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February 2012

29 posts

Sylvia Rivera 10 Year Memorial

thespiritwas: “I was a radical, a revolutionist. I am still a revolutionist. I was proud to make the road and help change laws and what-not. I was very proud of doing that and proud of what I’m still doing, no matter what it takes.” Sylvia Rivera to Leslie Feinberg (Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P Johnson, photo by Leonard Fink) Tomorrow marks the 10 year anniversary of Sylvia Rivera’s...

I wish Beyonce and Jay Z would get on stage and...

summer-nightlock: Jay-Z: Look, Blue. Everything the light touches is our kingdom. Blue: What about the shadowy part? Jay-Z: That’s country music. You must never go there.

So. I'm moving to Iowa tomorrow.

I’m going to be serving in Americorps for 10 months. I’m super excited for it, but unfortunately, it’s going to probably impact this blog pretty badly. I won’t have a pretty much constant Internet connection, like I do now. I’ll still be on tumblr, just not as much as I normally am. This is probably going to mean less original content from me, but I will do my best...

“The outrage is tiresome and deeply hypocritical, in all the tiresome ways you’ve...”

– M.I.A. Shouldn’t Have Apologized - The New Yorker (via stopdroptroll)

Parts of the Super Bowl I watched:

obnoxiouslyloud: 1. Part of Madonna’s Half-Time Show 2. 3. 4. 5.

Can we talk for a minute?

About Cee-Lo’s sparkly choir robe? What was that? Why did I love it? Feelings on Madonna, followers?

January 2012

54 posts

“Why is pop music the only art form that still inspires such arrantly stupid...”

– Lana Del Rey’s Image on “Born to Die” : The New Yorker (via judyxberman) SFJ is on the money, per usj. Andthe other question to ask: why are female artists the only ones who inspire such “discussion”, or “authenticity” “discussions” where sexism is masked as discernment? I am literally...

waitingforthewaves: Sara Quin- Try Sleeping With...

I WOULD LIKE TO START A SUPPORT GROUP/DISCUSSION...

besttumblr: tangledupinlace: feral-femme: feral-femme: there are lots of white queer people who i hold very near and dear to my heart. my best friend/platonic life partner, my girlfriend, and many of the queer people who i am closest to are white. my mom is also white and is kind of queer. i think they all identify and work on being anti-racist white people but there are still, obviously,...

Kaia Wilson's has a Kickstarter for her new album!

Thank you to knotsewtrashy for the heads up, because I hadn’t heard anything about this. So. Kaia Wilson is making a new album. And we all love Kaia Wilson, right? Right. She needs to raise $1,700-ish dollars in 22 days to do it. Also, the video features her playing guitar with some goats, so check out the page just for that. ...

“I know I’m not the one you thought you knew back in high school Never going,...”

– President Barack Obama - State of the Union (via thenewhotness) “I support legal abortion (bortion bortion bortion)” - Barack Obama (via synecdoche)

“At Last has become arguably the most popular song in the U.S. for weddings,...”

– From Kenyon Farrow’s insightful Political Obituary of Etta James, Colorlines, 1/24/12 (via racialicious)

FACT: Only the Homogay can see all the colors of...

Holy shit, that’s awesome! I will celebrate later by actually posting things!

["do not tell anyone, in any oppressed group, to...

brownroundboi: —-Dr. Omi Osun Joni L. Jones gives 6 rules for allies (cross race/gender/sexuality/nationality/religion etc) in her keynote speech given 2/19/10 at a luncheon sponsored by Abriendo Brecha Vll Conference and The Seventeenth Annual Emerging Scholarship In Women’s and Gender Studies Conference UT Austin. (mentor, educator, powerful leader, theater artist and cultural worker...