So, Jos has turned me on to Community, and it is possibly The Best Show Evar. There’s some upfuckedness here & there, but mostly, I love it. I especially love how simultaneously farcical and very real it is.
Also, Betty White rapping. Just sayin’.
Friend: “So, in Jewish tradition, the idea is that the couple gets a moment alone to, uh, consummate the marriage after the ceremony. So, can you, like, keep us from getting bombarded by guests when we go off into the house for some alone time?”
Me: “Oh, dude, I will totally be your Sex Guard!”
Friend: “I love that you just called yourself a Sex Guard.”
Me: “de Vries keeps it real.”
Friend: “Word.”
Me: “Also, ‘Sex Guard at Jewish Lesbian Wedding’ is gonna be an AWESOME thing to add to my resume.
Me: “Oh, dude, I will totally be your Sex Guard!”
Friend: “I love that you just called yourself a Sex Guard.”
Me: “de Vries keeps it real.”
Friend: “Word.”
Me: “Also, ‘Sex Guard at Jewish Lesbian Wedding’ is gonna be an AWESOME thing to add to my resume.
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This past month a severe pay cut was given to the women who work at KinkLive.com. They needed to save money and they did it by taking it from the models. Instead of staying quiet and taking what they were willing to give us for our work - we united, stood up for ourselves and are taking…
SIGNAL BOOST!
Imagining Indigenous Futurisms
Science Fiction Writing Contest
$1000 AwardOpen to Native, First Nations, Indigenous, and Aboriginal students currently enrolled part-time or full-time in any accredited university, college, or high school.
This year’s Judge: Acclaimed SF, experimental fiction, and horror writer Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfeet), author of The Fast Red Road: A Plainsong, The Bird Is Gone: A Manifesto, Ledfeather, and much more. http://www.demontheory.net/
Entrants should submit a personal statement (one paragraph) containing affiliation or descent, student status (the where, the when, the why, and the how much more), and goals for their sf writing, along with the previously unpublished writing sample of approximately 4,000 words.
Contest Deadline: November 1, 2012
Winner announced in DecemberSend personal statement and
previously unpublished sf story (up to 4,000 words)
to Professor Grace L. Dillon (Anishinaabe)
as attachments toOr mail to Professor Grace L. Dillon, Indigenous Nations Studies Program, Portland State University, POB 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751.
Sponsored by the Indigenous Nations Studies Program
Portland State UniversityPlease reblog widely!!
signal boosting because this is dope as fuck.
Okay, Vajra. I defer to you and your superior feline knowledge.
My cat Vajra has a habit of doing what I refer to as “editorial puking.” Like, once she puked on my bed right before I had a date… With a dude who ended up dumping me in a pretty awful way. It’s like SHE KNOWS, I swear to God.
Tonight I came home, and she had, I am not kidding, strategically barfed all over the giant five-part To-Do List sitting on my desk.
Okay, Vajra. I am taking this as a sign that I should maybe pare down the list and chill the fuck out. I defer to you and your superior feline knowledge. You are usually right in these matters, after all.
Poverty is not simply having no money — it is isolation, vulnerability, humiliation and mistrust. It is not being able to differentiate between employers and exploiters and abusers. It is contempt for the simplistic illusion of meritocracy — the idea that what we get is what we work for. It is knowing that your mother, with her arthritic joints and her maddening insomnia and her post-traumatic stress disordered heart, goes to work until two in the morning waiting tables for less than minimum wage, or pushes a janitor’s cart and cleans the shit-filled toilets of polished professionals. It is entering a room full of people and seeing not only individual people, but violent systems and stark divisions. It is the violence of untreated mental illness exacerbated by the fact that reality, from some vantage points, really does resemble a psychotic nightmare. It is the violence of abuse and assault which is ignored or minimized by police officers, social services, and courts of law. Poverty is conflict. And for poor kids lucky enough to have the chance to “move up,” it is the conflict between remaining oppressed or collaborating with the oppressor.
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leylahur:
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For hundreds of years Romani have suffered racism and prejudice because of the way we were stereotyped. A lot of hard work has went into changing people’s view of us around the world. This is being destroyed along with the reputations of our people. The Television Show “My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding” promises a look into the “Gypsy” lifestyle. What they are really doing is showing a small group of Irish Travellers and then passing them off as “Gypsies”. There are many lies that are being peddled to the viewers as facts so that the show’s producers can make a buck. But they are doing it at OUR EXPENSE.
