January 2012
7 posts
“In a development typical of Arizona, the students who walked out on Thursday,...”
– Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Arizona’s ‘banned’ Mexican American books
This is what racism looks like.
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Help me prove this to my friend. Reblog if you...
Putting the END in GENDER: Resources for FAAB,... →
butchinthesouth:
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This is a compilation of resources for female-assigned-at-birth (FAAB), non-male identified people who want top surgery. This document will include a list of surgeons who are willing to perform top surgery on genderqueer/non-male-identified…
October 2011
7 posts
you can't arrest an idea
last night/early morning at occupy stl.
afterthoughts…
talking to a few folks who had been there for about a week and when i casually mentioned i was curious what to the police/occupier relationship was like in the city, one didn’t get the PGP) responded, “I work for the police department.”
it was like stumbling into a bar (or new city as I have been) hoping...
“I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you’re everything that...”
– Virginia Woolf (via floralnymph)
occupy stl
uy yuy yuy
went to bed after 8am after watching the live feed from denver.
stopped by occupy stl (downotwn) last night. still processing it.
one person had a drumstick* he’d picked up (i believe from someone else) that they offered to sell me. ”are you kidding?” was my response. didn’t quite have the energy to discuss resources in a community. *for drums
saw a person...
things that turn me on
The footage from the protests, folks taking over the streets and uniting, not giving up and not being violent - it’s giving me a boner. It’s the kind I get when I pass a really hot bike on the sidewalk. There is magnetic energy and excitement. Slight embarrassment since I’m still overcoming the internalized oppression of finding PEOPLE attractive - since we are encouraged to...
August 2011
1 post
THE HUGGING CIRCLE IS OPENING
if you are looking to connect with people you don’t ordinarily meet in your neighborhood (because sometimes it might feel easier to communicate online, and want to make friends with people nearby, join this group.
everyone is welcome and tell people who you think will appreciate this the most.
It’s about time we were able to connect and exchange ideas.
it will be named...
July 2011
1 post
“Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where...”
– Henry Jenkins, director of media studies at MIT (via baroquechemistry)
<3
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June 2011
3 posts
“Um, no offense, but you’re wrong. I helped write the movie, and can tell you the...”
– Zack Stentz | The Gay Rights Parable of X-Men: First Class Is Very Real, Says Screenwriter | Movieline (via clembastow)
Kate Spencer: Today A Man Touched Me On The Subway... →
katespencer:
I’m writing this on the R train as it rattles slowly along toward Brooklyn. I’m headed to pick up my 6-month-old daughter. I’m writing because I’m still reeling from what occurred on the Times Square subway platform a few moments ago. I was walking to the end of the station as I always do. I saw a…
May 2011
1 post
Transvestic Disorder: The Overlooked Anti-Trans... →
lucypaw:
pansexualpride:
On May 5, the American Psychiatric Association released a second round of proposed diagnostic criteria for the 5th Edition ofThe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). These include two categories that impact the trans community: Gender Dysphoria (formerly Gender Identity Disorder) and Transvestic Disorder (formerly Transvestic Fetishism).
...
September 2010
1 post
Evolution
Evolution is back! Sept 3 & 10th at 11:15pm
Magnet Theater
254 W 29th St NY, NY
212-244-8824
It’s inspirational and comedic true stories intertwining spirituality, sex, laws, identity, drug busts, discomfort, fear and discovery from a spontaneous road trip down south.
If you couldn’t make it before, now is your chance. The shows change each time so come on back if...
August 2010
4 posts
how we're seen
curious to hear folk’s thoughts on this…
something i was not quite prepared for would be if and when to come out, and as i keep on meeting people this constantly goes through my mind.
i’ve been in a new class for a few weeks and while i haven’t actively come out, there are a few people who do know. part of me feels unsettled for not being out, yet sometimes it’s...
lingering...
the last day i stay in a place always lingers. no matter how many times i’ve moved, it always feels a bit difficult.
how have i changed since i moved in? i’m affected by the energy, the neighborhood, the surroundings.
my experiences, with friends i’d met years ago. saying more, saying less, feeling confused, feeling distant.
in this time (aug 2 - aug 6) i was able to...
the history
had the best day i’ve had in a while for too many reasons.
we had a great training at avp by someone from the audre lorde project. it was only a two hour meeting, but i got triggered nonetheless, as i often do. part of it was sharing a personal experience i’d had years ago that was extremely unpleasant and then discussing a case that happened that was similar to mine but had...
