January 2012
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“The magnificence of a body that shakes, spills out, takes up space, needs help,...”
– Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability by Mia Mingus
re-reading this for the fourth time this year, i am in tears. mia mingus moves me in ways i cannot fully express.
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“…the rise of the faux-vintage photo is an attempt to create a sort of...”
– - The Faux-Vintage Photo: Full Essay (Parts I, II and III) » Cyborgology by Nathan Jungerson
i’ve decided it’s a three-way tie for my favourite non-fiction reads of 2011. i’ll select a short quote from each of them and post them here.
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December 2011
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“Because I spend so much time now in a very professional, gender normative work...”
– Dean Spade in q&a with Queer Couture
aaaaaaaaaaaah yes! this this this this!
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“What we are wearing is political and has really high stakes! The conditions of...”
– - Dean Spade in an interview with Queer Couture
this entire article is blowing my mind. it is so much of what my work is about, and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy to read more and more articles like this one, to see that work is being done by others in impressive passionate ways.
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The Industry of Frida
rgr-pop:
A few days ago, I posted two of Nickolas Muray’s portraits of Frida Kahlo. They are modestly blowing up. My dashboard is flooded with snippets like “she’s so beautiful” and “how was she so pretty?” and “#tears in my eye over how flawless you are” and “frida, you dirty girl.” Dirty girl.
I am reminded of something Garçonnière wrote, part of her continuing commentary on tumblr, credit,...
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rough week
you can tell that i’ve had a rough week when i need to start my day with a bunch of early film stills. how can louise brooks and kate hepburn’s faces not make you happy?
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roadsidelions:
Do You? - Jolie Holland I know...
violent white femininity as embodied by wealthy...
fffancyclaps:
your obsession over pop culture, reality television, gym culture, and succeeding in capitalism - passed off as a “modern gay lifestyle” — just translates into self hatred, body policing, fat shaming, infighting, rampant classism and yuppie urban centrism, and general passive aggressive, aggressive-aggressive, hate filled bullshit. just because the leader of your pack is a cis gay...
Feeling Archive: Femmes and the Co-Production of... →
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elspethbrown:
Kudos to Jane Ward, a sociologist at the University of California Riverside, who has written the best article I’ve found on the topic of the tremendous amount of work it takes to produce FTM masculinity, and the often unacknowledged work of femmes in producing it. I still remain rather baffled and why it is the queer community seems unable to make space...
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Happy Holigays
queersforfeminism:
family privilege: Or how to be conscious of the various affects experienced by your queer/trans during the holiday. So you’re a homo, you have a lovely family, who appreciates you, does not oppress you for your gender expression and respects and honours your sexuality. awesome! Unfortunately, Not everyone is as fortunate. Families are triggering, holidays are triggering, and...
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is it time yet?
is it time for us to share our stories of the most fucked up, racist, homophobic, hateful shit our birth families have spouted during that wonderful time of year where we are pressured and often obliged to spend time with?
is it time for anyone who has slightly less than conventional eating choices to share the stories of being asked, yet again, for the 9th year in a row, “wait, so why is...
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TOMORROW IS MY CHAMPAGNE BIRTHDAAAAAY
AND MY LOVE BROUGHT ME BACK CHAMPAGNE FROM FRANCE!
but now i’m curious as to what foods to pair with it!
delicious (preferably vegan) foods that taste really good paired with champagne?
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