March 2012
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This is what community looks like. This is what...
Oh, my stars, grazie mille, all of you beautiful, beautiful people at last night’s Girl Talk. Blessings on my amazing co-curators & co-hosts, our wonderful performers, and last, but not least, you, gorgeous audience. I am full to the brim with love for all of you. This is what community looks like. This is what sisterhood looks like. <3
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Gina: i'm actually glad i know →
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queershoulder:
What she says! Yes!
abellandapomegranate:
I would really appreciate it if someone could hook us up with a scan or a cite re: Adrienne Rich helping Raymond write “Transsexual Empire”—even the thank-you bit in the introduction—so we’re better-armed and better-informed if this claim is challenged. I know for a lot...
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“Adrienne Rich has been a very special friend and critic. She has read the...”
– For those seeking a cite on the connection between Adrienne Rich and The Transsexual Empire, here’s the note in the acknowledgements section. (via se-smith)
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Apparently, I am not above having “The Final Countdown” stuck in my head the day before a big show. Thanks, G.O.B. Thanks a lot.
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Gina: i'm actually glad i know →
What she says! Yes!
abellandapomegranate:
I would really appreciate it if someone could hook us up with a scan or a cite re: Adrienne Rich helping Raymond write “Transsexual Empire”—even the thank-you bit in the introduction—so we’re better-armed and better-informed if this claim is challenged. I know for a lot of queer poets and woman poets, not liking Rich is practically sacrilege, and I...
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i'm actually glad i know
And honestly, I was never much a fan of Rich’s work to begin with. Maybe a decade ago, I read an essay of hers about lesbians & desire that made me hopping mad (about how real lesbians want feminist sisterhood and not sex — it just really took the sexuality out of lesbianism, which made no fucking sense to me, and made me unmotivated to read any more of her work). And, I mean,...
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plz to advz?
Girl Talk audience members: Do you want me at my ranty bitchy scathing best, discussing Current Events? Or do you want some tenderheart memoir about late-90s queer & trans punk kids, one of my best friends in high school, all-night diners, and sneaking into the Anarchist Bookstore & Anubis Warpus to buy porn? I’d been planning on the former, but I’m kinda getting more excited...
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great minds, same gutter: outed. →
kittystryker:
So today my grandmother sat me down, looked deep into my eyes and told me I was disgusting. Disappointing. That she had seen my photos and I was a horrible person with no self-esteem.
She Googled my name.
Apparently she also shared my sex work name with one of her friends at her local community…
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Cathy Brennan VS. The Cotton Ceiling →
Um, THIS. Also, “way beyond disgusted” does not even begin to cover my feelings about that fucking website. My heart is sincerely with all the folks who are being targeted by this awful bigot.
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Girl Talk audience, we're throwing a mixer an hour...
Hey “Girl Talk: A Trans & Cis Woman Dialogue” ticket holders:
We (the co-curators of Girl Talk) are throwing a mixer just before the show! There will be food and drink, plus music provided by the amazing DJ CPI! There will be a merch table where you can check out (and perhaps even procure) books, CDs, zines, etc., by Girl Talk cast members.
But most importantly, this will be a...
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Tobi Hill-Meyer: Ceiling Metaphors Are Used For... →
Tobi hits it outta the park, AGAIN.
tobitastic:
When women complain about the glass ceiling, it isn’t so we can guilt or shame our bosses into a promotion. Nor is it a statement that my company (or my boss) must be sexist because I didn’t get that last promotion. Many women who complain about the glass ceiling don’t want to be a CEO - or…
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"Hoodies Are Not A Weapon!" →
Geraldo Rivera said that Trayvon Martin’s hoodie killed him as surely as George Zimmerman’s gun did. Lots of people have taken to blaming Martin’s wardrobe for his death, in fact. This tumblr is here to expose the notion that hoodies are for thugs as victim-blaming propaganda.
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RIP, Big Heart Video Cafe!
I don’t quite know *why* I’m so sad that Big Heart Video Cafe has closed, but… Man, I’m sad about it! It was such an institution. Where else in San Francisco could you get a Thai iced tea AND a grilled cheese with tomato at 3am? (CC: Melissa.)
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Debacle Timeline: The Pratfall of Penny Arcade - A... →
debacle:
Help me fill this in. I’m trying to keep the language dry. If you have questions, here is a FAQ.
NOTE: To those of you just joining us, please don’t just read the first three links and then decide you’ve got the full story. The full story is complex and contains multiple points of view, not…
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Monica Maldonado: The "Cotton Ceiling" Ain't About... →
transactivisty:
Cis people, and cis women specifically, please stop making the cotton ceiling about YOU.
This ain’t about YOUR panties.
