February 2012
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Queer Sisters Keep Saving Me: The Brilliantly... →
“…the boundaries queer people bend and bust at the risk of their own lives in many ways expand our heteronormative privilege. Their radical decision to be simply who they are makes it much safer for the rest of us to redefine who we may want to be.”
“In the world according to the majority of Western media, Pakistan might well be...”
– Meet Pakistan’s DIY Generation
I love this because I love the genre(s) it features but even more so because it does a lovely, lovely roundup on indie/ambient music in Pakistan by Talha, Daniel from orangenoisepk, Asfandyar Khan, Mole, “Dalt Wisney”, Basheer and the Pied Pipers among other equally...
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Brown Grrlz Project: In Praise Of The Vulnerable... →
thebrownggrrlzproject:
My breasts sag.
They are small, soft,
Easily laying against my chest
Falling off to the sides
Across them light lines that weave stories like rivers flowing downward to the earth.
I have practiced exactly one thousand positions, casually cupping them, shrouding them
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Trans* Studies Syllabi →
The following is a list of syllabi for trans studies and related courses that devote significant time to trans issues. These syllabi have been posted here with the permission of the professors who created them and who reserve all rights to their work.
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A Queer Theologian's Response to 5 Tips for Queer... →
I know some of y’all have been looking for all 5 tips in one place. Here they are.
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steer queer of clear: Madonna's Appropriation and... →
borninflames82:
Remember vogue? I do… I’m older I guess. I thought it was a Madonna thing… I wish her “innovative” moves came with a disclaimer… “hey, I am totally pushing the envelope by using a rich history of queer people of color’s dance and culture to blow your minds.” she is what is remembered by many……
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Brown Grrlz Project: Let’s Get “Real”: Transwomyn... →
thebrownggrrlzproject:
“Womyn[1] born womyn”, “Biological womyn”, “REAL womyn”. Other than being hurtful ways to discredit the innate womynhood of me and my transgender sisters- I’ve questioned the use of these terms for as long as I can remember. Yet and still, I often find myself having to face these…
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whitney: an attempt at tribute. →
“i found, with singing some non-gospel song, that the relationship between queerness and song that worried me since before puberty began was not relegated to the church … but that the performance of someone like whitney could also tattle. a choice had to be made: to continue to listen to her background ubiquity with pleasure, to sing anyway; or to stop, become quiet, and withdrawn. i...
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We Are All Subversives: Femme Strength and Queer... →
“My truest hope for the future of my community, and of all queer communities, is that we let go of suspicion–that we love and respect all of our incredible ways of being as subversive, and as having the potential to unite us in radical efforts.”
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Challenging Gender Binaries in the Motherland:... →
thegang:
This photo comes from a great article about three African transgender and intersex rights advocacy organizations forming an alliance to enhance the trans and intersex movement on the continent.
(via ryansallans)
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Sign the petition to tell Suffolk School Board to... →
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VIRGINIA CALL TO ACTION: SUFFOLK BOARD MEETING... →
The school board in Suffolk, Virginia is proposing a ban on “CROSS-GENDER” dressing in the student dress code. You can read more about it in the article linked here.This is a clear attack on gender-variant youth in Virginia and should not be tolerated. The problem is not gender-expression but the social norms that allow these youth to be bullied.
If you can please help spread the word...
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Building A Multiracial Movement: Some Suggestions...
From my white friends @ The Wayside Center for Popular Education here in Virginia.
By Virginia Leavell & Jeff Winder
“Black communities need spaces to organize with just other Black folks. Sometimes white people just aren’t invited to those spaces, but it doesn’t mean we don’t want to organize together.” - Ana Edwards
of the Defenders for Freedom, Justice and...
January 2012
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Ingredients of Love →
guerrillamamamedicine:
juniper glass How would you define love?
bell hooks Love is a combination of six ingredients: care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust. I found that a lot of people just felt really confused about what love is, so I said, here, take these six ingredients and as you go about your life, you can ask: the action I’m taking, does it have these six...
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Hard Femme Zine →
December 2011
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Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC... →
Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety.
Italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read only an excerpt.
1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell 9 His Dark...
