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August 21, 2011
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"While a lot of the parade admittedly felt frustrating and alienating for us, the sentence “wow, this feels like an exercise in futility” actually being exchanged between the co-authors on more than one occasion, we really did enjoy the energy of our flamin’ and ragin’ cohorts. Throughout the march, we shouted several different slogans, such as, “No! One! No one is illegal!”, “Harper nous fait la guerre / Les queers en colère!” and “Police partout! Justice nul part!”. Those may sound like your every-rally slogans, but rest assured – there was a lot more lisp involved. These chants were belted out with gusto as we attempted to publically repoliticize Pride by making connections between diverse queers struggles, including the on-going fortification of borders, the criminalization & incarceration of (coloured, poz, trans-, disabled, marginalized) bodies, police brutality, the medicalization of trans- identitied, and violence targeting queer bodies in our everyday lives."

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- jesse grass and nathalie gray - Werking For Ourselves | Coop média de Montréal

this is one of the best articles i’ve read in a while about the commercialization of pride… sadly it also reminds me that pride in québec city is on sept 3rd and i probably won’t participate because i don’t feel like there are enough queers to fuck shit up with.

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April 28, 2011
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Wheels of Change: How The Bicycle Empowered Women

i’m hoping to find the time to write about this soon, but for now: food for thought.

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April 10, 2011
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sexisbeautiful: (via Sketchbook Project Post #1 «) [Girl with a star on her cheek and heart in her hair speaks the following in a word bubble: One day, women won’t be labelled as “slutty” or “frigid” - Sex won’t be an obligation, a taboo subject, a source of guilt, or how we measure our worth. We’ll have sex because we want to, pure and simple. We’ll be able to wear whatever we want, and nobody will care - We won’t elicit more attention from men because of our clothing, and everybody will understand that even if we’re topless, it doesn’t give anybody the right to judge, harass, or rape us. Until that day, we’re going to keep fighting, and nobody can silence us.] i’ve reblogged this before without credit or a description, so here it is again.

sexisbeautiful:

(via Sketchbook Project Post #1 «)

[Girl with a star on her cheek and heart in her hair speaks the following in a word bubble: One day, women won’t be labelled as “slutty” or “frigid” - Sex won’t be an obligation, a taboo subject, a source of guilt, or how we measure our worth. We’ll have sex because we want to, pure and simple. We’ll be able to wear whatever we want, and nobody will care - We won’t elicit more attention from men because of our clothing, and everybody will understand that even if we’re topless, it doesn’t give anybody the right to judge, harass, or rape us. Until that day, we’re going to keep fighting, and nobody can silence us.]

i’ve reblogged this before without credit or a description, so here it is again.

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April 08, 2011
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wornjournal: A Dress Is Not A Yes - WORN Fashion Journal’s take on Slutwalk Toronto. from the article: “Freedom of dress was one of the main reasons behind the protest. The statement that women can avoid assault by dressing conservatively not only suggests men have no control over themselves, but challenges women’s right to choose whatever clothing they see fit.” this article is a must-read. i really, really wish i could have been there! it sounds like it was really empowering.

wornjournal:

A Dress Is Not A Yes - WORN Fashion Journal’s take on Slutwalk Toronto.

from the article: “Freedom of dress was one of the main reasons behind the protest. The statement that women can avoid assault by dressing conservatively not only suggests men have no control over themselves, but challenges women’s right to choose whatever clothing they see fit.”

this article is a must-read. i really, really wish i could have been there! it sounds like it was really empowering.

Tags: sluts reclaiming resistance anti-oppressive empowering fun

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March 01, 2011
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ourlovewilldestroy: jamiekeiles: i love when people bring their kids to protests for causes that i support, but when the other side does the same thing it disgusts me.  for instance, this kid looks like she kicks so much ass!  if it were the same girl holing a “pro-life” poster, though, it’d make me mad.  how do i reconcile this? Another Sephie picture! She does kick so much ass. Lauren is a great mom. Sephie’s words: http://twitter.com/sephiesays And, as Jen mentioned, if you’re feeling charitable, you can make a contribution toward her drumset so that she can go to rock camp: http://www.sephiesdrums.com/

ourlovewilldestroy:

jamiekeiles:

i love when people bring their kids to protests for causes that i support, but when the other side does the same thing it disgusts me.  for instance, this kid looks like she kicks so much ass!  if it were the same girl holing a “pro-life” poster, though, it’d make me mad.  how do i reconcile this?

Another Sephie picture!

She does kick so much ass. Lauren is a great mom.

Sephie’s words: http://twitter.com/sephiesays

And, as Jen mentioned, if you’re feeling charitable, you can make a contribution toward her drumset so that she can go to rock camp: http://www.sephiesdrums.com/

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