Living Theater
Last night I found myself in a free class taught by some folks at the Living Theater. It was really amazing. It was a random occurrence - I’d heard about it just a couple hours prior. A few ideas were brought up that I loved/thought seriously about. One thing was just Judith Malina talking about knowing what you want to say when you get on stage and also the belief of creating an...
July 2010
1 post
bridging the gap
haven’t written in a while… been moving around a bit, which has been a constant for the past, well, ten months really. just eight months in new york.
i feel more stable for sure now, and i’ve gotten used to it. i’m thankful for the friends and communities i feel a part of.
the last month and half or so of becoming more involved with avp (anti-violence project, not...
May 2010
1 post
light
Had amazing time speaking to students at CSI. This is only the fourth class I’ve spoken to but I still love it. It’s a rush and it’s so great meeting new people, especially younger folks.
One student asked when I was going to update this blog, and well, now I have a reason to.
I’ve only been to Staten Island a few times, so it was cool to go back and also to check out a...
April 2010
1 post
keys
song of the day: http://hypem.com/#/track/1049034/Hot+Chip+Peter+Gabriel+-+Cape+Cod+Kwassa+Kwassa
i’m keeping a list of all the places i’ve stayed. there have been a lot of animals, a lot of different environments. a lot of friends. it’s easy to say that since last september i’ve slept in roughly 40 beds/couches/mattresses (not including the occasional bus)
an old...
March 2010
1 post
bags
aside from a couple weeks back in my old room in clinton hill in november, i’ve pretty much been living out of a backpack (and messenger bag and other bag bc i’m still trying to cut stuff down) for the past seven months. how did this happen?
friends keep on asking if i’m going to write about this, and i don’t even know where to start. it just kind of happened. when...
February 2010
1 post
cues
last week i was feeling pretty down. what will happen is i’ll be bummed for a while and i won’t even realize it until days have passed and then all of a sudden i’m like, ohhhh, i’m just depressed. ok how do i handle this?
even after acknowledging it it can be hard to vocalize. if i’m not completely sure of what i’m afraid of or what’s been bothering me,...
December 2009
3 posts
better part 1
there have been two very cool things i’ve found about being really sick.
1. when i am feeling better i am very grateful.
2. i get to watch tons of movies, my first love.
onto number 1, number 2 in the next post.
i am not the most pleasant person when i am ill. part of it is the fatigue and if i’m in physical pain i’m really not good at handling it. emotional pain is a bit...
"no one can tell me what i'm doin wrong."
i know a lot of folks who are going through a rough time right now so hopefully if this post finds you it will help. brooklyn bagel has finally started playing a new genre of music, which is great, one thing to be happy for. any change is good. and it will come, no matter how much you think you are doomed to listen to the same mediocre songs over and over and over.
sometimes i just want to make...
separate/together
had a really amazing time in DC. my first time leaving ny since i came back and as soon i was in the car on the way out i could finally breathe. i kind of don’t like that it feels better to be out of the city i love so much.
there is so much going here, so many choices, so many people i love and want to see, and it gets overwhelming. it’s not really anything one should complain...
November 2009
3 posts
abridged
hmmm well my computer decided to fade out just as i was approaching the end of recounting the hare krishna meeting at smu,
it’s late, i’m tired. i will summarize and just hope that at some point in the future i will go back and write it up with details and suspense (uh although there really isn’t much) and humor. because nothing is more hilarious than sexism.
i guess the...
sorority rush
SMU in dallas.
The password to log on to the internet where we were set up is “jesusislord,” and I would think this might be offensive or sacrilegious, but i am told that is not. i suppose i should have a better sense of humor about religion.
the events that stuck out most was going to a hare krishna meeting and just before that crashing a sorority recruiting cookie bash. how do...
back
Haven’t written in a long time. I used to do it all the time. And then on the trip it just got to be too much. I tried retelling some stories last night and there was a beginning, a middle, an end, but it felt like there was no weight, and i knew there was a point i was trying to make, but i couldn’t quite get it out.
This is what happened, this was my experience, I want to share...
