♥︎ makes poems, pictures, & programs in Brooklyn.
it writes and publishes poetry at chromatographics, where each poem has a color. its writing has also appeared in beestung, Poetry is Gay, Sex Change and the City, Dykes and Dolls, New Session, and Alchemize.
she makes photographs on film, usually of the people and objects she loves. she wants you to see what she sees. she wants you to fall in love.
mb co-founded Lickability, a software studio that makes apps for clients like The Atlantic, RevenueCat, and The New Yorker. before making that her full-time job in 2015, she worked at The New York Times1 and tumblr2 as a software engineer, engineering manager, and product manager. she studied HCI at NJIT before dropping out to make things. along the way, she’s given talks and interviews about the craft.
it works on Namesake, which helps people change their name, and previously volunteered with Trans Lifeline as a hotline operator.
mb has been posting and podcasting since 2003. she hosted Absolutely Crushed, where she and Syd Rose gossiped about celebrity crushes.
its favorite color is red.