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Sister Jewnita and Sister Marjorie had an amazing time representing hoedom to the masses at Pride St. Charles yesterday!
They both wandered down to aisles giving hugs to as many people as they could! Met some new folks and found some friends! We even had someone cry as soon as they learned we were apart of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, they heard all about us and thought it was so cool they finally met us! After, we finished out our day helping out at the Metro Trans Umbrella Group booth. We helped to spread awareness of community resources, helped get folks to donate to this amazing organization and spread as much joy as they could! Thank you Pride St. Charles for providing joy and safe space to our community in a climate controlled enviroment! (Sister Marjorie especially appreciates this as 6 layers of setting spray and a prayer can't stand up to the sun sometimes!) Thank you MTUG for being one of the biggest supporters of our work, our House and organization! Thank you for trusting us to work with you and spread joy we love yall more than the child who goes on and on about how corn is the most amazing thing ever! Happy Pride everyone!
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Sisters Mothra Stewart, Gay Bitch Milkshake, Toggaf Tuls Reeuq, and Fagatha Hardness attended and tabled at PrideFest in Carbondale this Saturday.
Srs Stewart and Milkshake also participated in the Pride March and Cruise, debuting the SOIL Sisters’ new banner. Being the queers they are, they chose to cruise, of course. Sr Milkshake took the wheel while Sr Stewart made a throne for herself in the bed of the truck, waving her Pride flag and blessing the marchers and spectators with a rubber chicken. As you do. Returning to the festival, they met up with Srs Hardness and Reeuq, who were splitting their asses--er, time between the Rainbow Café table, the SOIL Sisters table, and any table in between that showed the slightest interest. They take very seriously the spreading part in “spreading universal joy.” At the SOIL Sisters’ table, free condoms, stickers, and chilled water bottles were offered to any passing festival attendees. Srs Reeuq and Milkshake blessed several attendees while Sr Hardness encouraged folks to join them on a pub crawl later in the month. Sr Stewart also read Tarot cards for a donation of any amount, including a “compliment” if that’s all an attendee could afford. That’s what “complimentary” means, right? Sr Hardness bought way too much jewelry and shared some of their findings with their sisters. They nearly blinded Sr Reeuq with the sparkles coming off their fingers. Sr Stewart said she nearly gagged herself on the spiciness of a veggie quesadilla from the Newall Farms food tent, but we all know she lost her gag reflex years ago. Sr Milkshake made it their personal mission to kiss all the dogs at PrideFest; we’re pretty sure summa them weren’t dogs! One of them, at least, was a boa constrictor, but it wagged its tail so Sr Milkshake gave it a kiss. At the end of the festival, Sr Stewart took a turn in the dunk tank. Far too many Southern Illinoisan’s seemed to want to drown a moth. It didn’t help that her husband was paying for people to dunk her. He even paid the premium price to dunk her directly without handling any balls--which, you know, seems to skip past the funnest part. All in all, a good time was had by all. Southern Illinois showed out for PrideFest this year and it was an amazing success. The SOIL Sisters were proud to be a part of it and involved in the planning. Sister Marjorie Arcana had an amazing time at Soulard Pride!
She knew as soon as she got off that bus she was home. Vendors lined the street. People were in amazing spirits. The Queens we beautiful and performed with soul and gave amazing performances! Sister Marjorie spent her time handing out her Sacred Sacks while giving comfort and joy to those she met! The best part was seeing all the families that brought their children and families to Pride. Alot of folks even told her it was their first Pride! Magic was made that day and our humble lil House of hoes were even introduced a couple of times! Sister Marjorie didn't have to say a thing! (Which is great because she was also thinking about chicken strips and that would have been a weird ass transition.) Thank you Soulard Pride for allowing our lil brothel I mean convent spread some joy in your neighberhood! After all, the best hoes certainly get around! (Anyone got some chicken strips for real though?) Yesterday Sisters Marjorie Arcana and Jewnita Hug took the streets again in St Louis again to spread joy and love and a little Magick at the 31st annual Pagan Picnic held in Tower Grove Park. These two hoes embraced the magic of the sacred feminine while doing squats with wiccans, engaged in the loving gesture off sacred sack tapping with the fae as well as discussed deep philosophical conversation with shape shifters... okay that last one was a stretch and Jewnita REALLY wanted to pet the puppies after they found out they were blocked from the weekly gay agenda newsletter that was delivered that morning. While it was hot and hot and well HOT these two hoes wandered and spread joy and handed out Sister Marjories Sacred Sacks to those they met. Sister Marjorie even blessed an author! Thus proving once again you never need wonder where the SOIL Sisters are. These dirty hoes are EVERYWHERE and love being with you.
