March 2010
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“I listened to Diamond Dogs over and over again. If I’d had that record...”
– … And that’s all I wanna share, for now. Enjoy, lovelies.
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“That summer, I scoured thrift store racks, looking for the slips with 42 inch...”
– More from the new piece.
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“He made me wish I had a record player, that boy. A record player and a clawfoot...”
– From the piece I’ve been working on for the past week(s).
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Lady Gaga, Intersex, and The Real World vs. The...
Lisa Harvey at Questioning Transphobia wrote a great blog post on the rumors about Lady Gaga being intersex. Lisa articulates pretty much all of my feelings on the subject way more eloquently than I could hope to. Take a gander, please. Parts of the “Telephone” video are clearly intended to be a direct response to the intersex rumors. Namely: The beginning of the video, where the...
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This made me snort-laugh, but it also made my eyes... →
Wow. This is… really something.
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Sex Workers' Writing Workshop TOMORROW
Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop! This month: Wednesday, March 17th, 6-8 pm Center for Sex & Culture, 1519 Mission Street, San Francisco (cross street 11th — it’s the building with the pink awning) Sliding scale $10-$20 (more if you can, less if you can’t, **nobody turned away**, for real — if you’re broke you should still come write with us!) Workshop...
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“Even so, the spirit voices are singing,
their thoughts are dancing in the...”
– Paula Gunn Allen. From “Kopis’taya, a Gathering of Spirits.” (Grazie mille, Nomy, for introducing me to her work.)
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Everything you ever wanted to know about bringing...
Everything you ever wanted to know about bringing me to your campus/community center/etc. And some important schedule-related info: 1) I have a school break from March 26th to April 5th, so I’m free-er than usual to travel for workshops & performances then. Please be in touch if you want to bring me to your campus over those dates. 2) I’ll be in NW Mass for the NLNI and CLPP...
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Gina reads at Perverts Put Out Sat 3/13 & teaches...
Friendlies! I will be reading at the delicious & sacre-licious edition of Perverts Put Out this SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY, and teaching Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop next WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY. Come and see me in my first performance of 2010! :) And then come write with me next week! Info below!
xxx, Gina —— PERVERTS PUT OUT! The ‘He Is Risen’...
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on saying what you need/want -- even if only to...
Looking at my old journals tonight, I ran across an entry I wrote almost exactly a year ago (March 11th, 2009), where I talked about Things I Needed & Wanted. At the time, the list felt scary to write, because the things I wanted meant a major shift from where my life was. A year ago, I was working at a non-profit part-time, working as a PA part-time, doing sex work very occasionally, living...
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“That night they went out painting.
Geryon did an early red-winged LOVESLAVE on...”
– from Autobiography of Red, by Anne Carson. One of my favorites.
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“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow...”
– Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi. Patron saint of animals, the environment, Italy, the Phillipines (?), stow-aways (?!), & San Francisco.
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The NYC Sex Bloggers Calendar is going national.... →
Should I do this? I think the answer’s yes. ;)
home sick :(
Home sick on a lovely day. A friend very generously gave me his netflix password, which makes it a little more bearable. What should I watch on demand?
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Embracing Imperfectionism + Food Porn
I had a big deadline last Friday, and then another big deadline today. There was also some personal life heartachey-ness and some mild sickness thrown in there. Also two of my best & oldest friends are in Chile and I was really worried about them (they are okay, thank god). Also several friends came into town & I was juggling seeing them. Also various friends have been having weird &...
