Lauren Rinaldi
@laurenrinaldi.bsky.social
📍Philadelphia
Artist | Mom | Democratic Ward Leader
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Artist | Mom | Democratic Ward Leader
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Issue 71 of Up the Staircase Quarterly is live! Cover art by Lauren Rinaldi.
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Issue 71 of Up the Staircase Quarterly is live! Cover art by Lauren Rinaldi.
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org
Thank you to everyone who voted for me! Luigi Mangione and I would have made fantastic common pleas judges
Here are the write-in votes from the Nov. 2025 general election in Philly. Newcomers include Zohran Mamdani, Six-Seven and VJ Edgecombe. Old standards Gritty, Poop, Jeffrey Epstein, Harambe and a resurgent Deez Nutz across all categories. www.brianphickey.com/here-are-the...
Here Are The Write-In Votes From The November 2025 General Election in Philadelphia – Philly Blunt
www.brianphickey.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thank you to everyone who voted for me! Luigi Mangione and I would have made fantastic common pleas judges
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A survey of more than 1,000 artists found that 56% of participants are mired in debt. What’s worse is that this number climbs to 59% for those with gallery representation and museum shows under their belt.
Debt Plagues Artists Regardless of Career Stage, Survey Finds
Data compiled by artist mentor Paddy Johnson from over 1,000 respondents indicates that “artists across all levels struggle with a lot of the same things.”
hyperallergic.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A survey of more than 1,000 artists found that 56% of participants are mired in debt. What’s worse is that this number climbs to 59% for those with gallery representation and museum shows under their belt.
You've heard of elf on the shelf, but have you heard of
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
You've heard of elf on the shelf, but have you heard of
Hello! It’s true! I am the artist who painted the big baby JD Vance mural 💁🏻♀️
I wrote about fascism, surrealism, organizing, & how art + activism can work hand in hand to make real political change. Thank you @fubarpac.bsky.social for allowing me to contribute!
I wrote about fascism, surrealism, organizing, & how art + activism can work hand in hand to make real political change. Thank you @fubarpac.bsky.social for allowing me to contribute!
Hello! I Am the Artist Who Painted the Big Baby JD Vance Mural
Guest Contributor: Lauren Rinaldi
fubarpac.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hello! It’s true! I am the artist who painted the big baby JD Vance mural 💁🏻♀️
I wrote about fascism, surrealism, organizing, & how art + activism can work hand in hand to make real political change. Thank you @fubarpac.bsky.social for allowing me to contribute!
I wrote about fascism, surrealism, organizing, & how art + activism can work hand in hand to make real political change. Thank you @fubarpac.bsky.social for allowing me to contribute!
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My brilliant friend and @ward18dems.bsky.social leader @laurenrinaldi.bsky.social wrote about how art helps us organize, and why you should see the Surrealism exhibit @philamuseum.bsky.social fubarpac.substack.com/p/hello-i-am...
Hello! I Am the Artist Who Painted the Big Baby JD Vance Mural
Guest Contributor: Lauren Rinaldi
fubarpac.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My brilliant friend and @ward18dems.bsky.social leader @laurenrinaldi.bsky.social wrote about how art helps us organize, and why you should see the Surrealism exhibit @philamuseum.bsky.social fubarpac.substack.com/p/hello-i-am...
They should put 50 Cent in charge of releasing the Epstein files
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
They should put 50 Cent in charge of releasing the Epstein files
New painting!
Stay🐈⬛tion, oil on panel
Stay🐈⬛tion, oil on panel
September 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New painting!
Stay🐈⬛tion, oil on panel
Stay🐈⬛tion, oil on panel
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refuse to whitewash a legacy of division+cruelty+violence
You’re not obligated to manufacture compassion for someone who showed none in his lifetime. It’s not celebrating, it’s refusing to whitewash a legacy of division & cruelty. You don’t have to mourn an architect of violence. We can grieve the world he helped create without grieving him.
September 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
refuse to whitewash a legacy of division+cruelty+violence
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This is perfect. ❤️
You’re not obligated to manufacture compassion for someone who showed none in his lifetime. It’s not celebrating, it’s refusing to whitewash a legacy of division & cruelty. You don’t have to mourn an architect of violence. We can grieve the world he helped create without grieving him.
September 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is perfect. ❤️
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Well said, and I would add that this whole horrible situation gets into an omnipresent conservative anxiety: that you should be allowed to live a life of utter cruelty and unkindness and mercilessness and still be afforded sympathy, respect and fealty by everyone around you
You’re not obligated to manufacture compassion for someone who showed none in his lifetime. It’s not celebrating, it’s refusing to whitewash a legacy of division & cruelty. You don’t have to mourn an architect of violence. We can grieve the world he helped create without grieving him.
September 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Well said, and I would add that this whole horrible situation gets into an omnipresent conservative anxiety: that you should be allowed to live a life of utter cruelty and unkindness and mercilessness and still be afforded sympathy, respect and fealty by everyone around you
You’re not obligated to manufacture compassion for someone who showed none in his lifetime. It’s not celebrating, it’s refusing to whitewash a legacy of division & cruelty. You don’t have to mourn an architect of violence. We can grieve the world he helped create without grieving him.
September 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
You’re not obligated to manufacture compassion for someone who showed none in his lifetime. It’s not celebrating, it’s refusing to whitewash a legacy of division & cruelty. You don’t have to mourn an architect of violence. We can grieve the world he helped create without grieving him.
✨Exciting news✨ I’m honored to serve on the selection committee for Creative Philadelphia’s new Idea CoLABs and the deadline for sharing your creative ideas and winning a prize has been extended to Monday, 9/15.
More information and the link to apply: www.creativephl.org/shapephilly/
More information and the link to apply: www.creativephl.org/shapephilly/
September 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
✨Exciting news✨ I’m honored to serve on the selection committee for Creative Philadelphia’s new Idea CoLABs and the deadline for sharing your creative ideas and winning a prize has been extended to Monday, 9/15.
More information and the link to apply: www.creativephl.org/shapephilly/
More information and the link to apply: www.creativephl.org/shapephilly/
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We're holding a celebration of public transit/benefit show & looking for SEPTA employees who also have a fun skill they'd like to show off. Do you know a bus driver who can play a musical instrument? Do you know a rail machinist who can juggle? Send em my way! gettingbare.eventbrite.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
We're holding a celebration of public transit/benefit show & looking for SEPTA employees who also have a fun skill they'd like to show off. Do you know a bus driver who can play a musical instrument? Do you know a rail machinist who can juggle? Send em my way! gettingbare.eventbrite.com
✅ New Philadelphia achievement unlocked
August 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
✅ New Philadelphia achievement unlocked
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Oh no - what will this do to my Bored Clinton Apes investments!?
Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn’t in the Epstein files, I’ll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I’ll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards
July 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Oh no - what will this do to my Bored Clinton Apes investments!?
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Philly rules, yo.
Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn’t in the Epstein files, I’ll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I’ll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards
July 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Philly rules, yo.
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don't forget you'll have to remove your bill clinton bible from the house too.
Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn’t in the Epstein files, I’ll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I’ll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards
July 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
don't forget you'll have to remove your bill clinton bible from the house too.
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Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn’t in the Epstein files, I’ll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I’ll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards
July 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn’t in the Epstein files, I’ll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I’ll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards
Champagne of rears
July 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Champagne of rears
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Wait are they his parents
May 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Wait are they his parents
Normal Philadelphia things.
May 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Normal Philadelphia things.