TOUR DATES, VISIT OUR WEBPAGE! Tour kicks off in Gainesville at THE FEST (where we will play a scandalous afterparty on November 1st at Wayward Council). On the 29th before FEST actually starts; Ill be showing art at THE FEST 8 ART SHOW.

On a lame note, WHILE IM GONE, I will not be accepting freelance proposals if the art is due BEFORE November 21st. Otherwise, please hire me! I am walking recession realness. Also, during and after The Homewreckers tour, ill be doing a few workshops, lectures, readings, and slideshows so please check this webpage for any updated venues, locations, etc. This is all I have for now:

THE FEST 8 ART SHOW
Opening Thursday, October 29th; Running until Sunday, November 1st
@Volta Cafe, 48 sw 2nd st & Alcove, 110 S Main St
THE FEST 8 Art Show will feature work by Cristy Road, Lauren Denitzio (Red & Black Eye/ The Measure [SA], Joshua Mikel (Shark Guts Design/ Look Mexico), Laura Predny, and Lindsay Beaumont. For More info visit http://www.thefestfl.com/fest8/artshow/

READING AND SLIDESHOW
Wednesday, November 4th, 7PM
@New College of South Florida (Room TBA) Sarasota FL
Ill be reading new work and from Bad Habits.

PUNK & LITERATURE EXTRAVAGANZA
Sunday, November 8th, 8PM
@Nowe Miasto, 223 Jane Pl. New Orleans LA
Ill be reading and showing slides; and there will be music by The Homewreckers + more!

READING AND SLIDESHOW
Sunday, November 15th, 7PM
@Guilford College, Greenleaf Coffee Co-op, Greensboro, NC
Ill be reading new work and from Bad Habits.

READING AND SLIDESHOW
Monday, November 16th, 4PM
@Duke University, Womens Center Lower Lounge, Durham, NC
Ill be reading new work and from Bad Habits.

READING AND SLIDESHOW
Wednesday, November 18th, 7PM
@RED EMMAS, Baltimore MD
Ill be reading new work and from Bad Habits.

READING AND SLIDESHOW
Thursday, November 19th, 7PM
@WOODEN SHOE BOOKS, Philadelphia PA
Ill be reading new work and from Bad Habits.

IN THE FLESH: SEX + RELIGION
Thursday, December 17, 7PM, 21+
@Happy Ending, 302 Broome St. New York, NY
Readings about sex and religion. Authors TBA.

09-30-09 So Im back in New York and my platonic love affair with public transit and open-24-hour living. To celebrate, Im gonna take part in two events chronicling the Queer Latino experience! Ay, que fun! Come out tonight to HISPANIC PANIC, hostd by Charlie Vasquez and Fireking press. Also, my work is featured in TWO new anthologies that were recently released! In Last Gasp's BEST EROTIC COMICS 2009, you can see excerpts from Bad Habits, and on SIDE B: A MUSIC LOVER'S ANTHOLOGY, Ive contributed a brand new piece about discovering Green Day. Check them out! Below are events coming up for NYC Latino Heritage Month, as well as a SISTER SPIT Performance in BROOKLYN, NY, and QUE(E)RY ARTS FESTIVAL in CHICAGO, IL. Come enjoy yourself!

HISPANIC PANIC!
Wednesday, September 30, 8PM, 21+
@Nowhere, 322 E 14th St, Manhattan, NY
Readings with Brandon Lacy Campos, Maegan 'La Mamita Mala' Ortiz, Erasmo Guerra, Robert Vázquez-Pacheco, Cristy C. Road and Claudia Narvaez-Meza

OUT EN AMERICA: Writing the Queer Hispanic Experience
Wednesday, October 7, 7PM, FREE
@Barnes and Noble Bookstore, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, NYC
Join us during Hispanic Heritage Month for a special event with writers Cristy C. Road, Emanuel Xavier, Charlie Vazquez and Rigoberto Gonzalez

QUE(E)RY A Radical Queer Arts Gathering
Saturday, October 10th
@1212 E. 59TH ST., Chicago, IL
Que(e)ry will be filled with creative, hands-on workshops; opportunities to collaborate with fabulous folks from all over; group discussions; jam sessions; and general revelry and rowdiness. A few topics include erotica writing, zinemaking, slam poetry, "BDSM as biopolitical resistance," a dress-up/transformation tent, and more more more. (I will be reading and showing art.)

