May 2013
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grazie mille
howtohaveabody:
I’m very touched, humbled, & excited about the attention the posts in this blog are getting lately. It is especially touching to hear that this work is resonating for other folks with disabilities & chronic illnesses, and that it is simultaneously striking chords for non-disabled people, too. I wasn’t expecting such a big (and positive) response to the work I’ve been...
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Why aren't more people freaking out about the new...
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dancepunksnotdead:
You know, the one that gives housewives/full-time mothers a pension— wages for housework?
It’s ONLY A HUGE VICTORY FOR FEMINISM, SOCIALISM, AND WOMEN OF COLOR. Not a big deal or anything. Tumblr is mysteriously silent about this.
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2013/05/venezuelas-new-labour-law-best-mothers-day-gift
Ms. DeVries was *JUST* telling me about this...
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“If shit gets real bad—like if we’re on the lam and need to start new...”
– — Gina de Vries (queershoulder, how to have a body)
Fish ribs are obviously the new untapped hipster food market. Actually, if we really wanted to do it right, we should open up a fish rib food truck.
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deep thoughts.
Wait. Since I have two Master’s Degrees now, does that make me, like, a Double Master? I kinda like the PURE ABSURDITY of referring to myself as Double Master de Vries.
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color me tumblr humbled.
Wow. I noticed just now that this quote from the How To Have A Body blog has hit 50 notes, most of them reblogs & “hearts” from people I don’t know at all. I’m a little amazed. I wrote it in a 2am fit of pique last winter, and the MFA workshop I took it to for critique had a lot of issues with/questions about it. I posted it this week wondering if anyone would notice it...
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How To Have A Body: it is not done (excerpt from... →
howtohaveabody:
Do not mistake me for being good at this whole having a body thing. Please, please don’t. Do not mistake me for being an Expert or a Good Example. Do not mistake me for a Role Model. For every yoga class I have ever taken there are a hundred more times I’ve stayed home, in pain or cranky,…
I’ve posted a bunch of work over at the How To Have A Body blog in the last...
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technical difficulties
Oh, GOOD LORD. There have been some really dumb tech glitches in my Thesis process and I am currently trouble-shooting solutions. I really wanna SCREAM right now. I am resourceful & it will all be fine, I know, but if y’all could send the internet or text message equivalent of hugs & kittens, I would appreciate it.
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Spellcheck Time! Nearly done!
These are the words in my Thesis that spellcheck doesn’t understand: thrifted caprese Zoolander Philz Temescal goth popos (as in “grandmas,” not as in “police”) moonage (as in “Moonage Daydream”) genderqueer switchy (really spellcheck?!) misgendering smushed heyyy hella Quintara tacqueria cis bad-assery wanna hostessing kinda stonedly stonedness gonna...
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“As I get older, as time goes by, I care less and less and less about whether...”
– (via howtohaveabody)
I’m dealing with my stress about turning in my Thesis tomorrow (!!!!!!) by posting bits I like on the blog as I read through/edit/format. Enjoy!
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so close so close SO CLOSE
I bring my Thesis in for binding tomorrow. Editing & formatting right now. I can’t believe it’s almost done. So close, so close, so close!
I am so fucking tired.
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Last Hurrah at SF State on Thursday! :)
howtohaveabody:
queershoulder:
SF State Comrades (and any friends & fans who might wanna trek out to SFSU to see me): I will be reading from “How To Have A Body” (aka my Thesis) at the SFSU MFA/MA Thesis Reading on Thursday.
Party time! Come out & see me do my last hurrah at State!
This is today at 5pm!
Today! Come out! I would really really really value having friends in...
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this feels very symbolic of this week
Had a very long day. Came home, logged in to tumblr. Went to pee. Vajra (my cat) sat on my keyboard while I was peeing. When I came back, my entire laptop screen was in reverse colors/photo negative design.
THANKS CAT. YR A PAL.
I am exhausted and cranky and I just had a day of Thesis Errand Hell. I am a Gina of very little brain right now. I am poking around in Settings and Options and System...
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tumblrverse, i interrupt the Thesis Hustle with...
My cat has fuchsia glitter on her face. I don’t even know how this happened. Probably my glitter folder shed? I don’t know how it got on Tilda’s face, though. I should not be surprised. I am, after all, me. Quoth Rose: “You always find sequins on you for days after you stay at Gina’s.”
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Last Hurrah at SF State on Thursday! :)
SF State Comrades (and any friends & fans who might wanna trek out to SFSU to see me): I will be reading from “How To Have A Body” (aka my Thesis) at the SFSU MFA/MA Thesis Reading on Thursday.
Party time! Come out & see me do my last hurrah at State!
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so. tired.
Internet, I need a lot of extra YOU CAN DO IT, today.
JUST THREE MORE DAYS till the Thesis is due. JUST SIX MORE DAYS till the Top Sekrit DreamJob application is due. I can do it, yeah?
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i win!
My beloved Writing Group is having our last official session of the semester tonight, with food & drinks & such.
I was gonna bake a dessert, but then I realized 1) it is too hot for baking, and 2) I am too stressed for baking.
So I am bringing us the makings of ice cream sundaes. Because that is apparently how I roll. Also because other people are handling Adult Things like booze.
8...
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HOMESTRETCH!!!!!!!!!!!
I flie my Thesis on Friday. The next few days are gonna be interesting. And this is perhaps cheezy, but if y’all have any support/sweetness/prayer to spare: I think I could use it. I will hella be okay, but I am pretty stressed out right now.