This ain’t about “shaming” you into engaging in a sex act you attent interested in. Or using the language of social justice to coerce someone into intimacy or sex with someone…
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“What should I do about the wild and the tame? The wild heart that wants to be...”
– Jeanette Winterson. (via champagnecandy)
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Holy holy holy WOW!
So! Girl Talk tickets with seats have COMPLETELY sold out online. Wow & huzzah! If you were late about getting a ticket and are able to stand for a couple hours at a stretch, you should know that we will have 10 (ten!) Standing Room Only tickets available at the door the night of the show. Get there EARLY, though, kids, and keep in mind that you for realz will not have a seat and will have to...
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Asking for some love & luck as I finish up my Girl Talk piece today.
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20 tickets left for Girl Talk on March 29th! Get...
Hello, lovely folks, Well, HOT DAMN. We have less than 20 tickets left for Girl Talk: a trans & cis woman dialogue 10 days before the show (!!!). If you have not yet gotten your tickets, now is clearly the time. Also, if you legit cannot pay $12-$20 and need to be added to the Pay What You Can List, shoot me an email [queershoulder at gmail dot com]. Like, right the nows. xox, Gina ***
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FOGCon roomies?
So, I am gonna try to go to FOGCon, despite having never been to a sci-fi convention in my life, because a) NALO!!! & b) Shelley Jackson!
Geek friends, is there any chance I might be able to go in on a hotel room with you, or do you know people who need roomies? Also, dude, whose bright idea was it to schedule FOGCon & IMsL in the same weekend? Like, we all know that the sci-fi geek...
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Girl Talk fans, there were 32 tickets left at last... →
Get ‘em while they’re hot! :)
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Community and Consequences: Understanding the... →
My awesome ex hits it out of the park, YET AGAIN. Love you always, Tobi. ♥
tobitastic:
I was coaxed into writing one more article about the term “tranny.” This time, it’s more of an emotional appeal than an argumentative one. Check it out.
“I want to be clear I have no investment in policing anyone’s language, if for no other reason than that’s a full time job and I’ve got better things to...
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When Cylons Dream: I'm noticing an ongoing trend... →
Reblogging in support/solidarity.
whencylonsdream:
Like, even from people that are fucking awesome about everything else.
It never seems to cross peoples minds to be inclusive towards trans women.
It never seems to cross peoples minds to acknowledge trans women.
It never seems to cross peoples minds that without inclusive and acknowledging…
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“I think I’ve all but given up on trying to organize around something so annoying...”
– CALLOUTQUEEN (via sixtyforty)
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BLOGGING FOR BROWN GURLS: LITANIES TO MY HEAVENLY... →
calloutqueen:
BLESSED ARE THE SISSIES
BLESSED ARE THE BOI DYKES
BLESSED ARE THE PEOPLE OF COLOR MY BELOVED KITH AND KIN
BLESSED ARE THE TRANS
BLESSED ARE THE HIGH FEMMES
BLESSED ARE THE SEX WORKERS
BLESSED ARE THE AUTHENTIC
BLESSED ARE THE DIS-IDENTIFIERS
BLESSED ARE THE GENDER ILLUSIONISTS
BLESSED…
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r.i.p., mark aguhar/calloutqueen
I didn’t know Mark Aguhar/CallOutQueen at all — I was a quiet fan and a follower, not a friend — but fuck if I am not still missing her presence in the world today. I’m spending my day reading her blog, reading eulogies and love notes from her friends, beloveds, and many, many fans. It ain’t much, but it’s something. Her death is just a tragedy, plain and...
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a call to arms →
crashntumble:
Although it is the last thing we want to do right now I’d like to ask everyone grieving today to do it in public— amongst the straight cis rich white male scum that told Mark she wasn’t fit for the world. I ask you to grieve today unabashedly and honestly with nothing but Fierceness and Intent.
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"a response to white fat activism from People of... →
BOSS. Read it!
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Out.com:Exclusive: The Shondes Release New Video →
This is a great band, a great song, and a great video.
Also, on a personal note: My heart is swelling with pride somethin’ fierce. Many hugs & big congrats to you, sweet Fureigh & sweet Emily. <3
tgstonebutch:
Exclusive: The Shondes Release New Video
3.12.2012
By Out.com Editors
The New York City-based band release official video for ‘Give Me What You’ve Got’
The New...
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apparently dates are good motivators?
So, I was supposed to have a date this afternoon, and had work to get done before the date, and I somehow managed to push through all of it and get it into a good place (including making major progress on my Girl Talk piece, hell yes!). And then my date had to reschedule, which is fine. But now I am like: a) Oh, wow, now I have a few hours to just… Relax? Have some alone time? That’s...
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