SISTER SPIT: BROOKLYN
Wednesday, October 21st
@SPUTNIK, 262 Taffee Place Brooklyn NY
Reading with Sister Spit's US Tour featuring Michelle Tea, Rhiannon Argo, Beth Lisick, Kirya Traber, Ben McCoy, Ariel Shrag, Sara Seinberg, and Brooklyn Guests Cristy C. Road and Katina Douveas. Followed by a Dance Party with DJ Tikka Masala!

08-25-09 Hello everyone! So as most of you know, I dont make lavish investments, so I have never left the country. Thankfully, I have been invited to read on SISTER SPIT TOUR this September, and we will be traveling through EUROPE! Sister Spit began as an all-queer-girl spoken-word roadshow, which was started in the 90's by Michelle Tea and Sini Anderson, in order to promote queer art, prose, poetry, and performance through a D.I.Y. tour. Early Sister Spit artists include Eileen Myles, Ali Liebegott, Jan Leroy, Tara Jepsen, Anna Joy Springer, and more! Sister Spit has grown since then, naturally, as human beings and artistic movements should.

In its current state as a radical queer performance roadshow, Sister Spit will venture to Europe for the first time. Hosted with readings by MICHELLE TEA, featuring (me) CRISTY C.ROAD, RH IANNON ARGO, KAT MARIE YOAS, and our tour manager EM LEDGER. Please click any of the names for more info on the writers, additional U.S. shows, and other info on Sister Spit! A non-myspace webpage is coming soon! For now, check out our dates and try to come see us! Also, if you wont be in Europe in September, check out my U.S. events in NEW YORK and CHICAGO that will follow! More info on location, etc. coming soon....

SISTER SPIT - EUROPE - SEPTEMBER 2009

2nd - Brighton ENGLAND (Cowley Club)
Cowley Club Street, 12 London Road 01273696104
3rd - Bristol ENGLAND (Secret Warehouse Location)
Warehouse Location, 9 Bath Buildings, Montpelier, Bristol, BS6 5PT
4th - Sheffield ENGLAND (Rude Shipyard)
89 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield. Tel: 0114 2589653.
5th - London ENGLAND (RampARTS Social Centre)
rampART Social Centre, 15-17 Rampart Street, London
6th - Leeds ENGLAND (The Adelphi)
The Adelphi, 1-5 Hunslet Rd, Leeds 07825631477
7th - Bradford ENGLAND (1 in 12)
Full address: 21-23 Albion St, Bradford, BD1 2LY
9th - Ljubljana SLOVENIA (Menza Pri Korito)
Masarykova 24, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija, 01 434 0345
10th - Vienna AUSTRIA (EKH)
EKH, Wielandgasse 2-4 1100 Wien, Austria
11th - Munich GERMANY (Kafe Kult)
Kafe Kult, Oberföhringer Str. 156, 81925 München (Oberföhring)
12th - Berlin GERMANY (Wirr Warr)
Dieffenbachstrasse 36, 10967 Berlin
14th - Stockholm SWEDEN (Hallongrottan)
Bergsundsgatan 25, 117 37 Stockholm (T-Hornstull)
15th - Stockholm SWEDEN (Högkvarteret)
Högkvarteret, Närkesgatan 8 116 40 Stockholm (near "Nytorget", subway station "medborgarplatsen"
16th - Hamburg GERMANY (Künstlerhaus Vorwerkstift)
Künstlerhaus Vorwerkstift, Vorwerkstrasse 21 - 20357 Hamburg
17th - Cologne GERMANY (Kulturbunker)
Kulturbunker, Berliner Str. 20, 51063 Köln
18th - Paris FRANCE ( Shakespeare & Co bookstore )
102, Rue Charonne, 75011 Paris, France?
18th - Paris FRANCE ( Culture Rapide )
103 rue Julien Lacroix 75020 Paris, France
22nd - Huddersfield ENGLAND (The Peacock Lounge)
Peacock Lounge (Kirby & Blackburn Limited)
6 Railway Arches, Viaduct Street, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 5DL
23rd - Manchester ENGLAND (Yard Theatre)
Old Birley Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester M15 5RF
25th - Ladyfest Edinburgh SCOTLAND (The Big Red Door)
10 Lady Lawson St, Edinburgh, EH3 9DS