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cesarconacento said: Ill watch it while i work tonight, and then the dorking out begins.
Reason #514 why I <3 our friendship.
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EPIC NERD ALERT
Okay. The latest episode of Community/Faux-munity (I miss Dan Harmon!), in which The Darkest Timeline Returns? I have felt really lukewarm about Faux-munity thus far, but this episode* is actually kinda blowing my damn mind. Like, I feel the need to TALK about this with people.
* also I loved the Muppet episode, not gonna lie
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Peoples! Sex Workers' Writing Workshop is...
Hey fine folks! I’m teaching Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop TOMORROW, and I would love to see you sweet you there if you are a current or former sex worker. More info below! xox & happy Spring! Gina
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SEX WORKERS’ WRITING WORKSHOP * Saturday, May 11th (usually 2nd Saturday of Every Month), 2-4pm. (Next SWWW: June 8th.) * Center for Sex & Culture, 1349 Mission Street @ 10th Street,...
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this is currently happening in my kitchen
This is apparently what happens when I clean out my fridge/freezer/pantry in a fit of “I Need A Fucking Break From My Goddamn Thesis and Also I Can’t Remember The Last Time I Actually Cooked For Myself (As Opposed to Eating Pita & Hummus w/ Veggies or an Al Pastor Taco from Around the Corner)” pique. 2 chicken breasts that were in the back of the freezer (defrosted!) a whole...
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ANNOUNCING Girl Talk 2013!
I am so very excited to announce…
Girl Talk 2013!
Now in its fifth year, Girl Talk is a critically acclaimed multi-media performance show promoting dialogue about relationships of all kinds between queer transgender women, queer cisgender women, and genderqueer people. Queer cis women, queer trans women, and genderqueer people are allies, friends, support systems, lovers, and partners...
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Sex Workers' Writing Workshop May 11th | DANCE TO...
Hey fine folks!
I’m teaching Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop on May 11th, and I’ve got a boatload of events coming up in June. (And I’ll be making a separate post about Girl Talk’s 5 year anniversary show in a minute!) Take a gander at everything I got goin’ on, and please do come out…
Here are Save The Dates in brief, for those of you who don’t...
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“At the peak of my fame in high school as the maudite tapette, the moumoune, as...”
– Mirha-Soleil Ross, Yapping Out Loud: Contagious Thoughts from an Unrepentant Whore (2004)
I’m crying.
(via lumpenspaceprincess)
Oh, Mirha-Soleil Ross. I am always blown away by her work & words, and this quote is no exception.
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SMITH COLLEGE Q&A: 5/7 Update: Trans* Women At... →
smith-q-and-a:
For people who want updates about trans* women at Smith, major developments have happened in recent meetings with the administration and admissions. Here they are: -Smith admissions will accept alternative documentation to confirm gender identity if there are inconsistent or non-female gender…
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lay it on me, tumblr!
I could realllllly use some sweet words & funny distractions right now. Compliments, cat videos, strange animals, ridiculous music, shoe &/or make-up &/or rock’n’roll porn, actual porn… I’m easy & easily amused, frankly. Lay it on me, tumblr!
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An incident of someone being an asshole does not...
datingdisastersofaqueergirl:
hollowpikeman:
There are no ads dedicated to eliminating your body type all over the place, because there is no weight gain industry.
It’s not possible to be considered too thin to have nice things, and if by some chance you are so much smaller than the average adult you have to wear teens’ or kids’ clothes, you get sympathy way more than you will get told to just...
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L.S.P.: Queer →
lumpenspaceprincess:
So there’s this tension that exists but is also difficult to elaborate.
The real queers versus the fake queers, or the suffering queers versus the partying ones.
And it’s always described very badly, but I think that the resentment it churns up is valid, or the frustration.
Because there’s a…
oh. this shot me right in the heart. yes, yes, yes.
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“Michael Pollan, on Democracy Now, tells us that the “family meal” is the...”
– Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, at NOBODY PASSES, darling.
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Fran's Hella Pretty Lyme Fighting Army - We...
emchy:
Years ago when my good friend, the amazing poet, chosen sister, and passionate women’s health activist Fran Varian got diagnosed with Lyme disease she (and her community of rabble rousing revolutionary fabulous people) started the Hella Pretty army. It was created to help people share resources and information to fight against a horrible and insidious disease. It’s been seven years and...
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tumblr question
I am unclear on how to respond to other tumblr users’ responses to my tumblr posts (without using disqus comments, I mean). Am I missing something?
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femmes &/or make-up &/or blowjob afficionados,...
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1. Today I acquired some free Fancy Bitch (aka M.A.C.) lipgloss from FreeCycle (score!). However, it is previously used. I am wondering if it is possible to sterilize (or at least really thoroughly clean?) the container. I have a wonky immune system and I am probably more nervous about other peoples’ germs than your average bear. The container looks like this. It is one of those...
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Fran's Hella Pretty Lyme Fighting Army →
Help writer and activist Fran Varian survive and obtain life sustaining health care while writing her book about women & the health care system in the US.
In Fran’s own eloquent words: “I have made peace with the fact that I live with a heart infection that will take my life, even though it will always make me angry that this infection is curable. And that the wealthiest nation...
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“Kinda Drunk Dude on 22nd Street: Hey beautiful, you’re beautiful!
Me,...”
– * I was somewhat tempted to add “… and it’d only work if you were queer too, and I am not the marrying** kind.” But something tells me the nuances would’ve been lost on him. ** I am the Shacking Up & Living In Sin kind, for absolutely sure. And I actually really... 