We are pleased as punch to announce three new Aspirants joining our Abbey of Dirty Hoes.  Please welcome Ana, Skag and Tish to the SOIL Sisters!

​What do the SOIL Sisters - The Dirtiest Hoes of the Sacred Heartland , lights and a pick up truck have in common? You can find all three in a Dennys parking lot and usually the Sisters are riding truckers oops we meant in trucks for the love of community and to spread joy.
These hoes rode in the back and in the front of a pickup truck, the hoes in the back sometimes holding on to dear life with their butts and press on nails, to help show support for and represent Rainbow Cafe in the Lights Fantastic parade!
The crowd was awesome, the Sisters looked beautiful and The Sisters flashed their lights so bright Carol Anne would have ran towards them! Bet that would have been a twist in that movie The Poltergeist. Zelda yelling "DONT GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT! DRAG NUNS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE! THEY MIGHT HAVE GLITTER! IT NEVER COMES OFF!"
Lights Fantastic was a wonderful experience. Thank you Rainbow Cafe for having us!

Phew we are some busy hoes!  Last week we had the honor and privilege of being greeters at Charis-The St Louis Woman's Chorus fall concert Censored: Banned Books and Forbidden Stories. We also supported two of our own as they put aside their habits for concert black and took to the stage as first time (Sister Texas Hotbox) and as an alumni (Sister Hanukkah Jewinski). 

What an incredibly moving concert as this group of 80+ singers sang songs that touched on controversial topics such as Loretta Lynn's "The Pill" a comic-tinged song about birth control, as well as Stardust composed by B.E. Boykin, a moving piece where the singers call for “a home where we can run” in memory of Ahmaud Arbery, “a home where we can pray” in memory of the victims of the Mother Emanuel shooting, “a home where we can breathe” in memory of George Floyd, and a home “to sleep and dream without fear” in memory of Breonna Taylor.

Much like the weather in St. Louis, the gambit of emotions were felt from the first to last notes played on the piano.  Thank you for having us! We can't wait till April here to edit.

Last night Sister Marjorie Arcana and Sister hanukkah Jewinski attended the Great Googly Moogly wrestling event put on by the CHWA -Cottage Hills Wrestling Alliance! These dirty hoes mingled with the wrestlers and some folks in the audience! They were shown alot of love!

Lots of love to one of our most favorite wrestlers Ricky Jolene Rodriguez for wearing the Trans Pride Flag colors while wearing a Protect Trans Kids shirt during the event! It was absolutely amazing to see that representation and ally ship in a space where we aren't often represented especially when it comes to Trans and Non Binary youth! (Sorry Hanukkah almost started another match by pushing you out of the way to get to the baby! They were pushing over wrestlers, chairs, bystanders, maybe a trash can or two.....)

Ricky's mom also gets lots of shout outs because low key we were looking to her to know who to root for and she did not disappoint. Another very supportive person and passionate mom and it was super amazing to hear her talk with pride about how she raised her kids like Ricky, to be accepting of all.

We took lots of pictures and helped hold presence for folks. spread lots of love and Marjorie almost got kidnapped and taken to New York by an admirer. Hanukkah almost started their own title match over babies. We even got sideways smiled at the whole way through! There was no cracking that smile either. Just stayed getting larger.

Thank you to all the wrestlers who put on an amazing show last night!
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We love yall!

It's that time of year again! The SOIL Sisters were featured participants in the annual RC Gala, recognizing the work of the Rainbow Cafe and helping to raise money for the organization.

Sister Fagatha Hardness, albeit in their more mundane manifestation, was present to provide the year-in-review report as the outgoing chair of the board of directors. Seriously, that nun is so busy in our community and has had to take a brief respite from manifesting, but you know they are still doing the werk! Congratulations on an amazing three-year run (right up to term limits!) as board chair for this vital resource center, Abbess!

Sister Gay Bitch Milkshake delivered the blessing. She is getting so good at those! This was one of their best--all about gardens and growing things long and thick--delicious! Plus, they provided a little goodhearted shade for last year's Gala catering--a tease made possible because this year's catering by Cristaudo's was divine! Although, we're pretty sure next year's blessing might include some shade for more staffing at the bar.

Sister Mothra Stewart ran a live auction, selling art by Kendra Keefer and Shannon Green, goading some bidding-war competition to get those prices up and bring in funds for the Rainbow Cafe and confirmation for the artists. After the auction, a participant pointed out that Sr Mothra claimed the auctions provided guilt-free purchasing but then used guilt to get folks to bid. Sr Mothra pointed out that while the purchasing was guilt-free, the failure to bid on items was not. Isn't that how a charity auction works?

Shout out to Carrie Vine and Sandy Pensoneau-Conway and all the other folks at Rainbow Cafe for putting on an amazing event. The Gala remains a highlight of the year and evidence of the good work advocating for and supporting the LGBTQ community in Southern Illinois.

Sisters Mothra Stewart and Gay Bitch Milkshake attended and helped out with Southern Illinois Roller Gremlin's derby on Saturday. As part of their annual Halloween fundraiser, SIRG announced they were changing the G in their organization's name from "Girl" to "Gremlin" to be more gender inclusive. Go Grrrrremlins!!!