08-01-09 So if you happen to be in SAN FRANCISCO or LOS ANGELES, Make sure to check out the ART XX BENEFIT, CLIT FEST and HOMO-A-GOGO two rad events going on in August, both enabled to promote the work of women and queer and artists. First Ill be showing art at a benefit for ART XX in San Francisco, then, Clit Fest in Los Angeles, and then itll back up to San Francisco for Homo-A-Gogo, where Ill be showing art HOMEGROWN, an exhibit at SOMA Arts in cojunction with H.A.G. All the info is below!

ART XX NO. 2 BENEFIT
Friday, August 6, 9PM
@ SUB/MISSION Art Space 2183 Mission, San Francisco, CA
A Benefit Art and Music Event for ART XX, a magazine which promotes queer, women, sex-positive, and politically challenging artists. Art by Katie Bush, Cristy C. Road, Umayyah Cable, Tara Lisa Foley, Lexxx Non-scripts, Malia Schlafer, and Favianna Rodriguez. Music by Camp Out, Elle Nino, Micropixie, R7Ax, & DJ Contrary!

CLIT FEST
Friday, August 7-9
@ Chuco's Justice Center, 1137 E. Redondo Blvd., Englewood, CA 90302
ClitFest is a 3 day national event dedicated to Womyn ( born and self identified,queer, gender nonconforming,trans, people/youth of color). 3 days of Workshops, Hardcore and Punk Music, Discussions, and Films! ClitFest is a grassroots event promoting self sustainability, community, consciousness, and a safe space for all marginalized people. Featuring music by NAKED AGGRESSION, CONDENADA, ADELITAS, INDUSTRIA, LET THE WORLD DIE + MORE! Also, Ill be showing art.

HOMEGROWN
Friday, August 14-16
@ SOMArts Gallery, 934 Brannan, San Francisco, CA
As a culture of the margin, we are a people that has often had to forge our own way within the constrictions of a mainstream paradigm and marketplace. As a result we have consistently found gorgeous, and hideous, ways to survive. And like the saying goes, "Necessity is the mother of invention". Or as we like to think, "Your cage is our castle". We are a subculture that often grows its own fashion, food, gender, family, music, sex, recipes, and communication. Artists interpret their own meanings of "Homegrown", from home to grown. Homo A Go Go’s Homegrown exhibit features the work of Jackie Davis, Coco Guzman, Jes Muse, Sara Gottesdiener, Cristy C. Road, Cooper Lee Bombardler, Dana Krusche, Fox Fisher, Shauna Steinbach, and more!

07-03-09 Hello new world- I made the "editable region" (or whatever) of this webpage larger, in order to show my writing, for the first time ever (on the internet). I thought spending too much time looking into a tiny square might hurt your eyeballs. Unfortunately, I have not yet updated the writing section. For now, please enjoy all the NEW PAINTINGS that Ive added in the ARTWORK. The new stuff would be found under the PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS. Most of it will be featured in the new 7" for my band, THE HOMEWRECKERS. Some of it is about my personal journey through ethnicity, political values, and space; some of it is about my deep distaste in the tampon industrial complex (Invented to block the flow nature intended).