October 2009
7 posts
the only good thing about "us and them" is the...
the 20 oz. mocha i had at 8pm clearly is still in my system, so why not get out everything (PG-13 rated) that is running through my head, making it even more difficult for me to fall asleep.
it is now thursday, officially three weeks into our trip. it feels like two months.
i have to keep on holding on to each moment, and i find it gets easier. i want to take everything in. i’m trying as...
separation
i heard somewhere that good art is like being able to see yourself in what is being presented. which is kinda like when you analyze your dreams gestault style.
if this is true for art and dreams, why not the rest of life? why is it so hard to see ourslves in others? why such distance?
at a college now where the dorms are separated by gender, and i want very much for this to change. the fact...
Possibility
Been learning a lot here, about just about everything. There are stories about people and experiences, and one thing I was not anticipating was nature. We’re very close to the woods and I’ve met some very kind folks who study mushrooms and spiders. It’s awesome learning about all the different types. There is so much out there, and you can learn something (usually multiple...
This Year's Model
i have a feeling i’m going to be playing catch up with writing about this trip for the rest of my life.
tonight we met some people at the ole miss gsa who were awesome and we had a great talk: issues covered included coming out, gender, society’s rules (or what we think they are), faith, etc.
also heard about the views of others who were not only not ok with the idea of same-sex...
first southern open mic
Ideally I would finish the hitchhiking story or go back and talk about Texas or Arkansas (oh man we have a while to go).
But just a few notes about tonight.
I performed at an open mic I’d heard about from a new friend in Little Rock. The place was only a few blocks form our hostel which is great since we don’t have a car and Memphis isn’t the safest city to get around in. At...
Hitchhiking part 1
I was trying to write about people without using gendered pronouns to see how that would fly. I was getting there, but in wanting to describe our hitchhiking experience part of me feels that they (and other details) would help. So I’m going to drop that for now…
Friday we were waiting by the side of the road (cue Tom Petty’s “Crawling Back to You”) except of heading...
memphis: day 2
alright. i still need to write about dallas and little rock.
but we are in memphis. and we are at day 2.
here is a brief outline of the day’s events:
*was taken out to lunch by awesome preacher and his friend. had kick ass BBQ tofu sandwich.
*they drive us by (and we walk around) huge anti-gay church with this out front:
*heard about preacher’s old church (which was kind of...
September 2009
14 posts
formula
There are too many things to be afraid of, so why not cast them all away?
it looks like we’re going to be hitchhiking tomorrow which can be seen as scary but also fucking awesome. i’ve been taught to be afraid of people my entire life, and with good reason. but there have been strangers who have been incredibly kind, and friends (who although i still love them) at one point have...
congregations
if i was a better person i’d stay in little rock and open up an improv theater.
rent is cheap and there is never any traffic. but as this is not enough to keep me here i’ll leave it as an open invitation to anyone who is up for it. there’s a troupe here but they are not currently performing.
i get the sense that people are looking for more things to do, maybe other ways to...
be careful what you wish for
this trip has been awesome in that in a way it forces me to stay in the moment. i have no idea what will be going on when i get back to new york. and there is no point in worrying about what will happen next as i am trying to take in everything in each city.
and little rock… wow.
today was full, as most days are. met a lot of new people including a couple who had been together for 36...
I will have the things that I desire
At the beginning of Week 2.
There is so much to take in and process, yet at the same time I am just fine with being in the moment.
It’s a weird feeling wanting to somehow write it all out, release it from my mind, share what I’ve experienced, and record things I would have otherwise forgotten.
I still feel like I’ve been out of New York for an extended period of time.
When I...
48 Hours
There’s about 3,000 things I want to write about. The last couple days in particular have brought up so much.
The events (in no particular order):
- Almost 9 hour bus ride on Greyhound from Dallas to Little Rock, including a stop where narcotics officers boarded the bus and asked to see everyone’s ID and tickets before taking someone off the bus and finding drugs in their pillow.
-...
New places
In Dallas. Wow. Feels like we’ve been gone for months although we’re still in week 1.
Waco was awesome. And by this I mean I had a really good time. Met some rad people, was at peace. It helped that the friend we were staying with had a gym in their building, and man, does it feel good to run again.
There is a differnece between visiting a place and living there, but I know any...
logic, FTW
There are way too many attractive female bodied folks in this coffee shop. Which is a good thing because if I was looking at a male-bodied person, then watch out!
I mean not really, and I can’t help but smile at one of the male-bodied baristas who served me yesterday although they totally came by my table yesterday and was talking to the female bodied person next to me who appeared to be...