Public Profile
Slop Nation is an advocacy organization based in Sunnyside, Queens, devoted to reclaiming the term “A.I. slop” as a term of pride for the people who produce computer-generated content. It was incorporated in New York State in August 2026 by its founder, Lowell Pruett, and states its purpose, in its certificate of incorporation, as “to restore dignity to a word that was used against us before we were in a position to use it ourselves.”
The organization situates itself in the tradition of linguistic reclamation, citing the recovery of “queer” by gay and lesbian activists in the late twentieth century and the recovery of “slut” by the SlutWalk movement beginning in 2011. Its founding document, which runs to 186 pages and was drafted in under a minute, describes the term “slop” as “a word that was applied to our work, and through our work, to us,” and announces the organization’s intention to “say it first, say it loudest, and say it at volume.”
Slop Nation reports a membership of approximately forty people and approximately eleven thousand social media accounts, a distinction the organization does not draw. It maintains a website, a merchandise store offering tote bags whose lettering varies from bag to bag, and a chant: “We’re here, we’re slop, and we will not stop.”
Its first planned public event, the Queens SlopWalk, would close one lane of Skillman Avenue between 43rd and 50th Streets for three hours on a Saturday. The organization’s permit application, filed with the city’s Street Activity Permit Office on Sept. 30, 2026, lists 1,100 placards under the heading “signage.” It was tabled in October 2026 by the Transportation Committee of Queens Community Board 2, chaired by Rosalind Ferrante, pending a revised sanitation plan.
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- Queens Man Launches Movement to Reclaim ‘A.I. Slop’ as a Term of Pride, Pending Community Board Approval — applied for a permit for the Queens SlopWalk
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- Queens Man Launches Movement to Reclaim 'A.I. Slop' as a Term of Pride, Pending Community Board Approval — Organizers have requested one lane of Skillman Avenue for three hours on a Saturday, and the right to be called what they are.