Besides the everlasting need to make shit; Im about to leave the country for the first time in my life with my favorite tour, SISTER SPIT The Legendary Spokenword Roadshow Hosted by MICHELLE TEA. Also featured on the tour will be RHIANNON ARGO, CHELSEA STARR, KIRK READ, & KAT MARIE YOAS! We will be traveling through EUROPE, so stay tuned for tourdates if you plan to be around there in SEPTEMBER 2009!

Until then, Ide like something to do, so if you want to help me set something up, get in touch before I start complaining about New York again.

04-27-09 Finally, my abilities have seem to fallen back into place (They, along with my nerves, went haywire as soon as Bad Habits was released), but I think that Ive agreed to disagree with all the imperfections and its the internal content (not the external marketing) that REALLY matters in the very end. So Ive started working on paintings for future projects: a short story book, my band THE HOMEWRECEKRS, and LEAVE HOME- a collaborative installation with Lauren (BLACK AND RED EYE, THE MEASURE), Tamara (NO GUTS, NO GLORY), and Kate (FOR THE BIRDS, CHEEKY, CARNAL KNOWLEDGE).

The first completed painting can be seen in the ARTWORK, in the PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS section. Its called RAZA ENCENDIDA, and depicts the unfortunate rubble between my sanity, and my motherland. Also, I just did the cover for the new record by TORTURE THE ARTIST (featuring Mass Giorgini of SQUIRTGUN, SONIC IGUANA STUDIOS, etc.). You can see that on the COMMISIONS section. Keep checking in for other new paintings, as theyre completed, as well as a complete makeover for this webpage which will include exceprts of my writing! Until I figure out exactly how to do that, check out my upcoming events.

LEAVE HOME: GROUP SHOW
Saturday, May 15th 8PM
@Death By Audio- 49 S. Second St Brooklyn, NY
Cristy C. Road, Lauren Denitzio, Kate Wadkins, No Guts No Glory. Plus bands, a bargain bazaar, and other festivities TBA.

THE ENCLAVE: PUNK WRITERS FESTIVAL
Saturday, May 30th 4PM
@Cake Shop - 152 Ludlow, New York, NY
Cristy C. Road, Michael Muhammed Knight and Andrew Zornoza.

BI LINES II: A CELEBRATION OF BI-SEXUAL WRITING
Saturday, May 30th, 8:30PM
@ NYC LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13 th Street
Readings by nominees for the 2008 LAMBDA Bisexual Book Award! Honor Moore, Ron Suresha, Cristy C. Road, and more! Music by Rob Barton, Louisa McBee Light & Rorie Kelly, and Scenes from FLUID, a play by Erika Kate MacDonald

01-01-09 Hey, Happy New Year.... Unfortunately, I am going to take longer to update this webpage with new work, because I am currently creating the work. Otherwise, BAD HABITS was nominated for a LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD in the Bisexual Category! Contests weird me out, so being nominated is amazing enough. Check out LAMBDA, a rad rganization that has been supporting Queer Arts since forever. Untl then, check out my upcoming events featuring wonderful performances by artists I love such as Rhiannon Argo, Blake Schwarzenbach, Nicole Georges, Jesse Michaels, Vena Cava and a shit-ton more! I may be in your city, check it out.

BEATRICE.COM READING SERIES
Wednesday, Jan 14, 7PM
@Mercantile Library 17 E. 14th St. - New York, NY
Reading with Mark Budman

IN THE FLESH READING SERIES
Thursday, Jan 15th, 8PM
@ Happy Ending Lounge, 302 Broome St. New York NY
Readings with Cristy C. Road, JL Scott, & Jeff Mac.

VOLUME ONE READING SERIES: THE TUNDRA
Saturday, January 17, 8PM
@Matchless Bar, 557 Manhattan Ave. Brooklyn NY
Readings by Blake Schwarzenbach, Cristy Road, Zack Lipek, Minju Pak, Ryan Dodge, Pepi Ginsberg, and more! All about the tundra.....cold cold darkness.