The Sisters were joined by the totemic Sr Dead Bitch Milkshake who apparently thought she could play with dead and injured bodies in the arena. She obviously understood the rules of Roller Derby about as well as Sister Mothra--thank the Goddess Sr Milkshake had done some Googling and was able to educate them both.

Sr Mothra helped with the 50/50 raffle benefiting "Wild Again" animal rescue. $20 bought a wingspan of tickets for the raffle, which might have been a reasonable plan before inviting a kaiju moth to help. Seriously! That moth nun has a massive...wingspan! In the process of selling tickets, she learned that the theme of the evening was cryptids--she met a gorgeous MothMan and came this close to breaking her vows.

Sr Milkshake delivered an awesome blessing to kick off the after party, putting both her uplifting spirit and recently learned Roller Derby knowledge on display. Sr Mothra shamelessly recruited among the weary and bruised players, offering healing antennae for rink rash. Sr Dead was sent to the corner for terrifying young children and not allowed any pizza. Bad zombie nun!

On this first of two days of Brawl-O-Ween, SIRG raised just south of $2K. Not bad for a bunch of gremlins on skates! Glad to help, friends! Gratitude to Kris Schachel for the invite. The SOIL Sisters are eager for future opportunities to help with SIRG events.

The SOIL Sisters made their third year in a row appearance at VultureFest in Makanda, IL. Sisters Mothra Stewart and Gay Bitch Milkshake were joined by GBM's formerly absorbed twin, Sr Dead Bitch Milkshake, who was partially manifested in flesh and bone to try to attract some vulture attention. That grrl is a hoe for a scavenger! The Sisters quickly learned that a skull in a habit definitely knows how to photobomb!

The SOIL Sisters were welcomed to the festivities with mostly open arms and a fair amount of familiarity and recognition. Those few festival goers with the judgy side-eye were definitely in a minority, and they knew it! The rest of Makanda was too committed to having an inclusive good time! Many pictures were taken, including some fabulous group photos with Abraham Lincoln--proving coming back from the dead was the trend of this year's VultureFest. (Is that a vulture gag?)

On the way to the festival from the free parking at Sr Mothra's home (don't she just got "Makanda" written all over her???), the Sisters were escorted by a very loud and proud calico cat. The same cat showed up to escort Sr Mothra back home at the end of the day. Neighbors noted the cat was new and unknown. When the little fuzz ball, whose colors complimented Sr Mothra's, followed her all the way home, it was apparent this was gonna be more than just a festival fling. That's right! Sister Mothra Stewart may have gotten her wings from Infant Island, her black veil from the SoPI, and her CBD from Snoop Dawg, but she got her pussy from VultureFest in Makanda, IL! As Dead Bitch Milkshake is our witness!!!

A good time was had by all, a homeless kitty found a home, a dead sister got to be ghoulish with the vultures, and many crystals were fondled in Sr. Unity's name! All in all, not a bad third VultureFest for the SOIL Sisters!

Sister Mothra Stewart, in and out of face, was the convener for the 34th Fall Conference of Gay Spirit Visions. The keynote speaker and workshop leader was performance artist, Tim Miller.

Miller and three other artists, the so-called “NEA 4”, successfully sued the federal government in the 1990s with the help of the ACLU for violation of their First Amendment rights and won a settlement where the government paid them the amount of the defunded grants and all court costs. Though the Supreme Court of the United States decided in 1998 to overturn part of Miller’s case and determined that “standards of decency” are constitutional criterion for federal funding of the arts, Miller vows “to continue fighting for freedom of expression for fierce diverse voices.”

Based on his recent book and solo performance, A Body in the O, Miller offered reflections on the place of embodied experience, queer connections, and spiritual growth. Jumping off from a day in 1984 when Miller scrambled up inside of the O of the Hollywood sign and imagined the performance space tree house of his dreams (Performance Space 122  in New York and Highways Performance Space in L.A.), A Body in the O journeys through the hoops of the Department of Homeland Security, a queer boy’s truth-telling, a performance at Performance Space 122 in 1980, and finally a wedding day in NYC in 2013 as Miller imagines the full possibility of performance that changes the world inside these wooden Os!

Although for most of the conference the convener was out of face and merely manifesting their faerie persona of Mothra, the veil came out as Sister Mothra Stewart joined Atlanta Sister Right Sarong to participate in the GSV Variety Show on Saturday Night. While it was definitely a fabulous evening of over-the-top performances, it also included a contribution from Mikel Wilson sharing the origins of GSV in the annual Radical Faerie Gatherings at Running Water Farm in North Carolina (the first gathering there precedes Harry Hay's first gathering in California!). You can see Mikel's narration of the origins here: part 1, part 2. 

Mothra was happy to travel to and from GSV with T Brown who, among other distinctions, is known locally in Carbondale for whistle-blowing on the Sufi cult. As a result of cult trauma, T found the rituals and traditions of GSV difficult to participate in but, ultimately, was deeply moved by the experience. Mothra and T have a conversation about the experience on this week's episode of Isn't It Queer.

Sister Mothra Stewart received her faerie name, "Mothra," at the 2017 GSV Fall Conference from Sister Unity and Lord Peregrine. Even at that time, the seed was planted for the fuller name and her ultimate SPI manifestation. GSV is central in informing her spiritual practice and sister service.