Pony Weeklies: Queer recs, summer BOGO, sale!
Searching for some company / Feel the rhythm dance with me
Hi Ponies! How is it already our last Pony Weekly of June, aka The Gayest Month of the Year?! Gah!
Sharing another round-up of some of my favorite queer recs:
Everybody Swims @ Occidental College c/o Everybody Gym — every other Sunday 2-5PM though August 10th! You do not need to be a gym member to participate in this incredible community offering!! Queers to the FRONT! More info here. Yes, I’ve been going for three summers and I’m still raving about it to anyone who will listen!!
Two podcasts I’ve been listening to this week that made me think of the Ponies :)
The Queer Family Podcast —
& After Lives: Marsha P. Johnson Podcast —
Octo Octa - their jam “Power to the People” is the last song we stretch to on Emilia’s June mixtape, and at last Monday’s (sold out) community class it created a impromptu dance party and nobody seemed to want to leave the floor. It was a little bit epic. Standing ovation vibes. Maya Bouldry-Morrison is a trans producer/DJ based in New Hampshire (Emilia’s growing up stomping grounds!). Check out her Boiler Room set below!
Pony Tim Cummings — Tim’s new book comes out TODAY, June 26th. Congrats, Tim! The book is called The Lightning People Play. When his younger brother Baxter starts having seizures and receives visits from 'the lightning people,' who descend from the sky and show him three strange symbols, fourteen-year-old Kirby Renton rallies his crew of brilliant theatre kids to put up a play to raise money for a seizure-alert dog, and their production opens an unexpected portal.
You can pre-order it here. Ponies can use code PREORDER2025 for 15% off. Tim is launching the book this Sunday the 29th at 2pm at Chevalier's in Larchmont Village alongside James Roday (Psych, A Million Little Things). You can RSVP here and you can also purchase a book at the store.
Tim says “If any fellow Ponies want to review the book, or interview me, or write an essay, etc., I’m is happy to return the favor in any/all ways possible, cos Ponies rule forever.”
Beth Ditto always and FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER
“When things get political…the reason marginalized people are so mad and scared and upset is because…your existence is being fucking questioned. I don’t think everyone understands what that’s like.” - Beth Ditto talking about her song “Standing in The Way of Control” on Emilia’s June Mixtape <3
Your back's against the wall
There's no-one home to call
You're forgetting who you are
You can't stop crying
It's part not giving in
And part trusting your friends
You do it all again
And I'm not lyingOh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh ohStanding in the way of control
You live your life
Survive the only way that you know
IN OTHER PONY SWEAT NEWS…
SUMMER BUDDY BOGO — we are debuting a NEW PROMO this summer!!! Bring a friend to class and you both get half off our regular-priced drop-in ticket price! Applies to our Wednesday 10:15AM, Thursday 7PM, and Saturday 1:45PM classes now through September 1!! Aka $20 for 2 spots! The energy of a full house of ~50 Ponies on Monday nights for $10 community class has been so amazing/inspiring, and we would love for more people to join us at our other class times ✨🌈
Showing up to Pony Sweat regularly/multiple times a week MAY change your life, just saying…!! If you can comfortably afford Pony Sweat at our full, sustaining price, please consider continuing to pay at that rate. But if finances are a barrier to participation, invite a friend and come dance with us 2 for 1!!!! Tag/forward to a buddy who loves to dance/move/listen to music/be gay/have fun 🩷🩷🩷 Let us know if you have any questions about this new promo!
We have in-person class tonight 7PM with Jaquita, Saturday 1:45PM with Emilia, Monday 7PM with Emilia, Wednesday 10:15AM with Malia! So lucky to have this incredible supportive space for cathartic expression. The mixtapes are extra sweaty this month, if you want to/if you choose to. Bring a friend, use the BOGO code!!!!
You can enjoy all of our mixtapes via Spotify here <3
We also have 4 more days of our SUBSCRIPTION SALE (ends June 30)!!
OMG, WE ONLY NEED 4 MORE PONIES TO JOIN IN ORDER TO MEET THE GOAL WE SET OUT!!!! WILL IT BE YOU?!
Make a tangible contribution to support the enduringness of Pony Sweat AND receive:
unlimited access to our extensive video library of many, many years of Pony Sweat classes AS WELL AS gorgeously-shot videos produced by Michella and Emilia, for example:
livestreamed classes (both Saturday 1:45PM PT twice monthly dance class + Emilia’s weekly Thursday 9:30AM PT mat pilates class), as well as the recordings of those classes if you can’t join live
Enjoy 25% off our monthly subscription or 50% off our yearly subscription (use code LEZDOIT50)! THANK YOU!!!!
You can also be like Emily N. and *GIFT* a subscription to a friend, if you already have one! How sweet is that!!
Ok, Ponies! Love you very much! Can’t wait to dance with you soon!!!
xoxoxo
Isabel