C. ROAD, RHIANNON ARGO, & NICOLE GEORGES
Friday, January 18th, 7PM
@ Powell's Bookstore, 1005 W. Burnside.- Portland, OR
We are reading together again! Its a SISTER SPIT Reunion!

READING FROM BAD HABITS
Sunday, January 20th
@ Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia Street- San Francisco, CA
Im reading at by favorite bookstore in SF!

SIZZLE SERIES
Friday, January 23rd, 8PM
@Femina Potens Gallery, 2199 Market St.- San Francisco, CA
This January Femina Potens is exploring identity through pop culture, comics and superheroes. Reading by MICHELLE TEA, CRISTY ROAD, MARI NAOMI, & ANNIE DANGER!

RADAR
Sunday, January 25th
@ TBA, San Francisco, CA
Im reading at RADAR once again! Hosted by Michelle Tea

CRISTY C. ROAD READING FROM BAD HABITS
Friday, February 6th
@ Skylight Books, 1818 N Vermont Ave.- Los Angeles, CA
Im reading all by myself- come, ill be awkward and lonely.

PUNK AND LITRATURE EXTRAVAGANZA
Saturday, February 7th, 6PM $10
@ Back To The Grind, 3575 University Ave.- Riverside, CA
Reading by Crisy Road, Music by DAN PADILLA, VENA CAVA, JESSE MICHAELS, MIKE PARK, KEVIN SECONDS, ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD

ST. MARKS POETRY PROJECT
Friday, March 27th 10PM
@St. Marks Church- New York NY
Ali Liebegott and Cristy C. Road together again!

11-03-08 Just when I thought sensible jacket weather was approaching, New York City froze to death and I'm hardly leaving my house again. In the meantime, Im working on art for SISTER SPIT, PUNK RADIO DOT NET, and a bunch of shows in support of my new book, BAD HABITS. Come to the release party! My favorite local bands are playing, including this new pop-punk band I'm in, THE HOMEWRECKERS. Its in Brooklyn, on November 22nd. If you cant make it, thats fine, i might be in your town anyway...

BAD HABITS BOOK RELEASE PARTY
Saturday, November 22nd, 8PM
@ Death By Audio, 49 S. 2nd St.- Brooklyn NY
Music by CHEEKY, THE MEASURE, EACHOTHER'S MOTHERS, LOVE OR PERISH, THE HOMEWRECKERS. Readings By CRISTY C ROAD & FLY. Interspersed DJ sets by Sir Loins and Tommy Hottpants. CHECK OUT FOR THE BIRDS COLLECTIVE

MATTILDA AND CRISTY C. ROAD
Sunday, Dec 1st, 7PM
@ Red Emma's, 800 St. Paul St.- Baltimore, MD
Reading together atlast.

CRISTY ROAD at BLUESTOCKINGS
Sunday, Dec 8th, 7PM
@ Bluestockings Books, 1http://www.croadcore.org/decorations/frontpage.gif72 Allen St., New York, NY
Reading from Bad Habits at the best store in NYC

MATTILDA AND CRISTY C. ROAD (Different City!)
Wednesday, Dec 10th, 7PM
@ WORD, 126 Franklin- Brooklyn NY
Reading together atlast, again.

BROOKLYN INDEPENDENTS
Wednesday, Dec 17th
@ Central Library, Dweck Center- Brooklyn NY
Brooklyn Independents: What's Alternative About Alternative Comics. Comics without superheroes get called alternative, but what does that mean? Three practitioners of the form present their alternative styles, from Matt Madden's cerebral Exercises in Style to Cristy Road's visceral Bad Habits.

ERICK LYLE AND CRISTY C. ROAD
Thursday, Dec 18th, 7PM
@ The Firefly, 219 NE 20TH ST.- Miami, FL
Reading from our new books in our mutual hometown of Miami, Florida. http://onthelowerfrequencies.com/
http://www.thefirefly.info/

LA CARA OCULTA, CRISTY C. ROAD, TRAVIS FRISTOE (More TBA)
Monday, December 29th, 9PM
@Wayward Council, 807 W. University Avenue, Gainesville, FL
Literature and bands and shit!