Pride Month is celebrated every June as a tribute to those who were involved in the Stonewall Riots. We're getting ready to dust off our rainbow flags, douse ourselves in glitter, and go join in the fun. Make sure to check out our Facebook page as Sisters Marjorie Arcana and Jewnita Hug for the month of June will be sharing facts about our amazing community!
Mt Vernon Pride Kickoff
Sisters Gay Bitch Milkshake, Fagatha Hardness, and Mothra Stewart as well as Guard Dogg (née Sr Toggaf Tuls Reeuq) attended the first anual Pride festival, “Pride Kick Off,” in Mt Vernon Illinois on Saturday May 27th! New organization, OUT Mt Vernon, sponsored the event at the Rolland Lewis building in the Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday afternoon. Local vendors, community organizations, open and affirming churches, Cuban sandwiches, and a DJ made for a festive event. Swag was gathered, purchases were made, raffles were won, and lots of selfies were taken. One table even offered STI roulette—while “winning” at that game was definitely a bit sketch, the information and removal of stigma about STIs was on point. Sr Mothra’s spin landed on Chlamydia; no one is surprised. Congratulations to Alexia Stallon, their mom, and the volunteer crew at OUT Mt. Vernon for putting together such a great event! Pride in Southern Illinois is officially kicked off! YALL! CHWA -Cottage Hills Wrestling Alliance really loves them some Queer nuns!
Sister Jewnita Hug, Sister Gay Bitch Milkshake and Sister Marjorie Arcana were all invited out to their May Day wrestling event over in Edwardsville IL on Sunday! (These hoes get around.) We were joined by the amazing as always Father Alan who is always a welcome guest of the Sisters. We love them a ton! As soon as we walked in the door they treated us like royalty. We were ushered in to front row seating, we had wrestlers stop by before they got in the ring to let us know they love us, they thanked us for our service to community and one even bowed. We were very touched by all the love shown. We were shown just as much love before the event started as we were shown after. They made our job easy when it came to making safe space letting us know there is a zero tolerance policy when it comes to bigotry, homophobia, transphobia, racism, etc. They told us if anyone gave us grief let them know and they would address it immediately. The matches were exciting and had alot of heart. Father Alan GOT THEIR ENTIRE LIFE THAT NIGHT AND WE LOVED TO SEE IT! We won't lie we did too. These folks are some of the best most caring people you could meet and they are absolutely dedicated to sharing their art with all with a special emphasis on creating safe space and being inclusive. There's also alot of rich history and dynasty to the organization. They really are a family. Thank you for inviting the SOIL Sisters to attend. Yall treated us like Queens. We felt all the love. We will be back. (It's a given, Sister Marjorie loves her some wrestlers.) Sister Jewnita Hug and Sister Marjorie Arcana had the distinct privilidge and honor of being asked to volunteer at Pearl's. A concert put on by Charis The St Louis Women's Chorus for their 30th anniversary this past Saturday!
They were so excited to be there! Sister Jewnita and Sister Marjorie helped lead people into the concert hall, informed confused Opera patrons where to go for their even, handed out information and surveys. Then during intermission they helped hand out strands of Pearl's to the audience members in attendance! Sister Jewnita even sang for a performance that night! Charis is such a staple in the St. Luis community, they promote diversity and safe space for everyone including the Queer community over in St. Louis. Not only that, they give such soul to their performance! Sister Marjorie and Sister Jewnita were super honored to be invited out to help and we look forward to helping out with Charis concerts and events in the future! Thank you for inviting the SOIL Sisters to your concert. You all were amazing, you all are talented and we were moved by your artistry and song! Sister Mothra Stewart delivered the “Welcoming” at the Southern Illinois University Lavender Graduation, celebrating the university’s LGBTQ graduates. A record number of queer and trans students registered for this year’s Lavender Graduation. In 2022, Sr Mothra delivered a benediction for the ceremonies, giving a few on the campus a bit of indigestion. Apparently, some in the SIU community feel that a clown-drag nun delivering a blessing undercuts the solemnity of a serious graduation celebration.
Whatever! This year, as the university deals with a staffing scandal in its Student Multicultural Resource Center, including the loss of its very successful LGBTQ Resource Center Coordinator, Sr Mothra took advantage of the opportunity in “welcoming” the graduates to remind the community how to keep the queer in LGBTQ QUEER. Leaning into the history of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and her involvement with Gay Spirit Visions, the moth nun called on graduates to reclaim spirit in whatever ways that resonated for them and to resist calls for the community to assimilate and yield to a respectability politics. Noting the 650+ pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation being considered in 46 states this year, alone, Sr Mothra called on graduates to continue their hard work by fighting for true diversity, equity, and inclusion. She then schmoozed with some of the very university administrators who have tried to “tone down” the fabulousness of the campus queer community, and she took lots of selfies with graduates and their families/supporters. It was a fabulous time that never lost its focus on celebrating SIU’s LGBTQ graduates. It’s a good thing! |
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