May 2011
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Girl Talk 2011 is up on YouTube!
I am very pleased to announce to that Girl Talk 2011 is now up on YouTube! Big warm thanks to Handbasket Productions for filming the event & getting it up online. You can see the entire show, from start to finish, right over here. I’m also embedding my own performance and the show in its entirety into the text of this post. Reblog! Send it your friends! Let us know what you think!
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a little unavailable this week (shamalama...
I’ve had a bad toothache since Sunday, and it got even worse yesterday, and I am a bit distracted & slow to respond to email/phone calls/etc as a result. Please do not take it personally. I’m getting to a dentist (well, dental school clinic) tomorrow, and have been trying to be as gentle with myself as possible in the meantime. My concentration for even the most basic of tasks is...
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“Here’s where the art in my project will begin to become apparent. I will not be...”
– Read more about Panning for Gold over at Marlene’s blog, fukshot. I am really excited to hear more about this project.
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a small note on language, maybe to be expanded on...
Okay, so that Buffy Sainte Marie song that I just posted? I love it except for the “junkie” line. This feels really basic, and it is not so much about Buffy Sainte Marie as it is about people in general using this kind of language, but: Drug users are people too, and when words like “junkie” are used as metaphors for “greedy” or “dirty,” it is...
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Do you need a Manx in your life?
Bayerians! A dear friend is looking for a new home for her beloved 15 y/o Manx. I love love love Manx cats, and in particular I love this cat, so I want him to find a good home. He’s quite healthy, and is sweet and charming and sociable in that Manx way I adore. So. Do you need a Manx in your life? Contact me, please!
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Sex Workers' Writing Workshop TOMORROW, May 14th!...
Just a friendly reminder — I hope I see folks there tomorrow! :) In other news: MY SEMESTER IS OFFICIALLY OVER!!! HELL YES!!! —-
Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop This month: May 14th, 2-4pm (2nd Saturday of Every Month) Center for Sex & Culture, 1349 Mission Street (yay! new space!), San Francisco (cross street 10th) Sliding scale $10-$20 (more if you can, less if you can’t,...
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“I’m going to start by telling a story about someone telling a story about...”
– Marlene’s piece from Girl Talk 2011 is over at fukshot. You should take a look. I’m so glad she closed out the night. <3
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“One disaffected factory worker told reporters that life in Springsteenville...”
– “Hard Times Hit Springsteenville,” The Onion. This particular line just made me laugh so hard I cried, but the whole thing is pretty damn funny, especially if you know Springsteen’s music even just a little. The Onion has been killing it lately with the rock-inspired articles...
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Public Service Announcement: In the midst of Epic...
Friends, comrades, folks who are trying to get in touch: I’m in the midst of Epic Overwhelm (last week of school & 2 deadlines at work, among many other things). If I owe you a call or email, please be patient. I’ll be much more available after May 15th and I’ll get back to you then.
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Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop is NEXT SATURDAY,...
Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop This month: May 14th, 2-4pm (2nd Saturday of Every Month) Center for Sex & Culture, 1349 Mission Street (yay! new space!), San Francisco (cross street 10th) 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...
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So, I've started a porn blog... →
Not that there isn’t stuff that could be considered porn on this blog (because there is, especially when it comes to the written word), and not that I won’t still talk about porn & sex work on this blog (I will, fer sure).
But I’m starting a seperate porn tumblr for a couple reasons: 1. I want a blog that can serve as a quick & dirty (heh) portfolio to potential...
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transartorialism: i'm trying to decide if i want... →
This is beautiful. I don’t know you, transartorialism, but… Thank you. Thank you so much for this.
I’ve never been, and I feel like that’s a shame because I have no good memories of being queer in Tennessee beside sleeping in bed with and kissing on my gay best friend in high school (who kind of dumped me after I came out as trans) and wondering if I was actually a gay man; the...
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“I have lived my life in a culture that hates fat people. From magazine covers to...”
– Camryn Manheim, Wake Up, I’m Fat!
(thanx, queerfatfemme!)
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support group for LGBTQ partners of sexual abuse...
A friend of mine in the San Francisco Bay Area is starting this support group, and I thought I’d put the word out about it. It looks like it could be a really important space for queer partners of survivors (also, if you are a survivor who is partnered with a survivor, this group will definitely be welcoming to you). See more below! Gina
A (free!) support group for LGBTQ/queer identified...
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Porn Performance, or, "They can't 'dig up dirt' if...
I’m a porn performer. I’m out as a sex worker in pretty much all areas of my life, but up till about a year and a half ago I was fairly quiet about the specifics of my sex work. That’s been changing for me as of late, as I’ve been performing in porn that means a lot to my politics and personal ethics (as well as my pocketbook).
I could say a lot about my work in the porn industry in this...