9-12-08 So BAD HABITS was born prematurely and is available at most NYC stores, and Im assuming elsewhere- but if you cant find it at your favorite local independent store, please tell them to order it! So thats pretty tripped out, huh? As for this webpage, Theres a few new drawings and paintings in the ARTWORK. I appologize for the crappy representations of my new paintings- I still dont know how to use a digital camera. Anyway,please check out the events Ill be taking part in during the coming months:

BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL
Sunday, September 14th
@Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, Brooklyn NY
3:00 (North Stage) Generation Now . Three groundbreaking writers under the age of thirty read and discuss their work, Tao Lin ( Cognitive-Behavorial Therapy, BED ), Nathaniel Rich ( The Mayor's Tongue ) and Cristy C. Road ( Bad Habits ).

READING / Q&A WITH MICHELLE TEA & CRISTY C. ROAD
Friday, September 26th
@ Women & Children First Books, Chicago, IL
Estrojam and the Decibelle Music and Cultural Festival present a reading and Q&A with Michelle Tea and Cristy Road

LATINA HEALTH SUMMIT (I will be the Keynote Speaker!)
Saturday, October 4th
@ A TBA Location, Denver, CO
A day-long gathering of young Latinas and their families where we provide a safe space to discuss a range of issues and topics affecting our community including anatomy and physiology, sexuality, health care, immigration, education and more!

READING FROM BAD HABITS
Thursday, October 9th 7PM
@ Barnes and Noble, 106 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY
Ill be reading something from BAD HABITS.

HAPPY ENDING READING SERIES
Wednesday, October 22nd
@ HAPPY ENDING BAR, 302 Broome St. New York, NY
With Deb Olin Unferth, Cristy Road, Keith Lee Morris. Music By Bronwen Exter

MATTILDA AND CRISTY C. ROAD
Sunday, Dec 1st
@ Red Emma's, 800 St. Paul St. Baltimore, MD
Reading together atlast.

7-27-08 Check out these cool things going on that Im gonna be involved in, showin drawings and paintings of I dont know what:

SPECULAR PRESERVES Group Show
Thursday, August 7th, 6PM
@Reading Frenzy, 921 SW Oak St., Portland, OR
Self-Portraits by Lady Comic Artists, most of whom started out (and many who still are) self-publishing their work.

THE BIG SHE-BANG 3
Saturday August 9th 11AM-ALL DAY LONG
@ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. New York, NY
The Big She Bang is an all-day event of workshops, panel discussions, visual art, and music by and for womyn and womyn identified artists & community members. Art By Lenny Adler, Lauren Denitzio, Michelle C., Mayer / Amateur Dentistry,
Cristy Road, Maggie Simpson-Galano,Kate Wadkins, and Tamara Waite-Santibanez / No Guts No Glory (Who designed the lovely flyer on the head of this bulletin). Music by Hop Along, Queen Ansleis, Slingshot Dakota, Jettison, Bifidus, St. Mannequins, handjobs, Carnal Knowledge and Sister Sarah Beach AKA Acidopholus

CLOSER TO FINE Group Show
Friday, August 29th,7PM
@The Padlock Gallery, 1409 Ellsworth St. Philadelphia, PA
Works inspired by events in or aspects of Feminist and Queer histories.

05-21-08 I just added new work Ive done for the TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET and BROADWAY CALLS split 7" on ADELINE RECORDS, THE CLOCKOUTS (From South Florida!), and a SCREECHING WEASEL Re-issue for My Brain Hurts on RECESS RECORDS. Also, I FINALLY have finished BAD HABITS, my illustrated novel that I've been working on since hell knows fucking when. Itll be out on SOFT SKULL in the Fall. Until then, check out these events ill take part in, some of which will include my reading of Bad Habits excerpts.

