May 2011
39 posts
Not Enough! Queer Music and Arts Festival in...
The Not Enough! Queer Music and Arts Festival is presenting the Night Of Possibilities on June 11th starting at 8 p.m. at the Fleetwood Shac (127 NE Lombard). The Not Enough! Queer Music and Arts Festival is a do-it-yourself & do-it-together grassroots festival started by a group of Portland-based queers who had the desire to see more support and experimentation in the queer art and...
New episode of Homoground!
featuring bands that will be playing at this year’s Idapalooza. https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fk9zvtP&h=5a756
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“‘Level of professionalism’? What professionalism? You mean the professionalism...”
– MIKEY WAY (ON KATY PERRY)
BLESS YOU MIKEY WAY.
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katy just got newark’d
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I am not even an MCR fan but this.
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LOL, no, if you go to the source post you’ll see it’s attributed to Mikey James
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knownforms:
Goddess by Longstocking
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"I didn't want to be the weird muslim kid, I...
ilivesweat:
Graffiti on a wall in Manama, Bahrain. (Photo by Donna Ramone)
“You’re MUSLIM?”
“I guess. I’m an Arab. It happens. So?”
“Nothing… it’s, just that I thought you were Mexican is all.”
And suddenly it all goes one of two ways: Things get crazy awkward while they have to deal with new feelings, or it becomes my one and only defining characteristic. I try not to be offended and...
Looking for new contributors...
ilivesweat:
I’m looking for more contributors to the sexism in punk series, but I’m looking to expand the remit to cover other kinds of prejudice and oppression.
If you, or someone you know, might be interested in writing an article on experiences of one of the following, please get in touch via email: ilivesweat AT gmail.com
Racism and white privilege in punk and hardcore
Homophobia/biphobia...
Eight Openly Queer Rappers You Should Know →
The Lost Bois Are Going To Record Their First... →
And they need our help! They’ve set up a Kickstarter in order to fund this project, and they’re hoping to raise $4,000 by June 30th. If you’ve got a few bucks (or more) to spare, consider sending them their way. The Lost Bois are an incredible, queer, hip-hop duo with great beats and intelligent as all hell lyrics.
fuckyeahqueercore:
Team Dresch - “Fagetarian and...
Things I learned today...
cupcakesnotbombs:
fyeahqueermusic:
Don’t critique Tegan and Sara, because no matter what, you’re wrong.
confession: i don’t really know/like tegan and sara. i don’t particularly care for their music, and they’re frankly not the hottest dykes i’ve seen. so. #don’t believe the hype
Musically, I think they’re great, but their politics have slowly started to grate on me. Expressing this...
Things I learned today...
Don’t critique Tegan and Sara, because no matter what, you’re wrong.
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SARA.
wingolamo:
A CALL FOR CHANGE
When will misogynistic and homophobic ranting and raving result in meaningful repercussions in the entertainment industry? When will they be treated with the same seriousness as racist and anti-Semitic offenses? While an artist who can barely get a fragment sentence out without using homophobic slurs is celebrated on the cover of every magazine, blog and...
I'm a queer musician, pick me!
Hello there,
My name is Derek Schmidt and I’m a songwriter out of SF and I’m playing my first show in New York next Thursday, the 26th and the Living Room. I saw this blog on a friend’s post on FB and thought it was really awesome and might be good to connect with you.
I mainly play with a folk group called All My Pretty Ones, but I’ve been branching out with solo stuff...
LearningTrans.org →
kkccbb:
neutrois:
An online college seminar on transgender studies that has been made publicly available. Hurray for trans education!
Seminar in Transgender Studies
Below is the syllabus to the Seminar in Transgender Studies taught by Dr. Talia Mae Bettcher at California State University, Los Angeles.
Feel free to “take the class” at your leisure. Comments/suggestions to the syllabus...
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Who is a bigger mass murderer: Osama bin Laden or...