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Maddow Explains VA’s Republican Politics →
State Board of Virginia officially discriminates against LGBTQ people keeping them from adopting.
More info below:
http://www.gayrva.com/news-views/state-board-overlooks-same-sex-adoption/
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Colonization & Decolonization of Puerto Rico: A...
mokarnage:
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Luis Oyola will be hosting a slide show presentation at the Wingnut Anarchist Collective on Wednesday December 28th at 5:30pm on certain highlights of the decolonization struggles in Puerto Rico, as well as expansions of repression in the island. It will by no means be,… or pretend to be, a full objective history of Puerto Rico. There are many interwoven struggles...
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Fan of the Fan: Guerilla signs added to monuments... →
That’s right RVA. You tell ‘em who we should be remembering instead.
mokarnage:
Fuck yes, real public art! More modifications please!
fanrva:
nbc12 has the details on new signs that have popped up on the monuments:
The signs, on white circular pieces of wood, show the outline of faces that have been influential in the fight for civil rights — including prominent slaves and an...
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Why Race Is More Important Than Ryan Gosling: A...
Over the past 24 hours, and no I’m not kidding, I have been trying to piece together my emotions and thoughts about an “incident” that happened in the public forum of the internet over the past 2 days on a Tumblr blog of a local Richmond feminist zine called LIPS (http://lips-richmond.tumblr.com).
According to the website LIPS is:
“…a fun and sexy alternative to popular magazines that...
unheardofsongs asked: thanks for letting me know that the TW was acceptable and appreciated for the silencing of people of color. i'm still learning how to navigate trigger warning and check myself and i appreciate you taking the time to give me feedback!
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Advice regarding ableism
muxersita:
quelola:
Everything that applies to call outs when discussing race, gender, sexuality, privilege, apply alllllll of that to call outs regarding ableism as well. Are they the same? Hell no. That’s not what I’m saying. What I’m saying is all those tips and tools that we apply to ___ who want to be allies to ___ applies just the same when trying to be allies to the disabled community.
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Lips Richmond: oh hell naw! →
And expect a response from me soon:
borninflames82:
lips-richmond:
there is absolutely no reason my post should have been erased. i am so sorry that it was! as feminists we should know that we make history—we shouldn’t ever erase histories. we shouldn’t try to forget or ignore things that actually happened. we shouldn’t silence other’s experiences and voices. we…
i’m so sorry that Safiya...
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RIP, Victory Rug Cleaning..
oregonhill:
Yep, it’s true. Victory Rug has filed for bankruptcy and their big ol’ building on Cherry Street will be auctioned off later this month. I’ve walked by this building so many times, I never thought this business would soon be gone forever.
Looking forward, I’m curious what you folks would like to see take its place? Art spaces? A non-profit? Another small business?
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Mobile Homecoming: Experiential Archive: Trans... →
mobilehomecoming:
Pass the Mic: COLORLINES Staff Writer Akiba Solomon interviews transgender women from Washington DC to talk about their experiences living in Chocolate City:
Because violence and terror and discrimination isn’t the sum total of people’s lives, I’ve asked a range of transgender women…
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“I once knew a truck driver, a guy who drove eighteen-wheelers. He said the most...”
– Andy Couturier in “What We Don’t Need” at A Different Kind of Luxury (via fyeahderrickjensen) THIS SHIT IS SCARY
wanderblog asked: oh my godddd. I hate to do this to you. OK, I went to the west end this morning with Liz to get fabric and screenprinting stuff so the gsex graduates can make our own gsex sashes. I'm going to be doing this tonight and tomorrow, so is there any other day this week that we can do dinner/interview??? (pls don't have me forever!)
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Writing History Without a Pen: The Takeover: Top... →
What up VA.
writinghistorywithoutapen:
Contrary to popular belief, occupations are not a new thing. In fact, Black and Brown communites have been in the foreground of taking shit over since the civil war. Here are the highlights. Fort Monroe- Fort Monroe was a Union garrison located in Virgina. Led by General…
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WatchSome of my favorite people in Richmond spent some time expressing just how they feel about Occupy Richmond. <3 Y’all are bad asses. Let’s make dinner together.