BOOK EXPO AMERICA
5-31 @ Los Angeles Convention Center (Los Angeles CA)
Tabling & Signing with Soft Skull

RADAR Part of the National Queer Arts Festival
6-3 @ San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium 6PM (San Francisco, CA) More Performers TBA

SISTER SPIT At the HAMMER MUSEUM
6-12 @ THE HAMMER (10899 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA)
W/ Michelle Tea, Eileen Myles, and Cristy C. Road

LIVE THROUGH THIS Reading
6-14 @ FEMINA POTENS (2199 Market St. San Francisco, CA)
W/ Sabrina Chapadjiev, Daphne Gottlieb, Carol Queen, Silas Howard, & Cristy Road

LIVE THROUGH THIS Reading
6-15 @ GOOD VIBES (2504 San Pablo Avenue. Berkeley, CA)
W/ Sabrina Chapadjiev, Daphne Gottlieb, Carol Queen, Silas Howard, & Cristy Road

04-22-08 If your'e looking for new literature to change your life, Check out LIVE THROUGH THIS, a new anthology focusing on creativity and self-destruction. Live Through This was edited by playwright, spoken word artist, and singer/songwriter, SABRINA CHAPADJIEV. It includes writing by Nan Goldin, Patricia Smith, Bell Hooks, Eileen Myles, Inga M. Muscio, Diane Dimassa, Fly, Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, Nicole Blackman, Stephanie Howell, Daphne Gottlieb, Carolyn Gage, Carol Queen, Anonymous, Kate Bornstein, Silas Howard, Toni Blackman, Bonfire Madigan Shrive, and myself. "The book confronts the brutality many women and girls encounter in the world around them, and bravely takes as its subject the often misunderstood violence they at times inflict upon themselves." Also, the book is the same color as my webpage.

04-15-08 If you live in Chicago, or are there tonight, join us for a discussion of the ways in which comic artists choose to represent various forms of sexuality and how they negotiate the medium's demands for visual shorthand and stereotype. (Also, more importantly, Refreshments will be Provided)

GRAPHIC QUEERNESS
Featuring Matt Fagan and Cristy C. Road
Tuesday April 15th @4:30 PM
5710 S. Woodlawn (University of Chicago)

03-26-08 My dream came true and my new friends at 2ND FLOOR EAST just created a skateboard with a drawing I made on it. There's a limited run of 51, featuring THIS PICTURE on them. The boards are made from 100% Canadian Hardrock maple, by a skater owned and operated manufacturer out of Wilmington, NC. Theyre 8"x31.5" and come with griptape. Boards are still being printed, but if you want one, you can find out about making a pre-order, or buying it later (you know, when theyre printed) HERE. Pre-Orders will be shipped out as soon as they come in. Check it out. HERE. Other than this, all I ever do is draw pictures of ferris wheels and drag queens and people crying. I'll put that up eventually, because I'm bored of everything on this webpage. Also, Im involved with a bunch of EVENTS that are coming up:

MASTERS REBORN Re-imagining the Greats Group Exhibit
4-3 @ The Compound Gallery (107 NW 5th Ave. Portland, OR)

LIVE THROUGH THIS Reading (More Performers TBA)
4-18 @ Bluestockings Books (172 Allen Street, Manhattan, NY)

I TOUCH MYSELF Group Exhibit
5-3 @ Femina Potens Gallery (2199 Market St. San Francisco, CA) Work about masturbation by SM Shifflett, Twiz Rimer, Ellen Stagg, and Cristy Road.

RADAR Part of the National Queer Arts Festival (More Performers TBA)
6-3 @ San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium 6PM (San Francisco, CA)

SISTER SPIT At the HAMMER MUSEUM
6-12 @ The Hammer (10899 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA)
W/ Michelle Tea, Eileen Myles, and Cristy C. Road

LIVE THROUGH THIS Reading (More Performers TBA)
6-14 @ Femina Potens Gallery (2199 Market St. San Francisco, CA)