A construction crane holding a disco ball against a blue sky, with buildings and power lines in the background.

WHAT’S

BINKS? 

Orange shell open with a pearl inside.
Woman squatting on a city sidewalk at night, wearing a leopard print dress and black high heels, beside a sticker-covered pole.

who is this diva

?

who is this diva ?

  1. CUTIEBINKS

AKA KELLEY DICSO

CREATOR, WRITER, ARTIST

“NICHE-MICROINFLUENCER”

OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES

PREVIOUSLY CORPORATE

MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

PROFESSIONAL

Illustration of four swimmers in diving positions, wearing colorful swimsuits and swim caps, stacked vertically.
Astrological birth chart with planetary positions, zodiac signs, and house divisions. Includes planetary aspects and degrees for Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Zodiac wheel and aspect chart displayed.
Four microscopic images showing a circular structure with surrounding smaller circles at different magnifications or lighting.

2. JAR JAR BINKS

DIVISIVE STAR WARS CHARACTER (PHANTOM MENACE, 1999)

POTENTIALLY A SITH-LORD IN DISGUISE

SOCIAL MEDIA PSUEDONYM USED BY KELLEY (TIKTOK, 2024)

WHY

JARDIN ?

2. [BINKS]jardin

Where Binks is at.

Inspired by curiosity, culture & a long-time love of surfing the internet.

BinksJardin currently hosts my blog & art, and encourages community-engagement through a culture of sharing.

The garden metaphor implies that the platform regularly shifts and grows. Eventually, the plan is that BinksJardin will grow into a more engaging & immersive experience.

Check back in.


  1. jardin

French & Spanish: garden

An outdoor plot, cultivated with plants, flowers, and creative structures and beings.

Often designed to frame aesthetic, recreation, wisdom, horticulture, and creation..

I encourage you to observe. I encourage you to cultivate your own ideas and preferences. I encourage you to share.

FAQs

  • Kelley, which is also my mom’s maiden name. My last name is Dicso.

    Online I go by Cutiebinks/Jar Jar Binks, which has nothing to do with me.

  • I was born in 1998 in Manhattan Beach, CA. I think it is technically inappropriate to ask this question. I’m at the age where I am flattered to hear I look young.

  • I think I get this question because people assume I’m smart, or that I’m well educated. The two are not mutually exclusive. Who’s to say I’m either.

    Middle school: H.W. Mountz (Graduating class of 25 kids)

    Highschool: Red Bank Catholic (Breeding ground of NJ Tiktok Stars, commonly referred to as “day care”. I was in Honors classes, so I never felt like I was in day care.)

    College: Villanova (Alma Mater of the Current Pope, a few of the NY Knicks, and Me. I graduated cum laude, despite having several mental breakdowns during my tenure. I can put my GPA on my resume.)

    I have always been a good student. I am smart enough to recognize how much effort and schmoozing is needed for good grades. More importantly, I have always been curious about the world, and I like to prove myself.

  • Spring Lake, NJ is my home town and where my parents live. I don’t have as much Jersey Pride as I should. I am more excited to share that I was born in Los Angeles, and in my early childhood my family lived in the UK until I was like, four.

  • I am diagnosed bipolar 1. I am a recovering alcoholic. I have PCOS and POTs. I’m a dental nightmare. I am riddled with Anxiety but I joke about it so it doesnt count. My jokes don’t always land and I tell them anyways. I overshare. I laugh at the shortcomings of my enemies.

  • Gemini Sun, Aries Moon, Sag Rising. Did you look at my birth chart?

  • A sense of humor, travel, a good outfit day, believing in God, believing in the law of attraction, books that make me think, loud music, the mountains (more than the beach), 65 degree weather with sunshine and crisp air, a road trip, using my vocab words, oversharing.

  • People who forcefully impose their beliefs onto others, Being misunderstood, getting depressed, liars, my nose from certain angles, a person who takes themselves too seriously, conditions, being in one place for too long (too long is relative), being in trouble, forced patience, politics (of any kind. especially the social politics of girlhood, and the social politics of mental health)