One of the many lies shows a supposed “Gypsy” tradition called Grabbing, where boys basically assault young girls in order to steal a kiss. You know we don’t do this. Its insulting to Romanies and Irish Travellers alike that this show throws us into a pile with no respect to who we really are. We have been severely damaged by the way this show spins “Gypsies” into a Jerry Springer Show. Our people are being depicted as trailer trash, alcoholics and thieves which is causing even more hatred and more suspicion in the Romani and Traveller communities.Do not participate in the negative portrayal of the Roma by participating in this documentary. These people are sharks who will use and abuse you and your family. They are soliciting our kids on Facebook already. They’ve contacted my daughter, my sisters and other members of my family. Chances are they are trying to contact your chavies too.
Do not trust them!A show like this can make MILLIONS of dollars per season and will expose the way that you live and how you do business. They would pay you what amounts to peanuts. We have read dozens of reports from other Travellers and Romani in the United Kingdom about how our children are now the subject of even more abuse and are being bullied because of the lies produced in this show.
Take Action Now!
A potential class action lawsuit may be filed against the My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding to show these greedy outfits that we’re not going to take this laying down. All Roma, Romanichals and Travellers need to join the fight by filling out this petition. Just click on the clipboard to be taken immediately to the petition. We appreciate your support!
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come on guys
please sign.
it’ll take two minutes tops.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4207yykSA1r4onsjo1_500.png)
danceswithfaeriesunderthemoon:
Click Here to Sign the Petition
For hundreds of years Romani have suffered racism and prejudice because of the way we were stereotyped. A lot of hard work has went into changing people’s view of us around the world. This is being destroyed along with the reputations of our people. The Television Show “My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding” promises a look into the “Gypsy” lifestyle. What they are really doing is showing a small group of Irish Travellers and then passing them off as “Gypsies”. There are many lies that are being peddled to the viewers as facts so that the show’s producers can make a buck. But they are doing it at OUR EXPENSE.
One of the many lies shows a supposed “Gypsy” tradition called Grabbing, where boys basically assault young girls in order to steal a kiss. You know we don’t do this. Its insulting to Romanies and Irish Travellers alike that this show throws us into a pile with no respect to who we really are. We have been severely damaged by the way this show spins “Gypsies” into a Jerry Springer Show. Our people are being depicted as trailer trash, alcoholics and thieves which is causing even more hatred and more suspicion in the Romani and Traveller communities.Do not participate in the negative portrayal of the Roma by participating in this documentary. These people are sharks who will use and abuse you and your family. They are soliciting our kids on Facebook already. They’ve contacted my daughter, my sisters and other members of my family. Chances are they are trying to contact your chavies too.
Do not trust them!A show like this can make MILLIONS of dollars per season and will expose the way that you live and how you do business. They would pay you what amounts to peanuts. We have read dozens of reports from other Travellers and Romani in the United Kingdom about how our children are now the subject of even more abuse and are being bullied because of the lies produced in this show.
A potential class action lawsuit may be filed against the My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding to show these greedy outfits that we’re not going to take this laying down. All Roma, Romanichals and Travellers need to join the fight by filling out this petition. Just click on the clipboard to be taken immediately to the petition. We appreciate your support!
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come on guys
please sign.
it’ll take two minutes tops.
portland peoples & peoples who might visit sf this summer, take note!
PORTLAND/SEATTLE/PNW PEOPLES: I will be in Portland on a Writing Vacation from roughly July 10th-August 10th (& probs coming into Seattle for a short fun break-type visit at some point over that month). I’ve got a Pdx house-sit from July 14th-25th. Outside of that, I’m definitely still on the look-out for Portland guest beds, Pdx house & pet-sitting gigs, &/or cheap furnished Pdx sublets with a bed & a desk. I’d be much obliged if you kept yr ear to the ground for me. Thanks so very much, y’all!
PEOPLES WHO MIGHT VISIT SAN FRANCISCO THIS SUMMER: I’m subletting my thoroughly awesome studio apartment from July 10th-August 10th. I live in the heart of the South Mission, near 24th Street. Perks: Fully furnished, full kitchen w/ a dishwasher, luxury shower, free laundry, fruit trees (loquats & figs) & seating in the sunny backyard, a hot pink queen bondage bed for you to frolic in, a writer’s book+music library for you to raid, and a sweet 11 y/o kitty who will love you up. I’m asking $1500 for the month, but am willing to be (somewhat) negotiable on price for the right tenant. Contact me at queershoulder@gmail.com if yr interested in cat-sitting & subletting, please!
Oh, but this is not a matter of “glorifying” obesity. Glorifying obesity would take multiple TV shows depicting fat folks riding unicorns and devouring warm pies whilst counting the bags of money they’ve gained from being fat. Indeed, if simply putting fat people on television was enough to “glorify” obesity, then The Biggest Loser should have done the trick years ago. It hasn’t, because The Biggest Loser is a show built on the humiliation and punishment (self-inflicted or otherwise) of fat people. When we say that putting fat people on television will “glorify” their bodies, what we really mean is that we are uncomfortable giving fat people any attention that is not overtly negative. Because fat people need to be told: don’t be fat. Being fat means you are not entitled to a normal life. Being fat means you are not entitled to love. Being fat means you are not entitled to humanity, much less dignity.
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CeCe McDonald’s Birthday Party!!!
CeCe’s 24th birthday is on Saturday the 26th! We’re all meeting up at the Hennepin County Jail in Downtown Minneapolis at 6pm. She will be having dinner in her cell at 6pm so we’re gonna sing her happy birthday, dance to some Rihanna & Beyonce while eating birthday cake. We won’t be able to see her but she’ll be able to hear us!
Come show yr love for our girl by helping her celebrate her day of birth. Even behind bars she should have a birthday filled with the love of her community!
Bring:
*Musical Instruments
*BULLHORN
*Birthday hats
*Lots of friends!http://www.facebook.com/events/460120307336998/
[tw for transmisogynistic slur]
Today someone asked me what I think of the event called “Hey tranny, it’s tranny” occuring during Seattle Pride. Here’s what I had to say
For me, it’s a lot less about the word being a “bad” word or someone being bad for using it as much as it is about being…
These are two letters out of an entire filthy alphabet. Guess which they are.
also remember that pretty pretty man, you’ll see him again
Me & Angus made a pinhole camera to watch the solar eclipse this evening. I really like how this shot gets both the eclipse and my “holy” tattoo.
More pix soon. What a lovely evening.
(See also? It is nice to have my beau back in town from the prairie. I missed you, Fella.)
Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop is TODAY from 2-4pm!
Hey folks — apologies for the lateness of this announcement, there was some confusion about when & where Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop would be happening this month. SWWW is TODAY at the Center for Sex & Culture from 2-4pm. Come out!
Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop
Saturday, May 19. 2-4pm
1349 Mission Street, San Francisco (at the corner of Grace Alley, right btwn 9th & 10th Streets)
Sliding scale $10-$20 (more if you can, less if you can’t, **nobody turned away** — if you’re broke you should still come write with us!)
Workshop facilitated by Gina de Vries
This is a writing workshop for current and former sex workers to share their writing and get honest, non-judgmental feedback. Workshop participants are not obligated to write exclusively about sex work, but writing about work in the sex industry (as well as writing about other topics) will be welcomed. This is a place where people can write and share about their sex work experiences without having to censor themselves or explain every detail. Beginning writers are encouraged to attend along with more seasoned wordsmiths.
Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop is all-genders. We define the term “sex worker” broadly, as people who have exchanged erotic labor for money/food/shelter, including but not limited to:
+Street and Survival Sex Workers
+Escorts and Personal Companions
+Sensual Massage and Sensual Body Work Providers
+BDSM workers; pro-dommes, subs, and switches
+Adult Film Actors; Porn Models and Performers; Nude Models; Cam Girls and Boys
+Exotic Dancers; Strippers; and Peep Show Workers
+Phone Sex Operators
+And many other Sex Workers and Adult Entertainers!
(If we’re forgetting your area of the industry in this definition, tell us!)
**Email questions, volunteer inquiries, etc, to queershoulder@gmail.com.
**While we can’t guarantee a scent-free space, we ask that all attendees please refrain from wearing scented products to ensure that workshop members with chemical sensitivities can attend.
**We ask that our non-sex worker friends, lovers, partners, allies, and clients respect that this space is FOR SEX WORKERS ONLY.
INSTRUCTOR BIO:
Gina de Vries is a genderqueer femme, a queer Paisan pervert, and a writer, performer, and activist with a long history doing political organizing in and with queer, trans and gender-variant, intersex, and sex worker communities. She co-edited the queer youth anthology [Becoming] with Diane Anderson-Minshall in 2004, and her publications include The San Francisco Bay Guardian, $pread, Curve, Coming & Crying, Take Me There: Trans & Genderqueer Erotica, and The Revolution Starts at Home. Gina is the founder and co-curator (with Elena Rose and Julia Serano) of “Girl Talk: a trans & cis woman dialogue,” a spoken-word show fostering and promoting dialogue about relationships of all kinds between non-trans and trans women. She has performed, taught, and lectured everywhere from chapels to leatherbar backrooms, and university appearances include Harvard University and Yale University. She is the founder and facilitator of Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop, a writing class for current & former sex workers at San Francisco’s Center for Sex & Culture (where she also serves on the Advisory Board). A graduate of Hampshire College, Gina is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Fiction Writing at San Francisco State University, where she is working on a book of short stories. Find out more at ginadevries.com, and keep track of her on the daily at queershoulder.tumblr.com.
